that said, i've been reading the user manual and did exactly what was said but it still doesn't work.
i would like to have help with making MESS recognize the BIOS for the PC88 that i have, since it isn't(obviously). after that i think i'll be able to manage myself to play Silpheed and get that truely old school retro gaming feeling i know and love ^_^ i'm just so...

EDIT: i have the correct zip files for Silpheed (thanks to hardcoregaming101) for the PC88, CoCo2&3 and FM77AV as well as the BIOS zip i picked up here (thank you very much) and did like the manual said to...
P.P.S. i have the latest MESS version, which is v0.152 and i would kind of hate having to get an older version dl'd to be able to play Silpheed, but not saying i'm not willing to do it if it is what i need to do to satisfy this retro urge i'm having.
RE-EDIT: i finaly managed to get MESS working but the emulation isn't working it seems.... i guess i'll just use DOSBox instead of MESS to play Silpheed.
3rd Edit: i'm currently getting the source of MESS/MAME... i've been at this for a full day now.... still not getting what i want....
Another Edit: apparently, the PC8801 isn't supported in the MESSv0.152 as of yet.... =_= guess i'll be getting DOSBox to play Silpheed then. which i knew where i could get it....