Importing Atari Games with python -m retro.import #53

simoninithomas · 2018-06-09T07:50:44Z

Issue summary

Hello, 😄

I want to import Atari Space Invaders rom to retro.
My rom name is "SpaceInvaders-Atari2600.a26" the same name as presented in the list of possible roms playable in retro and the correct format (.a26)

However, when I want to import this rom to my retro environment using python -m retro.import. I receive this message:

Importing 1 potential games...
Imported 0 games

So I tried to import it manually in Anaconda3\envs\gameplai\Lib\site-packages\retro\data\SpaceInvaders-Atari2600 by copy and paste the rom.

But it didn't work:

FileNotFoundError: Game not found: SpaceInvaders-Atari2600. Did you make sure to import the ROM?

Do you know what should I do to fix this? I have only this problem when I try to import Atari games

Again, this new library is awesome thanks for your work! 👏👏👏

System information

Windows 10
Python 3.6.4
Retro 0.5.3

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simoninithomas · 2018-06-11T12:25:22Z

I found why 🎉. it's because you need the good version of the rom, however with Atari 2600 you have tons of different versions (PAL, NTSC, Hack, Non hack) etc.

** If you have the same problem, be sure to download the good version of the rom 😄**

I close the issue

MaximusWudy · 2018-06-23T02:25:36Z

Hi Thomas,

      It's amazing that I am studying your tutorial right now and encounter the same problem! Could you please be more specific about which ROM is a good version. Or could you please attach the ROM file into your github folder?

     I really appreciate your tutorial and look forward to more in the future. Thank you!

Maximus

simoninithomas · 2018-06-23T07:43:06Z

Hello @MaximusWudy , thanks for your message 😊

Effectively, you need to import the roms.

I found the roms here http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html, by the way you will not need to rename the files.

You just need to go to the folder were you unzipped your roms and write python -m retro.import . (don't forget the point)

Then, when the roms are imported you will be able to use Atari Space invaders (restart you jupyter notebook).

If you have other questions feel free to ask!

Have a great day,

MaximusWudy · 2018-06-24T18:37:40Z

Thank you very much! It amazingly worked. And for more people who have the same issue. Here is a detailed tutorial:

Download zip file from http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html
Open Roms.rar > ROMS.rar and find Space Invaders (1980) XXXXXX
Extract all matches (there are 5 of them) into your destin folder
python -m retro.import . (don't forget the point)
One of them worked! And continue with the amazing tutorial here: https://github.com/simoninithomas/Deep_reinforcement_learning_Course/blob/master/DQN/Space%20Invaders/DQN%20Atari%20Space%20Invaders.ipynb

Urinx · 2018-06-29T04:23:20Z

Thanks @MaximusWudy , I am also studying simoninithomas's tutorial and search for the Atari game rom and finally find this.

seshuthota · 2018-08-04T06:23:47Z

Hi, I was also facing same issue. But when i tried to do "python -m retro.import . (don't forget the point)" i was getting Importing 0 potential games, imported 0 games. Can you tell me what i am doing wrong?

simoninithomas · 2018-08-05T11:18:24Z

Hi, @seshuthota what game you're trying to import ?

seshuthota · 2018-08-05T12:44:37Z

I was trying to import Space Invaders. First i downloaded file from this page http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html

I extracted and inside ROMS folder i found 5 files naming Space Inavders and i copied them to this path
Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\retro\data\SpaceInvaders-Atari2600 and in the command prompt i tried this command "python -m retro.import" but it is printing "Importing 0 potential games, Imported 0 games". What did i do wrong here?
Did i got the wrong files? i have attached the files that i was copying.
SpaceInavdersGameFiles.zip

simoninithomas · 2018-08-12T06:11:56Z

Hi,
Simply unzip the total archive in a folder go to this folder and type python -m retro.import . (dont forget that point !!!)

bbartling · 2018-10-18T16:47:13Z

Hi Im struggling with this same thing.. I even tried this process 2 times:

I downloaded these files as posted above http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html
Copied the roms.rar download file to my desktop and right click extract in Linux Mint v18
I have Anaconda 3.6 installed and then right click open in terminal on the new extracted folder python -m retro.import

Importing 0 potential games, imported 0 games

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong???

endrift · 2018-10-18T17:09:14Z

You need to add . at the end of the script. It needs a directory name. (I've just pushed changes that let it use files and will search the current directory if no arguments are passed but this isn't in the stable build.)

bbartling · 2018-10-18T17:29:07Z

Ok I see now what someone else was attempting to state above in the posts with a .

I added this into my terminal command python -m retro.import . and now I can see a
Importing 4 potential games, imported 0 games

And I still have the same error trying to run Thomas's code :( Any ideas? Thank you...

samiulextreem · 2018-11-20T12:49:17Z

you guys need to specify the path you put your files.then run the terminal command.for me it is like python -m retro.import C:\Users\GHOST\Documents\AI_tensorflow\Lib\site-packages\gym_retro-0.6.0.dist-info

hope this helps

HemaZ · 2019-01-04T09:17:54Z

For Google Colab Notebooks do the following.

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar && unzip Roms/ROMS.zip
! pip3 install gym-retro
! python3 -m retro.import ROMS/

samersallam · 2019-01-24T00:46:00Z

Very important note:
If the ROM has a .bin extension, rename it to have the correct extension for that system.

.md: Sega Genesis (also known as Mega Drive)
.sfc: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as Super Famicom)
.nes: Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as Famicom)
.a26: Atari 2600
.gb: Nintendo Game Boy
.gba: Nintendo Game Boy Advance
.gbc: Nintendo Game Boy Color
.gg: Sega Game Gear
.pce: NEC TurboGrafx-16 (also known as PC Engine)
.sms: Sega Master System

https://github.com/openai/retro#rom-extensions

RinshannKaihou · 2019-02-15T07:42:26Z

Hi @bbartling I'm facing the same issue.

(tensorflow) D:\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\retro\data\SpaceInvaders-Atari2600>python -m retro.import . Importing 4 potential games... Imported 0 games

Have you found the reason?

bbartling · 2019-02-15T15:46:02Z

@RinshannKaihou no I have not...

sunnyswag · 2019-03-20T07:00:38Z

you need cd to fold ....../Roms/ROMS ,and then do the following:

pip3 install gym-retro
python3 -m retro.import

@RinshannKaihou

angeldroth · 2019-04-10T17:14:47Z

@RinshannKaihou for me, the solution was using the 1983 space invaders version: "Space Invaders (1983) (CCE) (C-820).bin" NOT any of the 1980 versions. If you copy all 5 space invader titles it reads:

Importing 5 potential games...
Importing SpaceInvaders-Atari2600
Imported 1 games

iamycee · 2019-06-29T12:01:41Z

@simoninithomas Can't we just use gym?
import gym
env = gym.make('SpaceInvaders-v0')

Is there a difference in the gym-retro and gym environments?

nikhilkaparthi · 2019-10-25T00:35:32Z

I see no module named retro. Could someone please help

LucasColas · 2020-05-25T11:48:55Z

For Google Colab Notebooks do the following.

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar && unzip Roms/ROMS.zip
! pip3 install gym-retro
! python3 -m retro.import ROMS/

Didn't work for me...

MoranReznik · 2020-07-01T14:08:39Z

For Google Colab Notebooks do the following.

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar && unzip Roms/ROMS.zip
! pip3 install gym-retro
! python3 -m retro.import ROMS/

didnt work for me on google colab... dont know what to do.

MoranReznik · 2020-07-01T14:15:08Z

Hi,
Simply unzip the total archive in a folder go to this folder and type python -m retro.import . (dont forget that point !!!)

when you say "dont forget the point", do you mean the point between "retro" and "import", and the point after "import" is just for closing the sentence, or do you mean not forgetting the point after "import"? also, shouldn't we specify a path?

endrift · 2020-07-03T01:23:18Z

The point after import. That is the path.

dleacock · 2020-07-05T21:28:40Z

This is how I solved it.

Downloaded Atari ROMs from here
Extracted to any place. Opened and found "Space Invaders (1983) (CCE) (C-820).bin".
Extracted the file in the same directory as my python script.
python -m retro.import . in the same location where I would run the script.

adityakusupati · 2020-09-11T00:35:16Z

Hi,

Thanks for the solution. Any idea what is the license for these ROMs? Stella is on GNU and Retro is on MIT licenses, but I am not sure about the ROMs. I have seen people use these ROMs for publications but I haven't seen the licenses in their codebases.

Any help would be great

endrift · 2020-09-12T03:46:14Z

There is no license. I'm pretty sure it's copyright infringement to download and distribute them. However, for a good many of them there isn't a real risk due to the IP being old enough that no one really cares or they're in limbo. For newer games it's rougher, which is why when I made the Retro Contest, I promoted the use of ROMs you could buy on Steam without legal concerns.

adityakusupati · 2020-09-12T07:29:55Z

Thanks a lot. This helps 👍

alexeytopolnitskiy · 2020-10-31T20:11:44Z

For those who struggle to use it in colab:

!wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar
Make sure that Roms.rar appeared in files
!unrar x /content/Roms.rar
There are must be 2 zip archives: ROMS.zip and HC ROMS.zip
!unzip /content/ROMS.zip
ROMS folder must appear
!pip install gym-retro
Install retro package
!python3 -m retro.import ROMS/
Import environments
env = retro.make(game="SpaceInvaders-Atari2600")
Create environment!

wolfsinem · 2021-05-26T11:12:59Z

For Google Colab Notebooks do the following.

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar && unzip Roms/ROMS.zip
! pip3 install gym-retro
! python3 -m retro.import ROMS/

Change link to http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html . Worked for me

SAB-6 · 2021-06-15T17:32:47Z

This might help someone working in colab; creating a new directory works for me

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar 
!mkdir <new_dir>
!unzip Roms/ROMS.zip -d <new_dir>
! pip install gym-retro
!python3 -m retro.import <new_dir>/ROMS/

haneensalameh66 · 2022-05-18T18:43:45Z

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar && unzip Roms/ROMS.zip
! pip3 install gym-retro
! python3 -m retro.import ROMS/

hey, did you manage to solve this issue with colab ?

SAB-6 · 2022-05-18T19:02:17Z

This might help someone working in colab; creating a new directory works for me

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar 
!mkdir <new_dir>
!unzip Roms/ROMS.zip -d <new_dir>
! pip install gym-retro
!python3 -m retro.import <new_dir>/ROMS/

This works for me

haneensalameh66 · 2022-05-18T19:06:25Z

! wget http://www.atarimania.com/roms/Roms.rar && unrar x Roms.rar
!mkdir <new_dir>
!unzip Roms/ROMS.zip -d <new_dir>
! pip install gym-retro
!python3 -m retro.import <new_dir>/ROMS/

unfortunately, it didn't work for me. i had this error message : FileNotFoundError: Game not found: SpaceInvaders-Atari2600. Did you make sure to import the ROM?

simoninithomas changed the title ~~Importing Atari Game with python -m retro.import~~ Importing Atari Games with python -m retro.import Jun 11, 2018

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