Newbie Question On Mame4All Wiz


dodgson

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Okay, I have a brand new gp2x wiz that I'm having a hard time getting working with mame (all other emulators are fine). I've gotten mame4all wiz v2.4 loaded at least (funny that it seems to demand to be on an SD card instead of the NAND, but whatever). I copied some complete romsets into its roms folder with no problem. I start mame4all and it prompts me for which game to play, then a screen where I can select all the settings. But then when I try to actually launch any game I just get a black screen that I can't escape out of (have to reset the device with the power switch). I've done a lot of googling and haven't turned up much of anything.

Before someone says it, no, I have *not* "verified" the romset as being valid. How do you actually do that (on either Windows or Linux)?

Also, no, I'm not sure the romset is for that version of mame. How do you convert them to the right version (or tell which version it is for for that matter)? I know you're supposed to use either clrmamepro or advscan, but can't find any good examples at all about how to actually do it (esp with advscan). I followed what instructions I could find for clrmamepro, but when you're supposed to select "split sets" that option is greyed out.

I would be more than happy to write this all up someplace once I get it together if someone can suggest where.
 
dodgson said:
Okay, I have a brand new gp2x wiz that I'm having a hard time getting working with mame (all other emulators are fine). I've gotten mame4all wiz v2.4 loaded at least (funny that it seems to demand to be on an SD card instead of the NAND, but whatever). I copied some complete romsets into its roms folder with no problem. I start mame4all and it prompts me for which game to play, then a screen where I can select all the settings. But then when I try to actually launch any game I just get a black screen that I can't escape out of (have to reset the device with the power switch). I've done a lot of googling and haven't turned up much of anything.

Before someone says it, no, I have *not* "verified" the romset as being valid. How do you actually do that (on either Windows or Linux)?

Also, no, I'm not sure the romset is for that version of mame. How do you convert them to the right version (or tell which version it is for for that matter)? I know you're supposed to use either clrmamepro or advscan, but can't find any good examples at all about how to actually do it (esp with advscan). I followed what instructions I could find for clrmamepro, but when you're supposed to select "split sets" that option is greyed out.

I would be more than happy to write this all up someplace once I get it together if someone can suggest where.

The wiki would be a good place: http://www.gp2xwiz.co.uk/wiki/
 
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ejmd said:
dodgson said:
Okay, I have a brand new gp2x wiz that I'm having a hard time getting working with mame (all other emulators are fine). I've gotten mame4all wiz v2.4 loaded at least (funny that it seems to demand to be on an SD card instead of the NAND, but whatever). I copied some complete romsets into its roms folder with no problem. I start mame4all and it prompts me for which game to play, then a screen where I can select all the settings. But then when I try to actually launch any game I just get a black screen that I can't escape out of (have to reset the device with the power switch). I've done a lot of googling and haven't turned up much of anything.

Before someone says it, no, I have *not* "verified" the romset as being valid. How do you actually do that (on either Windows or Linux)?

Also, no, I'm not sure the romset is for that version of mame. How do you convert them to the right version (or tell which version it is for for that matter)? I know you're supposed to use either clrmamepro or advscan, but can't find any good examples at all about how to actually do it (esp with advscan). I followed what instructions I could find for clrmamepro, but when you're supposed to select "split sets" that option is greyed out.

I would be more than happy to write this all up someplace once I get it together if someone can suggest where.

The wiki would be a good place: http://www.gp2xwiz.co.uk/wiki/
Thanks, I'll definitely keep that place in mind and put together something as soon as I figure it out! I'd found the gp2x wiki, but not the wiz wiki.
 
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dodgson said:
Thanks, I'll definitely keep that place in mind and put together something as soon as I figure it out! I'd found the gp2x wiki, but not the wiz wiki.

I've found a few other sites of interest (although this one seems to be the best/most active).
Here are some that I've bookmarked:

http://www.gp2xwiz.com/

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/categories/82-GP2X-Wiz

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=85

http://gp2xwiz.info/forums/

http://openxile.co.uk/

http://forum.openhandhelds.org/index.php
 
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