I am trying to net Neo Geo working on my retropie. Which is running 4.4.2. From what I have seen I need to get neogeo.zip and place it in both the neogeo roms folder and the bios folder. The version of this file that I have seen is repeatedly said to be 1,454kb in size but I haven't been able to find one of this size. What are the Neo Geo Roll-Up Packs? The Roll-Up Pack List is a record of known ROMs that can be placed on an SD card for a complete Darksoft Neo Geo MVS & AES Multi setup. It includes every Neo Geo MVS/AES game that is playable on the Multis. Fightcade ROMs All ROMs to emulate. Neo Geo Information. Neo Geo – a system of arcade machines, released by SNK (Shin Nihon Kikaku) in October 1990 in Japan. But also the system has the full name of Neo Geo Multi Video System (abbreviated as Neo Geo MVS). Neo Geo means new world. Shortly after the release of MVS, SNK decided to conquest the market of home video games.
Where to get these files
Neo Geo ROMs are usually bundled in a zip file. Unzip a game and you'll find a bunch of files. You are interested in S files or C files.
Ng-sfix.rom
Free Download Neo Geo Roms Zip
How to get an S ROM file
- Unzip a Neo Geo game
- There will usually be one S file, such as
201-s1.s1in Metal Slug or019-s1.romin League Bowling - Choose that file in the file dialog above
How to get a C ROM file pair
- Unzip a Neo Geo game
- There will be at least two C ROM files, such as
019-c1.romand019-c2.romfor League Bowling, orRBFF1_C1.romandRBFF1_C2.romfor Real Bout Fatal Fury. - Choose those two files in the file dialog above
Bigger games will have more C ROM file pairs. Real Bout Fatal Fury has C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7 and C8 ROMs. You can grab any pair, as long as they go together. C1 and C2 go together, C3 and C4 go together, and so on.
What is the difference between C and S?
The data inside C ROMs is for the main sprites of the game: the characters, backgrounds, bullets, etc. The data inside the S ROMs is for the fix layer. This layer is drawn above all sprites and it never scrolls. So S data is for things like the current score, number of lives, etc. The 'HUD' if you will.
Why are the colors so weird?
Neo Geo Zip Mame Rom
The sprites are stored separate from the color palettes. There's no good way to get the color data from a ROM without running the game. So an alternating blue/yellow palette was chosen as it allows the different colors to stand out.