Yet Another Request for Help with SEGA CD / PCE CD

[typh0id]

I’ll start by apologizing because I KNOW there are numerous posts here with people asking how to get Sega and PCEngine CDs to run in RetroPie. Unfortunately, for every one I’ve come across I have tried the offered solutions and while the original posters generally responded “Thanks, that did the trick!” I still found myself unable to get the games to play.

Let me break down what I’ve got going so far:

1) I have .bin/.cue files for the games in the appropriate ROM folders (“megadrive” and “pcengine” respectively)

2) I have edited es_systems.cfg to add .bin .BIN .cue .CUE to the entries for Genesis and Turbo Grafx 16.

3) I have created a directory “/pi/home/RetroPie/bios” folder and in it I have put the following files (note that I have two sets of SegaCD bios files because I’ve seen different posts saying they should be named different things):

bios_CD_E.bin
bios_CD_J.bin
bios_CD_U.bin
eu_mcd1_9210.bin
jp_mcd1_9112.bin
us_scd1_9210.bin
SYSCARD3.PCE

4) I have edited the retroarch.cfg (All) to include the line: system_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/bios

5) I have altered the .cue files to exactly reflect the file name of the .bin letter for letter, taking case sensitivity into account.

6) I have also (just for good measure) placed copies of the bios files in their respective systems’ ROM folders as well.

After all of this, still when I select a SegaCD or PCEngineCD game (either with the .bin file or the .cue file) it shows the terminal screen loading the files but then immediately dumps me back into the EmulatioStation menu again.

Am I overlooking something? I feel like I’ve followed all of the directions I have seen that have apparently worked for others but it still isn’t working for me. I would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks so much!

[InsecureSpike]

I’ll have a check to see how mine is set up

edit: ok I have a few sega cd bios, in both the bios folder and segaCD rom folder,

eu_mcd1_9210.bin
eu_mcd2_9303.bin
eu_mcd2_9306.bin

Genesis_OS_ROM.bin

jp_mcd1_9111.bin
jp_mcd1_9112.bin

SegaCDBIOS9303.bin

us_scd1_9210.bin
us_scd2_9306.bin

hope this helps a little

[typh0id]

Ah! I believe the Genesis_OS_ROM.bin just may have been the issue. I’d never heard of needing that one but I have it copied to the Pi now and Sega CD is working perfectly! Thanks a ton!

[typh0id]

Well I guess I spoke too soon. Sega CD is indeed working great but TG16 CD is still not working at all…Not sure what to do since I have SYSCARD3.PCE in both the bios directory and the roms directory.

UPDATE: So yeah this last one was just my own oversight…I still have trouble remembering how intensely case-sensitive Linux is…

I renamed SYSCARD3.PCE to syscard3.pce and all is well…

[InsecureSpike]

[quote=7063]Well I guess I spoke too soon. Sega CD is indeed working great but TG16 CD is still not working at all…Not sure what to do since I have SYSCARD3.PCE in both the bios directory and the roms directory.

UPDATE: So yeah this last one was just my own oversight…I still have trouble remembering how intensely case-sensitive Linux is…

I renamed SYSCARD3.PCE to syscard3.pce and all is well…
[/quote]

there are some pce cd rom bios about, 5 i think, not sure if its these you’d be needing? i’ve not got round to this yet

CD-ROM System V1.00 (J).pce
CD-ROM System V2.00 (J).pce
CD-ROM System V2.01 (U).pce
CD-ROM System V2.10 (J).pce

Games Express CD Card 1993 (J).pce

not sure how their supposed to be named either,

please you got the Sega CD working

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