How To Get CHD Games WORKING in Newer Versions MAME! | Tutorial
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About to have to do this myself, definitely will be writing a script to automate this process.
Take the list of ROMS - Search the CHD's to see if there is a match, if so move it to the correct place and create the folder for it.
If that sounds helpful let me know.
nigga YES... this shit is annoying bruh. mame has come a long way, but i remember having some serious issues with it like 10 years ago, which is why i said fuck it. now that i'm trying it again, i see it's still a bit annoying with the compatibility issues
That is really helpful thanks for showing us how to let MAME recognize CHD files!
Awesome of you to go back and clarify this will help people a lot also I found that sometimes a rom won’t work without other files that go with it q sound for sf2 for example I found most the extra files inside the rom directory list of roms
I had to make an update for sure. Google picked up my MAME install video so I was getting lots of questions on it. I haven't quite figured out how to run all games when some files are missing. I've run into that with a few games and can fix some but not all.
Good to know. still running an old version of mame, but have been interested to see what has changed since 2009.
The only thing I've found that's changed is improvements to some games. I don't pay a lot of attention to the there stuff though
The biggest hassle is obtaining the CHD’s themselves. The sites that have CHD’s have them arranged on their websites in such a way that you can’t use a download manager, but have to individually download or obtain via torrent/magnet link. Real pain, because if the websites hosted more efficiently, the CHD’s could be obtained much quicker. Even CHD’ packs by letter of the alphabet or release year to break things up but still allow for some sort of bulk downloading.
Yeah. I think I can safely say check out archive.org. Its not full of virus links and lets you grab individual files.
@@KillerArcadeGames that’s where I’m downloading from. It took me about a day to download 99%. Thus remaining 1% has taken me about a week and apparently I still have 4 days left. 😭😭😭
@@supertriz best just to downlaod the isos or cues and convert the chds yourself.
I was going nuts trying to figure this out. Thank you!!
Glad I could help!
After many years i finally got my first chd to work thanks to your help
Super helpful, just what I needed to know. Thanks mate!
I was just trying to figure this out for Blitz and Launchbox the other day. Thank you!
No problem!
Were you able to get the original Blitz or Blitz '99 arcade roms to work? I can only get Blitz 2000 Gold to work.
last month i saw this video and tried it, it didn't work. today my friend i tried it again and IT FREAKIN WORK!!!! 😂😂😂 THANKS BRO, you're a freakin HERO
I'm glad it worked haha.
Good info. Took me some googling to figure it out when I had to awhile back. This video should help folks
It would be cool if they'd make it more clear. I think I had to just figure it out myself too.
i downloaded the latest MAME 0.249 and suddenly San Francisco Rush and Ridge Racer don't start anymore. I tried to do as you said but then i saw, the .CHD file was already inside a folder named after the rom. So now it just doesn't work anymore
If you just updated MAME and kept the same ROMs/CHDs its very possible the newer version of MAME needs an updated ROM file. I'd download the old version of MAME you were using and try that.
Talk about a useful to the point video, thank you so much!
i'm trying to play fighting mania, what can i do? The chd is not found.
My son is your best friend right now. He REALLY wanted to play KI
Just subscribed as a thank you!
Awesome, thanks!
Is there an version of name that supports CHD on Android?
no
I cant get chd file
I have tried many website
I found that the zip always some files, like 3E, 3H, 4H, 5H, 2K, 3K, 4K and so files
they dont have any chd file
my problem is do we need to get chd file to play the game?
Which game are you trying to run?
@@KillerArcadeGames
many games do not have chd file
they always have 3E, 3H, 4H, 5H, 2K, 3K, 4K .............files
@@wilsonng7554 bruh. The game will not work at all without the required CHD, and it doesn't matter what game it is. But with that said, most older games are just roms and dont have CHD - it's arcade system/game specific. The games that have CHDs, the original arcade boards have a hard drives and they work just like a game on PC because they are pretty much a custom made PCs. MAME will tell you what files are missing when you start a game up and the game does not boot. The CHD are the easy part and I am certain they don't get updated, they just need to be directed like this video explains - in a folder with the name of the parent rom. The roms on the other hand do get updated and you have find the right updated ones that will boot up if you have the newest MAME. Everyone has this problem, but if you seek you shall find.
Wow! It works!! thanks a million.
No problem!
How do one changes the resolution of the new version of MAME? I just can't find any of it in options or any tutorials.
When I try to star killer instinct it shows me the different version when I double click on the first one it turns black and then go back to the menu but frozen and than it closes, do you have an idea what’s going on?
Having to do this sucks. I have 48gb of Roms loaded & the CHD files for the version I'm running are close to 120gb. Then having to create or rename the CHD's after figuring out which games need them is a huge PITA. I'm going to use try that old program that helps sort that shit out for you.
thank you, fixed crypt killer
GODLY, this worked for me!
Is there a way to fix “The are known problems with this system one or more rom/disk images for this system have not been correctly dumped” for Cruisn World please and thank you
De que página descargo los chd?
Perfect👍🏻thanks again. Please do a video about games requiring BIOS?
I’d have to do more research on the bios stuff. But I’ll look in to it.
@@KillerArcadeGames you're the man
Look into unibios for neogeo games. It's a good way to explain some advanced bios setup and loads of info on how to do it.
The basic bios setup depends on your Romset but the standard split set would have ROM.zip and bios.zip in the same ROMs folder and everything will work fine. (Neogeo.zip is the bios and 3countb.zip is the ROM) actually not sure if 3countb needs the bios but you get the drift.
Hello, I appreciate the videos. Im trying to get blitz and showtime working. When I download the nba gold package there is no chd file with it. Where did you get the chd file? Thanks
I haven't seen the video yet but I thank you for putting it on Yt.
So will the Mame be able to play games like Chase Hq 2 or Scud Race?
After years of wondering why NFL Blitz wouldn't work on mame, your simple video helped me fix that problem.
Were you able to get the original Blitz or Blitz '99 arcade ROMs to work? I can only get Blitz 2000 Gold to work.
@@coreyalexander9059 I got both of them to work.
It really works... thanks!
You're welcome!
Thank you, I thought I was just dumb.
Completely new to this, especially MAME. I have the official MAME software and I am getting the ROMsets (which are around 70GB), but do I need to get the CHD set, too? That set is more than 400GB and I am not sure if I need. Can you please explain this for me? Will the romset be enough to play the arcade games with launchbox and mame software? Thank you :)
You will need those CHDs to play the games that require them. I can say this, as far as I know, any game made before 1994 won't require a CHD file. Killer Instinct (my personal favorite) was the first arcade game to come with a hard drive to store game data, the CHD files are just copies of the hard drives and in some cases compact discs (typically for Japanese games).
One option might be to just download the ROMs/CHDs of the games you know you want to play. Having a massive set of games sounds great but most people find they'll never play 90% of the games and end up frustrated by having to scroll through the huge list.
@@KillerArcadeGames Thank you greatly for your reply!
You are absolutely right on that! I should just try to get the CHDs for only the games I am going to play and not for everything. I will just spend time searching and looking up games individually to see which ones I should get and which ones to not get. I appreciate your response!
Simple and direct! Thanks for the help!
No problem!
2022? This has been the standard CHD setup in MAME for a loooong, long, long time. Years.
i have try your video tutorial how to use chd file to play in mame emulator, but it's not work. Can you give a another solution ?
do you have a solution?
This doesn't work anymore apparently
I can't for the life of me get Dance Dance Revolution Extreme to boot for the life of me. Put the CHD and konami 573 in that folder but mame just can't find it. idk what to do.
Would adding the CHD file to the ZIPped ROM file work?
What if a .chd game does boot up, but doesn't play its music in the game? Like in "Let's Attack Crazy Cross"?
That’s likely an issue with the game not being emulated properly. I’ve never heard of that game so I can’t say I know much about it.
Thank you so much for this!
No problem!
Planetemu is THE source for all the stuff you'd ever need. It's updated constantly, everything is working, and if it exists, it's there.
I haven’t been there but hopefully this helps some!
Ele já foi bom não está deixando abaixo alguns estão dando erro
Muchas gracias por tu video. Necesioto conseguir el CHD de Ghost goblins? como puedo descargarlo? muchas gracias
Hey cheers for your videos … I have a question about .xml and .sqlite files ?? They normally come in a pack or collection but not sure if I am having to put those somewhere ?
Any help would be great ? I using batocera on pc
Cheers
Ray
I'm sorry, I don't know what those are for. I've never used them so I'd try running the games without them. If it works, then you should be good.
So Showtime really runs well with that rom on the pc you've suggested. I still have that pc you suggested in my Blitz mod. I would really like a true arcade version of Showtime than using the DC version
It does! I leave it running on the full medium resolution. There is still minor stuttering on that screen after it announces the player, but it’s that super quick transition screen. The announcer stutters once in a while but nothing major like before. I run the Blitz/Showtime rom all the time in my cabinet now.
Yea i kinda wish we didn't have to wait this long to fix what needed to be fixed for showtime to work well other than getting a high speed processor for it.
Did u ever get to the all star challenge yet?
Not yet, I haven't been playing it much lately.
my ROM files are running on the C: drive, my CHD are on another drive, how do i set this up?
I don’t know if a fix for sure. You might need to either move the entire MAME folder to the external or move the CHDs to the computer’s drive. You might be able to change the directory in the MAME.ini file but I’m not sure.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thank you, worked a Treat
😀
Despite the war that russia started against my country, everything is quiet in my region, thus i need to free my mind a little bit to keep myself calm. And your videos will do.
About the video: I figured this out like last month, by simply going to google and google that information about CHD files. And many websites says that CHD files needed to be put inside of ROM folder, along with main rom file, but only few website says that you need to create another folder in ROM folder that has the same name that main rom file has, and then you need to put CHD file of that rom in to that created folder.
I made Killer Instinct work that way, that didn't wanted to work. But sadly there is one "BUT". You still need to have a version of the rom that match your version of MAME, along with CHD file. Otherwise it will not work. And another problem is that, it is very, VERY hard to find CHD files for the games that you wanted to play, thus why it is almost impossible to play many games that you wanted to play. And on latest version of MAME even Mortal Kombat needs a CHD file to work, for some reason. But i'm using more older version of MAME for MK so i don't bother about that.
May I be the first to apologize for my country "supporting" you but not actually giving you troops. I wish the US and NATO helped more. Be safe.
I forgot you were in Ukraine! What a crazy time, I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. Meanwhile, we're complaining about paying another $.30 for gas. I don't let the gas prices bother me when I think of how much worse it could be.
MAME is a great tool but I wish it were a little more user friendly or at least more self explanatory. It would be really cool if MAME could not only tell you you're not using the correct ROM version for that MAME version. And maybe it could tell you what ROM version you do have so you know what MAME version to download.
Stay safe over there! I hope this gets resolved and doesn't get worse.
@@stormchasingk9 Thanks. And your country supporting us with weapons and other stuff, so we can fight back. Their russian army has a huge losses.
@@KillerArcadeGames Thanks for kind words. And yeah, i hope that this war stops soon.
And yeah, it would be nice for MAME to be more simple than it is, cause not knowing what version of a rom you need to use is really frustrating.
Stay safe brother
I was actually born in chernovtsi
We left in 1980 though
I’m going to send some donations
I wish I could do more
Ams thanks for the video chris
Just got a game to work that you may know
Someone described it as rush meets road rash
I get the error: U37 not found. This appears to be a rom file that is missing. I have downloaded multiple files and none work.
Sometimes parts of the file you need to find elsewhere sometimes you can google the file and download it then place it in the roms folder and it should work
@@frankstrasser6108 yup I tried that but no luck so far thanks I'll keep looking.
@@Chuck-RETROGAMECAVE what mame version
Which game?
@@frankstrasser6108 Mame 0.236
Unfortunately, I couldn't even find the roms folder. Guess I'm stuck with Gaiapolis on the NES then.
Update 1: now I can't find the CHD for it anywhere.
Archive dot org has some resources. Search your version of MAME on google and archive dot org.
Like you said, you cannot say where to get ROMs, but just to point out, there are a few subredits you can go to for assistance as well
Yep, its out there. I hate that I can't share it but I can't risk getting in trouble.
I have photoplay chd file but it won't run. I loved photoplay when I was young.
Is it saying you're missing the files?
Anyone having issues with Mame not launching? It keeps buffering. I put headset in and it launches. Not sure why it will not launch.
Crazy, I thought it was always like this, mine have been this way for 6+yrs.
I'm no MAME expert, that's for sure, but it always worked with the files just thrown into the ROMs folder. My MAME tutorial video has been picked up by Google, so of course I get lots of questions on this. I figured I better make an update.
Holy guacamole… I really hope this solves some of my emulation issues.
Hopefully it did!
Can you run area51 cause I try everything and doesn't load it always say it need chd files?
Mine works fine. I have noticed some games have multiple CHD files, it’s possible you’re missing the right one. It’s been a long time since I’ve looked at my A51 set up so I can’t remember off the top of my head.
bro i jst wanna play the last blade what is the perfect version
I'm getting this msg: The selected game is missing one or more required Rom or CHD images
Anyone know how to fix?
I’d look for another ROM download. It’s very possible the one you have isn’t compatible with that version of MAME. It can be really tough to find the right one since most sources won’t list what version it’s for. The best advice I can give is search archive dot org. Search “MAME ROMset (MAME version number)” for example.
@@KillerArcadeGames dl bios got some of them to work, just not Sengoku 3 😢
Thanks Bro... 👍🏻
tried to run california speed on mame and it says calspeed not found on my end
Which version of MAME?
@@KillerArcadeGames i think its mame 0.240
What about roms with double chd files like guilty gear?
that's a good question, I've never played a game with multiple CHD files. Id assume they should just be put in the folder together.
I assume you just put the CHD set in a folder with the parents name of the rom, just like the video explains. It will do no harm by trying, it can only work or not work. But half the fun is finding the files that work, right. 😅
How do you do this for android or iOS
I installed ki 1 and 2 on an old pc in 2008
In 2010 i modded my og xbox to play ki on it
I even helpt somebody on youtube who had troubles running it
Now in the present day
I cant get this rom to work
On a new rig
I lost my hope
Adios ki and 2
Thank you for the old days
Farewel and adieu
But xbox1 version is still an option 🖖
Winner!
How would I get killer instinct to work on mame?
It’s fairly easy. Just get the ROM and CHD file. I personally prefer MAME version .139 32 bit. You don’t need to follow this video for that version. Just dump the CHD and ROM (zipped) into the ROMs folder and run the game. Finding a working ROM and CHD combo can be tough but keep trying. I think there’s a website, killer instinct project or something that makes it easy.
The version I used is MAME (0.159u2)
Thanks, at least Time Crisis starts to launch now but just a black screen
I didn’t think Time Crisis even had a CHD. I’m running it on my light gun cabinet and it loads fine. I assume you may have a ROM that doesn’t match the version of MAME you’re running it on. There’s no great way to tell if that’s the case though.
*tried to run Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 on android and still can't run for nothing 💀*
im try install Tokyo Cop, i cant play yet
Some of those Japanese games don't work well on MAME, or work at all. I googled that game and it seems to run on Teknoparrot emulator.
Where to get CHD files. any site ??
Google
How to get chd for specific game?...you dont explain it.
I can't link to any specifically but can say try archive dot org. Theres lot of files there.
Thanks
Good mi friend please video heat of eleven soccer 🎉
How do I set up mame on Linux?!
I don't think I can help there, I've never used Linux.
Still doesn't work. Trying to play wargods
War gods has an odd CHD. There’s 3 files out there but only one of the files worked for me. I can’t remember which one but I believe it’s the one with the 11 in the name, it appears to be a date.
@@KillerArcadeGames Do we need to rename the CHD file? And should we remove other files from the folder?
No leave the file name as is. Just make the folder name Wargods.
About android version
Some CHD is 6GB....way to big
This doesn't, work anymore
You might just have the wrong rom for the version of MAME you’re trying to use. The unfortunate thing is there’s no good way to tell, as far as I know at least. I just set up my new MAME cabinet a couple of weeks ago and this still worked. It’s possible they’ve changed something in the newest versions of MAME since they release them so frequently
Android
You showed that the chd file will be copied into the folder, but since you did not show us where to download the chd file and did not leave a link in the description section, I disliked your video.
I can’t leave links. UA-cam will shut down my channel if I do. I’ve said this several times. I’ve even had copyright strikes for trying to help with software links in the past. It’s difficult to find a balance between pleasing the audience and pleasing UA-cam. They’re getting more and more strict.
your family must hate you
This doesn't work anymore apparently
Oh really? Did you read it somewhere?
Yes and I attempted to myself just to make sure
@@KillerArcadeGames Maybe it was changed back.
Yep doesn't work ,been trying to get killer instinct to work.
it works, it's just the user that doesn't work