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Struggling with Amstrad GX4000?


Johnny T

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Hi all,

I'm struggling to get the Amstrad GX4000 working. My ROMs are .cpr files.

I've tried WinApe and Arnolds etc but to no avail. 

I've been trying MESS and MAME tonight but still no luck.

I'm just trying to run the game from the emulator in the first instance before putting it into Launchbox.

My game is called "Barbarian 2 (Europe).cpr" and so I've tried to run MAME with...

mame64.exe gx4000 -cart "Barbarian 2 (Europe).cpr"

And the screen goes black with the MAME "Initialising" message and then I just go back to the Command Prompt with...

Fatal error: Device Generic Cartridge Slot load (-cartridge Barbarian 2 (Europe).cpr) failed: File not found

If I try...

mame64.exe gx4000 -cart Barbarian 2 (Europe).cpr

Then I simply get this message....

"2" approximately matches the following
supported software items (best match first):

* Software list "gx4000" (Amstrad CPC Plus & GX4000 cartridges) matches:
barb2             Barbarian II
coptr271          Copter 271
crzycrs2          Crazy Cars II
firefor2          Fire & Forget II
robocop2          Robocop 2
tennisc2          Tennis Cup II
batman            Batman
brubber           Burnin' Rubber
dicktr            Dick Tracy
klax              Klax
mystical          Mystical
navyseal          Navy Seals
noexit            No Exit
othunder          Operation Thunderbolt
pang              Pang
panzakb           Panza Kick Boxing

Error: unknown option: -<UNADORNED2>

If I then try......

mame64.exe gx4000 -cart barb2

I get the black "Initialising" screen again followed by this message in Command Prompt....

barb2.bin NOT FOUND (tried in gx4000 gx4000\barb2 barb2)
Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.

Has anyone any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

A lot of Googling has found people who have got it to work through RocketLauncher but I'd rather not go down that route if I don't have to.

Anyone who has this system working just with Launchbox alone?? And, if so, are you using MAME ?? And, if so...... how?

Any info or help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

:)

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