![]() ![]() When you use that it tells MAME to use the IIGS emulation. Step 3: How MAME references drives for the IIGS - This is key table since it is what tells MAME how to launch your imageįrom the MAME documentation the emulator that MAME uses is referenced by the "apple2gs" switch. Note it must be in the "software" folder (first screen snap) if you use the default MAME settings in the MAME.INI file (second screen snap). Figure 1: MAME Software List for Apple IIGS.Make sure you MAME.INI points correctly to the applicable software path and rom path. The folder that MAME looks for software (by default) and ROMs is called "apple2gs". Validate that MAME is pointing to your software location for the IIGS. Step 1: Make sure you have your MAME setup correctly. Okay, with all that here is how you get things working for IIGS: So when you launch a game, if it appears it is hanging, let it run a bit longer. In many cases it takes as long as "it really did". So that means you have to be patient when booting a disk. I am not going to get into system disks and such but the process is similar once you get properly PRODOS system disk.įor the IIGS, I have found MAME can be a bit laggy at times and in most cases there are no disk "speed up" hacks. That means you will have to boot from a IIGS system disk and then run the game. So you can get it easily to launch in MAME via LB but if you don't have that you will not be able to play.Īlthough most games have the system files need to boot automatically, not all games do, particularly Shareware/Homebrew type games. At the start of the game, it will ask you for a move from a famous chess game and that code sheet is in Appendix I of the manual. Many games required you to look up something in a manual or card they included with the store bought copy. One thing you will likely run into is copy protection related to having access to the game manual. There is nothing in particular you have to do in these cases but can cause some weirdness in emulators. MAME software lists usually will indicate if it is a cracked software file in the title (if you unzip to look). You will run into software that has been "cracked" to remove the era's disk copy protection schemes (which were numerous). So you will need a blank "floppy" image (attached). Many games require a "user disc" or a "player disc" (e.g., Bards Tale series) where you save your progress, and those are MOST times not included in any software sets you acquire. Additionally, just as a native IIGS there were 5.25 inch floppies (single and double sided), 3.5 inch disks (various sizes), and the IIGS MAME emulator can also run a "hard drive" emulation. There are a variety of different disc formats for the software it is confusing because you dealing with 35 year old tech. This will also let you see what the image type of the software (e.g., 2mg, dsk, po) Even for MAME and IIGS emulation you can leave as ZIP for simple one disk software but when you get into multiple floppy disks or "A and B" side floppies, unzipping is easiest and the least confusing (to me). ![]() Zip files are great and for most emulators you can leave them as is. I assume you have access to MAME software for the IIGS, ideally the Software List MAME dump. They also emulate that complexity.ĭon't expect within LB to import a whole slug of 1,000s of pieces of software and expect to work out of the box. Setting up computer emulator, particularly the Apple II, MSDOS generations, is not near as simple as consoles/arcade some of which is due to the very computers they are emulating. ![]() All three also require you to track down the IIGS ROMs and are on a whole not user friendly but more powerful with some feature sets than MAME IIGS emulator (also typically faster emulation).įirst thing, set your expectations for MAME for the IIGS because it isn't straightforward: The advantage of the others is you can typically run as a true "computer" a bit easier than in MAME but they come with a big learning curve of understanding the era's disk formats and guts of IIGS. MAME in theory is the easiest to initially get rolling, particularly if you are familiar with the inner workings of MAME for arcade setups. There are other emulators such as GSPlus, KEGS32, and GSPort. I assume you are trying to setup via MAME (formerly MESS for IIGS emulation) since that is what the LB video was presenting. ![]()
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