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Title's a bit clickbait-y for my taste. I haven't looked into the issue too much (posting this just before I have to get ready for work) but from what I can tell Capcom <em>did</em> license Final Burn Alpha for the Home Arcade. However, FBA's license prohibits this sort of use.
Thing is, I can't imagine Capcom not running this by their lawyers first. The license seems pretty iron-clad ("You may not sell, lease, rent or otherwise seek to gain monetary profit from FB Alpha;") but if Capcom's willing to use it I can assume their lawyers either looked over the license and gave the OK, or just weren't consulted at all.
Latest PFBA is based on FB Alpha 0.2.97.42. So you can just use FB Alpha 0.2.97.42 (https://www.fbalpha.com/downloads/) to scan your rom files. But not all systems supported by FB Alpha are ported over to PFBA. So even if your roms work with FB Alpha, it may still not work with PFBA.
I'll prolly have to go the emulator route, o'well.
I'm assuming this is the FBA you were referring to?
I use either Final Burn Alpha or WinKawaks, final burn alpha has support for neo geo memory cards, plus lets you emulate a multi-slot MVS machine. I'd suggest using the Uni-Bios over the one that comes with the games, as it has more features like built in cheats.
Yes, I have a usb keyboard attached. I tried hitting tab / f2 / bunch of other keys. It resulted in a lot of coin inserts lol, but not much else. This game seems only to work under emulator "lr-fbaplha) which is selected as default. (Isn't fb "not" MAME, and rather is something different? (I found info on dip switch dialogue but cant find how to get to it lol: https://www.fbalpha.com/manual/ )
FYI: The rom is here: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/20pacgal.zip
What I usually do for arcade games with the default FBA core:
- Check here if the name of the .zip is correct (1st column)
- Test the rom on PC with FB Alpha
- Add the rom in hakchi and change /bin/zip into /bin/fba
- Add bios (if needed) in the CLV-Z-* folder of the game
If it doesnt work you can try with a MAME core, in this case don't forget to change the /bin/* in command line.
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Hi there!
I am a bot.
It appears that you may be having trouble with invalid roms. This is common if, for example, you have obtained your rom archive from a source other than the torrent pinned here. Please delete or backup your current rom archive and replace it with the correct one from the aforementioned torrent.
To further explain, FightCade uses a third party emulator that was released in 2008. Many websites hosting roms frequently update their romsets to match newer releases of MAME and other third party emulators. Although the .zip filename (and even the filenames of the contents inside) may match, the roms are still invalid for the emulator that FightCade uses.
If I have made a mistake, or you have additional ideas or suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated if you could let my owner know.
Thank you :)