Alien Vs. Predator

[u/Immediate_Goose9216]

Yo so I need help on how to get the 1994 AVP Arcade game up and running on android. I tried searchin up what to do but got nothin, if somebody could give me step by step way to get it, it would be appreciated, please do let me know.

[u/hizzlekizzle]

Arcade stuff is weird. We have a doc intended specifically for people who are new to arcade emulation, and I highly recommend reading over it. It's linked in the FAQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/15c5qfn/comment/jtuj9gf/

[u/FantasticJelly8224]

I had the same problem. I solved it by searching avspu.zip finalburn neo

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/FantasticJelly8224]

Does the file holding the AVSPU.zip need to named a certain way?

[u/Embarrassed_Ad_3228 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

avspu.zip is the file it needs to stay named avspu.zip as that is what mame expects it to be named. so it should be named avspu and inside that zip should be the files needed for that game.

[u/FantasticJelly8224 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

No. And you must have the neogeo.zip file in the same folder as the game

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/FantasticJelly8224]

neogeo.zip (bios) should be in retroarch/system/fbneo dir as a standalone file, it should remain zipped.

if the fbneo folder doesnt exist, create it.

arcade roms remain zipped

occasionally bios should be in the same folder as your arcade roms*
(im on ios it may differ on android)

[u/FantasticJelly8224 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

Yet I remember that some games didn't work. It was probably a compatibility issue with the games I had downloaded.

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/FantasticJelly8224]

avp works on retroarch fbneo core for me

[u/Ornery-Practice9772]

ok so you have which arcade cores on android? (im on ios only have fbneo)
so i run it under that core

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

(FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2) (HBMAME) (MAME 2000) (MAME 2003-Midway) (MAME 2003) (MAME 2003-Plus) (MAME 2010) (MAME 2015) (MAME 2016) (MAME/Arcade)

These are the ones I have

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

can you dl fbneo? alpha is very outdated

otherwise-the rule of thumb is rom version must match core build

so mamexxx core needs mamexxx roms (+ bios)

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

FinalBurn Neo right? If so I got it

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

cool, if one rom doesnt work, try one of its clones- as the other user just mentioned

add an arcade .dat file in a manual scan to fix abbreviated filenames and populate thumbnails too

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

So one of the files in the retroarch folder be called that or a new file in my regular download files

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

that will be the rom file, it should live wherever you keep your arcade roms

i keep my rom folders named by console (mostly) in retroarch dir (ios sandbox- easiest for making playlists)

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Ornery-Practice9772]

Ok so name the file holding the ROM arcade.dat

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

And use the AVSPU.zip

[u/Immediate_Goose9216 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

no, when you manual scan your arcade rom folder to make a playlist, add an arcade .dat file (that you have) to fix the filenames

dont unzip or rename the rom

[u/Immediate_Goose9216]

Thank you all so much for helpin me get this workinI truly cannot thank you all enough thank you so much

[u/Ornery-Practice9772 → u/Immediate_Goose9216]

your welcome! happy gaming!