I will try to compile common questions and answers tonight as a start. Just copy the entire thing over to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/samples/ĮDIT 3: It just dawned on me that a FAQ and TIPS sections on the GitHub Wiki MAME section would probably be really helpful. and make sure you keep these together.ĮDIT 2: About the mysterious "samples" directory, thx /u/wotan: There's a folder called samples in the romset that contains sound files for games. (2) Copy samples and BIOS into proper directories, then if filesnames have similar names such as game1a.zip, game1b.zip, etc.
#0.78 MAME ROMSET BIO FILE FULL#
2 approaches: (1) To save yourself the headache of wondering whether you have the right files, try downloading the full romsets and throw those in the arcade directory.
#0.78 MAME ROMSET BIO FILE UPDATE#
TL DR After struggling for weeks to get MAME ROMs to load correctly I finally stumbled upon a no bs answer here on Reddit and finally got my ROMs to work, which inspired me to update the official GitHub Wiki.ĮDIT: Some simple, and great advice from comments below. I modified the table to remove the useless "BIOS extension" column where each entry was ".zip" and added a paragraph with an example showing exactly what you need to do to get a MAME ROM working (along with a few other improvements). So, I updated the Wiki with some information that I think will really help others and would have helped me when I was struggling. Why didn't the main GitHub Wiki have a simple example like this? It could have helped so many others that came before me. I was finally able to get Metal Slug working! Finally! FINALLY!!! Reboot Emulation Station and the roms will appear. Just copy them all if you're not sure what does what, doesn't take up a ton of space. For more details use the link to the post.Ĭopy the roms you want over to the mame-libretro folderĬopy the bios files in the romset over to the /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003 folder. It's one of the most confusing parts of RetroPie.įinally I came across this helpful Reddit post that had a no bullshit answer and actual instructions of what to do and where to place the files.ĮDIT: Here it is summarized below. It seemed like every time someone tried to explain it on a forum or blog post I left feeling more confused or discouraged, so I put it off. eg mame2003 - 0.Like many other poor souls not privy to MAME ROMs and emulators I struggled to get my ROMs to work.
I have no idea what romset you're comparing to but it's normal for romsets from different MAME versions and how they're formattedītw, your random romset almost certainly won't work on the emulator you choose as it has to be the specific version for that emulator.
But then I see that one is 16,5MB while the other is 15,6MB. One thing that seems to answer "yes" to questions 2 and 3 is that, for instance I can see a game called "armwar.zip" inside the romset 0.78. Regarding questions 1 and 2.yesterday I downloaded CPS1 and CPS2 roms from a website (not the 0.78 romset I was refering before). You can see what games are supported by a given MAME version by checking the corresponding DAT file. however it may not be as comprehensive on the 'classic' games of the 80s (not sure if that's still the case - fbn's library is ever expanding) Note for 2-5, you're probably better off with lr-fbneo and corresponding romset, as it's an actively developed emulator that has more of a focus on fighting games and shooters from that era.
Everyting seems to be pretty simple.but it's not and I still have some questions I hope you'll be able to answers. I'm planning to use lr-mame2003 and so I've downloaded the corresponding romset (version 0.78). I'm trying to play arcade games in my brand new Raspberry Pi.