Run Zipped Games with "Media (CD-ROM)" Sub Folder

[GuroDragon]

I have a lot of zipped games with the exact same "Media (CD-ROM)" sub folder. The same emulator plays zipped games without the "Media (CD-ROM)" sub folder when you have the "Extract ROM archives before running" checked. 

Is there anyway to point the emulator to that folder after being unzipped.

Edited February 19, 2017 by GuroDragon

[fromlostdays]

Which platform, which emulator, and how exactly are the directories set up, and what's the rom extensions? 

[GuroDragon]

@fromlostdays It's for the Sega Saturn using Retroarch. Some files are cdd and the rest are cue.

Most of the 7z files have a folder inside called " Media (CD-ROM) " so when you open the zip file it is

Media (CD-ROM)>Akumajou Dracula X ~Gekka no Yasoukyoku~ (1998)(Konami Digital Entertainment)(JP).CUE

for example.

Edited February 19, 2017 by GuroDragon

[fromlostdays]

So I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "point the emulator to that folder". Unless you got a weird/bad dump, the cue file should point the emulator where it needs to go.

If you mean that you imported them as zips in Launchbox, and now you want to point launchbox to the cues, the easiest way I know of is to delete your games in launchbox, and reimport using the trick of searching the window with your roms in it for ".cue" and then dragging all the results into launchbox. You shouldn't have to redownload any artwork either after the reimport. 

 

 

[GuroDragon]

@fromlostdays I added them by the zip file and would like to keep them zipped. My games folder for the Saturn is 498GB, it would be well over 1.2TB unzipped.

The games work zipped with "Extract ROM archives before running" checked in launchbox, when the archive opens directly to the CUE and iso like this.

The problem is that most of my 7z archives open with a subfolder "Media (CD-ROM)" which contains the ISO and Cue like this.

Is there anyway maybe via "Custom Command Line Parameters" to point the emulator to the subfolder folder after being unzipped to play.

I would think this is a common issue as I have a lot of CD games with this "Media (CD-ROM)" subfolder, especially multi disc games.

If you could help that would be AWSOME!

Edited February 20, 2017 by GuroDragon

[DOS76]

Yeah you have to many levels you need to uncompress them and then zip up the other folder to eliminate the subfolders or it isn't going to work and damn there must be a shit load of Saturn games from Europe and Japan my whole US collection unzipped fits on a 128GB flash drive

[GuroDragon]

@DOS76 Thanks, I was afraid I was going to have to do that.

The Sega Saturn has a lot more Japanese games than American, my Japanese folder is 330gb zipped. The Saturn did very well in Japan in fact it was Sega best selling console in the Japanese market but got crushed in every other country,

Funny enough Tom Kalinske (CEO of Sega of America, Inc in the early 90s) approach Sony after they got dumped by Nintendo and Sony agreed to market the Playstation under Sega's brand name. BUT Sega of  Japan said NO, they got their first hit in Japan by releasing the Saturn but at the cost of loosing all other markets internationally. In the end loosing BADLY to Sony even in their own country after a couple years.

Edited February 21, 2017 by GuroDragon