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I will just pipe up and mention snesgt again.

I don't think it is more powerful that the PS3. It has a single processor and graphics combination - saying that - it is pretty nippy. Nintendo Land is wonderful and the kids and myself had a lot of fun on sunday playing the Luigi Ghost game. Also, the controller is rather good and works well. it is nice being able to browse the wii store without disturbing the wife's timeshifted watching of hollyoaks. lol.

Sadly not, Though it should be possible to increase the limit server-side. Well, I hope so! Tom - PLEASE can you look into this?

Yep - he's pumped. Lol

The main place it is a big benefit is in ps2. The saving is ahead of ntfs and instant mounting. These files soon file even a 4tb drive.

No probs. If you discover any little tips and tweaks. Please keep us posted.

UltraISO seams a good tool for compressing, thought there may be better alternatives?

The only thing Is image types like .gcm files where there are multiple other files (also, redumps) could be a problem. But for a straight compress of iso's - looks like a great alternative to an archive. If anyone has any ways of compressing the other formats, that would be great.

Just a little topic to ask what others are doing and perhaps to give ideas to those who have not thought about these options. Take a system like the PS2. Files sizes for roms can be rather large, so... This leaves a few options. 1) Have a massive drive to store iso's uncompressed 2) Have a massive drive and use ntfs compression 3) Compress the iso. 4) Archive Compress (.ZIP, .RAR, etc) - MASSIVE wait to uncompress..... I decided to have a look at compressed iso's. Daemon tools can mount isz files natively - so that was a good start. Here are some size comparisons on an iso. Uncompressed = 1.65g NTFS Compressed = 1.62g .ISZ Compressed = 1.55g .MOU Compressed = 1.51g .ZIP Compressed (for comparison) = 1.55g (Normal compression) Another - Uncompressed = 4.24g NTFS Compressed = 3.61g .ISZ Compressed = 2.62g .MOU Compressed = 2.62g Mou is a format supported by WinMount (a free application) that can also handle command line mounting (like Daemon). There is also a Japanese program (name eludes me now) that can also mount these files. I should also mention that all three (NTSF, ISZ, MOU) compression formats mentioned here mount instantly requiring no decompressing. Personal preference is .ISZ though. Of course, this kind of compression is only good for emu's that allow the running of mounted images (NullDC, PCSX2, Saturn, etc). Just thought I would post my findings as I would like to hear what others are doing (also if anyone knows of a batch .isz compressor/convertor).

I want the bigger screen personally, But, they are both WONDERFUL! (as controllers)

You are much better with a nice iPad and and iCade.... Download JUNGOOL an play ..... lol (Obligatory plug!!)

My wife bought me an iCade for my wedding anniversary last year. I keep an ipad in it for the Mame setup. Bloody wonderful... http://www.ionaudio....s/details/icade

As I said, you cannot run both at the same time. (i.e. via the start menu). But, as you say, accessing from the more games & programs will exit GameEx first.

No, you cannot run both Setup Wizard and GameEx at the same time. Always make sure you exit GameEx prior to editing settings,

If you are using zip files on an emulator that does not handle zip files, you need to set GamesIn7Zips=False to true. I did do a config a while ago that unzip files for you (this also had the benefit when using gamebase that the other discs were unzipped and ready). Since then, GameEx added support natively. Or, In Setup Wizard, Advanced Emulator Setup, set "Zip/7-Zip/GoodMerge" to True (if that is easier) Also, make sure your zips contain nothing other than the rom files, if this is not the case, remember to set your rom filter to match the file within the zip (ie. *.d64)

If you can post your ini and log file we may have something to go on. At the moment, it is a rather vague request for help. There is a topic in this forum detailing the best way to get help.

I just thought I would post my SnesGT config (for the emu, not GameEx) as this gives me a wonderful super slick 60fps (by running at 59 in update - though for crt, you would perhaps have to set to 60). Well, you may wanna give it a whirl. SNESGT.rar

Perhaps I will grab the split set again and give it another whirl? Though, I am sure I tried every variation on the options apart from 'showing everything' regardless.

Well, I went through all options and resided on the 'show everything' approach (seeing the set is full anyway). If I have just OnlyRoms true, then it shows all the main games (I take it that it works the same as an emulated system rom scan), but still shows some clones. And somewhere along the line, when OnlyRoms was false and VerifyRoms was true, I was missing some games as mentioned earlier. I wonder if this relates more the that corrupted file than anything else? I am not by the box, but perhaps I should try them settings again and see if all the Tempest clones appear? Still, I was certainly missing Tempest completely at one point and would expect (as this is a master rom, not clone) that it would appear? The other bit to remember is I was originally using a split set and this was when I noticed the missing roms. Since then I have merged them (which is personally preferable anyway) so doing an exact check is a little tricky now.

That is how I have it set now, and everything is ticketty boo.. Thanks.

I would personally not use zsnes as this does suffer some tiling issues. I was actiay going through the snes emus last night and it really is a toss up between snes9x and snesgt. Personally snesgt wins for me (remember to tick the CPU sleep). It may not be the most accurate, but I want 60fps.

My main issue was that gameex appears to miss games if OnlyGames is true. This means it should show only games in your collection. Set to false, it will list all games that the Mame exe knows (or that is my understanding). So, if OnlyGames is true, do you find the mentioned Roms are missing as do I? (After an update list). Actually, it looks like I have this wrong. I will have a bit more of a fiddle tonight.

You have OnlyRoms set to false, so this should just list everything regardless, which is great, if you have everything. Perhaps thats what I should do? Thanks for taking the time to try this for me.

Well, Try as I might, I have not managed to get to the bottom of this. Does anyone have a full 147 set and is able to validate this?

Is Mame enabled in your config. A post of your ini would help confirm the issue.