Simpsons Bowling and MAME 0.110

[jcroach]

Hello,

I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered, but I'm having issues with Simpsons Bowling.  I recently upgraded from Mame 0.095 to 0.110.  It was working in 0.095, but is not now in 0.110.

Yes, I know about the resetting technique with Simpsons Bowling from the Mame.net FAQ. "A: To re-initialize the EEPROM, hold down the test switch (F2) and tap reset (F3) once. Do not let go of F2 until you see a message that says "Initializing EEPROM"."

When I do this, I get a messege that that reads "Flash-ROM write error."

MAWS says that Simpsons Bowling was last changed in version 0.109 but I can't find what the change was.  Just as a precaution, I deleated the simpbowl.nv file and aquired a new ROM and CHD image and I still have the same error.

Anyone else having this error?  Any solutions I'm missing?

[jcroach]

****** bump ******

Can't anyone help me with this? I'm I the only one having this issue or is the game just not working anymore?

[jcroach]

  Last night I tried deleting all created files again, like .cfg and .nv and I created a new mame.ini

Still no luck!  This is my last bump.  Can anyone give me some advice?

[MAME TIME]

maybe try a new rom and chd set for the game

[Thenasty]

its probably this 

999a01.7e  524288  ad498d2d  konamigv

this was the only changed I belive that I see in 109+

you probably have an old one (BIOS)

[jcroach]

its probably this 

999a01.7e  524288  ad498d2d  konamigv

this was the only changed I belive that I see in 109+

you probably have an old one (BIOS)

Thank you!  I hope this works.  If it did, the solution was staring me right in the face!

As Homer would say "Ooohhh, Bios file?! Doh!"

[Fluffy the Bear]

I've never tried the Simpsons Bowling until last week
No Dice !
The trick with the F2 and the F3 wouldn't work as is couldn't write the file it wanted to under .111 mame
Many hours, redownloads, 3 computers later----------I found someone with .087 mame, downloaded it and the file wrote the first time and the game booted right up - same roms and chd
One of the upgrades inadvertantly changed mame so it can never write this file and thusly starting with an unwritten eeprom file and the new mame you will not be playing the Simpsons Bowling until you figure this out or read this right now

 

[jcroach]

I've never tried the Simpsons Bowling until last week
No Dice !
The trick with the F2 and the F3 wouldn't work as is couldn't write the file it wanted to under .111 mame
Many hours, redownloads, 3 computers later----------I found someone with .087 mame, downloaded it and the file wrote the first time and the game booted right up - same roms and chd
One of the upgrades inadvertantly changed mame so it can never write this file and thusly starting with an unwritten eeprom file and the new mame you will not be playing the Simpsons Bowling until you figure this out or read this right now

 

This is a known bug that is apparently now fixed in Mame 0.111u4

http://mamedev.org/updates/whatsnew_0111u4.txt

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
simpbowl0110u2yel [R. Belmont]
arcadiac0111u3yel [Ernesto Corvi]
mcatadv0111u3gre [David Haywood]
photoy2k0111u3yel [Aaron Giles]

[Fluffy the Bear]

Well,

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

It does work now


These guys are goooo-ooood!

 

[sewerrat]

If I'm running .111 mame and the associated Roms, can I just but .111u4 on to fix the problem, or do I need to do something with the Roms as well?

[Cananas]

If this game run ok before this bug, you only need 0.111u4 or above.

[sewerrat]

Upraded and all is well.