I’ve been trying to get Neo Geo ROMs to work. I’ve done some searching, and have found that a file “neogeo.zip” needs to be in the same folder as the ROMs. I also saw that the ROMs need to remain as zip files. I’m not worried about scanning for them yet, I’m just trying to get them to play by selecting them manually. Unfortunately no matter which core I select, it just kicks me back to the lakka menu.
Any ideas on why?
Arcade emulators are very picky about ROMs. You need ROMs from exactly the ROMset that they expect. For MAME2003, that means from the mame v0.078 ROMset. For FBA, you need FBA ROMs from the FBA ROMset that matches the version number of the core. Likewise, the neogeo.zip needs to come from that same version because, even though they’re all named ‘neogeo.zip’ the contents can be quite different and need to match the other ROMs requirements exactly.
Is there a way to tell which ones I have? (ROMs and neogeo.zip)
There’s a Windows utility called clrmamepro that may be able to tell you. Tbh, though, you really just need to go find the ones you need for a given core on the internets and download them as-needed. The likelihood that whatever random ROMs you have lying around actually match any of the cores is pretty slim.
I’ll see what I can do :).
It tells you which ROMset you need on the megathread: http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6661
You need 0.2.97.38 (assuming you want to use Final Burn Alpha as the emulator).
I’ll PM you what you need 