Where ROMs Come From
No emulators or ROMs are bundled w/ AArcade, you have to get them yourself.
ROMs
These are the actual game files emulators use. They are hard to find.
One legal place to get them is from SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics's "uncompressed ROMs" folder.
One legal place to get them is from SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics's "uncompressed ROMs" folder.
BIOS
These are helper files that emulators need to run games sometimes. They are even harder to find.
EMULATORS
This is what runs the game. An Open With App or a Libretro core.
Emulators think of AArcade as a "frontend" that integrates with them.
Open With App
Using emulator EXE's as "Open With Apps" is the most common.
Spawn Game
The game ROM is what you spawn.
Edit Item
Then go to Edit Item to set its OPEN WITH app to your emulator.
Launch Game
Then try to launch it. If you need to configure more, it will link you in an Error Message.
There's also an Edit App menu where you set EXE, launch argument syntax, and rom path for your emulators.
Libretro (Advanced)
To run emulators on in-game screens, Libretro (see website) is used and it thinks of emulators as Core DLLs instead of EXEs.
Libretro Properties
Main Menu > Embedded tab > Libretro button
Cores
Put your 32bit
Libretro core DLLs into the correct folder. Anarchy Arcade/aarcade_user/libretro/cores
Configure
Restart AArcade. Use Libretro Properties Menu to enable your core & add ROM path.
Spawn Game
The game ROM is what you spawn.
Run
Activate the object to run it. (May have to click Run button if you don't have "Auto Run w/ Libretro" enabled.
While a game is running - there is a Libretro tab at the top. That's where you can setup inputs and all other options the core offers.
