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DIRK THE DRIPLESS has NewRetroArcade: Neon

Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:20pm

Frustrated. (Resolved)

I can't get MAME ROMs to run in NRA:N. I've tried every version in the RetroArch repository with no luck. I didn't have an issue with the old freeware version, and have no issues adding console and handheld games, but getting anything MAME to run has given a runtime error when using the "mame2014_libretro.dll" core, and the "mame_libretro.dll" just hangs at a black screen, with all of the other, older versions simply booting me to desktop with no error. I've tried a bunch of games, but I'm really trying to get Galaga (galaga.zip) and Tapper (tapper.zip) running ATM.

I've given it a couple hours using the guide and information found here in the forums as a backbone, but have had no luck at all. Any suggestions would be amazing. Thanks in advance, everyone.

EDIT: Wanted to add that I tried the core .dll files linked in the Official Steam Guide as well.

Last edited by DIRK THE DRIPLESS; Oct 10, 2016 @ 5:00pm

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Vermillion Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:28pm

A couple things could be occuring. You might have bad ROMs. You might have forgotten to extract the DLLs from the zips(it's happened before). You might also have ROMs from a incompatible ROM Set.

The 2014 core uses 0.159 ROMs according to the github repository. https://github.com/libretro/mame2014-libretro

I'll admit, I still don't fully understand MAME ROM Sets myself, so I can't offer much in the way of support in that regard. But what I can do is help with the ROMs themselves.

My working Galaga ROM has a MD5 hash of: a21bd99331b380c25a1d288a6dae3f8e

You can use www.winmd5.com and compare the hashes with your ROM and see if they match.

Last edited by Vermillion; Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:44pm

DIRK THE DRIPLESS has NewRetroArcade: Neon

Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:45pm

Yeah, to be fair, I'm not sure which version of MAME the ROMs I have are for, and only have them verified as working in MAME 0.161, 0.167b, and 0.178b.

I have a feeling you're onto something, and I'll be back with an update.

MD5 hash was different for my Galaga ROM, getting some ROM sets (0.138) for further testing.

Last edited by DIRK THE DRIPLESS; Oct 10, 2016 @ 3:58pm

DIRK THE DRIPLESS has NewRetroArcade: Neon

Oct 10, 2016 @ 4:53pm

Seems like pretty much all of my current ROM set is incompatible with the RetroArch MAME cores. I got an older ROM set and everything I've used so far works fine, so I'll probably just download the ROM updates up to 0.159. Thanks for the help.

EDIT: Side note, do you know much about CLRMame Pro?

Last edited by DIRK THE DRIPLESS; Oct 10, 2016 @ 4:53pm

Vermillion Oct 10, 2016 @ 5:00pm

Glad to hear you got everything working

CLRMame Pro rings a bell, but I can't recall what the program does.

Last edited by Vermillion; Oct 10, 2016 @ 5:01pm

DIRK THE DRIPLESS has NewRetroArcade: Neon

Oct 10, 2016 @ 5:13pm

Originally posted by Vermillion:
Glad to hear you got everything working

CLRMame Pro rings a bell, but I can't recall what the program does.

Evidently it's a ROM set manager and updater. Since the software seems fairly complex, I wanted to see if I could get a quick answer about updating ROM sets to a specific version. From reading the documentation, it seems like I can as long as I download MAME 0.159 and use that as a reference for the profile. Not totally sure yet, though. I'll have to try it out.

Last edited by DIRK THE DRIPLESS; Oct 10, 2016 @ 5:14pm