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Yes, running via flycast RA core. hod2bios.zip I had in DC directory was from 2019 as don't typically update stuff in DC directory. However, I tried it with updated 262 MAME set version bios (in DC directory) and ROM and worked fine.

I think the red looks "cooler". But overall for usability/readability for user control information the gray background is easier to distinguish.

hotd2.zip and hod2bios.zip are needed to run the game with the RA flycast core. Without knowing anymore details hard to say other than works on my system. The hod2bios.zip should be in this directory ..\Retroarch\system\dc

You have to log into Discord. Goes right to page. Try this invite page. https://discord.com/invite/37FYaUZ Again you have to have account in Discord.

The PSD is in the very first post of this thread that Viking included in his pack.

At eXo's Discord site (under News and Status dated 1/10/24) there is a revised update batch files that goes in the .\eXo\Update\ folder which updates to work with language packs (and also updates to 6.02)

It's having issues with your second disk which I assume is you game disk. It doesn't recognize the disk so wants to format it (erase it). So would try a different disk image or make sure using files from MAME Software List set.

It says right in the error you posted you are missing files. You don't have a complete romset and/or you are not pointing to your full arcade MAME rom set within your MAME.ini. Edit: If you are using a MAME merged set the files will be here: If you are using a MAME split set the files will be here: But again, your repeated issue based on errors above is that you are moving roms around rather than just pointing to your main MAME arcade roms directory with full set of correct roms or you do not have a complete set to begin with.

List yes, but nothing with screenshot. You would have to convert the text file output to PDF if you want that. Two options, for the second scroll down thread as they made updates later to script.

I had typo in command above. Should be: apple2gsr1 Also do not rename any MAME roms. The Apple2GS.zip is all that is needed.

For #2 question, that game looks to have system files (ProDos and System folder) so should boot without a system disk. At least for me, if you run with MAME and get a blue screen with "Error=$ 002E" then you need to switch the Apple IIGS Rom from 3.0 to 1.0. To do this, where you have this in your custom command line apple2gs change that to apple2gsr1 When it boots up the blue screen should say "ROM 1.0" on bottom instead of 3.0 Note you won't be able to play this game to control ball as it required a special "Future Pad" controller. There is a hack version of the game floating about that bypasses it and uses keyboard (the Exo Apple IIGS pack has it). For #3 question, that is limitation of IIGS just like a real computer of the time. The IIGS by default has two 5.25" drives (-flop1 and -flop2) and two 3.5" drives (-flop3 and -flop4). Thus, you have to use the MAME interface to swap out Game Disk1 in Flop4 with Game Disk 2 and then let it load. More than likely it will ask for Game Disk 1 again and have to load that back into MAME interface. An alternative is to use a hard drive image with system files to boot instead of a floppy image. Then the two floppy drives are available. You can search for a HD image if do Google search for "System 6.0.1 Hard Drive Image ~13.3meg". It will have a "HDV" extension. For hard drive images you have to change the command to run MAME with hard drive to: apple2gs -sl7 cffa2 -noautosave -gameio joy -ramsize 8M -hard1

As stated in other thread, you shouldn’t be moving any BIOS files. You point your Mame.ini to the full set Mame Roms directory which if a full set will have all the needed files.

Did you change the view options? Check what key you have assigned via Options, Controller Mapping, Switch View.

Looks like the Nostalgia video set by Viking

The sound is just MAME simulating the sound of the floppy drive reading the disk. This command works fine for me which is basically what you are telling LB: mame apple2gs -flop3 "path_to_your_disk\System.DiskIIGS_604.po" -flop4 "path_to_your_disk\Dueltris.2mg" The loading process will go to the blue screen, then eventually to the loading screen to the Systems 6.04 (approximately 60 seconds to get to screen). You should also delete any saved states for your games in your ..\MAME\sta\apple2gs\ if you are having issues as may be corrupted. Beyond that, if you are crashing at loading window then you should check you have a complete rom set for MAME as the bios files are in the full Arcade set.

eXo's IIGS set is using MAME, GSPort and GSPlus depending on game and if want it "all setup" that is advantage with his packages as he addresses things like needing ProDos operating system to play or eases multi disk games (Bard's Tale as example). MAME is the way to go for most part if not using eXo setup. See this thread on MAME setup. The issue is like with most computer emulation is more complicated than cartridge setups. Many of the other emulators besides MAME like KEGS haven't been updated in many years.

Only the parameters in the associated platform for RA are added to run command. As to why RA isn't managed differently, I do not know. I have never run into it as issue as anything RA wide I use the Retroarch.cfg (e.g., fullscreen or default shaders) and specific flags have to go with the associated core entry.

LB is basically a launcher taking your inputs and creating a command line to launch the emulator. The flags you are trying to pass are specific to a RA core. RA base executable + core [and any switch/parameters] = emulation. The first example you give is trying to give a switch/parameter to the base retroarch.exe before a core is loaded. RA doesn't know what to do with it so ignores it. The second screen works because RA now knows which core to run and LB adds those additional parameters to RA + the core at that point.

Retroarch has cores you can download that provide emulator code. LB has no issues with RA or their associated cores.

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DirectX SDK, and depending on Windows version NET library components LB runs on top of. Simplistically, rerun the installer and point to same path as original setup, any settings specific will not be overwritten but any missing base files will be installed.

Yes, it is portable if you have the base files needed to run LB. Otherwise you have to run the installer one time on the new PC setup. However, each specific emulator will vary on their ability to be portable.