Problems with default roms

[Alex.Murphy]

Hi all,

i enjoyed recalbox few years ago and it worked like a charm.
Few days ago i decided to reactivate my raspberry pi, for that i installed the latest recalbox version 8.0. After that i was really suprised that even most of the default roms that comes with the default image are not running.

Examples:

• GameBoy / Retroid
• SNES / Unwol Quest for Money
• Atari 7800 / Meteor Shower

My Specs:

• Raspberry PI 3B
• Recalbox 8.0 (official image from https://www.recalbox.com/download/stable/rpi/rpi3/)

Error (appears after starting a game):

Any ideas if there's something wrong with the standard image?

Regards,
Alex

[sharky]

Hi,

Can you check the BIOS?
Start (for menu at home page) -> check Bios

Perhaps there is something missing?

[Scavy]

Hello @alex-murphy

Several possibilities :

• a bios is missing : check the bios list (a missing bios file is updated in the bios folder).
• you should look for better roms : for roms dumped from cartridges, choose a "no-intro" romset, for roms dumped from cd/dvd, choose a "redump" romset.

Don't hesitate if you have further questions.

[Paulska]

@scavy he mentioned that the provided roms dont work.
Im guessing something with the install process went screwy.

i would redownload the image, and extract it first before burning again. see if that helps. then start the system, let it finish the whole process. try the default games then.

unless you are trying to flash this to a ssd/usb. thats a different bag of worms.

[Scavy]

@paulska yeap, you're right thanx
@Alex-Murphy if when reinstalling the problem persists, you should consider trying with an other sd card.

[Alex.Murphy]

Thanks for your replies guys. I tried another SD Card, downloaded the image again, extract it before burning but nothing helps. Luckily a friend of mine has a raspi 3B as well and he had still the recalbox 4.0 on it. I made a image of his sd card and burned it on my sd card, and what to say, it works like a charm. Lessons learned, next time i wanna try a new version, i make a backup of the old one first