Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Heres my next question for the night ...lol How do i get this game to pass startup? I get bad checks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Yeah.... I found that referenced thread and think I held F2 down untill I got the bad checks , then I hit F3 (still holding F2) it reloaded and think i continued to hold F2 untill it came up bad checks again. I tried this twice before I posted the thread but will try again in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 I tried a dozen times,holding F2 to different points. No go... I noticed the game does a cdr check and in mame this machine has a scsi virtual drive option. Does it require a virtual drive? I have daemon tools lite and my DT drive is set as DT-0 drive D My scsi is set to scsi-0 drive E.... The game was set to scsi-4 so changed it to scsi-0 Now it hangs after the initial set of checks ....ive waited 5 -10 minutes but it doesnt get past this set of checks. It hangs at the spot in the attatched image. Would DT and scsi virtual drives be conflicting if both set as 0 Like DT-0 D: and SCSI-0 E:? Im not sure what the "0" in these drive parameters indicate . I dont think its region,and its not the drive letter. I remember some programs look for a virtual drive as a numeric value and not alphabetical but wouldnt D: be 4 and E: be 5 in that case? Anyway...any help is appreciated. Me and the kids wanted to play this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 I tried a dozen times,holding F2 to different points. No go... I noticed the game does a cdr check and in mame this machine has a scsi virtual drive option. Does it require a virtual drive? I have daemon tools lite and my DT drive is set as DT-0 drive D My scsi is set to scsi-0 drive E.... The game was set to scsi-4 so changed it to scsi-0 Now it hangs after the initial set of checks ....ive waited 5 -10 minutes but it doesnt get past this set of checks. It hangs at the spot in the attatched image. Would DT and scsi virtual drives be conflicting if both set as 0 Like DT-0 D: and SCSI-0 E:? Im not sure what the "0" in these drive parameters indicate . I dont think its region,and its not the drive letter. I remember some programs look for a virtual drive as a numeric value and not alphabetical but wouldnt D: be 4 and E: be 5 in that case? Anyway...any help is appreciated. Me and the kids wanted to play this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe35car Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I would delete any files named simpbowl in your mame folder. Look in the nvram, ini, cfg, folders. Then try the process above again. No need for a virtual drive for this game. Get it to work outside of your frontend first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 I deleted the files in the nvram and cfg folders. Wasnt any in the ini folder. Loaded mame ran the game holding down f2. It goes through a main memory check and passes Then a vram check and passes Then says program loading .... Then theres the 10 sec countdown Then 25c :ok 3a:bad 3b:bad 7a:bad 7b:bad Says "see manual" And just hangs here. Do i let it run to this point holding f2 then hit f3 to reset while still holding f2....when do i release f2? What does f2 do and what input settings area in mame can I check that f2 is set? User interface or other controls? The only f2 input i see are under user interface for "tape start and tape stop" is that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asparky Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Try this website,they deal with a lot of questions raised, when using MAME: http://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/FAQ:Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ya i looked for the eeprom message after reading your post last night. Im not seeing it...it might be loading too fast. I only see what i listed above All i see is Main memory check Vram check Then it says "program loading" in green and goes to the 10 second countdown 25c ok 3a bad 7a bad 7b bad And hangs I tried releasing f2 when it said program loading but have tried releasing it after mem check,vram check, program loading,and tried holding it the whole time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe35car Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I can send you my NVRAM file when I get home if you can't get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 pm sent guys Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deezdrama Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Awesome man.....that did the trick! Thanks for the file and all the help guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe35car Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Glad you got it working with the NVRAM. I'm stuck at work for another 2 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teevan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Can someone send me the vram file also...having the same problem and cant seem to get it to work. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe35car Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Here you go. If you have a hard time with any other games to start let me know. simpbowl.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff248 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 im having issues with simpsons bowling security code error please wait stays on tha screen tried everyting still wont play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodak99 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 bumping an old thread i found via google search, can anyone send me their nvram file for simpsons bowling, I'm having the same problem as described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodak99 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I got this working, had test assigned to a key other than F2 and once I realized that I got it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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