Philips CDI x MAME Emulator

[Alan Ribas]

I am currently using the latest emulator MAME to run the Philips CDI system games (From what I understood MESS and MAME became one emulator).

I have a few games on my pc with various extensions Philips CDI systems:

.bin (.cue)

.ccd

.cdi

I realized that only games with .cue extension are started correctly by the MAME emulator.

I have a game I'm trying to play "The Apprentice", but it has .ccd extension.

I researched on the internet and saw people playing this game in the same emulator I have.

Every time I try to run a game with a different extension .cue MAME crashes and stops working.

Can anyone tell me what I can do to solve this problem?

CDI.ini

GameEx.ini

[Draco1962]

You need to provide your log.txt file right after the crash. Thanks.

[Alan Ribas]

Here is the file you requested.

log.txt

[Draco1962]

Before we "go down the rabbit hole" with this issue, can you confirm whether or not you got this game working via MAME outside of GameEx? If not, then you need to get it working there before we try to troubleshoot it as a potential issue running via GameEx.

[Alan Ribas]

The problem is not the GameEx.

I think the problem is the type of file I am trying to launch the MAME emulator.

Searching the internet I saw some people talking in converting the isos in .chd extensions for philips games CDI work in the emulator MAME. But I could not quite understand how.

Can someone explain to me how?

[Alan Ribas]

I did not find the answer you wanted but brought some information.

Actually from what I could see the emulator MAME games will run only as long as they have a .cue extension.

If you own the game file without that extension, just create it as long as the game file is .img or .bin.

I also realized that the MAME emulation compared to Philips CDI system is not bad, but it has a lot to develop.

If anyone has doubts how to create a .cue file simply open Notepad and type the following command line in:

Example:

If the game file is: Zenith (1997) (Philips) (US) .iso

text content .cue file should be:

FILE "Zenith (1997) (Philips) (US) .iso" BINARY

TRACK 01 MODE2 / 2352

INDEX 01 00:00:00

Then just send out save with the .cue extension and ready. Your game should work well.