I'll admit that I'm very new to the world of arcade games, and I'm attempting to play a longtime favorite NES game SkyShark, but after I installed it, it refuses to start with a red error message. Failed to Start Game. I'm not sure what the problem could be. Other NES ROMs like Super Mario Bros works fine though. What troubleshooting steps do I need to follow here?
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perhaps you can try another file because it can be corrupt or wrong format
I did do some further testing and installed the RetroArch emulator with a NES Core, and attempted to play this game just fine. I had to extract the game manually first. Could this be the problem? I thought SMF Arcade automatically decompressed the files on the fly when launching?
if a game is compressed it needs to be 7z or zip - rar will not work
sky shark works ok for me and it is a nes file
I found the problem. For some reason when the game installed, it was applied as a Game Boy core. I manually changed the Core to NES. Now it works fine.