![]() Not sure where to hunt for the roms, since I’ve had my sets for several years, and the sites I used have mostly all gone away. So given the limitations of RetroArch MAME cores on the Vita, consider hunting down the SNES/SFC or Genesis/MD roms, and use the RetroArch cores for those systems to play them that way. However, Super Nintendo/Super Famicom and Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulation fares a lot better on the Vita, and there are good quality ports of MK2 and MK3 for both of those systems. I find MAME on Vita is better suited for older less complex arcade titles. The Vita is a bit underpowered to run the MAME-emulated original arcade versions of those games. TMNT2 Turtles in Time (also get the 2-player version) The Simpsons (as i mentioned above, get the 2-player version or you won't be able to select characters) Toobin' (old favorite, controls don't work) I haven't tried, since I am mostly sticking to 80s/early 90s titles.ĭodonpachi (runs upside for some reason?) As the incredibly helpful /u/rdjarvis mentioned above, you can try the above process only with Mame 2003 in place of 2000 (ie, use the mame2003 romlist, and use the 2003 mame core in retroarch) but he warns they will potentially not run as well. ![]() Most every game I've tried runs just great. On my device I created Ux0:/Roms/ and then subfolders for each system (I put these in /mame/).Ĥ) Run retroarch, select open content or however you launch games, navigate to the mame folder above and click the game.ĥ) Select 'run/launch archive' (since it is a zip file). **Make sure you are downloading the non-merged romlist!!**ģ) Copy your ROMS to whatever folder you put your retroarch roms in. ![]() If you are looking for specific files in the archive, they are shortened names so I found this list helpful to 'decode' them: So, the steps I've taken which I'm satisfied with:ġ) I went to the Mame 2000 full ROM archive linked above: Ģ) From this page you can either download the full game list or, mercifully, just download the titles you want. It takes a bit to get it all right, and even then you won’t be able to run games much newer than 70’s, 80’s and some very early 90’s arcade games, but that’s exactly what I was after, and it’s tons of fun. I used this BEFORE creating my RetroArch playlist with the playlist tool.Ĭatver.ini file can be found here (save page as catver.ini) Using the tool in conjunction with the MAME dat/xml file found on the site, and by altering the path settings in the tool to match the rom location on my Vita’s filesystem, I was able to generate a RetroArch playlist with proper game names.Īnother tool by the same author allows you to use a catver.ini file plus the dat/xml to filter your roms by category and game-type, removing those you don’t want, significantly slimming down your romset. To resolve this, I used a third-party playlist creator. The RetroArch built-in rom scanner/playlist creator is notoriously finicky and often omits a lot of my roms. To get them to show up properly in RetroArch, you’ll need to make a playlist. It’s a non-merged set, meaning that all the parent roms and BIOS files needed for each game are in its. With MAME, you must have roms/a romset that matches the MAME version you’re trying to run (MAME2000 = MAME Version 037b5). This is because the Vita isn’t an overly powerful device, processor-wise. 2003 & 2003-plus may run more games, but performance suffers. For Vita specifically, the MAME2000 core is the most consistently playable MAME core for me. Getting MAME roms running in RetroArch - whether PC or Vita - takes some doing. At least with Konami games (The Simpsons, TMNT2: Turtles in Time, etc) this lets you select your character. And if it's not a supported ROM I'm out of luck scrolling through that huge gamelist anyway.Īlso, a more minor question: is there an easy all in one solution for playing as the different players/users on arcade games with multiplayer? As an example if I load up The Simpsons (terrific) beat'em up I always play as the first character, Marge.ĮDIT: For that last question, the easy solution is to use the 2-player rather than 4-player ROM. ![]() I also have PFBA installed but can't figure out where the roms for it should go. Is this the 'correct' way to have my files set up? If so, can I 'hide' the bios zips from the Retroarch UI when I am trying to scroll to my actual ROMs, as there's hundreds of them.? I can't figure out how to identify what bios files are even needed for the titles I want to play or I would delete the bios' i'm not using. I put the games I wanted in the same Roms folder as my regular console retroarch games are and dumped in all the mame bios zips as well. I downloaded a giant romset (60 gigs or so) and really just want to pick and choose about a dozen titles and stick them on the vita. Can anybody help me or point me to a post for an easy setup for Arcade games? ![]()
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