Cheats for MAME current core

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#1

Hi

I’m new to retroarch and I use the MAME current core. I found out how to play games and they all work.

Can somebody explain me how to use cheats in MAME? I can’t find how to do it :frowning:

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#2

RetroArch Quick: Cheats - YouTube

I hope this helps.

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#3

I don’t think mame-current can use RetroArch’s built-in cheats, but I think you can use the core’s own cheat system by putting a cheat.7z bundle into system/mame, as per this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/9ck9o3/comment/e5bn5cz/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

#4

Can you explain? Where to find thiis file and how to activate the cheats for a game?

#5

I’m afraid I don’t know much about MAME, but googling ‘mame cheats.7z’ led to this site, which looks promising: http://cheat.retrogames.com/mame_downloads.htm

For activating them, I would guess you need to do it through the MAME OSD, which you bring up with the ‘TAB’ key.

#6
  1. You download version 245 from the link @hunterk gave.
  2. From the extracted archive you only need the cheat.7z file
  3. Copy it to your retroarch/system/mame location
  4. In mame core options enable cheats support.
  5. During the game, press the tab key on the keyboard, a table with the available chetas option should be displayed. This is how you set the available cheats.
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#7

Can you tell me where this is on Android 12? I don’t know anything about the folders and don’t even find retroarch folder :frowning:

#8

Unfortunately I’m using retroarch for pc. No knowledge of the android version.

#9

Can you tell me pc folder? I have a laptop too

#10

@retroarchgirl he already did

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#11

Does anybody know the correct Android folder?

#12

Did till step 3. Stuck on 4. I go to mame core options scroll to cheats. Load cheat file. Scroll down to mame. Click cheat.7z. Then load archive. Then is sais failed to load content. Not sure what im doing wrong