Mega Duck

[Joe35car]

OK so I'm having an issue importing roms for this system. I am using the MAME roms and they work fine in stand alone MAME. When I try an importing them in LB only one rom shows up in the list. I try and import them using retroarch as emulator check marking force using MAME metadata and still only one game will import. Doesn't matter which emulator I use.

EDIT:

Ok I got it working but only because I placed the rom folder back where it originally was. I want to move that rom folder in LB games folder and when I try an import them again with the new rom path it only wants to upload one game. Grrr

Thanks 

Edited August 24, 2022 by Joe35car

[scooter1974]

If it's of any interest to you, retroarch has a Mega Duck core called sameduck_libretro. It may be a bit easier to set up than mame.

[Joe35car]

2 minutes ago, scooter1974 said:

If it's of any interest to you, retroarch has a Mega Duck core called sameduck_libretro. It may be a bit easier to set up than mame.

Same thing happens. It only wants to import only one game (Marchen Maze). I just can't figure out why it doesn't import all 24 games.

[neil9000]

17 minutes ago, Joe35car said:

Same thing happens. It only wants to import only one game (Marchen Maze). I just can't figure out why it doesn't import all 24 games.

Launchbox does not support software list roms. There is a plugin in the downloads section that should help though.

[Joe35car]

4 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

Launchbox does not support software list roms. There is a plugin in the downloads section that should help though.

Weird because I am using the MAME software roms for this system and it's working in Launchbox using MAME as the emulator. The problem I'm having is that I want to move the rom folder in the LB Games folder and when I try to import them again it doesn't work. I'll the the software importer.

[JoeViking245]

33 minutes ago, Joe35car said:

It only wants to import only one game (Marchen Maze)

Of the 25 games that are in MAME's software list "megaduck", "Marchen Maze" happens to be the only one that also has an arcade machine with the same name.  That's why it imports and none of the rest do.  So basically, you got lucky with the one.    As you've found, LaunchBox only imports MAME's arcade machines and not any their software lists.  

It's my understanding the plugin Neil mentioned will do what you're wanting.

[Joe35car]

I already have the plug in installed but never tried it. But just curious since I have it working is there an xml or ini file I can edit where the new folder roms would be? Maybe that will work alsk. 

[Joe35car]

11 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

As you've found, LaunchBox only imports MAME's arcade machines and not any their software lists.  

 

[Joe35car]

And why is this? Just curious. Still kind of new to this front-end. 

[JoeViking245]

In short, not enough interest.

It's been on the Community Poll a couple times in the past but never received enough votes to have it integrated into LaunchBox.