Arcade: Installed Games Have Black Screen on Reboot

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Summary

Installed Games Have Black Screen on Reboot
Street Fighter 3rd Strike and Red Earth are two examples of games that have an install before loading the game. These games work fine after the install screen however if the user attempts to reset the game then it will load up in to a black screen. The installation process does not alter the chd files, but instead uses SRAM.
To fix this when encountering a black screen after reboot delete the SRAM files which should be in your Bizhawk \Arcade\SaveRAM folder. Then the game can be reinstalled. Once the game loads up make a save state. Then to play again just load the save state.

https://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/MAME/VideoTutorial#InstalledGamesHaveBlackScreenOnReboot

https://discord.com/channels/280806848909541376/280813077853765632/1209777315488469062
https://discord.com/channels/280806848909541376/1234179729767010305/1248424856035266561

Repro

1. Install Arcade game
2. After game installs and goes to title screen reboot
3. Game may show the initial install screen but then goes to a black screen

XML to Load Street Fighter 3rd Impact below

<BizHawk-XMLGame System="Arcade" Name="sfiii3">
  <LoadAssets>
    <Asset FileName=".\sfiii3.zip" />
    <Asset FileName=".\cap-33s-2.chd" />
  </LoadAssets>
</BizHawk-XMLGame>

Host env.

• BizHawk 2.9.1; Win10 Pro