Still problems opening some ROMS (Grey Screen)

[Visor]

I wanted to reply to an existing topic, but it was nearly 2 years old and there was a warning in red about replying to anything older than 120 days, so I've decided to start a new thread.  FYI, the original topic can be found here: http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=849.msg8570#msg8570

I've had a frustrating day getting things sorted out with my new EverDrive N8.  Seriously, it's after midnight here and I need to get to bed.  The problem is that certain ROMs get stuck on a grey screen when trying to load them.  Based on the recommendations from the above thread, I downloaded a set of GoodNES v3.14 ROMs.  However, the set was packed in a RAR, and then each game was packed under that in a 7zip file.  While I'm well aware of how to extract these, it would be a long and tedious process of extracting the preferred "(U) [!]" version from each of these files (there are 1800+ of them, although only ~800 would truly be relevant). 

My other option was to manually check each ROM from a set that I had already transferred to the EverDrive itself, which is what I've ultimately decided to do.  I've gone through A-L today, and found about 40 files that I've had to replace with GoodNES versions.  Fortunately, 40 extractions is a whole lot better than 1800+.  That being said, it's a huge pain to have to sit in front of my NES and constantly cycle through selecting a game, potentially writing down a bad ROM, hitting reset, and repeating this process for hundreds of ROMs.

I don't get why the EverDrive N8 is so sensitive to ROMs.  I tested a fair number of these so-called "bad" ROMs on an emulator and they worked just fine.  I just don't see how files between the size of 25 - 512 KB could get corrupted so easily.  When I received my N8 and Super EverDrive the other day, I also had to return my 3rd party SD cards for genuine SanDisk SD cards before anything would save.  Once again, I don't understand why the EverDrives are so sensitive to these when computers and cameras can write to 3rd party cards without any issues.

Anyway, my brain is in a haze from all these repetitive ROM replacements.  Maybe by tomorrow morning someone will suggest a better option for me to try.

Cheers,
Visor

[Visor]

UPDATE: I was PM'ed by someone (I won't mention his name for privacy reasons) with a link to a Powerpack set of ROMs all organized and optimized for the EverDrive N8.  It was originally based on the no-intro pack but apparently all the ROMs with bad headers have been replaced with ROMs from the GoodNES pack.

I don't think I can post the actual link here, but if you search "Everdrive N8 & Powerpak SD Card Setup Pack 4.0" then you should be able to find it.  I'll be trying these out and I'll let you know if I come across any issues.

Cheers,
Visor

[Alex]

Thanks for sharing that search. Amazing collection! I'm definitely using this from now on.

[stonesfl]

most complete rom pack just finished downloading it hopefully the 25 roms I have that freeze at various points this will fix it. Also includes ultimate frogger been trying to find a download for it for along time a+ for the goggle search terms. Just loaded everything up ultimate frogger is just the demo was hopping it included the real rom other than that everything else looks good so far.