Arkanoid and other Taito Romstar games won't run

[jordbrett]

Hi, just about every single mame game runs just fine with Gameex except for any version or Arkanoid and a few other Taito Romstar games. Is there any reason this would be happening? I have tried running arkanoid on both mamewah and mame and it runs fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[Tempest]

Hi, just about every single mame game runs just fine with Gameex except for any version or Arkanoid and a few other Taito Romstar games. Is there any reason this would be happening? I have tried running arkanoid on both mamewah and mame and it runs fine.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

What do mean they don't run?

They don't show up on the list?

They start, but then goes back to Gameex?

It might be best to post your Gameex.ini.

just open it with a text editor, and copy and paste the contents in your next post.

Edit: I see you Brian...

[jordbrett]

What do mean they don't run?

They don't show up on the list?

They start, but then goes back to Gameex?

It might be best to post your Gameex.ini.

just open it with a text editor, and copy and paste the contents in your next post.

Edit: I see you Brian...

Do you mean the log file or the ini the ini is extremely long. When I say don't run I mean won't start but they do show up on the list.

Thanks for the quick reply

[Brian Hoffman]

Do the Roms run outside of gameex..

MameDev do break things from time to time..

[jordbrett]

The roms do run just fine with Mamewah and regular Mame

[Tempest]

The roms do run just fine with Mamewah and regular Mame

The reason we scratch our heads is because if they run in Mame, they should run in Gameex. All Gamex does is send the commandline to Mame, and the commandline contains the romname. So if a game doesn't run, it not because of Gameex, but the way Mame is set up in Gameex. The only thing that I can think of is that the taito games require a bios. You must have the bios, because I would assume that they won't run in mame with out it. So the question is, Do you keep your Bios roms in a separate folder from your gameroms? If you do, then in "Basic Mame Setup" in the configuration app you need to include the path in "Rom Path/s" IE: rompath1;rompath2.

If that doesn't help, then yeah, post your log.

[jordbrett]

Hi, roms and bios are all in the same folder and the log looks like everything is fine. So I found another rom that doesn't load and I noticed a difference in the log between the ones that do run and the ones that don't. The two roms that don't run have "-artwork -artwork_directory artworkgameex" where the roms that do load leave that part off. I'm not sure why it is doing this but I feel like this probably has something to do with the problem.

Thanks so much.

09:48:34.8 4/17/2008: GameEx: Version 9.19: Starting Log

09:48:34.8 4/17/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

09:48:34.8 4/17/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP

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09:48:34.8 4/17/2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz, 511MB

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09:48:36.0 4/17/2008: MAME Path is: F:\Mame

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09:48:36.1 4/17/2008: daphne EXE file is: Daphne.exe

09:48:36.1 4/17/2008: Use daphne on. Daphne.exe will launch games

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: ROM Path is: F:\Mame\roms

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

09:48:36.2 4/17/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

09:48:37.2 4/17/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Snap Path is: F:\Mame\mame Extras\snap

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09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Flyer Path is: F:\Mame\mame Extras\flyers

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Cabinet Path is: F:\Mame\mame Extras\cabinets

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Title Path is: F:\Mame\mame Extras\titles

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: PCB Path: Not Found

09:48:37.3 4/17/2008: Artwork Preview Path is: F:\Mame\mame Extras\artwork

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09:48:40.0 4/17/2008: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200

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09:48:45.1 4/17/2008: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo

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09:49:01.3 4/17/2008: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Mame\mame.exe 99lstwar -rompath F:\Mame\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -artwork -artwork_directory artworkgameex

09:49:10.7 4/17/2008: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Mame\mame.exe 99lstwar -rompath F:\Mame\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -artwork -artwork_directory artworkgameex

09:50:03.0 4/17/2008: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Mame\mame.exe simpbowl -rompath F:\Mame\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo

09:51:05.8 4/17/2008: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Mame\mame.exe skullxb1 -rompath F:\Mame\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo

09:53:36.8 4/17/2008: Running: cmd.exe /c F: F:\Mame\mame.exe arkangc2 -rompath F:\Mame\roms -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -artwork -artwork_directory artworkgameex

09:53:47.3 4/17/2008: Exiting GameEx!

09:53:47.3 4/17/2008: Saving Settings

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09:53:50.5 4/17/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

09:53:50.5 4/17/2008: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

[bkenobi]

Try running the "Runlastgame.bat" file in the GameEx start menu. It may be helpful to put 'PAUSE' at the end of that file so the error remains after MAME quits. That file contains the actual command that GameEx is running. If you can figure out what's going wrong there, then we can help get it going in GameEx.

[Tempest]

In advanced mame settings, try setting "use bezel", to don't use bezels.

If this works, I want a really big show of appreciation - It's not for my ego, as much as for the other guys....

[fRequEnCy]

In advanced mame settings, try setting "use bezel", to don't use bezels.

If this works, I want a really big show of appreciation - It's not for my ego, as much as for the other guys....

Gee I hope this works! Tempest is in need of an ego boost! LMAO.

[jordbrett]

In advanced mame settings, try setting "use bezel", to don't use bezels.

If this works, I want a really big show of appreciation - It's not for my ego, as much as for the other guys....

You are truly a god because that did it!!! Thanks so much. Now if I can get pinball working and a few other emulators I'm good to go. Thank you thank you thank you!

[fRequEnCy]

You are truly a god because that did it!!! Thanks so much. Now if I can get pinball working and a few other emulators I'm good to go. Thank you thank you thank you!

Whoohooo! Good job Tempest! God even, Wow! LOL. And all you wanted to be called was a genius. Hope it doesn't go to your head. LOL.

Whoohoo for me! Am an Advanced Member now! Promoted. LOL.

[denoiser]

Hi Tempest ,

here is your personal ego boost :-) many thanks from me to you. I changed the bezel settings and it works fine.

[Tempest]

Whoohooo! Good job Tempest! God even, Wow! LOL. And all you wanted to be called was a genius. Hope it doesn't go to your head. LOL.

Whoohoo for me! Am an Advanced Member now! Promoted. LOL.

Congrats! I told you BSing would get you a promotion - just like in real life!

Is It just me, or does the chat room suck?

I will try and install messenger again... I'll let you know if I get it done.

[fRequEnCy]

Congrats! I told you BSing would get you a promotion - just like in real life!

Is It just me, or does the chat room suck?

I will try and install messenger again... I'll let you know if I get it done.

Yup! The chat room does suck. It always crashes.

[Brian Hoffman]

You are truly a god because that did it!!! Thanks so much. Now if I can get pinball working and a few other emulators I'm good to go. Thank you thank you thank you!

All hail to the almighty Tempest!! He is so smart and handsome not to mention well endowed. If only one day I could grow up to be like him. Three cheers,Hip Hip Horray,Hip Hip Horray,Hip Hip Horray.

Serously though.. Good job man

It seems as though you under estimate yourself. There's a ratio bump

Brian Hoffman

[Tempest]

All hail to the almighty Tempest!! He is so smart and handsome not to mention well endowed. If only one day I could grow up to be like him. Three cheers,Hip Hip Horray,Hip Hip Horray,Hip Hip Horray.

Serously though.. Good job man

It seems as though you under estimate yourself. There's a ratio bump

Brian Hoffman

Yeah, you can sure tell the difference on the days I remember to take my meds!

Thanks for the bump!

[Tempest]

You are truly a god because that did it!!! Thanks so much. Now if I can get pinball working and a few other emulators I'm good to go. Thank you thank you thank you!

Cool! Now what's wrong with pinball? Oh yeah, start a new thread if you don't mind....