I am so lost...! Tron, Star Trek load but won't "insert coin" or play.

[2Muchmark]

Hi Everyone,

(My setup: I'm running the latest (as nov Nov 19 2017) Recalbox on a Raspberry Pi 3).

I've managed to get some fun games like Joust, Defender, Stargate etc running well. But getting certain games like Tron, Star Trek : Strategic Operations Simulator, Star Wars has been a hair-pulling experience.

i am so lost when it comes to emulators. I've tried the included emulators in Recalbox such as Mame078, 1Mame4All, AdvanceMame, etc. When the games run, "Inserting coin" sometimes works, but after, no key whatsoever seems to do anything, and Keyboard mapping does nothing too. I read somewhere that there are other emulators available but can't find simple installation instructions.

So then: Is there anyone here who has managed to get games like ST:SOS, Tron, Star Wars etc, to run? I'm even willing to pay someone for their time if they can help me figure this out.

Cheers!

[acris]

Hello @2Muchmark
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4275/tron-rom-loads-but-can-t-insert-coin-nor-tab-for-mame-menu/
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/9672/some-games-like-tron-star-trek-star-wars-run-but-no-keys-or-controller-buttons-work

try advance mame emulator with romset mame 0.106
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/10120/lunar-lander-et-co-comment-les-démarrer/9

[2Muchmark]

@acris said in I am so lost...! Tron, Star Trek load but won't "insert coin" or play.:

Hello @2Muchmark
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4275/tron-rom-loads-but-can-t-insert-coin-nor-tab-for-mame-menu/
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/9672/some-games-like-tron-star-trek-star-wars-run-but-no-keys-or-controller-buttons-work

try advance mame emulator with romset mame 0.106
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/10120/lunar-lander-et-co-comment-les-démarrer/9

Thanks acris, but none of these links had the info I need.

I forgot to mention something. Games like Tron and Star Trek play well on the Windows version, just not on the Raspberry Pi 3 version.

Does that help?

[acris]

@2Muchmark
have you the good romset ?

mame : mame 2003 romset non-merged (mame 0.78)
fba libretro : final burn alpha 0.2.97.39
advance mame : romset mame 0.106

tron, star trek work fine with advance mame emulator.

[2Muchmark]

Hi @acris thanks for the reply. Forgive me, I'm a complete n00b. Where would I find those romsets, and I would I install them? And if these are recent, wouldn't they not already be included in the Recalbox setup?

[2Muchmark]

Here's a quick update: I tried installing Retropie and managed to get games like Tron and Star Trek to work. Woohoo! The only problem is that of course, Recalbox is nicer. It's easier to install, the attractor is nice, it's faster and it just flat-out works better.

So what's the difference? Why does Retropie work for these games but Recalbox not?