Retroarch fba_neo doesn't launch my roms

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Retroarch fba_neo doesn't launch my roms

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Hello nothing to be done I searched online for info about retroarch fba_neo apparently it needs zip files... the thing is I tried with 7/8 zipped roms and nothing to be done still the same error message :/ can you get zip neogeo running (if you've already tried)
-2: with fba neo how do I get the game to be recognized? in the ini file it tells me the recognized files are the .zip yet I have for example a rom: "fatal fury.zip" in the rom folder. is that really how it needs to be arranged? or do I need to extract it? if I extract it the problem is I end up with 7 or 8 neogeo files should I extract the .zip into a folder that will have the game's name??
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Re: Retroarch fba_neo doesn't launch my roms

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Several conditions must be met.
  1. The presence of the console's bios (neogeo.zip) is required in the folder containing the roms
  2. The roms must be compatible with FinalBurn Alpha
  3. The rom names aren't free-form, they must follow the naming convention defined for FinalBurn Alpha
  4. Rom size must not exceed 23Mb
It's quite convoluted to manage to use this emulator, as Badablek explains: Retroarch Wii 0.9.7.1

We're going to need two PC apps: Start by launching FinalBurn then "Misc => Generate dat file => Generate dat (Arcade only)..."
Launch RomCenter then "File => New... => Extract list from a datafile", select the .dat file created earlier and "Create the game database".
Select the directory containing the roms and the bios.
  • If the rom is yellow, you just need to repair it.
  • If it's red, it's missing files.
    It's possible to merge the content of several roms of the same game to get a complete rom, to do this nothing simpler, run the repair on each of them.
  • Once the rom turns green, all that's left is to play.

NB: I split the topic since it's not a problem specific to WiiFlow plugins.
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Re: Retroarch fba_neo doesn't launch my roms

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Well explained thanks!!!

It'd be great to have a space with clean roms ready to use for RetroarchWii.
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Re: Retroarch fba_neo doesn't launch my roms

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RetroArch isn't an emulator but a collection of emulators with a unified graphical interface.

In the case of Neo-Geo, CPS1 and CPS2 games, it's FinaBurn Alpha.

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