Neogeo Rom Specifics

[ketchupgun]

I've got rage running with UNIBIOS installed.

Roms show up in the menu as Red and green (not sure why some are red)
When I run a green one..I get Bad Rom..check romrc...and it kicks me back.

How can you tell what type of NeoGeo rom to run, assuming I'm usng the "wrong kind."
I thought they were Mame NeoGeo..how can I tell?

 

[aapje89]

red roms are roms you don't have on your sd, so don't even bother about those.

About the "bad rom" thing, I got that too and it turned out that the roms were not in the root of the zip file... so make sure to check that.


...Not that I really know anything about it...

 

[ketchupgun]

red roms are roms you don't have on your sd, so don't even bother about those.

About the "bad rom" thing, I got that too and it turned out that the roms were not in the root of the zip file... so make sure to check that.


...Not that I really know anything about it...

well that's one mystery solved..thx.

"root of the zip file" -- can you elaborate on that? Do you mean root of the SD? I have the roms in mnt/roms/neogeomvs/ (as specifed in other threads)

any idea?

 

[aapje89]

no no, I mean, that the files are not in a sub folder in de zip.

not this:

ZIP->Folder->Files

but

ZIP->Files

so that if you extract the zip the rom files are not in a directory.


Edit: I have my roms in the "roms" folder of gngeo by the way. (I don't know if this makes a difference)

 

[ketchupgun]

no no, I mean, that the files are not in a sub folder in de zip.

not this:

ZIP->Folder->Files

but

ZIP->Files

so that if you extract the zip the rom files are not in a directory.


Edit: I have my roms in the "roms" folder of gngeo by the way. (I don't know if this makes a difference)

AHA!
I shall try it! Looks like that might be the problem.

btw..offtopic...Netherlands eh? my wife's family is dutch and I love visiitng your country ... Amsterdam, Ojstervyk, Tilburg, Haarlem, The Hague .. The Effdeling (amusement park)!!! AWESOME.



EDIT...well, didn't work. ;(
any other ideas anyone? what constitues a "bad rom" in NEoGeo

 

[aapje89]

are they named correctly?
do you have any roms that work, or none at all?
do you have the correct bios files installed? (Look at the wiki)

damn, the wiki is down. Well try to see if it works when you read this...


About Netherlands, you are the first who doesn't say anything about drugs when mentioning it .
And hehe, the efteling you mean, its fun and if you like it you should go to Walibi World next time ^^ (also known as Six Flags).
They have very nice rollercoasters.

 

[DaveN]

In some cases the roms just have been changed since gngeo was released. I'd suggest you to search for a torrent that contains all Neo Geo roms in their correct form already prepared to run with gngeo2x. Search google for somethign along the lines gp2x and torrents.

And just to add to aapje89's post ( the guy from the country with the drugs ) compare your roms with the one listed in the romrc file. There are the correct names for them listed.

 

[ketchupgun]

And just to add to aapje89's post ( the guy from the country with the drugs )

right now I am laughing way too hard to even try an of these suggestions!!!!!!
(I'll get back in about 2 hours or so .. FUNNY!)

EDIT: ok, I'm back.
I have a torrent nicely dowloaded which has these files, BUT it's a 7z file, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble cracking it open on Mac OSX. What a stupid file format! Any suggestions from Mac Users?

As for romrc .. I've checked and my ZIP filenames are identical to the ones romrc refers to.

is this i bios thing now?

@ aapje89
Walibi World! I have a box of Hagelslaagh (?? choclate hail / sprinkles for toast ??) with a Walibi World promo on it! funny. If you're ever in the Toronto. Canada area .. go to Wonderland my friend! .. great roller coasters! (though, not as good as potent legaliazed drugs!

 

[DaveN]

I use this utility to unpack 7zip files on my mac.

 

[BobBorakovitz]

winrar supports .7z files and I belive there is a mac port of it.

but I don't use a mac, so I can't help you too much

 

[evilmegaman]

I am trying to play SVC chaos.. And I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, I always get the bad rom thing. Is there something extra I need to do? I can't sleep til I play this

 

[Nickmon]

I am trying to play SVC chaos.. And I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, I always get the bad rom thing. Is there something extra I need to do? I can't sleep til I play this

You need to get the right version. It took me 5 odd goes before i found a rom dump that was good...

 

[aapje89]

And just to add to aapje89's post ( the guy from the country with the drugs )

right now I am laughing way too hard to even try an of these suggestions!!!!!!
(I'll get back in about 2 hours or so .. FUNNY!)

EDIT: ok, I'm back.
I have a torrent nicely dowloaded which has these files, BUT it's a 7z file, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble cracking it open on Mac OSX. What a stupid file format! Any suggestions from Mac Users?

As for romrc .. I've checked and my ZIP filenames are identical to the ones romrc refers to.

is this i bios thing now?

@ aapje89
Walibi World! I have a box of Hagelslaagh (?? choclate hail / sprinkles for toast ??) with a Walibi World promo on it! funny. If you're ever in the Toronto. Canada area .. go to Wonderland my friend! .. great roller coasters! (though, not as good as potent legaliazed drugs!

LOOOL ROFL! :lol: