Game & Watch - gw-libretro

[DeadVoivod]

I'm having a hard time finding the gw-libretro, is it not existing yet in the Windows version of RetroArch?

[zugswang]

1 hour ago, DeadVoivod said:

I'm having a hard time finding the gw-libretro, is it not existing yet in the Windows version of RetroArch?

Just use MAME, they all run fine (as long as you are using the MAME roms)

Edited November 9, 2020 by zugswang

[DeadVoivod]

9 hours ago, zugswang said:

Just use MAME, they all run fine (as long as you are using the MAME roms)

Never heard of that? If I search in the MAME database, I cannot locate those ROMs. 

[Retro808]

7 hours ago, DeadVoivod said:

Never heard of that? If I search in the MAME database, I cannot locate those ROMs. 

The Game & Watch roms are included in a full mame romset. The roms all begin with gnw_ (gnw_dkong, gnw_ball, etc.)

[DeadVoivod]

Ok, but the question remains, what's up with the libretro core for the Windows version of RA?

[Retro808]

2 minutes ago, DeadVoivod said:

Ok, but the question remains, what's up with the libretro core for the Windows version of RA?

Maybe since they were hacked a while ago they have not put it pack in for download. I think I saw recently even Mame is still missing. They have the other Mame versions.

[DOS76]

RetroArch was hacked a while back and last I read they hadn't replaced all of the missing cores yet possibly that core hasn't been replaced yet..

[DOS76]

1 minute ago, Retro808 said:

Maybe since they were hacked a while ago they have not put it pack in for download. I think I saw recently even Mame is still missing. They have the other Mame versions.

jinx

[DeadVoivod]

Hacked?? Wtf!

[DOS76]

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/08/libretro-retroarch-were-hacked-wiping-some-repositories

[DeadVoivod]

Does Game & Watch need something extra to run with MAME like a certain BIOS file or command line? If I run it just like this from LB I get Unknown System error. 

Edited November 10, 2020 by DeadVoivod

[neil9000]

4 minutes ago, DeadVoivod said:

Does Game & Watch need something extra to run with MAME like a certain BIOS file or command line? If I run it just like this from LB I get Unknown System error. 

Have you added it to the associated platform tab for your MAME entry? It may also need a command-line to run it, but im not sure on that part.

[DeadVoivod]

3 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

Have you added it to the associated platform tab for your MAME entry? It may also need a command-line to run it, but im not sure on that part.

Yes.

Perhaps I need to try with dummy files, works for me for Philips CD-i.

Edited November 10, 2020 by DeadVoivod

[DOS76]

As it is part of the main set I don't believe that it requires any additional command lines. MAME more see things like these and tiger electronics and those thousand in one TV devices as individual machines much like they do with the arcade games so they don't get added as a platform in the Software lists

[Retro808]

It does not require any special command line. It runs like any normal Mame rom. 

[DeadVoivod]

1 hour ago, Retro808 said:

It does not require any special command line. It runs like any normal Mame rom. 

Except that it doesn't ?

[Retro808]

Just now, DeadVoivod said:

Except that it doesn't ?

Except that it does. You have something wrong then.

Do your GW roms work in Mame directly.

[DeadVoivod]

Ok, I can tell you why it didn't work. I was trying only with the first game which is Ball Toss, gnw_ball.zip, and that game actually doesn't work at all, tried Parachute, that works fine. 

[Retro808]

3 minutes ago, DeadVoivod said:

Ok, I can tell you why it didn't work. I was trying only with the first game which is Ball Toss, gnw_ball.zip, and that game actually doesn't work at all, tried Parachute, that works fine. 

What version is your roms? Just tested Ball and it works fine. I am on .223 still.

 

[DeadVoivod]

I take the ROMs from my latest set which is .220

My MAME version is .210