Apple III - RetroArch (MAME) - Complete Setup 1.0.0

Thank you for these packs! 

You're welcome. I've been having fun making them.  Well, except for the Mindset but they can't all be winners.

The missing link between the Apple II brand and the Macintosh.

Next, the Apple I ??

A long time ago I made a very ugly wheel for myself. I didn't used mame_libretro back then and its useful savestates feature so I had to type in the command each time in Mame. The videos I made for this system were showing the process to launch the games. I will try to improve it with your retroarch method but if you are interested I can send you what I have.

For some reason I thought the Apple 1 was already done.  It has a small list of games. That might pop up in the Uploads. I might contact you if I need help.

I have successfully launch it through mame_libretro. I am in the process of creating the savestates for the 8 games I have been able to launch.

So I will be able to senf you the hash, cfg, roms and savestates if you need them.

Back when I made myself this setup I managed to launch games only because I found youtube videos of guys launching their games manually. The commands are different for each game and it is definitely not in basic !

That's great! It sounds like you have it setup on your own.

Can you upload your work as a complete setup?

I'm happy the methods I shared helped you get that far. I have been waiting for someone else to start creating similar RetroArch(MAME) setups.

I can try to but it might take some time as I am searching the net how to start more games  (I need to find the proper command lines).

I also need to make new videos and a default and main menu themes.

Concerning the wheels there are no artworks as far as I know cause the games are text only and very archaic, so if you know of a relevant font to create generic ones please tell me.

I will not make a bezel as I am using myself the megabezel of an old wooden tv from Duimon that fits perfectly.

And yes Floatingyeti, I wouldn' t have been able to launch the games without all your advices, so thanks again for that ! At first it wouldn't work but then I remember that you need to place the relevant files for Mame in the roms folder along with the games. You also need to activate the hotkey option in retroarch in order to be able to use all the input keys (I don't know if there are other solutions). It was also necessary to disable the 7z option in rocketlauncher and let retroarch do the decompression. 

So quite some trials and errors but I learn a lot from them.

hello thank you for your systems, tell me where can I find the bios, because none of your systems launches with me .... and yet everything is well configured

6 minutes ago, QAZ said:

hello thank you for your systems, tell me where can I find the bios, because none of your systems launches with me .... and yet everything is well configured

 

I think it is your RetroArch MAME Option settings

Enable:

Alternate Render Method

Enable Softlists

Softlist Automatic Media Type

Boot from CLI

Lower Resolution to 1280x720 i had a lot of systems crash at 1920x1080 after upgrading to 0.247

I have instructions here: Add Mame systems to RetroArch 

Wassup my guy.....I been following you for a while and I integrate ur setups on hyperspin android....quick question i have for you....why don't u use the command line to launch these games?....with cmd files to launch the games , you automate the commands to type to launch the games or choose the bios to use etc...with cmd files you also don't need a hash file and the game can be named anything you want....the only reason I can think to not use it would be to make it universal for others to use...because on the cmd files you must have the bios location and the rom location and we all know it will vary depending on the user

Are you referring to launching the games directly from MAME?

I am aware of using command line for standalone MAME but I am focusing on merging the added features of RetroArch with MAME to overcome some limitations 

For Apple III the disks can easly be launched with command line directly so I see your point with this system.

How would you for example launch a PC into Basic then load a multi-part cassette game, use the cpu overclock feature, and instantly launch the game on the title screen?

I didn't think that could be done with command-line but I would be happy to be proven wrong.

Yes, i am trying to convert everything to use mame naming convention to be able to comply to software list standards. It sucks sometimes but I suffer and share the end result for people to enjoy.

Can you show me an example of using command line for mame within RetroArch? How would you approach something like Nintendo Family Basic?

I welcome any instruction or knowledge you can provide but I'm focused on RetroArch integration using only Windows.

It's hard work but I'm passionate about it and I'm having fun.

I never tried family basic..I only used the generic Famicom from years ago...do u have another example of a computer system?....the ones u recently did I haven't had time 2 convert for RetroArch android yet....maybe I can use one of those as an example 

I think I understand your point of view. I reviewed all the systems I have uploaded and almost all of them could be achieved with command line. 

I think Nintendo Fanily Basic and SC-3000 would be very challenging to translate the steps involved.

The autoload save states I share or provide instruction to create are a substitute for command line instruction.

I'm going down a path that not many chosen. It's been challenging and rewarding and I'm figuring out quick and easy tricks to load whatever I want within MAME Software List without ever using command instructions. 

I'm actually doing all of this to avoid the standard methods you are suggesting. I wanted to find an alternative.

That's great that the systems I'm making are usable on Android RetroArch but I only plan to be working on Windows.