Post by Admin on Jan 29, 2018 19:20:12 GMT
The RetroBit Super RetroCade is a modern console that plays classic games. It's pre-installed with 90 games, but that's not the limit to its capabilities. It is equipped with an SD/SDHC card slot, and is capable of playing ROMS from the following systems:
1) Nintendo NES/ Famicom
2) Nintendo Super NES/ Super Famicom
3) Nintendo Game Boy
4) Nintendo Game Boy Color
5) Nintendo Game Boy Advance
6) Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive
7) Arcade/ MAME
Some internet sources are inaccurate, but Paradox Games has done some testing and will post guides in this thread on getting your favorite system's ROMs to work.
WARNING
The information in this guide comes from first-hand testing and experimentation. However, Paradox Games is not liable for any damage incurred upon your RetroBit Super RetroCade or your storage media by following any of these instructions.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1) Before anything else, be sure your SD card(s) is/are formatted in fat32 format. Most SD cards are already formatted this way.
2) Create a folder on your SD card with the exact title, "retrobit games" (exclude the quotes). Be sure all letters are lowercase, and the only space is before "games".
3) All console games go directly in this folder; anything in any subfolders can not be read by the RetroBit Super RetroCade system.
FILE FORMATS- CONSOLE GAMES
All console ROMs must have the exact file extension, or RetroBit Super RetroCade will ignore them. The following are the file extensions you will need for your ROMs:
1) Nintendo NES: [filename].nes
2) Nintendo Super NES: (info not yet available)
3) Nintendo Game Boy OR Game Boy Color: [filename].gb (The .gba extension will not work!)
4) Nintendo Game Boy Advance: [filename].gba This is untested as of yet; try it yourself or reply here with correct information.
5) Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive: [filename].md (the .smb extension will not work!)
All of the games will coexist in the \retrobit games folder. It can get messy and confusing. Perhaps, you will want to buy several SD cards, and sort your games by system, since you can't sort in subfolders, because subfolders are unrecognizable by the RetroBit RetroCade.
MASS FILE EXTENSION RENAMING
You may have a collection of ROMs for your emulators, and they're under another file extension. Mega Drive games may be in .smd format, when they need to be in .md format, for instance. There is a quick way to rename all your files at lightning speed by opening up a DOS'like command prompt. Here's a step-by-step guide to this process in Windows:
1) Copy all the desired games to the \retrobit games folder.
2) Right-click the taskbar and select, "Open Task Manager". You can also access the Task Manager on a menu by pressing [ctrl]+[alt]+[del]
3) In the Task Manager's FILE menu, select RUN, then type, "cmd". Press [enter].
4) In the task manager, type:
- F: (or the letter of the drive corresponding to the SD card)
- cd \retrobit games
- rename *.smd *.md
5) You can replace .smd with any extension you want to change, and .md can be replaced with the name that you want to change the extension to.
ADDING THUMBNAILS
Now, you're ready to play the games, but all the boxes on the menu screen will be blank. You can add graphics to correspond to each game. You can either download title screens (or action shots) from the internet or use an emulator to take screenshots. All image files must be in .png format. If you download images from the net, be sure to only collect .png files.
The filename must be very specific, or the RetroBit Super RetroCade won't associate it with its corresponding game. The filename must be the exact file name, then without any spaces, the word "game" in lower case letters. For instance, if the file name of your game is "The Legend of Zelda.nes", the image file must be "The Legend of Zeldagame.png". The image file is places in the same "/retrobit games" folder as the ROMs themselves. Remember that the images must be in the .png format; they can't just be .jpgs or another format with the name changed to .png.
In the next post, we'll guide you through adding your favorite arcade games to the RetroBit Super RetroCade.
1) Nintendo NES/ Famicom
2) Nintendo Super NES/ Super Famicom
3) Nintendo Game Boy
4) Nintendo Game Boy Color
5) Nintendo Game Boy Advance
6) Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive
7) Arcade/ MAME
Some internet sources are inaccurate, but Paradox Games has done some testing and will post guides in this thread on getting your favorite system's ROMs to work.
WARNING
The information in this guide comes from first-hand testing and experimentation. However, Paradox Games is not liable for any damage incurred upon your RetroBit Super RetroCade or your storage media by following any of these instructions.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1) Before anything else, be sure your SD card(s) is/are formatted in fat32 format. Most SD cards are already formatted this way.
2) Create a folder on your SD card with the exact title, "retrobit games" (exclude the quotes). Be sure all letters are lowercase, and the only space is before "games".
3) All console games go directly in this folder; anything in any subfolders can not be read by the RetroBit Super RetroCade system.
FILE FORMATS- CONSOLE GAMES
All console ROMs must have the exact file extension, or RetroBit Super RetroCade will ignore them. The following are the file extensions you will need for your ROMs:
1) Nintendo NES: [filename].nes
2) Nintendo Super NES: (info not yet available)
3) Nintendo Game Boy OR Game Boy Color: [filename].gb (The .gba extension will not work!)
4) Nintendo Game Boy Advance: [filename].gba This is untested as of yet; try it yourself or reply here with correct information.
5) Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive: [filename].md (the .smb extension will not work!)
All of the games will coexist in the \retrobit games folder. It can get messy and confusing. Perhaps, you will want to buy several SD cards, and sort your games by system, since you can't sort in subfolders, because subfolders are unrecognizable by the RetroBit RetroCade.
MASS FILE EXTENSION RENAMING
You may have a collection of ROMs for your emulators, and they're under another file extension. Mega Drive games may be in .smd format, when they need to be in .md format, for instance. There is a quick way to rename all your files at lightning speed by opening up a DOS'like command prompt. Here's a step-by-step guide to this process in Windows:
1) Copy all the desired games to the \retrobit games folder.
2) Right-click the taskbar and select, "Open Task Manager". You can also access the Task Manager on a menu by pressing [ctrl]+[alt]+[del]
3) In the Task Manager's FILE menu, select RUN, then type, "cmd". Press [enter].
4) In the task manager, type:
- F: (or the letter of the drive corresponding to the SD card)
- cd \retrobit games
- rename *.smd *.md
5) You can replace .smd with any extension you want to change, and .md can be replaced with the name that you want to change the extension to.
ADDING THUMBNAILS
Now, you're ready to play the games, but all the boxes on the menu screen will be blank. You can add graphics to correspond to each game. You can either download title screens (or action shots) from the internet or use an emulator to take screenshots. All image files must be in .png format. If you download images from the net, be sure to only collect .png files.
The filename must be very specific, or the RetroBit Super RetroCade won't associate it with its corresponding game. The filename must be the exact file name, then without any spaces, the word "game" in lower case letters. For instance, if the file name of your game is "The Legend of Zelda.nes", the image file must be "The Legend of Zeldagame.png". The image file is places in the same "/retrobit games" folder as the ROMs themselves. Remember that the images must be in the .png format; they can't just be .jpgs or another format with the name changed to .png.
In the next post, we'll guide you through adding your favorite arcade games to the RetroBit Super RetroCade.