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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: gamesmame on May 18, 2021, 09:00:15 AM

Title: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: gamesmame on May 18, 2021, 09:00:15 AM: I try one batch in MAME i make the .bat =
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mame aa305 advance
(opens but any game loads) :-[

STOPS here:

(https://i.imgur.com/ePVxa1P.png)

In Attract Mode i use this:

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
#
executable M:/Emulators/mameplus/mame.exe
args -aa305 "[romfilename]"
rompath M:\Emulators\mameplus\roms\archimedes
romext .adf;.zip
system Acorn Archimedes

And nothing happens... i think the 2 codes have error, please give me a light!!! :-\ I want not i like use MAME but if have other better emulator please let me know! ;D
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: dmmarti on May 19, 2021, 04:27:11 AM: I use Retroarch with the MAME core .. but the end result is the same. Games do not auto start once loaded.

Here's some notes I've made for Archimedes games.

Hope this helps.

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games load into flop0â€¨
upon bootup into desktop, using a mouse, double click on flop0â€¨ double click on program to launchâ€¨
â€¨
to swap disks:â€¨
press ScrollLock (to change to partial keyboard control)â€¨
TAB > File Mangager and swap disk filesâ€¨
press ScrollLock (to change back to full keyboard control)
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: hermine.potter on May 19, 2021, 12:15:38 PM: I think mame do correct works.
it load aa305 system and you probably have to load your images from there (from disc icon maybe?)

different emulators: Here (https://www.zophar.net/acorn.html)
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: gamesmame on May 22, 2021, 06:36:31 AM: Quote from: hermine.potter on May 19, 2021, 12:15:38 PM
I think mame do correct works.
it load aa305 system and you probably have to load your images from there (from disc icon maybe?)

different emulators: Here (https://www.zophar.net/acorn.html)

I try anything and i dont can run the Acorn Archimedes games :-[ :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: hermine.potter on May 27, 2021, 11:34:34 AM: try another emulator (https://www.zophar.net/acorn.html)
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: rand0m on May 27, 2021, 11:44:04 AM: Arculator Official Page: http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/index.html
Arculator Roms: http://www.4corn.co.uk/aview.php?sPath=/roms

Place roms in arculator/roms, setup the system (much like PCem but less complicated) and post-boot run the game by clicking on floppy icon.

I couldn't get mame to run archimedes but I have non-merged set and don't have the list of all roms required for running it.
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: gamesmame on May 28, 2021, 03:29:10 PM: Quote from: rand0m on May 27, 2021, 11:44:04 AM
Arculator Official Page: http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/index.html
Arculator Roms: http://www.4corn.co.uk/aview.php?sPath=/roms

Place roms in arculator/roms, setup the system (much like PCem but less complicated) and post-boot run the game by clicking on floppy icon.

I couldn't get mame to run archimedes but I have non-merged set and don't have the list of all roms required for running it.

Now Worked!!! thank you man!!! i can emulate Acorn Archimedes now!!! YES!! one thing... how i put this in Attract Mode now? for when i select game in Attract Mode "List menu" the games load automatic?
Title: Re: How i play the Acorn Archimedes? i want(Like) use the MAME/Attract Mode for this
Post by: akafox on June 03, 2021, 09:42:24 AM: Just so you all know that driver in mame is marked as not working (still) in MAME as of MAME 0.231 (says that when you try to load it). So you have to use a different emulator anyway.

Here is the driver info: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/aa310.cpp (https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/aa310.cpp)

Was added and marked as not working as of 0.180 https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.180 (https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAM)