funtech super a'can

[link182]

Hi I wanted to know if someone had managed to emulate with mame the super a'can. I put the rom in the rom\supracan folder but do not start I know that does not need bios can you help me? Thank you

[JoeViking245]

On 6/1/2023 at 5:59 PM, link182 said:

Hi I wanted to know if someone had managed to emulate with mame the super a'can. I put the rom in the rom\supracan folder but do not start I know that does not need bios can you help me? Thank you

Because it's a MAME softList console, you need to add supracan to the default command-line parameter for that [Associated] platform.  (It will work without having to also add -cart.)

To test Monopoly from the command prompt, you'd simply type:    mame.exe supracan monopoly     And since you now know it works there, it'll work when launched from LaunchBox.

But of the 11 games available, only 5 are noted as working. So make sure to test with one of those 5.  

[link182]

hello I managed to start monopoly but now I have 2 problems, the first problem is if I try to start one of the other 5 games I always start monopoly, the second problem is to add them and make them start on launchbox them gives me an error message. thanks for the availability

[JoeViking245]

3 hours ago, link182 said:

start on launchbox them gives me an error message

Like..... what sort of message?

Do you have the games (ROMs) imported into LaunchBox?  In LaunchBox, when you edit your MAME emulator, under Associated Platforms, did you set the Default Command-line Parameter for that platform to just "supracan" (without quotes)?  Or did you put the full [test] parameters "supracan monopoly"?

 

 

[link182]

Hello solved for the rom I had to put everything on mame (mameui always started the same game) and for the rom I anyway insert -cart. Now everything works, you were very kind P.S. last thing you know apple pippin it's emulable with mame? thanks

[JoeViking245]

16 minutes ago, link182 said:

Hello solved for the rom I had to put everything on mame (mameui always started the same game) and for the rom I anyway insert -cart. Now everything works, you were very kind P.S. last thing you know apple pippin it's emulable with mame? thanks

Glad it's working for you now.

 

Pippin?  You pick the oddest systems to emulate. lol

According to this site, it should [somewhat] work:  Pippin @mark - MAME machine (arcadeitalia.net)

Note that it uses CDROMs (.chd files) and requires a System ROM (pippin.zip) and a Device ROM (cuda.zip).

You'll need to search around on how to make that all work correctly as I've never tested it and (no offense) don't plan to.  

[link182]

yes the most known ones I have them all so I try to insert others, thanks a lot again

[xokia]

This one seems like it should be easy after getting mame to work. But For some reason I cant get this one to work.

My understanding is that this one should not need a bios. But then I found elsewhere where folks say create an empty file called internal_68k.bin and zip it into supracan.zip.

I've tried both cant get it to load the game. What am I missing?

[JoeViking245]

9 minutes ago, xokia said:

This one seems like it should be easy after getting mame to work. But For some reason I cant get this one to work.

My understanding is that this one should not need a bios. But then I found elsewhere where folks say create an empty file called internal_68k.bin and zip it into supracan.zip.

I've tried both cant get it to load the game. What am I missing?

Since you have remove quotes checked and remove file extension.. unchecked, maybe try adding like you have the others

"supracan \"%romfile%\""

or

"supracan -cart  \"%romfile%\""

[xokia]

Yea I initially tried that. no luck

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, xokia said:

Yea I initially tried that. no luck

And it loads just fine when you load it directly from RetroArch?  Have you tried stand-alone MAME?  Beyond that, unless you have an affinity for the system, seems like a lot of work for 5 working games.  

[xokia]

2 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

And it loads just fine when you load it directly from RetroArch?  Have you tried stand-alone MAME?  Beyond that, unless you have an affinity for the system, seems like a lot of work for 5 working games.  

Yea you are probably right. I'm not really even a gamer. I mainly do this to learn something new and for my nieces and nephews. They are able to log into my server from a firestick and play whatever they want. 

I was able to get the retroarch console logger working.

Looks like it detects the  system correctly

[libretro DEBUG] Path extraction result: Game path = "Z:\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan\Roms"
[libretro DEBUG] Path extraction result: Parent path = "Z:\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan"
[libretro INFO] Starting game from command line: "supracan "Z:\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan\Roms\Boom Zoo (Taiwan).7z""
[libretro DEBUG] Searching for driver: supracan
[libretro DEBUG] System type: CONSOLE
[libretro INFO] Game name: supracan
[libretro INFO] Game description: Super A'Can

Then detects the bios correctly

[libretro DEBUG]   Z:\Arcade\emulators\Launchbox_RetroArch\RetroArch-Win64\system\mame\
[libretro DEBUG]   -rompath
[libretro DEBUG]   Z:\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan\Roms;Z:\Arcade\emulators\Launchbox_RetroArch\RetroArch-Win64\system\mame\bios;Z:\Arcade\emulators\Launchbox_RetroArch\RetroArch-Win64\system\mame\roms
[libretro DEBUG]   supracan
[libretro DEBUG]   Z:\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan\Roms\Boom Zoo (Taiwan).7z

But then fails to match he name? Not sure what to make of that error message

[libretro ERROR] 
"\Arcade\Funtech Super Acan\Roms\Boom Zoo (Taiwan).7z" approximately matches the following
supported software items (best match first):

[libretro ERROR] * Software list "supracan" (Funtech Super A'Can cartridges) matches: 
[libretro ERROR] slghtsag          Super Light Saga - Dragon Force ~ Chao Ji Guang Ming Zhan Shi
[libretro ERROR] monopoly          Monopoly: Adventure in Africa ~ Fei Zhou Tan Xian Da Fu Weng
[libretro ERROR] sangofgt          Sango Fighter ~ Wu Jiang Zheng Ba - San Guo Zhi
[libretro ERROR] magipool          Magical Pool
[libretro ERROR] speedyd           Speedy Dragon ~ Yin Su Fei Long
[libretro ERROR] staiwbbl          Super Taiwanese Baseball League ~ Chao Ji Zhong Hua Zhi Bang Lian Meng
[libretro ERROR] formduel          Formosa Duel
[libretro ERROR] sonevil           The Son of Evil ~ Xie E Zhi Zi
[libretro ERROR] jttlaugh          Journey to the Laugh ~ Xi You Ji
[libretro ERROR] boomzoo           Boom Zoo ~ Bao Bao Dong Wu Yuan
[libretro ERROR] gamblord          Gambling Lord
[libretro ERROR] 
[libretro ERROR] 
[libretro DEBUG] retro_load_game osd_sleep
[libretro DEBUG] retro_load_game osd_sleep done
[ERROR] [Content]: Failed to load content
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..

 

And no to MAME directly. I get a similar message.

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:29 AM by xokia

[launchretrogirl2562]

these are the names it expects. (see screenshot

or u can try edit your opt file (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt) and disable softlists

mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

 

[xokia]

1 hour ago, launchretrogirl2562 said:

these are the names it expects. (see screenshot

or u can try edit your opt file (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt) and disable softlists

mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

I don't have a (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt)

All the files in  \RetroArch\config\MAME\ are .cfg files

Can I just create a supracan.cfg file and then add mame_softlists_enable = "disabled" to it?

[JoeViking245]

4 hours ago, xokia said:

I don't have a (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt)

All the files in  \RetroArch\config\MAME\ are .cfg files

Can I just create a supracan.cfg file and then add mame_softlists_enable = "disabled" to it?

Of just rename the file from Boom Zoo (Taiwan).7z to boomzoo.7z.

[launchretrogirl2562]

8 hours ago, xokia said:

I don't have a (\RetroArch\config\MAME\supracan.opt)

All the files in  \RetroArch\config\MAME\ are .cfg files

Can I just create a supracan.cfg file and then add mame_softlists_enable = "disabled" to it?

Here are my examples.
In the opt, you either change the mame_softlists to disabled.
Or you as JoeViking mentioned...you change your romnames to the required ones

supracan.cfg supracan.opt

[xokia]

8 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Of just rename the file from Boom Zoo (Taiwan).7z to boomzoo.7z.

Trying to learn the system too. So learning the file structure and options is preferable to me

4 hours ago, launchretrogirl2562 said:

Here are my examples.
In the opt, you either change the mame_softlists to disabled.
Or you as JoeViking mentioned...you change your romnames to the required ones

Ok so you dont need to update anything with the path to the opt file retroarch will just pick it up if it exists?

Tried both methods neither seemed to work. But learned something new about the opt and cfg files thank you.

 

18 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Since you have remove quotes checked and remove file extension.. unchecked, maybe try adding like you have the others

"supracan \"%romfile%\""

or

"supracan -cart  \"%romfile%\""

I did find the issue. Not sure what I missed the first time through. Maybe I didnt have the bios correct first time through. Even though it says a bios is not needed it appears one is needed.

The -cart is required both in MAME(0.274) directly and retroarch . Think I read somewhere it was optional for this system. with -cart and not changing anything else everything works.

-f "supracan -cart \"%romfile%\""

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:00 PM by xokia