Atari 2600 Games Won't Load in LaunchBox

[whodatdoog]

Hi - I'm a n00b and this is my first post - sorry if this is something obvious (I hope so!) - THANK YOU for reading this and any suggestions!

PROBLEM: I can't seem to get Atari 2600 ROMs to launch via LaunchBox/BigBox.

MY SETUP:
LaunchBox 12.14 (Licensed) on Windows 10 (clean install on fresh machine)
RetroArch 1.10.3 - installed via LaunchBox import ROM wizard
2 Atari 2600 ROMS (PacMan and Kaboom) - both zipped

ISSUE DESCRIPTION:
Start LaunchBox
Select an Atari 2600 game and click 'play' 
Observe a quick spinning cursor and then nothing happens

TROUBLESHOOTING:
Tested with multiple ROMs - same issue
Tested different RA cores in LB (Stella & Stella 2014) - Stella=>same issue; Stella 2014=> black screen
Tested other RetroArch cores/ROMs in LB (i.e. GameBoy/Tetris, NES/Super Mario) - games load and play OK
Tested ROMs with RetroArch directly - games load and play OK
Tested ROMs with differnent cores in RetroArch directly (Stella & Stella 2014) - games load and play OK in RA directly
Installed LaunchBox/RetroArch fresh on 3 computers - same exact behaviors on all 3
Tested launching from command line - games load and play OK
C:\Users\connectit\LaunchBox\Emulators\RetroArch>retroarch -L C:\Users\connectit\LaunchBox\Emulators\RetroArch\cores\stella_libretro.dll "C:\Users\connectit\LaunchBox\Games\Atari 2600\Pac-Man.zip"

I've been reading through all the threads but haven't found anything yet that solves my specific issue...
This thread looks similar -- https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/46405-stella-doesnt-open/page/5/

SCREENSHOTS:

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by whodatdoog

[JoeViking245]

Try unchecking "Extract ROM".

[whodatdoog]

OMG ... that seems to have worked!!!  It whacked the metadata ... re-downloading now to see what happens...

TY!!!!!!!!

[whodatdoog]

Metadata re-downloaded - all looks GREAT!

Really appreciate the quick assist and all the valuable info gathered here by the community.

[JoeViking245]

The command line you used (and that worked) when troubleshooting, that pointed to a .zip (vs the contents of a zip) is what gave it away.  

[whodatdoog]

Ah! I should have thought of that...!  Still learning about what all the setting in here do.  

LOVE the software.  Last time I played with Emu/MAME was many years ago ... seems like a LOT has happened since I last checked in.