ROMNation Community Forums » ROMNation.NET » Support » First time emulator user » Hello Guest [Login|Register] Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites First time emulator user   Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL First time emulator user        yea hard to believe eh, but its true.. my brother got me into this days ago on his pc so now that im at home, figure id give it a shot.. ive downloaded the emulator for SNES and NES but having a tough time understanding how to play these games using them.. is there a specific place i need to put the downloaded game files so that i may play them.. any help would be appreciated!! 09-08-2007 20:15 ToxiMoron d) Registration Date: 06-29-2006 Posts: 1,118 Please list the version number and make (VirtuaNES, FCE Ultra, ZSNES), etc., that you are using; that will aid us in helping you. __________________ RomNation is no longer supported by key members due to Administrative issues. Please click the link for a new, improved forum! CLICK ME 09-08-2007 23:37 coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL Thread Starter Snes9x v1.43 for Windows .. ive downloaded emulators for Intellivision and NES and thus far they've worked.. also noticed that the games that ive downloaded (for nes and intel) come in zip format and not just an application like the SNES programs.. im more then certain someone here knows how to work the snes program.. again, help would be greatly appreciated! 09-09-2007 03:36 ToxiMoron d) Registration Date: 06-29-2006 Posts: 1,118 Hmm. Try downloading the SNES9X from this site, it sounds like you got a weird version, or something: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/snes/snes9x.html Once you extract the emulator files to a folder, click the Snes9x.exe icon. The program will start, and the program will create its own ROMS folder. Exit SNES9X for now, and then take all your SNES ROMS and put them in this folder. Start the emulator again, and click on 'load game,' and choose the ROMS folder, and away you go. Hope this helps. For what it's worth, ZSNES is a better SNES emulator, but hopefully this will work for you. __________________ RomNation is no longer supported by key members due to Administrative issues. Please click the link for a new, improved forum! CLICK ME 09-10-2007 00:56 coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL Thread Starter yea still gives me the same issue.. the old emulator i used was from this site so the format was still the same with the new one you linked me.. when i moved my roms to the "roms" folder created my the snes9x.exe and clicked to load them, all i saw was a white page. In all honesty i think these files are broken because pretty much all the games i play (ie NES, Intel, Atari) come in zip format and not just an application. Thanks for the help though, push comes to shove ill have to pull in the computer expert (bro) and have him slap my pc around for a while heh.. 09-10-2007 12:02 ToxiMoron d) Registration Date: 06-29-2006 Posts: 1,118 Oh, the games themselves aren't in .zip format? That's strange. Have you tried downloading the SNES games from here on RomNation? They're in .zip format as far as I can remember. No, Snes9X certainly won't play games for you if they're not compressed folders. __________________ RomNation is no longer supported by key members due to Administrative issues. Please click the link for a new, improved forum! CLICK ME 09-10-2007 14:38 tizerist Registration Date: 09-03-2006 Posts: 11 in zsnes, i click and drag the game files onto the exe sometimes, and they appear in the main zsnes menu 09-10-2007 16:47 coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL Thread Starter znes is too wierd of a program; still have yet to figure that one out.. reminds me of my old CIS days back at DeVry.. but yea the snes games ive downloaded were from this site.. to name a few Dungeon Master, Chrono Trigger, Lufia, Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire, etc are all on application format programs.. which blows.. is there someone i can email to chat with about fixing these to zip files or are they permanent? 09-11-2007 04:23 HitokiriX Dio Slayer Registration Date: 08-26-2003 Posts: 3,831 Location: Behind You! *sighs again* I wish people would actually read the d/l page properly u need 7zip to extract the roms http://www.7-zip.org/ grab it there its clearly stated when u d/l ur game __________________ http://hitokirix.freehostia.com/smf/index.php visit the new romnation forum today bigger better in every way don't delay click the link today! 09-11-2007 05:22 coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL Thread Starter hmm doesnt seem to work.. says "C:\program files\7-zip\7z.exe is not a supported archive"... is there a specific place where i need to put these applications.. dont really have a ton of time to rip through this site and look for a topic that specifies on how to use 7-zip straight up.. otherwise i would. 09-14-2007 04:08 coolnick1979 Registration Date: 09-08-2007 Posts: 6 Location: Woodstock, IL Thread Starter managed to turn the apps into zip files but now it seems the roms are corrupted.. unfortunately the games im looking for (dungeon master, breath of fire, lufia, secret of mana, etc) only come in one form.. anyway this problem could be fixed? 09-15-2007 06:03 Tree Structure | Board Structure Jump to: Please select: -------------------- ROMNation.NET-- The General-- Console Gaming and Emulation-- Arcade-- PC Gaming-- Handheld-- Anime-- Sprite Ripping-- Support-- Flaming-- Rom Requests-- News TalkbackAll Guitar Tabs-- Noise-- Guitar Talk-- Bass Talk-- Drum Talk-- Vocals-- Other Instruments ROMNation Community Forums » ROMNation.NET » Support » First time emulator user Powered by Burning Board 2.2.2 © 2001-2004 WoltLab GmbH