Retrofrogg Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) They are .2mg. My MAME is mame64.exe - should that be OK? Edited April 29, 2018 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 31 minutes ago, Dan said: So you just imported the Apple IIGS ROMS with MAME set as emulator and with "apple2gs -flop3 " set in the "default command line parameters" under the Apple IIGS "associated platorm" for the emulator? I tried that, but when I try and open a game in LB, the pointer just changes to a sand timer for a few seconds and then back again; MAME/the game doesn't load. Also - "number of ROMs" would be a great column to have in your table. And - what is the "how" platform in your table (at the top)? I had a "number of ROMs" column too, but it seems that the number Launchbox first reports imported and the actual number in the list changes. So for now i've excluded it. Can't find any "how" platform Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Dan said: They are .2mg. My MAME is mame64.exe - should that be OK? .2mg file extension allows -flop3 and -flop4. Mine are .2mg also and am using -flop3. You do have the "apple2gs" parent file? If so the only other thing I could think of is try another name like "apple2gsr0p2", "apple2gsr0p", "apple2gsr0" or "apple2gsr1" which all refer to the "apple2gs" parent. I am no expert but that is all I have I am afraid. Edited April 29, 2018 by Dane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 29 minutes ago, Dane said: You do have the "apple2gs" parent file? What do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dan said: What do you mean? Do you have a full MAME ROMs pack? Inside that should be the BIOS for the Apple IIGS which is the apple2gs file. I was just curious if you had that as that would be the first thing I would check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) I have a full MAME ROMs pack (with an apple2GS.zip file in it), but it is in a separate MAME ROMs folder, separate to the Apple IIGS folder. Do I need to copy something across? EDIT: My MAME folder has the same apple2GS.zip file in the "roms" subfolder - so if that is in the right place then it looks like I have it. Edited April 29, 2018 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Dan said: I have a full MAME ROMs pack (with an apple2GS.zip file in it), but it is in a separate MAME ROMs folder, separate to the Apple IIGS folder. Do I need to copy something across? No you leave it in with your MAME ROMs. Because with the Apple IIGS you will be selecting MAME as the emulator, when you put the command line in: ...it will point it to that BIOS file in your MAME ROM pack/set. I do not know if it is necessary or not but for any systems that I point to MAME in that fashion I have created a separate emulator and just called it "MESS (Via Arcade) and it just points to MAMEUI64.exe which is what version I am using. I guess if it is not necessary it just makes it simple, for me, to organize and keep tidy. I hope that helps, if not let me know. P.S. feel free to PM as I think we are hijacking @Romfrosk's thread here, haha. Edited April 29, 2018 by Dane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) As requested, i've added a column of ROMs I also deleted Future Pinball for now, and will get into the Pinball section later Currently downloading missing Metadata & Media for all platforms (takes a while for 84k games) Edited April 29, 2018 by Romfrosk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, Romfrosk said: As requested, i've added a column of ROMs I also deleted Future Pinball for now, and will get into the Pinball section later I hate your spreadsheet. It had made me add way more to my setup. So the slow decent into madness begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Dane said: I hate your spreadsheet. It had made me add way more to my setup. So the slow decent into madness begins. I know the feeling. Hopefully I'll have all systems imported by the end of the day. ? Depends how long the check for missing metadata takes. I see that it now can find a lot of media it should have found before. I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Dane said: No you leave it in with your MAME ROMs. Because with the Apple IIGS you will be selecting MAME as the emulator, when you put the command line in: That pic is what mine looks like. Can I see your "emulator details" tab for that? EDIT: I changed MAME64.exe to MAMEUI64.exe, and that seems to work! Edited April 29, 2018 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Dan said: EDIT: I changed MAME64.exe to MAMEUI64.exe, and that seems to work! I never would have thought that’d be it, haha. I’m glad you got it going somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 12 hours ago, Dane said: I see you have the Infocom Collection. If you get the Z-Machine working please share as it seems like a complete bastard to get going. Hi. I just imported this and, it seems i have it working with the Frotz Emulator http://frotz.sourceforge.net/ Using "extract archive" and no specific command lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Today has been about importing systems, and getting new systems to work. I've also decided to split up some of my collections, so that i can get more working through MAME These will have a "split" note on them in my spreadsheet. I'm now up to: 115 working systems and 7 starting but not properly. Systems imported: 177 If you've gotten a system i have marked blank or red to work, please let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 5 hours ago, Romfrosk said: Hi. I just imported this and, it seems i have it working with the Frotz Emulator http://frotz.sourceforge.net/ Using "extract archive" and no specific command lines Just added it and they work great thank you. I also just quickly made a clear logo and Nostalgia video for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 6 hours ago, Romfrosk said: If you've gotten a system i have marked blank or red to work, please let me know Will do, but I doubt I'll be ahead of you in any way. Here's my updated list for you to compare if you wish: My Systems.xlsx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Having a look at the list again. Very interesting to see which systems are on there. I wonder however regarding the balance of inclusivity vs usability. I suppose this depends on the purpose of a collection such as this. For example, I don't know about having Texas Instruments calculators on there - let alone 7 of them! Of course it's great to increase the number of emulated systems and to pad this out a bit - but at what point does it become addition of systems just to increase the numbers? Where does it stop? Do we include the software associated with, for example, home appliances, PDAs or mobile phones (because MAME can emulate all of these)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, Dan said: Having a look at the list again. Very interesting to see which systems are on there. I wonder however regarding the balance of inclusivity vs usability. I suppose this depends on the purpose of a collection such as this. For example, I don't know about having Texas Instruments calculators on there - let alone 7 of them! Of course it's great to increase the number of emulated systems and to pad this out a bit - but at what point does it become addition of systems just to increase the numbers? Where does it stop? Do we include the software associated with, for example, home appliances, PDAs or mobile phones (because MAME can emulate all of these)? I do agree, And the systems i included now came in a TOSEC Pack. I'm in the process of deleting Magazines, Music & Software from my roms. hopefully it'll make the list better. After adding the remaining systems i'll give it a go to get them to work, and then decide on whether to keep them or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romfrosk Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Roughly 4000 "ROMs" removed already the Amstrad CPC taking the biggest hit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Lol - after my last message about some systems maybe not being worth included, you've just removed loads of entries from one of my favourite systems (I had a CPC464 as a kid)! How come you removed so many items from the CPC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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