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Hello there,

I try to use those MAME core with the latest RetroArch wii to this day (1.14).

When I go into Load Content -> my_rom.zip Retroarch want me to load a core it seem fit to the file extension, and the MAME2003 cores are never show among those...

I guess it is because I missed the .info files for MAME2003 cores A to G but I can not find them anywhere.

Is there .info files for this core ? and otherwise how do you load a rom to run with a MAME 2003 core?
 

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@Aeredren

The MAME cores you mentioned (A-G) are modified cores made by @Wiimpathy

They were made to use in WiiFlow Lite through plugins. That is not to say you cannot use these cores outside of WFL, but you will have to use an earlier version of RA. I cannot recall but around 1.9.0 is where things changed.

If you want quick access to these cores, use Hexaeco made by SuperrSonic, although compatibility is not as good.

Using current RA builds, MAME is no better than it was 6 years ago. Trust me when i say, the Wiimpathy cores are the best.

If you cannot find these cores in further search, let me know, then i will link for you.
 

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Hello there,

I try to use those MAME core with the latest RetroArch wii to this day (1.14).

When I go into Load Content -> my_rom.zip Retroarch want me to load a core it seem fit to the file extension, and the MAME2003 cores are never show among those...

I guess it is because I missed the .info files for MAME2003 cores A to G but I can not find them anywhere.

Is there .info files for this core ? and otherwise how do you load a rom to run with a MAME 2003 core?
-snip-

Just a sidenote, latest RetroArch 1.14 breaks compatibility with random MAME2003 PLUS cores.

Recommended version, 1.9.1 AT MOST.
 
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Sorry but I just can not find those... There is an
section in the original post but it only point to the roms sorting scripts.

And there is no info files in the 0.4 nor 0.3 nor 0.2 release, nor in their source code. I paste here the content of the 0.4 zip :
Archive: MAME2003-WII-0.4.zip Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 0 2019-03-04 18:39 Alt_dols/ 296224 2019-03-01 15:35 Alt_dols/boot.dol 6820032 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreA_libretro_wii.dol 5604608 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreB_libretro_wii.dol 4400064 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreC_libretro_wii.dol 5800288 2019-03-01 15:37 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreD_libretro_wii.dol 4816928 2019-03-01 16:43 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreE_libretro_wii.dol 6921216 2019-03-01 16:31 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreF_libretro_wii.dol 8301632 2019-03-01 16:31 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreG_libretro_wii.dol 56582 2018-05-30 18:41 Compat.zip 1803 2019-03-04 18:49 README-Mame2003.txt 0 2019-03-04 17:58 WiiFlow/ 0 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/ 242 2019-03-04 17:59 WiiFlow/plugins/mameA.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:08 WiiFlow/plugins/mameB.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameC.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameD.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameE.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameF.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/mameG.ini 0 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/retroarch-wii/ 0 2019-03-04 17:51 apps/ 0 2019-03-04 18:38 apps/retroarch-wii/ 296224 2019-03-04 17:36 apps/retroarch-wii/boot.dol 1939 2018-05-28 20:19 apps/retroarch-wii/icon.png 7115136 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreA_libretro_wii.dol 6069856 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreB_libretro_wii.dol 4649920 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreC_libretro_wii.dol 6456768 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreD_libretro_wii.dol 5113824 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreE_libretro_wii.dol 7370400 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreF_libretro_wii.dol 8848704 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreG_libretro_wii.dol 479 2018-05-28 20:19 apps/retroarch-wii/meta.xml --------- ------- 88944321 33 files

Can you point me to the exact post where he published it or can you upload them for me ? (it's just text files, shouldn't be heavy)

I'll download the 1.9.1 version for further testing, thx for pointing this out

Anyway, Thank you a lot for your help and the swiftness with which you replied both of you :)
 

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Sorry but I just can not find those... There is an

section in the original post but it only point to the roms sorting scripts.

And there is no info files in the 0.4 nor 0.3 nor 0.2 release, nor in their source code. I paste here the content of the 0.4 zip :
Archive: MAME2003-WII-0.4.zip Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 0 2019-03-04 18:39 Alt_dols/ 296224 2019-03-01 15:35 Alt_dols/boot.dol 6820032 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreA_libretro_wii.dol 5604608 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreB_libretro_wii.dol 4400064 2019-03-01 15:51 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreC_libretro_wii.dol 5800288 2019-03-01 15:37 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreD_libretro_wii.dol 4816928 2019-03-01 16:43 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreE_libretro_wii.dol 6921216 2019-03-01 16:31 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreF_libretro_wii.dol 8301632 2019-03-01 16:31 Alt_dols/mame2003-plus_coreG_libretro_wii.dol 56582 2018-05-30 18:41 Compat.zip 1803 2019-03-04 18:49 README-Mame2003.txt 0 2019-03-04 17:58 WiiFlow/ 0 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/ 242 2019-03-04 17:59 WiiFlow/plugins/mameA.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:08 WiiFlow/plugins/mameB.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameC.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameD.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameE.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:09 WiiFlow/plugins/mameF.ini 242 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/mameG.ini 0 2019-03-04 18:10 WiiFlow/plugins/retroarch-wii/ 0 2019-03-04 17:51 apps/ 0 2019-03-04 18:38 apps/retroarch-wii/ 296224 2019-03-04 17:36 apps/retroarch-wii/boot.dol 1939 2018-05-28 20:19 apps/retroarch-wii/icon.png 7115136 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreA_libretro_wii.dol 6069856 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreB_libretro_wii.dol 4649920 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreC_libretro_wii.dol 6456768 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreD_libretro_wii.dol 5113824 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreE_libretro_wii.dol 7370400 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreF_libretro_wii.dol 8848704 2019-03-04 17:39 apps/retroarch-wii/mame2003_plus_coreG_libretro_wii.dol 479 2018-05-28 20:19 apps/retroarch-wii/meta.xml --------- ------- 88944321 33 files

Can you point me to the exact post where he published it or can you upload them for me ? (it's just text files, shouldn't be heavy)

I'll download the 1.9.1 version for further testing, thx for pointing this out

Anyway, Thank you a lot for your help and the swiftness with which you replied both of you :)
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It works ! Thx :) I successfully play Donky Kong on CoreA and Bubble Bobble on FBalpha :)

But my version of pacman.zip cause a exception core dump. Do you have an Md5 checksum of your working version @JuanBaNaNa ? You marked it as working in coreA
 

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It works ! Thx :) I successfully play Donky Kong on CoreA and Bubble Bobble on FBalpha :)

But my version of pacman.zip cause a exception core dump. Do you have an Md5 checksum of your working version @JuanBaNaNa ? You marked it as working in coreA
Make sure you're using the Full non-merged MAME2003 PLUS romset.
 
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hey all, tried to load maximum hangtime with core c, but it just takes me back to homebrew menu. trying to create a single rom loader for maximum hangtime. any tips? thanks.
 
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hey all, tried to load maximum hangtime with core c, but it just takes me back to homebrew menu. trying to create a single rom loader for maximum hangtime. any tips? thanks.
Some roms are just not working at all with the cores.
So... you could try a bunch of different Romsets or just simply give up.
 

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hey all, tried to load maximum hangtime with core c, but it just takes me back to homebrew menu. trying to create a single rom loader for maximum hangtime. any tips? thanks.
NBA Maximum Hangtime is a Midway arcade game, so try loading it on MAME2003 Midway core on RA-HEXAeco by @SuperrSonic
 

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hmm, tried quite a few different cores and they all crash back to homebrew screen. i've tried from the following:

MAME_2003_Plus_Arcade_RA-HEXAECO_r05-11-2021_ArcadeWii_SRL-saulfabreg
MAME2003-WII-0.4.zip

could it be my nba hangtime is from the wrong romset?

edit: i've tried all the C cores and alt C cores.
 

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Any help for load narc (Williams) with a mame 2003 plus core?

I have a core collection name plus 2003 that works almost 400 games but I can’t do with Narc
 

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Any help for load narc (Williams) with a mame 2003 plus core?

I have a core collection name plus 2003 that works almost 400 games but I can’t do with Narc
No, I've never been able to load it at full speed.
You could try to increase frameskip in the core's options though.
But... it won't run smoothly if that's what you're expecting.
 
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No, I've never been able to load it at full speed.
You could try to increase frameskip in the core's options though.
But... it won't run smoothly if that's what you're expecting.
The question is that I can’t load at all. Load the core, choose the content and after choose the suggested core again but after some seconds the screen shows a retroarch menu with “no items” words

It happens with few games
 
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I don't think NARC has a chance to run. There are no bootleg versions known either. Sometimes the bootleg versions will run while the parent doesn't. MJ Moonwalker, Alien Storm, Slap Fight, Super Hang-On, are examples i can think of where the bootleg needs to be used, there are others i cannot recall.
 

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The question is that I can’t load at all. Load the core, choose the content and after choose the suggested core again but after some seconds the screen shows a retroarch menu with “no items” words

It happens with few games
I was able to load the rom with the Full Non-Merged romset which is why I suggested increasing frameskip.

No kidding it loads but it's chonky.
 
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I don't think NARC has a chance to run. There are no bootleg versions known either. Sometimes the bootleg versions will run while the parent doesn't. MJ Moonwalker, Alien Storm, Slap Fight, Super Hang-On, are examples i can think of where the bootleg needs to be used, there are others i cannot recall.
that's correct, moonwalker, slap fight and super hang on run with bootleg version. Any way my question is, if game back to quick menu and show "no items" is it a rom problem (I need another romset) or a core problem that I need prove with another version?
 
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According to my notes, the narc3 clone rom runs on a midway mame 2003 core, it is not the mame 2003 plus wimpathy cores, but a separate core created by another user. Unfortunately my wii is not available for testing and confirmation.
 
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