neogeo.zip in mame4all - what and where to put exactly?
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Hi
Okay, so I want to play neo geo games like Metal Slug in Mame, and I have MAME4ALL 037b5 roms. Currently I just get the message "required files are missing".
So I've been searching and it seems to be possible to play the games, if I just put a neogeo.zip-file the right place, right?
So I searched and found af neogeo.zip and put it directly in this folder: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all.
But I must be doing something wrong, because it still doesn't work. Am I putting it in the wrong place? Or are there different neogeo.zip-files, so that I may require a certain one for the 037b5-roms (and if that is the case, can somebody help me find it?).
I hope you can help. Thanks!
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You should scan your romset with crlmamepro to see what files are missing
check the wiki https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs -
Thanks. But to be honest it is a little too advanced for me at this stage. I'm still very new to all this, and have trouble just putting things the right places, lol :-) I was hoping that there might be an easier fix for a noob like me.
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@SteffenMB The neogeo.zip is the bios pack and it goes directly to the rom folder where the other roms are. Seems that your romset is missing some files. The best solution would be to scan your romset as described in the wiki. If you feel it's too advanced, you can try this:
get another romset to test
get different neogeo.zip files to test
get different mslug.zip rom files to test
The file location is correct: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all -
fyi, dont unzip the neogeo.zip.
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@SteffenMB For mame4all (037b5) your neogeo.zip should have the following files: neo-geo.rom, ng-sfix.rom, ng-sm1.rom
and your mslug.zip should have: mslug_c1.rom, mslug_c2.rom, mslug_c3.rom, mslug_c4.rom, mslug_m1.rom, mslug_p1.rom, mslug_s1.rom, mslug_v1.rom, mslug_v2.rom and additionaly it could have the same files as neogeo.zip
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Thanks. I have googled a lot now, and there should be a neogeo.zip that works with the 037b5- mame roms. I've seen several post saying that they found one that works. Only problems is they don't say where they found it!
I've downloaded and tried 3 versions now (only reason I know they are different is the file size), with no luck. One of the pages I've seen specifically talk about my 037b5-set and that you should get a neogeo.zip file which is 853kb. But I can't find it! Frustrating.
Do you know if there is a place with several neogeo.zip-files/version? I seem to stumble across either the wrong ones or end up getting spammed on some strange websites.
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@SteffenMB said in neogeo.zip in mame4all - what and where to put exactly?:
Thanks. I have googled a lot now, and there should be a neogeo.zip that works with the 037b5- mame roms. I've seen several post saying that they found one that works. Only problems is they don't say where they found it!
I've downloaded and tried 3 versions now (only reason I know they are different is the file size), with no luck. One of the pages I've seen specifically talk about my 037b5-set and that you should get a neogeo.zip file which is 853kb. But I can't find it! Frustrating.
hmm, the neogeo.zip that came with my 037b5 set is 54KB (mslug.zip is 13.2MB) and works fine in mame4all-pi.
the only way to really confirm you have the right set is via clrmamepro, i'm afraid.
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Aaaaaand, BINGO!
Searched for a 54kb neogeo.zip, found one, put it in the folder - and it now Metal Slug works!
If anyone has the same issue - or finds this thread - I won't do the mistake of not linking to it. I found it here:
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If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/
Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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@herb_fargus Oh, sorry, I thought the neogeo bios was okay, but I see that it is not. My mistake.
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@SteffenMB
Where did u find the bios for the neogeo I have games downloaded just need the bios -
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