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mrfalcon · 06-30-06, 09:42 PM

Okay, I'm finally getting most games to run in pocketcultmame. If you're having problems with the emulator saying "unable to open roms/ error reading rom/ LOAD FAILED!!!", this is how I solved the problem:

Download Romcenter and run it. Set the rompath to wherever you keep your ROMS (you may want to back them up first, this will alter them!). Add pcmame.dat (should be included with pocketcultmame) using the datafile manager, and then select it in the drop-down menu in the main interface. Go into preferences and set the rom structure to "un-merged (all ROMS in both sets)". Then select your rompath from the left-hand pane and select all your ROMS. Then select "Fix game" under the "Roms" menu.

When Romcenter is done, any games that show up with a green icon should have no missing files and be in .34 format. In other words, pocketcultmame should be able to load them (whether it can run them is a different story). Any games that have yellow or red icons at this point are probably beyond hope.

At least, that's the way it should work. In reality, I have some games that show up green in Romcenter and pocketcultmame still complains that they are missing files, but almost all of them work, and that's good enough for me! Hope this helps some people.

06-30-06, 09:42 PM	#43 (permalink)
mrfalcon Aximsite Rookie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 44 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Using Romcenter with Pocketcultmame Okay, I'm finally getting most games to run in pocketcultmame. If you're having problems with the emulator saying "unable to open roms/ error reading rom/ LOAD FAILED!!!", this is how I solved the problem: Download Romcenter and run it. Set the rompath to wherever you keep your ROMS (you may want to back them up first, this will alter them!). Add pcmame.dat (should be included with pocketcultmame) using the datafile manager, and then select it in the drop-down menu in the main interface. Go into preferences and set the rom structure to "un-merged (all ROMS in both sets)". Then select your rompath from the left-hand pane and select all your ROMS. Then select "Fix game" under the "Roms" menu. When Romcenter is done, any games that show up with a green icon should have no missing files and be in .34 format. In other words, pocketcultmame should be able to load them (whether it can run them is a different story). Any games that have yellow or red icons at this point are probably beyond hope. At least, that's the way it should work. In reality, I have some games that show up green in Romcenter and pocketcultmame still complains that they are missing files, but almost all of them work, and that's good enough for me! Hope this helps some people.