Galaga ROM Question

[Snailworks]

This is not a specific GameEx question, but I thought I'd post it here...

I am trying to run the Galaga ROM.

The game was not recognized in GameEx so I tried to run directly in MAME (Command Line and WIndows)

I ams using MAME 0.117 and continually get a missing file error like the following:

C:\MAME>mame galaga

gg1-1b.3p NOT FOUND

gg1-2b.3m NOT FOUND

gg1-4b.2l NOT FOUND

gg1-5b.3f NOT FOUND

gg1-7b.2c NOT FOUND

54xx.bin NOT FOUND

prom-4.2n NOT FOUND

prom-3.1c NOT FOUND

prom-1.1d NOT FOUND

prom-2.5c NOT FOUND

ERROR: required files are missing, the game cannot be run.

I've downloaded the ROM from a number of different sites and also tried numerous versions (Midway, Namco, etc)

I understand that MAME dictates the expected contents of the ROMS (which is listed above), but the downloaded ZIP files contain this:

04d_g06.bin

04e_g05.bin

04h_g04.bin

04j_g03.bin

04k_g02.bin

04m_g01.bin

07e_g10.bin

07h_g09.bin

07m_g08.bin

1c.bin

1d.bin

2n.bin

5c.bin

5n.bin

Does anyone know what the issue is here? Is this a newer version of the ROM being published? Is MAME's database wrong?

I've experienced this type of issue with other ROMS, but I coould always seem to locate a working version somewhere...

[night]

This is not a specific GameEx question, but I thought I'd post it here...

I am trying to run the Galaga ROM.

The game was not recognized in GameEx so I tried to run directly in MAME (Command Line and WIndows)

I ams using MAME 0.117 and continually get a missing file error like the following:

C:\MAME>mame galaga

gg1-1b.3p NOT FOUND

gg1-2b.3m NOT FOUND

gg1-4b.2l NOT FOUND

gg1-5b.3f NOT FOUND

gg1-7b.2c NOT FOUND

54xx.bin NOT FOUND

prom-4.2n NOT FOUND

prom-3.1c NOT FOUND

prom-1.1d NOT FOUND

prom-2.5c NOT FOUND

ERROR: required files are missing, the game cannot be run.

the one i have contains those files there you sure its not an old rom dump becouse many roms gets redumped over time....

tho im not the expect just a thought

Night

[Brian Hoffman]

you have two problems..

1. Your romset is incorrect. Use CLRMAME to audit it... Read how to use it first.

2. gallaga is an IMPERFECT game.. It has wrong colors and by default gameex will filter out imperfect games..Add it to the donot filter list..Update game list and It should be selectable.

[Snailworks]

you have two problems..

1. Your romset is incorrect. Use CLRMAME to audit it... Read how to use it first.

2. gallaga is an IMPERFECT game.. It has wrong colors and by default gameex will filter out imperfect games..Add it to the donot filter list..Update game list and It should be selectable.

Thanks - that did it!

[Brian Hoffman]

Thanks - that did it!

Awesome

Glad to help