Dullaron |
Diablo III - Dunard #1884
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Reged: 07/22/05
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Posts: 6125
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Loc: Fort Worth, Tx
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Re: Atari 2600 - I'm Dumb as a Rock. Help
03/04/16 03:22 PM
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> GOAL: To run Atari 2600 games from a MAME frontend. > > FAILED PROCESS > > (Tools) > > I have used Stella for years. I have a full set of ROMS that all work in Stella. > > I grabbed a full set of .171 ROMS from Pleasuredome. > > I have a clean install of Mame .171. I use 64-bit, so I run MAME64.EXE. From this I > get the new UI. > > I changed the ROM path within MAME to point to the ROMS folder I use for Stella. > > I choose "Atari 2600 NTSC" and get a list of Atari 2600 games. > > Take, for example, Adventure. I choose adventure and I get "The selected software is > missing one or more required files. Please select a (sic) different software." > > I notice at the bottom of the screen it says: ROMSET: ADVENTUR. I rename my Adventure > game to this, but I get the same result. > > Now - the Stella games are in .BIN files, not zip's, and not 7z's. > > I check MAME.INI, and the ROMS path is entered correctly. > > So basically I have the following questions: > > 1) Do I need to grab another download of the Atari 2600 ROMS, just for MAME? > > 2) Could I be missing some other file? > > 3) Can I use MAMEUIFX, or other common frontends to play Atari 2600 titles? > > 4) I'd rather not use command-line, I want a frontend. > > 5) Why am I dumb as a stump every time I want to do anything other than play arcade > titles with Mame? > > Please help a guy who simply wants to play a few old titles. > > (and yes, I can play them in Stella, which I love. But out of principle, I'd like to > see this work. > > Thanks in advance.
For some reason MAME won't load the hash. It only load the hash after this command mame64 a2600. Weird.
Edit: I just tried out the neocdz from the MAME list. Same problem. But it will load from the command without a problem.
W11 Home 64-bit + Nobara OS / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core 3.59 GHz / RAM 64 GB
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