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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: nsvir on November 21, 2014, 06:43:18 am

Title: Roms issues
Post by: nsvir on November 21, 2014, 06:43:18 am

Hi!

I have just created a live USB with groovyMame.

Some (lots) of roms aren't recognized or have launching issues.

The websites says that the rom should be emulate with mame.
Here is [deleted again] example:

Why doesn't it work ? Is it because of mame, the rom ?
What roms really works ?

Thanks ion advance :)

Title: Re: Roms issues
Post by: Calamity on November 21, 2014, 06:48:31 am

Hi nsvir,

Sorry but posting links to rom files is not allowed.

The problem downloading single game roms is that some files are missing, because they are shared between clones of that game but just included in one of them. Other systems require their bios files too in order to run.

Title: Re: Roms issues
Post by: nsvir on November 21, 2014, 06:52:18 am

Thanks for your answer! Sorry for rom's link

Ok so what should I look for ?
I seek a bunch of popular arcade games for a one night fun.

Title: Re: Roms issues
Post by: sean_sk on November 21, 2014, 08:57:49 am

Quote from: nsvir on November 21, 2014, 06:52:18 am

Ok so what should I look for ?
I seek a bunch of popular arcade games for a one night fun.

I could be wrong, but I'm not so sure this is an appropriate place to ask about what roms you need as you may not be able to get anyone to help you.
I'd suggest reading the forum rules here: http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_message_rules.html (http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_message_rules.html)

Title: Re: Roms issues
Post by: Slippyblade on November 21, 2014, 09:05:16 am

Best thing to do is to run Mame directly from the command line.  When you tell it a rom to use, it will report back which parent rom you also need to supply.

Title: Re: Roms issues
Post by: Saneless on November 21, 2014, 09:38:34 am

And a good rule of thumb is the ROM name will likely be the most simplest of the names.

For instance, The Simpsons is simply "simpsons.zip" - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is "tmnt.zip"

When you see things like simpsons4pu, tmnt4a etc, you're not dealing with the base ROM.