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hueffmea:
Thank you!
I performed the steps and made a discovery.
I made sure I was in the MAME directory, and I typed the command which happens to be...
c:\MAX2~1.10\MAME\mame64.exe c:\MAX2~1.10\MAME\roms\game.zip -skip_gameinfo -nowindow -ctrlr X-Arcade
I got the following error
pal16l8.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
pal16l8.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
pal16r4.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
Fatal error: Could not load controller file X-Arcade.cfg

So, I tried it from the root directory and got a much larger error
Error opening English Translation
a70-06-1.51 NOT FOUND (tried in game game)
There were 13 more lines and then it ended with
pal16l8.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
pal16l8.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
pal16r4.bin NOT FOUND (No GOOD DUMP KNOWN) (tried in game game)
Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.
 
That leads me to believe that it did run the rom partially because it found many of the parts it was looking for.
As the rom works when I just run it in MAME, I'm stumped.

nexusmtz:
So what is game.zip? 'game' doesn't match any game name that mame0219b knows about. When you say it works from MAME, are you even running the exact same MAME from the same location?

hueffmea:
game = bublbobl
I was trying not to violate any terms of the forums by making the substitution.
Yes, I am running the same MAME from the same location. I have only one version on the system right now.

PL1:

--- Quote from: hueffmea on March 29, 2020, 08:09:30 pm ---I tried it from the root directory and got a much larger error
Error opening English Translation
a70-06-1.51 NOT FOUND (tried in game game)

--- End quote ---
1. Are you sure that was "a70" and not "a78"?

MAME XML Output from gamesdatabase.org:

--- Quote ---          <game name="bublbobl" sourcefile="bublbobl.c">
                    <description>Bubble Bobble</description>
                    <year>1986</year>
                    <manufacturer>Taito Corporation</manufacturer>
                    <rom name="a78-06-1.51" size="32768" crc="567934b6" sha1="b0c4d49fd551f465d148c25c3e80b278835e2f0d" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
--- End quote ---

2. If the "much larger error" shows that all the files in bublbobl.zip are not found, then it isn't seeing/opening the .zip file.

I'm running MAME v0.152 and the "a78-06-1.51" ROM is in "bublbobl.zip", but there might be a new dump or file rename or file move since then.   :dunno


Scott

hueffmea:
1. I double checked, and it was a78. The screen is low res and only a few feet from me but I should probably have put on my glasses anyway. Thanks for the catch!
2. Yes, I assume that's the case when I'm in the root folder and not the mame folder.  I ran it that way to see if maybe it just wasn't finding the file. The fact that it gave me a long error and a short error suggested to me that when I was in the MAME folder and I was typing in the string, it did find the file. Which perplexes me because now I don't know what to do with that information. I would have much preferred if it didn't find the file at all. Then a simple correction would have solved the problem!

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