I use the Px68k retroarch core to emulate this system and I have a question regarding disk swapping through the original px68k menu which can be accessed by pressing the left trigger on your controller.
The game I’m testing this with is “Akumajou Dracula”. It requires 2 disks.
If I boot the game via Launchbox, the game boots, but I need to insert the second disk to actually play it. So I bring up the emulator menu by pressing L2 on my controller. I can see that the first diskis loaded. The line reads:
“¥Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 2).dim” (take note of the yen sign “¥”
So I go to the second foppy frive and choose: “Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 2 of 2).dim”, Now the line reads:
“Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 2 of 2).dim” (no yen sign)
However, the game still does not work. I hear the music playing but there is only a black screen. If I hit reset, the same thing happens.
I tried reloading the first disk as well, but if I choose “Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 2).dim” again, the line does not read anymore
“¥Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 2).dim”
but
“Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 2).dim” (no yen sign)
Now, the system doesn’t even boot.
So as you can see, if I try to load disks from the emulator menue, the Yen sign “¥” is missing and somehow that seems to mean that the game is not properly mounted. If I launch the game using launchbox, the Yen sign “¥” is there and the game boots.
The next thing I tried is m3u playlists and sure enough, if I load an m3u playlist from Launchbox, both disks are properly mounted (with Yen signs) and the game works fine. The lines read:
“¥Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 2).dim”
“¥Akumajou Dracula (1993)(Konami)(Disk 2 of 2).dim”
The problem is however that there are many games with more than just 2 disks, so I NEED to be able to swap disks using the emulator menu. Does anyone have an Idea what I’m doing wrong here?