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for test,....just put a ctvboy.ini in your mame root folder (ctvboy.ini) adjust the rompath in that ini to where your MAME SL directory is (do not include ctvboy in the path, use the higher folder) For instance rompath "roms;D:\MAME SL\Roms" Then a simple command like mame ctvboy einvader loads the game. This means u can just add ctvboy in associated platforms. And provide the file without quotes or path

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That is a combination of me finding several different versions of the artwork. Cutting it. Getting rid of the background. Choosing best one to upscale. Then letting AI do a couple brush ups. Edit it again in photoshop until it's either good to go, or good enough for someone else to improve upon. I have some skills, but I am by far an expert, more of a novice when u look at seaview or Jonny Severn and others. I only have the one rule...a clear logo is always better than no clear logo😉

Will this do Wally? U can add a glow to it yourself if u want.

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@AlexDC22: I've added these latest ones. I assume u still need to make the TV Sports Baseball? https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/158035-tv-sports-baseball

not to my knowledge, but to be fair. I don't use those settings so best to hope someone who does chimes in. I can look into it later but no guarantees.

Just did an update last night on TurboGrafx-16. Half of the artwork came from emumovies without trouble. Haven't had very much trouble, for the times I use it that is. Have never had anything happening like you describe in your second remark though.

They have been submitted and accepted https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/13419 https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/7901 https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/29607 https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/7904

thats why I said to work with 😉. Cause atleast now it's straight and has the same shape.

and here is a T2 to work with

(used that poster as baseline) If u really need the purple in it, then I will leave my logo to seaview to further improve upon

it's not a competition 😄 take your time. It's already appreciated!

@RetroGuy1970 maybe also look for 1G1R romsets. Those are more easily managed. 1 game 1 rom, and all of them are split in separate platforms and don't have duplicates.

Or this...then u can choose which one

Same here...until someone makes a better version then these will have to do for now.

This is just until someone creates a better version.

@AlexDC22 : Added to games DB. Still pending change status...will show up after a short while

That would be around 35 carts. And everybody has to start somewhere. Once u get used to these systems, there is overlap with others and it will get easier. I have several mame SL's running now and still adding more.

I haven't configured aquarius_cass yet. From what I can see they are mostly game compilations with each game in different cassette slots. Seeing as I haven't got this running in my LB I am afraid I cannot advice in this. Cause cassette games always require that little bit of extra attention to getting them running. Most things would require a lua script to make it somewhat manageable.

Those aren't games : Bootloader BASIC v1.0 Bootloader BASIC v1.1 Bootloader BASIC v2.0 Bootloader BASIC v2.1 U should either hide them from your platform or delete them from launchbox. Not every zip in a software list is a game. That can also vary, some have tools, utilities, programs,... Next time, use Joe's plugin to import your mame SL roms That way, u will have the correct name for the rom u imported into LB. This just needs to know the location of the HASH directory. U can find those in your mame\hash folder. Point it to aquarius_cart.xml Also,...always check those xml files, cause sometimes it will tell u if there are extra things to do. Like as u say, import or load an extra rom into a cart slot. Many software lists are keyboard only, but some will already have joystick controls mapped. If they don't,...then u either do it game by game, or u use a set of five configs which u can use in games (ofcourse u need to know/find out which cfg setting to use), or u may get lucky and all games use sort-off the same keys, in which case u can do with one cfg file. U can tell mame which cfg file to use by passing it -cfg_directory "d:\mame\cfg\aquarius\az_config.cfg" (as an example)

Ok, here we go. For the aquarius there are two software lists u could try out. aquarius_cart aquarius_cass Easiest to run are mostly always the flop and cart, cause they mostly don't need anything more than just the correct commandline In my LB I have the aquarius_cart My game dir: D:\LaunchBox\Games\Mattel Aquarius\aquarius_cart If u decide to copy the zip's to another directory, always make sure to use exact same naming as u will find in the mame software lists. In this case...use the 'aquarius_cart' folder. It really doesn't matter what the higher level folder is called...just that the zips are in the same folder as what is known in mame. Then...mame itself. Each mame software list after running a game on it will create an ini file. That will always happen, even if u don't run a game. So through command line : mame.exe aquarius That will create an aquarius.ini in your mame root folder It is always wise to just boot the system first...cause that will do the check to see if the system boots and if it finds your bios files (it default looks for them in the roms directory in mame folder) If mame.exe [systemname], or in this case 'mame aquarius' already throws an error...at least u then know that u first have to locate the correct bios and copy it over to your roms directory further Items of importance in the ini rompath "roms;D:\LaunchBox\Games\Mattel Aquarius" keyboardprovider dinput For rompath...that is always seperated with a ; for each new path. In my case,...it has roms...(which is the roms directory in the MAME directory) and it has my main folder for the aquarius_cart files. Basically telling mame...look for either aquarius_cart, or aquaris_cass from within that folder. If your bios files are in another directory, then your rompath would change Lets say u decide to keep all MAME bios files in following directory D:\Mamebios and your aquarius mame SL zips are in D:\Games\Mattel\aquarius_cart then your rompath would be : rompath "D:\Mamebios;D:\Games\Mattel" But for portability, best to just keep the mame bios roms in the mame roms directory. For aquarius u will need to look for the following bios files the second one...that must be from a merged set. Cause I don't have that in mine. Anyway, copy those zips to your roms directory If done all this...and in a command window running mame aquarius boots the aquarius...then u are good to go! If u want to kind of get any idea of the correct command line. U can always check what mame itself says by using following commands: mame aquarius -listmedia mame aquarius -listslots With the listmedia...u know mame aquarius would expect -cart, -cart1, cass, cass1...(these can vary) Sometimes -cart will work, other times it needs -cart1...u will have to test that For aquarius however it is -cart1 To run the game aquariworm u would use following command : mame aquarius -cart1 aqworm If u set up everything as I described above...then mame does not need a fullpath to the game, no .zip, no quotes. Just the romname without extension so in launchbox for the emulator it would have this and in associated platforms Try this first and see how u manage. Cause there is still so much to tell of course...but this is the basis upon which u build for getting other mame SL's running.

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