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SNES Mini Classic Hacking | More games, more borders, more gooder.
- Thread starter Robin64
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Yep.
Earthbound64
Banned
And many games were just kind of "The day was whenever the store got them and were selling them."
The official launch date of the N64 / Mario 64 was September 29, but I got mine September 28, and the store was selling them September 27 (I just couldn't get there for my preorder until the next day).
How can you list all those games and forget one of the GoAT
beat 'em ups in Final Fight 3?
beat 'em ups in Final Fight 3?
2.20 is the main release number, but there have been a bunch of updates to it since then to fix bugs.
2.0.20.14 was the one that fixed the overheating issue. This was released a couple of days ago. 2.0.20.15 is the current release. If you have an earlier one, you'll need to update.
mullet2000
Member
Out of Curiousity:
Does compressing ROMS actually degrade quality in any meaningful way?
Does compressing ROMS actually degrade quality in any meaningful way?
Great, thanks!
ReyVGM
Member
Why would it?
What are the proper steps to take to completely restore your SNES classic to its factory settings?
Im having a sound issue whenever I install the custom kernel.
Tried the uninstall and restore kernel and every time I install the custom kernel, I lose all sound.
It worked fine before I tried putting on the Retroarch.
Im having a sound issue whenever I install the custom kernel.
Tried the uninstall and restore kernel and every time I install the custom kernel, I lose all sound.
It worked fine before I tried putting on the Retroarch.
Earthbound64
Banned
I have the cartridge of Final Fight 1, but didn't think to put it on there. I should do that.
Never got around to playing 2 or 3, though.
mullet2000
Member
I mean, it's compression right?
ReyVGM
Member
Yes...?
But it's not like compressing food, which turns into mush. You're compressing data, which then gets uncompressed and goes back to normal.
Emulators have been able to use compressed ZIP file ROMs for decades now without any issue. No surprise that the in-built Canoe emulator supports this too.
catpurrcat
Member
I suspect he is asking whether the cpu needs to work hard to decompress the file thus causing a performance hit.
To which, the answer is no, compressed files have no adverse effect on performance here.
Fluffhead14
Member
edit: my b!
Hey guys I'm running into an issue grabbing the original SNES games. I was able to FTP, but under /usr/share/games I only see the custom games and not the original. That's pretty puzzling since I thought they would go to /snes_ganes/ folders instead?
I'm confused.
"How can I alter art and stuff for the original 21 games?
You need to FTP into the machine and browse to /usr/share/games/. There you will find the preinstalled CLV-P-xxxxx games. Download those to your PC. (Make sure to set your FTP client to transfer only 1 file at a time, the SNES Mini really hates more than that)
Now copy those folders to hackchi's /snes_games/ folders where your custom games are.
Now restart hakchi and you will see they appear as custom games too alongside previous ones you added, so you will want to deselect the original 21. Now you have copies that you can work with, such as changing their box art and thumbnails."
I'm confused.
"How can I alter art and stuff for the original 21 games?
You need to FTP into the machine and browse to /usr/share/games/. There you will find the preinstalled CLV-P-xxxxx games. Download those to your PC. (Make sure to set your FTP client to transfer only 1 file at a time, the SNES Mini really hates more than that)
Now copy those folders to hackchi's /snes_games/ folders where your custom games are.
Now restart hakchi and you will see they appear as custom games too alongside previous ones you added, so you will want to deselect the original 21. Now you have copies that you can work with, such as changing their box art and thumbnails."
Fluffhead14
Member
first time trying anything like this, go easy on me. haha
asking for download links for Roms is not allowed and is in fact a bannable offense.
Fluffhead14
Member
edited, honestly i'm pleading ignorance here. never downloaded a ROM in my life.
Weltall Zero
Member
That's amazing. Hard mode, smooth Starfox? Sign me the fuck up; that's two pluses for me, not a minus and a plus.
So I'm assuming the -no-lowlatency is what allows this to run? I tried Starfox with -boost-fx 3 and it didn't work (it does work with 3). Also for boost, is your 8 boost something you deemed best via trial and error, or just a random factor? Have you tried others?
LordRaptor
Member
Well, I'm done with final game selection and setting up thumbnails sizing to get everything on screen. Making custom icons to replace boxart and that works better as thumbnails is a bigger job I can take my time with
Mines setup with disable folders/folder structure in hakchi and has all of the preinstalled games with thumbnails listed in /usr/share/games...?
Whats this now?
Is this a reason I should be updating Hackchi? Im still using the original hack that was released Friday.
March of the Crabs
Member
For any future updates, if there's an update, how do we update the client and get the update onto the SNES without losing everything (if we had a version with the voltage issue for example).
mntorankusu
Member
-no-lowlatency makes the game render on a separate thread, which gives it more CPU power to work with. The downside is supposed to be that there is a little extra latency from synchronizing the two threads, but in all of my testing I couldn't detect any additional input lag.
With it set higher than 8, I noticed some audio stuttering in the absolute most intense parts of Star Fox 2, but the overall framerate wasn't noticeably better. 8 is enough to give a huge boost without any audio problems.
I want to know this too, especially if there's potentially a voltage issue with the 1.0 release.
Also, a separate thread for custom box art and banners would probably be more sufficient than trying to get poor Robin to update the OP with all the submissions.
That said, I would appreciate it if the OP was updated with how to update an existing Hackchi and how to apply Retroarch.
apieceofstrange
Member
Uninstall via Hackchi menu then load custom kernal from the new version of the client you downloaded. You will need to hold reset and power on before each, but Hackchi will tell you that. You can copy your rom folder from the previous version to the new one and box arts and info will all carry over. Save states will also carry over. Seemed pretty foolproof when I did it.
Yes, you should update that version.
mntorankusu
Member
If you're pretty sensitive to input lag, try -render-soft and tell me if you feel like it reduces it at all. I feel like it does, but I don't have any scientific way of testing it.
LordRaptor
Member
You can extract a new version of hakchi into the existing hakchi folder and overwrite everything - all the customisations you've done eg added roms will remain, because theres nothing to overwrite them.
For safetys sake, its then uninstall -> reinstall -> sync games
All of your save states etc should all still be there too
MagnetoWned
Member
I already have it all set up and everything but I was curious, are there any more filter options? I like the CRT filter but more would be interesting
Could either of you post more step-by-step instructions? I just want to make really sure I don't mess up during the process.
And does the SNES have to be plugged in when uninstalling and reinstalling? Do I have I to make a new kernall too, or hang on to the first one?
CampbellzSoup
Member
Star Fox is TERRIBLE I never played the snes one! The music is awesome, however the gameplay is just awful. I was thinking its a victim of the time, but I can play everything else fine.
Weltall Zero
Member
Thanks a ton for the info! Will probably use 8 for Starfox, and a lower number for SF2 as I'm not so familiar with it for obvious reasons. Do you know what's the highest number you can set it to that doesn't noticeably increase speed?
Nope, if you're getting sound skipping then that's an emulation problem.
apieceofstrange
Member
Basically Kernel -> Uninstall via Hakchi, then repeat the original instructions in the OP using the new version. This time you can skip dumping the original kernel and installing the driver since you already did those before. Once the new kernel is flashed, you can re-sync your games same as before.
Okay thats clearer, thank you.
Could someone also post joe to install Retroarch, as well as putting games to run through it?
Only want to include the currently non-working games like SD3 and Rudras.
I would also like this as well.
AzureSkies
Member
Out of curiosity, would it be possible to transfer an sram file from the SNES classic onto my New 3DS?
I'm interested in playing Final Fantasy V SNES on the go too.
I'm interested in playing Final Fantasy V SNES on the go too.
LordRaptor
Member
To update (standalone, not web installer) hakchi:
- download new hakchi:
- unzip it into existing hakchi folder, overwriting anything it asks about
New version of hakchi is now installed, all of your existing ROMs etc should all still be there, starting hakchi with the newly installed hakchi should still list all your games
To update snes mini:
- start hakchi
- optional paranoia step - make sure you still have your kernel dump by looking in the hakchi/dump folder
- super optional super paranoia step - dump your kernel again
- select kernel menu option -> uninstall
- select kernel menu option -> flash original kernel (you'll be prompted to anyway)
at this point you should have: factory clean snesmini with original games, and all the games you added listed in hakchi but not on the snes mini
- select kernel menu option -> flash custom kernel
- wait for it to power cycle and connect back to hakchi
- synchronise selected games with snes mini button (assuming all your games are checkmarked)
You should now have updated hakchi, updated firmware, and all the games you originally had back on there, along with any saves and savestates
For retroarch stuff, I can'thelp - I'm boring and this is a SNES mini with SNEs games I own on it, and thats its only job
Yeah, something weird going on with mine. Windows just keeps spamming those two hardware detected / disconnected sounds, as if I'm plugging and unplugging it from the computer constantly and when I tried to add a game it stopped after a few seconds and a "Write error" popped up.
Lame. Guess I'll have to try on a different laptop maybe.
Lame. Guess I'll have to try on a different laptop maybe.
ShroudOfFate
Member
Does anyone have any advice on how to get Chrono Trigger working? I set it to be uncompressed and I haven't put Retroarch on mine but I can't get past the 3rd text box before it just goes to a black screen. No C7/8 error message though.
It can be compressed.