Mame 0.194 Retroarch core And Fm-Towns

Libretro Cores
#1

Hi, The latest stand alone Mame (0.194) did great improvement regarding FM-Towns emulation. I just wonder if the retroarch Mame 0.194 core can do the same ? I tried it out but did not work

Thanks

#2

If our repo has been updated to v0.194, then yeah, it should have it. It’s a bit of a hassle to get non-arcade ROMs working with our core, but there are threads that explain the procedure.

#3

Mame is now on .198 on RA, but I couldn’t run fm towns. The fmtowns_cd.xml from the newest mame points to a .ccd image of the game, but the official mame torrent (from pleasuredome) haves a .chd file. I’ve tried to edit the xml, with no success. Can someone help me on that?

#4

You mean the ccd that’s in the “header” of each entry:

<software name="tss2151">
	<!--
	 Origin: Neo Kobe Collection
	 <rom name="[OS] Towns System Software v2.1 L51.ccd" size="2294" crc="6ad5818a" sha1="2743a87d3d86f019c4b748bf8b83e93c25604aa3"/>
	 <rom name="[OS] Towns System Software v2.1 L51.cue" size="411" crc="be52ece2" sha1="f3951729651f65e8c0b629d780995d261096bba1"/>
	 <rom name="[OS] Towns System Software v2.1 L51.img" size="593767104" crc="b05c859d" sha1="5c954b6567d5e579866afa69ff3521fe42cfb5b1"/>
	 <rom name="[OS] Towns System Software v2.1 L51.sub" size="24235392" crc="5f06885b" sha1="56ee6cfa222595ce149a634fb3bada003e4870fa"/>
	 -->
	<description>Towns System Software v2.1 L51</description>
	<year>1995</year>
	<publisher>富士通 (Fujitsu)</publisher>
	<part name="cdrom" interface="fmt_cdrom">
		<diskarea name="cdrom">
			<disk name="[os] towns system software v2.1 l51" sha1="58f008662746287e4ce4b2c02f77605fc1ebd440" />
		</diskarea>
	</part>
</software>

that’s only to tell you from where the chd comes from. the chd entry is at the bottom between the < diskarea> and the < /diskarea>

#5

Solved it: it was missing the BIOS. The mame page says it don’t need it, but it does. Debugging on PC is piece of cake.

Now I can run FM Towns, but is not fullspeed on my Moto Z2 Force. :frowning: I wonder how fast would it be on Shield TV.

#6

I tried to run FM-Towns in RA but it automatically closes when I try to open the game.

My setup is like this

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As well as a hash folder in System > mame

Anyone else here able to run FM Towns and can help me?

#7

Looks like fmtowns.zip is missing. The regular fmtowns.zip, not the ux one.

It’ll run if you put it on the folder.

#8

I tried putting the fmtowns.zip into the folder, however the same issue remains.

#9

The roms folder will have to be named “fmtowns” too. Also, the hash file named fmtowns_cd.xml, in system/mame/hash, is there?

#10

This is for fmtowns marty games, which were on CD. the folder still needs to be fmtowns?

#11

Yep. You should use exactly fmtowns as folder name. And the hash file should be fmtowns_cd.xml.

#12

I’m a little disappointed. Not even the Shield TV is able to run fmtowns on mame flawlessly. :frowning:

#13

Hi I’m really interested in getting FM towns to work I have a retro pie but have no idea where to start. I do not have any ROMS at the moment. Can anyone possibly point me in the right direction? Thanks for your time

#14

Ist’s not exsctly for RPie, but helps maybe: https://www.reddit.com/user/ThRaShArD-666/comments/y1dojn/fmtowns_cd_games_on_retroarch_for_the_desperate/