Help with NeoGeo Pocket in MESS core

Libretro Cores
#1

Hi!!

I have the Good romsets with QuickPlay frontend in Windows and I configure QuickPlay to execute RetroArch with command lines in every system (with SNES, for example, I have this config command line: -L “cores\bsnes_mercury_accuracy_libretro.dll” --config “extraconfigs\bsnes.cfg” “%ROM%”). I need to use the MESS NeoGeo Pocket Color system (ngpc) but without the “hash list” method (the xml files in the hash folder). In the standalone MESS you can use the -cart command. Is there any way to execute the MESS 2014 or MAME core with the -cart command line?

Thank you!!!

#2

There’s no way to pass CLI arguments like ‘-cart’ directly to cores in RetroArch. You have to use softlists, I think.

However, there is a non-MESS ngpc core that you can use, unless there’s a specific reason you want to use MESS.

#3

Thank you for the answer. Well, Mednafen NeoPop is good but isn’t focuses in accuracy and don’t boot the bios (yeah, I love that details :slight_smile: ). Any plan to implement another NGP core? NeoGPC is an open-source emulator focuses in accuracy but is discontinued since 2013. Thanks!!!

#4

Of course you can pass CLI option like -cart … You can pass all mame oprion like the upstream does since long time. Just have to be backquoted. Like

retroarch -L mame2014_libretro.so “atertris -rp /somewhere”

Note the The cli core option have to be enable before.

Or you can use text cmd file extension to load this Just write an atetris.cmd with the above args. And it should load fine

edit: remove mame

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#5

Oh nice, I didn’t know about that. Very handy!

#6

Um i did a little guide for this at the frontend forum i use.

Maybe i should put one together for here.

(Although my command line knowledge is toddler like)

I have seen @r-type post that answer a few times now.