Please upgrade to MAME romsets or expect issues, MAME won't load Mac

Libretro Cores
#1

For the longest time I been trying to get akatsuki blitzkampf ausf achse to play on my Mac ever since I got into Roms. These past few day have been the closest I’ve been getting to work. However there is a Problem whenever I run this on the Sega - Dreamcast/NAOMI (Flycast) in starts up the Naomi screen tell me this"Please upgrade to MAME romsets or expect issues" and “This Game is Not Acceptable by the Main Board” Everything is Responsive like I can open the Retroarch menu and everything But if I switch to Arcade MAME (0.214) it tell me Loading Machine 99% but never loads up at all just gives me the Mac loading beachball Retroarch completely unresponsive (like I waited an hours on that)

So is there anyway to fix this so I can either loading up on Flycast or make Mame load up like Flycast. Like I manage to Jury rigged it to work for openemu with Mame 149 and that rig runs like dogshit going down a hill (Load very slow, Audio blow out, and it crash at the very beginning of the intro.) Like if anyone has an answer or a suggestion I would absolutely hear it like I feel like i’m this close to playing it I can almost taste it.

#2

Do you have the naomi.zip BIOS in your retroarch/system/dc/ directory? (for flycast)

For MAME you need the following files in your rom directory, but this doesn’t matter, as NAOMI support in MAME is not functional

ausfache.zip  (Rom)
jvs13551.zip  (Device)
mie.zip       (Device)
naomi.zip     (Bios)

MAME stuck on 99% usually means missing file or unsupported rom

#3

It still telling me

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added the files you said and running it though flycast am I missing something

#4

I have Naomi.zip’ BIOS in the retroarch/system/dc/ has this

dcnaodev.bios epr-21576.ic27 epr-21576a.ic27 epr-21576b.ic27 epr-21576c.ic27 epr-21576d.ic27 epr-21576e.ic27 epr-21576g.ic27 epr-21576h.ic27 epr-21577a.ic27 epr-21577d.ic27 epr-21577e.ic27 epr-21577g.ic27 epr-21577h.ic27 epr-21578a.ic27 epr-21578d.ic27 epr-21578e.ic27 epr-21578g.ic27 epr-21578h.ic27 epr-21579.ic27 epr-21579d.ic27 main_eeprom.bin x76f100_eeprom.bin

jvs13551.zip just downloaded has this

315-6215.bin sp5001-b.bin sp5001.bin sp5002-a.bin

and the mie has this

315-6146.bin and thanks for telling me about the mame this

#5

I think you have a very old naomi.zip BIOS. [NOTE that BIOS and rom have to match version. Newest is 0.219]

Those are the files of a more recent one [0.201 - today] (the jvs and mie are not needed with flycast):

NAME SIZE BIOS STATUS MERGE REGION OFFSET OPT CRC SHA1
315-6188.ic31 8244 good altera_pof 0 no 7c9fea46 f77c07ae65dfed18c1c4c632c8945be21d02ddaf
boot_rom_64b8.ic606 524288 bios21 good maincpu 0 no 7a50fab9 ef79f448e0bf735d1264ad4f051d24178822110f
develop.ic27 2097152 bios23 good maincpu 0 no 309a196a 409b50371feb648f10efd6b7ac420bf08d9a3b5a
develop110.ic27 2097152 bios22 good maincpu 0 no de7cfdb0 da16800edc4d49f70481c124d487f544c2fa8ce7
epr-21576.ic27 2097152 bios7 good maincpu 0 no 9dad3495 5fb66f9a2b68d120f059c72758e65d34f461044a
epr-21576a.ic27 2097152 bios6 good maincpu 0 no cedfe439 f27798bf3d890863ef0c1d9dcb4e7782249dca27
epr-21576b.ic27 2097152 bios5 good maincpu 0 no 755a6e07 7e8b8ccfc063144d89668e7224dcd8a36c54f3b3
epr-21576c.ic27 2097152 bios4 baddump maincpu 0 no 4599ad13 7e730e9452a792d76f210c33a955d385538682c7
epr-21576d.ic27 2097152 bios3 good maincpu 0 no 3b2afa7b d007e1d321c198a38c5baff86eb2ab84385d150a
epr-21576e.ic27 2097152 bios2 good maincpu 0 no 08c0add7 e7c1a7673cb2ccb21748ef44105e46d1bad7266d
epr-21576g.ic27 2097152 bios1 good maincpu 0 no d2a1c6bf 6d27d71aec4dfba98f66316ae74a1426d567698a
epr-21576h.ic27 2097152 bios0 good maincpu 0 no d4895685 91424d481ff99a8d3f4c45cea6d3f0eada049a6d
epr-21576h_multi.ic27 2097152 bios25 good maincpu 0 no cce01f1f cca17119ad13e3a4ef7cb6902a37b65d6a844aee
epr-21577a.ic27 2097152 bios18 good maincpu 0 no 969dc491 581d1eae328b87b67508a7586ffc60cee256f70f
epr-21577d.ic27 2097152 bios17 good maincpu 0 no 60ddcbbe 58b15096d269d6df617ca1810b66b47deb184958
epr-21577e.ic27 2097152 bios16 good maincpu 0 no cf36e97b b085305982e7572e58b03a9d35f17ae319c3bbc6
epr-21577g.ic27 2097152 bios15 good maincpu 0 no 25f64af7 99f9e6cc0642319bd2da492611220540add573e8
epr-21577h.ic27 2097152 bios14 good maincpu 0 no fdf17452 5f3e4b677f0046ce690a4f096b0481e5dd8bb6e6
epr-21578a.ic27 2097152 bios13 good maincpu 0 no 6c9aad83 555918de76d8dbee2a97d8a95297ef694b3e803f
epr-21578d.ic27 2097152 bios12 good maincpu 0 no dfd5f42a 614a0db4743a5e5a206190d6786ade24325afbfd
epr-21578e.ic27 2097152 bios11 good maincpu 0 no 087f09a3 0418eb2cf9766f0b1b874a4e92528779e22c0a4a
epr-21578f.ic27 2097152 bios10 good maincpu 0 no 628a27fd dae7add616b1a2478f00608823e88c3b82a0e78f
epr-21578g.ic27 2097152 bios9 good maincpu 0 no 55413214 bd2748365a9fc1821c9369aa7155d7c41c4df43e
epr-21578h.ic27 2097152 bios8 good maincpu 0 no 7b452946 8e9f153bbada24b37066dc45b64a7bf0d4f26a9b
epr-21579.ic27 2097152 bios20 good maincpu 0 no 71f9c918 d15af8b947f41eea7c203b565cd403e3f37a2017
epr-21579d.ic27 2097152 bios19 good maincpu 0 no 33513691 b1d8c7c516e1471a788fcf7a02a794ad2f05aeeb
main_eeprom.bin 128 good main_eeprom 0 no fea29cbb 4099f1747aafa07db34f6e072cd9bfaa83bae10e
x76f100_eeprom.bin 132 good naomibd_eeprom 0 no 3ea24b6a 3a730ebcf56e0060fef6b1b02eb2eb7cfb7e61dc
zukinver0930.ic25 2097152 bios24 good maincpu 0 no 58e17c23 19330f906accf1b859f56bbcedc2edff73747599
#6

So switch the old Naomi bios with the New one on both

315-6188.ic31
boot_rom_64b8.ic606
develop.ic27
develop110.ic27
epr-21576.ic27
epr-21576a.ic27
epr-21576b.ic27
epr-21576c.ic27
epr-21576d.ic27
epr-21576e.ic27
epr-21576g.ic27
epr-21576h_multi.ic27
epr-21576h.ic27
epr-21577a.ic27
epr-21577d.ic27
epr-21577e.ic27
epr-21577g.ic27
epr-21577h.ic27
epr-21578a.ic27
epr-21578d.ic27
epr-21578e.ic27
epr-21578f.ic27
epr-21578g.ic27
epr-21578h.ic27
epr-21579.ic27
epr-21579d.ic27
main_eeprom.bin
x76f100_eeprom.bin
zukinver0930.ic25

And I check Ausfache rom in it is this

ausfache-key.bin
ic8.bin
ic9.bin

And the Rom file all together is this

315-6146.bin
jvs13551
jvs13551.zip
mie.zip
naomi
naomi.zip
ausfache-key.bin
ic8.bin
ic9.bin

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I’m starting up the rom from the key bin since it the only thing that starts the rom

#7

Everything is up to date according to the advice you said and I triple check to see if the game Compatible

https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136 https://github.com/libretro/flycast/blob/master/core/hw/naomi/naomi_roms.h

Interestingly enough looking at the later I notice the Rom set saying this

// Naomi M4 Roms
    // Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse (Japan)
    {
        "ausfache",
        NULL,
        0x10000000,
        0x5504,
        "naomi",
        M4,
        REGION_JAPAN,
        ROT0,
        {
            { "ic8.bin", 0x0000000, 0x4000000, 0x00000000 },
            { "ic9.bin", 0x4000000, 0x4000000, 0x00000000 },
            // IC10 and IC11 Populated, Empty
            { "317-05130-jpn.ic3", 0, 0x800, 0x00000000, Key },
            { NULL, 0, 0, 0x00000000 },
        }

Do you think the 317-5130-jpn.ic3 is what I am missing by any chance

#8
  1. Your roms have to be in the *.zip file and not lying around :slight_smile:
  2. Yes, you need this in your ausfache.zip :
317-05130-jpn.ic3
ic8.bin
ic9.bin
  1. The checksum of the roms have to match. Please refer to this site for more info: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/dettaglio_mame.php?game_name=ausfache&search_id=1
  • [0.157: Added 317-05130-jpn.ic3 PIC dump.]
  1. Start your game by loading the ausfache.zip, NOT the *.bin!
#9

Obviously, if you are missing parts of the romset, it won’t work.

@ImnoTapLumber having the right checksum isn’t mandatory for flycast atm (having the wrong checksum might lead to unexpected issues though), but it might change over time.

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#10

I said this because people tend to simply rename ausfache-key.bin to 317-5130-jpn.ic3 and this obviously doesn’t work :wink: