Sinclair ZX81 (via MAME and rocketlauncher)

[TomCalman]

Anyone able to tell me what rocketlauncher settings to use to get ZX81 games running in MAME (0.177)? Launching games (from rocketlauncher) opens MAME and the right emulator, but just ends up with the ZX81 command prompt rather than the game itself (both with and without 7zip enabled). This is the command line that gets passed on to MAME (I can post the full log if that would help)

Process.Run - Running: "C:\HyperSpin\Emulators\mame0177b_64bit\mame64.exe" zx81 -cass1 "C:\Temp Games HS\Alien Descender (1983) (Fontana Publishing)\Alien Descender (1983) (Fontana Publishing).p" -rompath "C:\HyperSpin\Roms\Sinclair ZX81;C:\HyperSpin\Emulators\mame0177b_64bit\roms" -nowindow -nohlsl_enable -nogl_glsl -video d3d -artwork_crop -nouse_bezels -use_overlays -use_backdrops -nouse_cpanels -nouse_marquees -nofilter -skip_gameinfo

Is it just that MAME doesn't recognise .p format files? They all CRC match with the ZX81 database so I've assumed they're ok. It does appear to be possible (although I don't know if it's MAME for sure) as there is a video in Spanish on Youtube of games launching from Hyperspin.

 

I can get games to work with the VB81 standalone emulator, but there's no rocketlauncher module for that and I'm not really sure how to put one together; I daresay I could learn but I was hoping for a simpler solution (I'm only including it for nostalgia value, first actual computer I ever played on).

 

Thanks,

 

TC