RadicalDogfood Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 Hi! I am trying to get a new game off of LaunchBox and I haven't done it in a while, but I am hoping you could help me. After I put in all the information for the game I have to add a file into the same tab that I put in all of my information. I then looked back at one of my other games and I found out that it has it's own zip file attached to it. How do I get the .zip file for my game (Pole Position - Arcade version)? And if you could help me figure out how to add a new console to my LaunchBox that would be great. Thank you! - Christian Baltz Quote
Massatomic Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 Its against the rules to share roms/games here. google does not share that policy and i suggest doing a search Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 31 minutes ago, massatomic said: Its against the rules to share roms/games here. google does not share that policy and i suggest doing a search What are you talking about? I just want to know how to FIND the .zip file Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 Sorry, i am a little confused... Where the file is located on your actual hard drive? Quote
Rincewind Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 At the top of the website is a tab "tutorials" if you watch a few of them first you will probably find the answers if not then once you have watched a couple of them then we will understand more clearly were you need the help Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, massatomic said: Sorry, i am a little confused... Where the file is located on your actual hard drive? No. I am looking for the .zip download file. Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 Ok, we cant share roms/games links on the forum. Arcade games come in a set called "mame". I am sure if you googled the game name and the word rom it would come up with plenty of options on where to find what you are after. once you have it, its a matter of importing it into launchbox and having the mame emulator setup to run it. As rincewind said,if your having trouble with any of those steps check out a coup,e of the videos on n the launchbox youtube channel and they will get you started Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 7 minutes ago, massatomic said: Ok, we cant share roms/games links on the forum. Arcade games come in a set called "mame". I am sure if you googled the game name and the word rom it would come up with plenty of options on where to find what you are after. once you have it, its a matter of importing it into launchbox and having the mame emulator setup to run it. As rincewind said,if your having trouble with any of those steps check out a coup,e of the videos on n the launchbox youtube channel and they will get you started What does it mean to have the "mame emulator set up" I have downloaded mame... Is that all there is to it? Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 You also need the "rom" file (the zip you are refering to) that contains the game Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQzvbweVgw 1 Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 Here is what I have. I watched that video before I started this... I'm not very tech savvy Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 10 minutes ago, massatomic said: Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQzvbweVgw I'm not sure if it popped up on your screen because I didn't quote you, but I have images above Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, massatomic said: Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQzvbweVgw I got my download file off of EP... would that work even tho it is for macs and for open emu? Edited June 16, 2017 by Rincewind Can not display ROM website names Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 We are not savy until we learn ? Can you go to tools on the top menu and go to manage emulators and tell me if mame is listed there? Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 You dont need to add mame as an additional app, it should be listed as the emulator in the emulation tab of your bottom pic. Also that .exe file you have showing in you bottom pic looks to be the installer for mame. Have you run. And installed mame? Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, massatomic said: We are not savy until we learn ? Can you go to tools on the top menu and go to manage emulators and tell me if mame is listed there? Yes it is listed, but it says that it's application path is LaunchBox.exe. Is it supposed to be that? Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 No, you should run the installer for mame, then create an emulator in that list and link it to the mame.exe file in the install folder. then once you have that listed , right click the game again and go to the emulation tab and point it towards the mame emulator you just setup. should be good to go after that Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 5 minutes ago, massatomic said: No, you should run the installer for mame, then create an emulator in that list and link it to the mame.exe file in the install folder. then once you have that listed , right click the game again and go to the emulation tab and point it towards the mame emulator you just setup. should be good to go after that I have to enter an applicable platform? Quote
Massatomic Posted June 16, 2017 Posted June 16, 2017 Two things, that file you are pointing to is the installer, not the installed program then in the assosiated platform tab at the top there should be a line there with the platform name, lb defaults to "arcade" and tick the box that says delfault system( or whatever the label is on the right Quote
RadicalDogfood Posted June 16, 2017 Author Posted June 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, massatomic said: Two things, that file you are pointing to is the installer, not the installed program then in the assosiated platform tab at the top there should be a line there with the platform name, lb defaults to "arcade" and tick the box that says delfault system( or whatever the label is on the right It is blank ??♂️ Quote
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