Yes, the Rom file needs to be a .zip or 7z file which contains the dumps of the original arcade ROM chips. It’s the same type of Rom file that MAME uses.
While in the terminal, can you post the output of a “pwd” and “ls -l” command from your terminal? You don’t need the quotes.
No, you need to copy the prepared starforc.nex file which the included tool produces…
The tool which can be run on Windows, Mac or Linux (see the video) combines the starforc.nex.np file with your star force ROM file to build the starforc.nex file; that is the file you copy to your SD card.
I have tested the download with AVG on MacOS and although I was able to download the file, I have reproduced your issue once I unzipped the downloaded file.
I have reported the utility to AVG as a False Positive. I am awaiting their response.
If you would like to use the file, you can do so by following this process.
Yes, any future release will more than likely be a separate download. The nature of the conversions process means that specific optimisations have to be made that do not necessarily work for all games.
