deano71 Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Hi a newbie at this and have been tinkering with Mame. I have a large rom pack but Im finding some roms will just not boot. I cant get them to launch in rocket launcher or hyperspin. The Rom will go to boot and you see it go to about 30 or 80% etc and it will then fail to load and go back to menu screen. Some examples of problem roms. All the neo geo roms/capcom Super Sprint, World Cup 90, Spy Hunter for example. I have donloaded the rom from different sources and this still has not solved the problem. I tried Winkawaks for NEO Geo and it works fine as a standalone emulator, but just wont launch games in hyperspin or hyperlauncher.
Fromlostdays Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 It sounds like the roms aren't matching the mame version you're using. Each new version of mame comes with an updated set of roms that may have been altered slightly and may not be backwards or forwards compatible. Try different versions of mame or get your hands on an updated set. Walter:beerglass:
deano71 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Posted May 5, 2015 Ok thanks i will try some older Mame versions if thats possible.
Inspector Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 For some Roms you need corresponding CHD files. Especially the capcom fighting games . a CHD is extra game data usually a CD or other media type inside of the cabinets. You need to download those CHD files and place them in your ROM directory to make them function correctly.
deano71 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Posted May 7, 2015 Thanks for the advise. I downloaded a new 40gig ROM pack 1.54 I think it was? and it has pretty much everything working now. The frustrating thing is some of the ROM I really want Spy Hunter, Chase HQ and Indianna Jones wont load so it looks like I will have to try and individually get them.
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