Help with Super Smash Bros. ROM

[Kirby]

I was trying to use a SSB rom today and it won't work. The emulator I'm using is Project64. When I use it to open the rom, which is a z64 file, it says "Not a valid n64 image." Any ideas?

[Jale]

Looks like it's a fake ROM. Try getting it somewhere else.

[Kirby]

I don't think it was fake. I saw someone else playing the same rom on the same day with the same emulator.

[Jale]

Does it do the same with all .z64 ROMs?

[Kirby]

I don't know. This is my first ROM ever.

[Jale]

Well, be sure to have the latest Project64 emulator available, which is 1.6. You can get it from here or here. Also, be sure your ROM is not inside a .rar file such as WinRAR's.

[Zach]

Unless it was played on your PC, (I'm guessing no since you say you "saw" it) then all that other stuff is useless.

It's still possible to have gotten a corrupt rom for any number of reasons, be it a botched download, or a bad dump from a disreputable source, etc. You should consider getting your ROM from an alternate location and seeing if that fixes the issue.