Crush Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Since you don't have a mame.ini i suspect that your MAME setup is not correct. You have to setup MAME correctly first so it can run any supported system you want, then add Intellivision through MAME to Launchbox. Download latest MAME here: http://www.mame.net/ Then check the setup guide here: http://docs.mamedev.org/ Quote
mrrod Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Quick question, if one runs and older mame and then updates to the latest version, would all roms need to be updated also? seem to get the impression roms also need to be updated. Downloaded and extracted mame64 .182, I have an ini folder, I assume that's the ini I should have. Edited February 13, 2017 by mrrod Quote
SentaiBrad Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I haven't done an Intellivision one, but if you watch the latest MAME/MESS one, follow all the instructions but replace the console name with the Intellivision one, and the command line paramter with the one you've gotten from here. The MESS Command Line parameter list linked in the description is also a life saver. Two big key components, make sure you have a MAME rom set that matches your MAME version inside your MAME/roms folder. So if you have MAME .180 grab a MAME .180 split rom set, and if you have MAME .181, grab a MAME non-merged rom set (.181 split seems to be broken). Then, make sure the Associated Platform name matches the name you gave your platform and that the command line is correct. Quote
SentaiBrad Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Just now, mrrod said: Quick question, if one runs and older mame and then updates to the latest version, would all roms need to be updated also? seem to get the impression roms also need to be updated. Yes, the MAME rom set should ideally match your version of MAME. If you have a slightly older rom set, like .178 using MAME .181, it will most likely be alright, but if your romset is from .173 and previous, and you're using a newer version of MAME, that can cause some issues. Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 just to clarify it is MAME 182 that has the issue. Quote
mrrod Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 should I download an older mame and see if that works with the roms i have? and if you are running .182, finding the right roms for that would take ages to find wouldn't it? Quote
d3cyph3r Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) For arcade MAME roms, yes you will need to update for newer versions. For the topic at hand, you do not need a newer set for Intellivision. You may want to take a look at Simply Austin's MESS tutorial. He has a download of MESS 1.59 that has all the bios and configs pre all ready for you to use. Edited February 13, 2017 by d3cyph3r Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I would just download the newest ROMs instead of an old version of an emulator that is now merged with MAME anyway but that is just me Quote
mrrod Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 So basically I have to just download roms until I find the ones that work. Quote
d3cyph3r Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Just now, DOS76 said: I would just download the newest ROMs instead of an old version of an emulator that is now merged with MAME anyway but that is just me Do they update the bios for consoles that often? I think I am still using my Intv.zip rom from 0.39... Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 No they don't but I would just get the new set so I can use the latest MAME video and audio enhancements with my stuff and also have the latest version of the arcade ROMs but I update my MAME roms pretty regularly so like I said that is just me. Quote
SentaiBrad Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Yea, I meant MAME .182. Doing some searching, you can find mame split and mame non-merged rom sets very easily. If you want the latest MAME .182, grab a non-merged set. If you grab MAME .181 and previous (don't go any farther back than MAME .174), then grab a MAME split rom set. MESS BIOS were included after MAME .16x, or somewhere within, so anything lower might have none or some missing BIOS files for MESS, as that's when MESS was integrated. Watch a few of our MESS tutorials (like the one I linked), to get the idea, it's actually pretty short that Vectrex tutorial. Quote
SentaiBrad Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, Patham said: I just set this up going off Brad's MESS tutorial (Atari 5200) and it works like a charm. Using the stand alone MESS 0.177. The hardest part was finding the bios that had the grom.bin inside. Now what would I need to do to get the voice working in a game like Space Spartans? Could I just add that bios into the intv.zip file? Thanks. That rom set should come with the proper BIOS files, but if you open the zips and see files are missing, and you have them, you should be able to put them in to the zip and it work. Also, the older MESS tutorials I used a standalone version of MESS that is no longer being built, so I do advocate using regular MAME now. It eliminates some extra steps. Just make sure to add MAME a second time to LaunchBox and call it MESS (per the Vectrex tutorial, which is using just MAME, so you can watch both to get the full picture). Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 That may be its own device ROM in MAME I'll check my bios and see if it inside or not Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 There is an intv_voice.zip and a intv_esc.zip that probably work with the system. 1 Quote
DOS76 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Yeah its its own zip it contains sp0256-012.bin inside of it. Quote
spycat Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Hi @Patham To allow MAME to emulate voice synthesis with the 4 Intellivision games that use it you will need intv.zip intv_voice.zip and your Associated Platform Parameters should be intv -cart1 voice -cart2 To play the Intellivision ECS games including the one that uses voice synthesis you need intv.zip intvecs.zip intv_ecs.zip and your Associated Platform Parameters should be changed to run the clone machine intvecs -cart1 voice -cart2 As there are only a handful (6 I Think) of ECS games, you can use the Associated Platform Parameters for the Intellivision and then for any ECS games use the custom Parameter intvecs -cart1 voice -cart2 The Intellivoice feature was in only 4 Intellivision games B-17 Bomber Bomb Squad Space Spartans Tron: Space Sailer and in only 1 Intellivision ECS game World Series Major League Baseball 1 Quote
jetbootjack Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 Hi, I'm trying to sort out an oddity I experience using Nostalgia for Intellivision emulation. All my ROMs work fine in Nostalgia itself, but some will not play when I try and launch them through Launchbox's menu. I can play Demon Attack just fine from the Nostalgia menu, but I get an "unable to load game from file" pop up in Launchbox if I try to boot the same ROM from there. The files are all in .int format Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! sTeVE Quote
spycat Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 Hi @jetbootjack This is a known issue with Demon Attack and Nostalgia 5. The game's format has nothing to do with it. Also, LaunchBox is not at fault. From the Nostalgia GUI itself you can only run Demon Attack by either clicking it in the list or by selecting Run Selected Game from the File tab. Using Load File from the File tab won't work for this game like it does for others. Apparently Demon Attack works fine with the older version of Nostalgia. 1 Quote
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