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Hi,
i am using gngeo 0.85 which comes with the RetroPie-image and the most roms working fine so far. But i still have some problems:

1. How can i change it to fullscreen? I wrote fullscreen true into the gngeorc-file but that doesnt seem to change anything. I still have a small black frame around the picture which is annoying.

2. Is there a way to setup a exit button to exit the emulator directly like all the other emulators do it? So far i can only exit to the emulator menu and choose exit from there but i would like to exit directly back to the emulationstation with one button.

3. How can i change the names of the games? For all the other emulators i could rename the roms easily but when i do that with the neogeo-roms they dont start anymore. The gamelist shows shortnames like mslug for Metal Slug par example. So far the only way i worked out is with the gamelist.xml but thats not practically if you dont want to use gamecovers. I prefer the simple list because i dont want to setup all the gamecovers by myself and the es-scraper doesnt work properly (wrong covers/ wrong gamenames etc.).

4. Sometimes my controller-settings from the gneorc-file dissapear and i cant use the gamepad in gngeo anymore. Then i have to write my controller-settings again in the file to get it working again. Anyone have an idea why this is happening?

Sorry for my bad english

derus
One of the issues with GnGeo is that it is VERY particular on which ROM revision it will run. If Neo-Geo games are you priority try puddings FBA which is the best emulator on the RPi for Neo-Geo titles and ROM compatibility, it can either be downloaded from The Pi Store or below. However I'm not sure Retro Pie has a 'core' for it.

PiFBA Homepage - https://code.google.com/p/pifba/

I wouldnt say that Neo Geo is my priority. I am using NES, SNES, GBA, Master Sytem and Mega Drive too. But i dont have much problems with the ROM compatibility of gngeo, pretty much everything works.

Otherwise would FBA help me solving my problems? Fullscreen and a exit-button are very important and i dont get it working with gngeo. As far as i know FBA is also a part of RetroPie (at least i have a ROM folder for it ), so this could work.

derus
The issue with GnGeo v0.8 is its an unofficial 'fork' of the Linux original specifically for the GP32, hence the 'Fullscreen' problems that don't exist in v0.7. I think its worth a try!

I tried FBA now and none of my ROMs is working with it. You meant i should try v0.7 of gngeo? I am not sure how to change the es_system.cfg to do that....

After some research i think i need a Neo Geo-Bios for FBA to get the games working. But which files i need exactly? Its always different. And where i have to put them?

derus
I'm not sure about the Retro Pie version of FBA but generally put the Neo-Geo Bios in the folder where the ROMS go (If GnGeo works it must already contain the Bios files in a folder somewhere as ALL emulators require them?). For most Neo-Geo emulators the MINIMUM files you are looking for are: 000-lo.lo and sfix.sfx then one of the following: sp-s2.sp1 (Europe), sp-j2.rom (Japan), or sp-e.sp1 (USA), but generally you can use a Bios Zip from any site as they will include these plus other such as the unibios etc. The unibios was specifically built/sold by a hacker for owners of the original AES Hardware as to swap between the MVS/AES and region so they could use MVS Carts on the console due to the price difference e.g. Metal Slug MVS $40, AES $1000+! Or as was the case with Samurai Showdown 5, playing the JAP version unlocks the 'Blood' which was missing in the EUR/USA releases (but the data is on the Cart). Not all emulators offer the facility to use the unibios though.