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Title: some roms dont load
Post by: neil324 on October 12, 2005, 02:17:41 pm

When a rom will not load is it becuase its a bad dump/faulty

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: SirPoonga on October 12, 2005, 02:20:58 pm

Depends on why it didn't load.  What did mame say?  All the reasons as to why a game would not start are in the mame FAQ
http://www.mame.net/mamefaq.html

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: neil324 on October 12, 2005, 03:46:26 pm

I get 'loading delay expired invalid rom' when using atomicFE

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: SirPoonga on October 12, 2005, 04:00:13 pm

Is the error from mame or atomicFE.  In otherwords, what happens when oyu run mame on its own?

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: neil324 on October 12, 2005, 04:38:02 pm

 :o here we go, not sure how to run mame by itself

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: neil324 on October 12, 2005, 04:48:19 pm

ok sorted it missing files is the reason, which program can check your roms to tell you if there ok

Title: Re: some roms dont load
Post by: SirPoonga on October 12, 2005, 05:07:00 pm

You are probably missing a parent rom then.

check out rom managers like www.romcenter.com or www.clrmame.com
Also check if the game in question needs a parent rom at
http://www.mameworld.net/maws