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Hello, I'm trying to start up arcade games with BizHawk 2.9 but the it keeps shutting down without error message. I've been trying a few different Mame roms, and opening them both by "Open" and "Open Advanced...". Is there a way to see logs of what goes wrong?
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Please inform us of the titles that you are attempting to run.
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1941 Metal Slug Metal Slug 2 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
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Please try the latest dev build here: https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/jobs/4144670975/artifacts/download It's very likely these issues have already been resolved.
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Thornstrom wrote:
1941
You might have the wrong version. This title runs without issue (1941.zip).
Thornstrom wrote:
Metal Slug Metal Slug 2
These are both Neo Geo titles, and Hawk is requesting you for the Neo Geo bios "tried in mslug neogeo".
Thornstrom wrote:
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
This one is requesting for Q-Sound bios "tried in qsound_hle dino". For the three that require a bios you need to do these steps instead of doing: File > Open Advanced > Launch Game (1941 should be using this). From Hawk do:
  • Tools > Multi-Disk Bundler.
  • Create a save location.
  • Set System to Arcade.
  • The first one should be your game, in this demo we'll say "mslug.zip"
  • The second one is your bios in this case it's "neogeo.zip"
Image to show you what it should roughly look like: Click Save & Run and Metal Slug will load. As a note. There are titles that would require more than just a single bios file if you say for instance want to run Crazy Taxi which requires 4 extra files.
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Thornstrom wrote:
it keeps shutting down without error message.
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Ok, I've tried the latest dev build (https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/jobs/4144670975/artifacts/download) but it's the same problem I've also tried creating a multidisk with mslug.zip and neogeo.zip as instructed, but the same problem here too
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Since this topic already exists. Yes... Bizhawk crash every time I try to open an arcade game. I tried both Capcom and NeoGeo games. Is Windows 11 mandatory for them to work? I know Microsoft will stop supporting old OSs (I use Windows 8.1), but I have my own pace and I will only be able to change to W11 next year.
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I have Windows 11 and it's not working, so I don't think that's the issue.
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I believe all known bugs have been fixed. Try a dev build.
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YoshiRulz wrote:
I believe all known bugs have been fixed. Try a dev build.
Yes, it worked. I was already worried about the possibility of my PC not having compatibility to use TAS in Arcade Games.
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Running 2.9.1 and still getting it opening the zip file trying to get me to choose a file (not how arcade games work) even when starting through "Open advanced..." Does it on a few different games but right now I'm trying superman.zip.
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OtakuTAS wrote:
still getting it opening the zip file [...] Does it on a few different games but right now I'm trying superman.zip.
Superman throws an explanation stating you need a bios, so you need to find that file that it's telling you about then follow these steps, or throw that bios into the superman.zip file.
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OtakuTAS wrote:
Running 2.9.1 and still getting it opening the zip file trying to get me to choose a file
Wiki: Bizhawk/MAME#MissingFiles
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