How is Saturn and PSP emulation on the PI3?
Bios needed?
How is Saturn and PSP emulation on the PI3?
Bios needed?
"Simple" graphic grames like Patapon work fine. Now when you go to things like Burnout it all falls apart.I tried PSP (admittedly only one game) and it ran like crap. Tried two different emulators.
"Simple" graphic grames like Patapon work fine. Now when you go to things like Burnout it all falls apart.
"Simple" graphic grames like Patapon work fine. Now when you go to things like Burnout it all falls apart.
I bought this aluminum case and noticed my Wii U pro controller having signal issues. Anybody else experience this with an aluminum case?
Debating on getting a Pi 3 right now as I have $40 credit to use on Google Express (thank you groupon!) and buy a Pi 3 at Frys.
I'm mostly new to setting up a Pi, but is there any tips or info I should know before diving in to making a gaming setup?
I think NeoGeo games need to be in zip files while PS1 I just had loose in folders by memoryI'm still having issues getting PS1 games to work, do I leave the PS1 roms in a Zip file in the rom folder, and then just add a bios file to the bois folder?
NeoGeo titles are showing on the Pi but the games don't load, even with the bios in the bios folder
I'm still having issues getting PS1 games to work, do I leave the PS1 roms in a Zip file in the rom folder, and then just add a bios file to the bois folder?
NeoGeo titles are showing on the Pi but the games don't load, even with the bios in the bios folder
nope, just jump in and just go with the flow, its pretty easy really.
I got a Pi 3 yesterday and set it up with RetroPie. Pretty neat! I already had Retroarch installed on my PS3, but this is more convenient and quiet.
I also really like the scraping feature to get metadata on roms. It's not very good at choosing the correct title for a certain rom though, Sonic gets the metadata of Sonic 2 and things like that. I guess there is no better way to scrape for metadata than to use the included function? Going through each rom manually is not an option either.
I got a Pi 3 yesterday and set it up with RetroPie. Pretty neat! I already had Retroarch installed on my PS3, but this is more convenient and quiet.
I also really like the scraping feature to get metadata on roms. It's not very good at choosing the correct title for a certain rom though, Sonic gets the metadata of Sonic 2 and things like that. I guess there is no better way to scrape for metadata than to use the included function? Going through each rom manually is not an option either.
EDIT
I found this guy's list https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic...for-popular-systems-covers-challenge-accepted
I'm still having issues getting PS1 games to work, do I leave the PS1 roms in a Zip file in the rom folder, and then just add a bios file to the bois folder?
NeoGeo titles are showing on the Pi but the games don't load, even with the bios in the bios folder
Having a USB keyboard in the house is very useful sometimes. Yesterday I have to run a command line because the Retropie lost permission to write the config file when you change the default emulator for a specific rom (very common in arcade games).
Will the wireless Xbox 360 controller work on retropi out of the box? Does it need the dongle? Or use without? Every guide uses a wired one but doesn't state it's required
You have to unzip the PS1 roms. You usually get two or three files, a bin and a cue (depends on the game), so put those in the PS1 roms folder. It won't work if you keep them zipped. Yes, just add the PS1 bios to the bios folder.
Neo-Geo and arcade is trickier because you have to have the exact rom version that works with the emulator. Look at this: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Neo-Geo. I assume you're using lr-fbalpha, so you have to find the FB Alpha v0.2.97.40 roms for it. Neogeo roms stay zipped btw.
Im trying that reS1 games now, I'll let you know how it goes
I'm really lost with the NeoGeo files, I have a bios (in the bios folder) and roms in Zip files in the neogeo folder, they just wont load
Put the neogeo.zip BIOS file in the neogeo ROMs folder.
Also, make sure you have the right neogeo.zip. Sometimes the file can be incomplete.
I use all of the 1080p presets included in Floob's video manager script.
https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager
They all have borders to emulate either a retro TV or handhelds and preset filters, integer scaling and positioning. Looks perfect to me.
BONUS: The overlays included in that have built-in scanlines, so there's no impact to performance like you'd get with shaders.
Can anyone help me with this? I downloaded, unzipped and run v1.2 of the videomanager on my pi3 with retropie 4.2 but it won't work. When I want to install the required files within the videomanager, i always get this:
http://i.imgur.com/ksptxP5.jpg
I've followed the github descripton to install the zip on my pi. I run the videomanager.sh from /home/pi/rp-video-manager/
wget https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager/releases/download/{release-number}/rp-video-manager.zip
unzip -o rp-video-manager.zip
rm rp-video-manager.zip
cd /home/pi/rp-video-manager
chmod 755 videomanager.sh
./videomanager.sh
Did you run all of these commands?
Code:wget https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager/releases/download/{release-number}/rp-video-manager.zip unzip -o rp-video-manager.zip rm rp-video-manager.zip cd /home/pi/rp-video-manager chmod 755 videomanager.sh ./videomanager.sh
From your screenshot it looks like you might have already installed the files successfully. Try applying your overlays and or shaders from the previous menu now, restart your Pi, and see if they've applied.
But with the dongle will it work right away? Or should I go Xbox one?No, Xbox 360 controllers use a proprietary wireless signal, not bluetooth.
But with the dongle will it work right away? Or should I go Xbox one?
Also, any audio issues with ff6? Retroarch on vita didn't play the sounds properly and if this is the same I think I'll pass
Have any of the emulators been optimized for a Pi 3 yet?
But with the dongle will it work right away? Or should I go Xbox one?
Also, any audio issues with ff6? Retroarch on vita didn't play the sounds properly and if this is the same I think I'll pass
Man, I have spent the entire day trying to get a plex server up and running on RP3. I got a long ways after running into a multitude of errors. But, it does not like my hard drive. I can't get it to auto-mount at start, and after it is disconnected once, I have only managed to get it to reconnect one time without burning down and starting over. Going to bed, gonna bang my head against it some more tomorrow and see if I get anywhere.
I can't answer definitively but I think it's something to do with CRTs having rectangle shaped pixels?
But if you press select + Y (top face button) mid game, go to quick settings then options you can force to 4:3 in NES
I had similar problems and I think it turned out to be power related. How are you powering the drive?
Looking into it online NES is best at 8:7. But according to this link SNES gets complicated as they tried to account for it in game development https://www.videogameperfection.com/forums/topic/43-87-aspect-ratio-correction-for-snes/
So I guess do what makes you happy?
I think essentially 8:7 is pixel perfect but 4:3 is actually how we played it back then, or is that wrong? Someone more clever can correct me. As long as you aren't stretching 16:9 I can let you off.
The pi itself? A good 2.5a supply. Keyboard and mouse going to a powered USB hub. External drive also running off it's own power.
There are so many different sets of instructions out there on how to do it, and I've tried a billion of them. Every time I run into a different problem. At one point I had it completely up and running, but I restarted and then it absolutely refused to mount my drive again. It would see it listed if I told it to show me everything, but it wouldn't actually show up as a usable mounted device, just that it was plugged in. Just did another run this morning, and at the end I hit a black screen on boot. So, I'm done for the day. Gonna play some Splatoon 2 then go hang out at a friends. One day spent on it was enough. I'll try again tomorrow or Monday when I'm off.
This is exactly correct. The SNES and NES both used a 256x224 resolution by default (8:7) stretched to 4:3. But it gets complicated for a few reasons. #1: SNES didn't actually use a fixed resolution. Quite a few games had slightly different resolutions or even switched resolutions for certain things (Secret of Mana and SD3 uses Hi-res 512x224 mode whenever text appears to make text easier to read. This is still squished down to a 4:3 aspect ratio on your TV).
As for "how the developers intended"... that's also complicated. Many developers took the time to account for the 8:7 stretched to 4:3. Many others however, didn't. So by large, the result is inconsistent.
The link above in Johnny's post shows wonderfully just how inconsistent it can be.
So TLDR is simply Nintendo didn't have a standard that developers had to adhere to, so 4:3 and 8:7 is inconsistent between, and sometimes within the same, games. So go with what looks best to you. I personally waffle back and forth between beautiful clean square pixels, and CRT-like filters that look more 'correct' in 4:3.
The Xbox 360 dongle works with no issues. I connected 4 wireless controllers and played multiplayer with friends. You don't need to install anything, plug it in and it works.
Well, I'd prefer to use the 360 controller with the dongle as I already own one so that's a plus. Can you use multiple controller types? My wife has let me know she wants a wireless SNES style controller lol.The 360 controllers are bad so do yourself a favour and get the Bluetooth enabled One controller. World of difference.
If you would like I can test out the dongle for the 360 if that's really the way you want to go.
Try a different core. SNES2010 has worked the best on the RP3 for me.