Game & Watch - gw-libretro

[Retro808]

1 minute ago, DeadVoivod said:

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

My MAME version is .210

That's your issue then. This is also why we always stress having roms that match your Mame version. Ball became a working rom in .211

 

[DeadVoivod]

Yeah, just tested, lots of them don't run and give an error message.

Problem is that I don't wanna use 3-4 different MAME versions. I have my favorite MAME set working fine in .210 and I don't wanna mess around with it. 

[Retro808]

9 minutes ago, DeadVoivod said:

Yeah, just tested, lots of them don't run and give an error message.

Problem is that I don't wanna use 3-4 different MAME versions. I have my favorite MAME set working fine in .210 and I don't wanna mess around with it. 

Well if you do not want to mess with your .210 set then stick to using .210 version of Mame.

Why would you need 3-4 different Mame versions?

If you download a Mame rom set that matches the Mame version that means all games marked as working for that version work. It is very rare a game working in a prior version stops working in a new one. More often they still work and new working roms are added. In all the years of doing emulation I have never had more than one Mame version at a time.

[DeadVoivod]

I installed .220 now and get an invalid BIOS error message when running the games. 

I can stick with my .210 version of MAME, but I don't have the whole set anymore, just my favorites. I usually update every 5th new  release of MAME, thus deleting the old. That's why at the moment .220 is the set I have, and not anymore the .210

Can't remember where I got the nonag version from anymore, do you know the link? I use the MAMEUI version.

Edited November 10, 2020 by DeadVoivod

[Retro808]

5 minutes ago, DeadVoivod said:

I installed .220 now and get an invalid BIOS error message when running the games. 

Bios should not be required for Game & Watch games. Are you pointing the .220 mame version to the correct roms folder?

 

[DeadVoivod]

1 minute ago, Retro808 said:

Bios should not be required for Game & Watch games. Are you pointing the .220 mame version to the correct roms folder?

Well I just overwrote the old files with the new, so nothing changed. 

[WheatPasta]

Here are some automated builds from GitHub of a few RetroArch cores. Once of which is Game & Watch. I believe you can just drop it in your RetroArch cores directory, and then it should be select-able in the drop down list under Associated Platforms. I hope that gets you able to play them.

[DeadVoivod]

4 hours ago, WheatPasta said:

Here are some automated builds from GitHub of a few RetroArch cores. Once of which is Game & Watch. I believe you can just drop it in your RetroArch cores directory, and then it should be select-able in the drop down list under Associated Platforms. I hope that gets you able to play them.

That is exactly what I needed, works flawlessly. Thank you very much my man!!