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Hi,

I'd like to run some software on the PC-98 (using the PC9821 driver). The thing is, images for this platform are probably the hardest to come by, and I haven't been succesful in finding any that are listed in the softlist.

The majority of software I manage to find come in .hdi format, which MAME apparently does not support. I can convert a .hdi using chdman (using createhd) and then load that, but then the system just boots to NEC N-88 Basic. I presume I need to create a blank hd image and install MS-DOS in it, and copy the game files in directories, then run the executable like 'our' DOS, or is there an easier way?

EDIT: The software list isn't too clear on the source of the software, it mentions the '13gb pack with ~90 rar files that's been floating around since 2011', which isn't too helpful. However I'm getting the '2013-03-04 NEC PC 9801 [TOSEC]', anybody know if these contain the same images?

Just go to Pleasuredome and get the "MAME 0.168 Software Lists CHDs" torrent.

The HDD firmware is disabled by default. Enable it in Machine Configuration.

also this IMHO highlights one of the problems we face, people not preserving original media, but instead preinstalled stuff.

Whoa, it's now okay to talk about Pl*******Do** in plain? I remember a time when these kind of posts got moderated into oblivion ;-)

I think I once found a PC98 collection of mostly floppy images, but I'm not sure if I still have it (or where). I think most of that is now already included in the PD torrent anyway (it was only about 4gig or so). If there's interest I could take a look

Because even telling people to type "MAME 0.168 ROMs" into Google wasn't working, MW switched to "f**k it, just tell them the sites" and I'm following suit. Anything that unblocks initial MAME setup I'm all for at this point.

So your advice is to, uh, download a 1.312 TB torrent, just because I'm interested in less than hundred MB's worth (if that) of ancient PC-98 software?

That is absolutely no option for me, even if I were prepared to take this seriously. Data caps, for one.

It's literally the easiest possible way to get fully up and running in MAME. And any torrent client made in the last 5 years lets you pick specific files out of the torrent.

In any good torrent client, you can pick and choose what files/folders you want.

Okay yeah, this works for me.

I assumed the contents were packed into one archive (like the ones on archive.org), making choosing files impossible. When I queried about that here, I got the response that this was done intentionally to make sure all software was preserved, not just the popular stuff.

EDIT: I assume the software list for this system isn't fully completed yet? It doesn't contain Rude Breaker, which is a nifty little shmup by Compile, for example.