Help with MESS

[doggystyle]

Hi there guys. This one is strictly speaking not a GameEx question but I will try anyhow. Im trying to set up MESS emulator outside GemeEx (wanting to get mess running on its own first). Im using MESSUI 0.133 and some SNES roms I have. After setting the rompath and trying to run I get the following message: "spc700.rom NOT FOUND : dsp1data.bin NOT FOUND" and then mess exits... I found on the net the spc700 file but an old version (I think??). Question is: What am I doing wrong?? Where do I find the missing files?? As I understand it I need these bios files or drivers for any system I want to emulate with MESS, right?? Can anyone point me to a (idiotproof) quide on how to set up and configure MESS?? Such a guide seems to be hard to find, at least my google is not finding them for me

Help!!

[celly]

Make sure you have the bios for the systems you are setting up. Then, show MESS the path to them and the roms. Then do an audit on the system(s) that you have set up and you should see your ROMS on the right. I can't tell you where to get the bios, just do a google search and you might get lucky.

[doggystyle]

Make sure you have the bios for the systems you are setting up. Then, show MESS the path to them and the roms. Then do an audit on the system(s) that you have set up and you should see your ROMS on the right. I can't tell you where to get the bios, just do a google search and you might get lucky.

Ok, I think I have managed to get the rom files but how do I point mess to them?? Should I keep them zipped or what??

[celly]

Ok, I think I have managed to get the rom files but how do I point mess to them?? Should I keep them zipped or what??

Yes, keep them zipped. So your setting up SNES, MESS needs to know where to look for the ROMS, right click the system name and click properties. A new window should come up with a bunch of tabs. These are helpful. Click the software tab and you should see a "Browse" button. Click it, and direct it to wherever your ROMS are for that system. Do this for all the systems you are making MESS run. After you configure everything make sure you hit Apply. Then, back at the MESSUI, right click on the system, and hit Audit. This will show all available ROMS.

Hope this helps.