Can't make Sega CD ISOs work at all: Retroarch crashes

RetroArch Android devices
#1

I can’t get Sega CD ISOs to run on Retroarch. I have the newest version, I’ve searched the Internet high and low, and everything I’ve tried and everything I’ve read to try fails.

I have all the BIOS files for Sega CD. I have set the correct path to the bios folder.

I have four different Sega CD ISOs, and with each one, the same thing happens:

  1. I load the Picodrive or Genesis Plus GX core
  2. I load the ISO for the game,
  3. Retroarch immediately crashes.

I have no idea what to do here. It happens with every single game I try. What am I doing wrong?

Please help.

Thanks

#2

Dunno, works fine on my Shield ATV. Can you get logcat of the crash?

#3

Are you loading the iso file directly or the cue file? Also, can you check the cue file in a text editor, if the iso name is exact the same as the iso file? I have Sega CD games in Bin+Cue here, I had problems with incorrect cue files in the past.

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#4

Hello @hunterk ! I’ve been browsing my Tab and I can’t find any log anywhere. Would you know wherre I shoul look for it ?

[QUOTE=aorin1;50390]Are you loading the iso file directly or the cue file? Also, can you check the cue file in a text editor, if the iso name is exact the same as the iso file? I have Sega CD games in Bin+Cue here, I had problems with incorrect cue files in the past.[/QUOTE]

Hello @aorin1

I have one .bin file and one .cue file. I tried loading from both. Same crash.

I used to play those games with md.emu and had no problem at all before (apart from the lack of “perfect sync”-like option that got me stuck in Shining Force CD)

Thank you both for reading :slight_smile:

#5

You need to get a logcat, either through a separate app or via PC using adb.

#6

A guy on reddit told me that :

not all emulators use the same BIOS. According to this link, the US BIOS needs to be named bios_CD_U.bin.

It worked :slight_smile:

#7

Ah, great. Glad you got it figured out :slight_smile:

#9

this worked for me as well thank you