cowden_harley
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SNES Mini Classic Hacking | More games, more borders, more gooder.
- Thread starter Robin64
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Aye maybe have to
hikarutilmitt
Member
hikarutilmitt
It's really simple to do and it takes priority of anything you've done manually.
I had to try a few commands before finding one that worked for me as I wanted, this is the command that I ended up using.
Code:
--enable-crt-scanlinesI'm happy with how it works is that the only way you can switch it off is to go back to hakchi and remove it from the global command line. Not ideal but I'm happy with it.
Mathrin
Member
So I've flashed my friends Mini NES and Mini SNES as both him and his partner have one. On the SNES - the games work fine, but when we flashed the NES, it turns out Mario Tennis/Advance Wars will lock up and shut the console down (even though the power light) stays on.
The Mini SNES runs fine, and I've flashed my own mini SNES with the same games without issue or lockup.
What could be wrong with the NES? Is it worth flashing the stock kernel back, and then adding custom+Retroarch again to see if that fixes it? Bad flash perhaps?
Cheers
The Mini SNES runs fine, and I've flashed my own mini SNES with the same games without issue or lockup.
What could be wrong with the NES? Is it worth flashing the stock kernel back, and then adding custom+Retroarch again to see if that fixes it? Bad flash perhaps?
Cheers
Robin64
Member
Good news, one of the holy grails of SNES Mini compatability now works. Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima, or Marvelous: Another Treasure Island, just needs a Preset ID of 1E11 in hakchi and -no-lowlatency added to the end of its command line. Enjoy one of the SNES's hidden gems, and Eiji Aounuma's first game. 
Translation here.
Translation here.
Brock2621
Member
I only have Mac in my house and just downloaded the demo of parallels and demo of windows 10 and loaded everything up just fine. Try it out
DonMigs85
Member
I forgot - do you put a space before -no-lowlatency when putting it in the command line?Good news, one of the holy grails of SNES Mini compatability now works. Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima, or Marvelous: Another Treasure Island, just needs a Preset ID of 1E11 in hakchi and -no-lowlatency added to the end of its command line. Enjoy one of the SNES's hidden gems, and Eiji Aounuma's first game.
Translation here.
Robin64
Member
You do, yeah.
cowden_harley
Member
big thanks to you mate. dont the same and now sorted. cheers
Brock2621
Member
Happy to help, wish you the very best and happy gaming sir!
TLZ
Banned
Good to see you on here my PES mate
TLZ
Banned
Does star ocean not work on snes classic?Something awesome is on the way.
gingerbeardman
Member
This is to get it working on Canoe the built-in emulator
It's looking like daPhie79 is going to be dealing with the main fork of hakchi2 from now on. She's aiming to simplify things and incorporating DarkAkuma's sfrom tool at some point as well as other useful projects.
It's going to be worth keeping an eye on her Releases page on GitHub although I'm sure people will post in here when things really start moving.
It's going to be worth keeping an eye on her Releases page on GitHub although I'm sure people will post in here when things really start moving.
pitt_norton
Member
Exciting!! I definitely will hold out from modding my MINI any further until that all settles!
When that time comes, will Street Fighter Alpha 2 need to go through all that jazz again to get working or will the .sfrom tool make that transition smoother? I've curated SNES 200 titles (that emcompasses the bests, the giants, the hidden gems and the little unique oddities) but if SFA2 can work with compression, then I can fit a few more titles in!
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TLZ
Banned
Oh. Is the built in version better to go through all the hassle?
Robin64
Member
SFA2 already works with .sfrom Tool now, just select the ROM and it does all the work. No more of that old .bat graphics adding method, sfrom Tool is doing that behind the scenes.
Also, to put things in perspective, to get SFA2 working on their emulator, Nintendo had to make about 2,700 edits to the ROM. In comparison, and its no wonder they didn't bother with it, Star Ocean has thus far had to have over 32,000 edits to get it working.
TLZ
Banned
And sfrom tool does these edits on the fly? Couldn't Nintendo create something that did that too?
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Deafsnake76
Neo Member
Hi, I'm new here and I wanted to say thanks to the OP because if it wasn't for Gaf, I wouldn't have rushed out to get a SNES Mini. It's now a NES/SNES hybrid. SNES Mini is perfect for traveling. Check into a hotel, just plug the mini into the TV and just play No need for clutter. I look forward to reading and finding out about more hacks
No need for clutter. I look forward to reading and finding out about more hacks
gingerbeardman
Member
Robin64
Member
A while back I posted how my SNES Mini front-end looks, using the title screen from games as the art instead of a box, as seen below.
(Click here to see full size)
Some people expressed interest in wanting me to upload the images for use, but as I had only done the games I wanted I felt that would be a bit silly.
It's not a terribly hard process, though. SNES images are (usually) 256 x 224, and the box here for artwork isn't too much smaller. So basically you just use an image tool shrink the height down to 204. keeping the aspect ratio locked, and then trim off the sides to get a width of 228. Usually you can't even tell sides have been trimmed, it's such a small amount, and the scaling looks fine too. Then you just trim L shapes off the top two corners, leaving them transparent so that they don't cover over the "curve" you see at the top of the boxes.
You go from the one on the left to the one on the right.
Anyway, cutting to the chase, I've now done this for 872 SNES title screens. There are probably sites out there with collections, but every image was taken by me in a PC emulator and then processed in a batch with the above rules. But at least now I feel comfortable releasing the .zip to the world! So here it is: http://bit.ly/2nRtQsB
(And as a bonus, if you want the original unaltered title screens for your own devious ends, that's here: http://bit.ly/2BgIDVO)
Enjoy.
(Click here to see full size)
Some people expressed interest in wanting me to upload the images for use, but as I had only done the games I wanted I felt that would be a bit silly.
It's not a terribly hard process, though. SNES images are (usually) 256 x 224, and the box here for artwork isn't too much smaller. So basically you just use an image tool shrink the height down to 204. keeping the aspect ratio locked, and then trim off the sides to get a width of 228. Usually you can't even tell sides have been trimmed, it's such a small amount, and the scaling looks fine too. Then you just trim L shapes off the top two corners, leaving them transparent so that they don't cover over the "curve" you see at the top of the boxes.
You go from the one on the left to the one on the right.
Anyway, cutting to the chase, I've now done this for 872 SNES title screens. There are probably sites out there with collections, but every image was taken by me in a PC emulator and then processed in a batch with the above rules. But at least now I feel comfortable releasing the .zip to the world! So here it is: http://bit.ly/2nRtQsB
(And as a bonus, if you want the original unaltered title screens for your own devious ends, that's here: http://bit.ly/2BgIDVO)
Enjoy.
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BANGS
Banned
Hey gotta question. I'm using an NES emulator on my SNES mini. All the extra SNES games I've added and Gameboy games work great, but the NES games have some severe latency. A game like SMB is practically unplayble with all that lag. Anybody else notice this?
I mean, the gameboy and snes games have SOME lag, but it's not that bad. The NES games are really noticeable though...
I mean, the gameboy and snes games have SOME lag, but it's not that bad. The NES games are really noticeable though...
Robin64
Member
Your best bet is to look into dual booting the system so you use the official NES emulator from the NES Mini on there. Retroarch is pretty poor.
Yes I've noticed this too, the Retroarch NES emulator seems to have some lag to it. I thought I was the only one!
BANGS
Banned
Interesting. Will I still be able to support GBC/GBA games that way? Have a link to a decent tutorial?
I'd rather cannibalize the NES games then those games if that's the choice I have to make lol...
pitt_norton
Member
I made some 14 alternate boxart covers for some of the 21 stock games on the Classic. Enjoy!
N/M: It seems the forum is not letting some images through, will try again later....
N/M: It seems the forum is not letting some images through, will try again later....
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dacuk
Member
Hi, Robin64... thanks for mentioning this. While there are several tutorials all over the web to configure the SNES Mini to dual boot to NES mode, I have not find any tutorial to add NES games to the NES mode of a SNES mini.
Do you happen to know or point me to a guide for this?
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Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Have you tried Youtube? There are tons of step by step guides on there. Not sure about NES mode, but I assume someone would have done a video.
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megatronium
Member
I hate how I cant figure out how to save any game using Retroarch no matter where I look or what video I watch. Somebody please help me. I just want to play a save Phantasy Star 4 via Retroarch without losing my progress if I power down. And would love if my kids could save their progress in any of the numerous GBA Pokemon games.
pitt_norton
Member
I've cleaned up my imgur account hosting my SNES covers and have housed the custom covers into 2 albums. Everything has been placed into alphabetical order for your scrolling search ease. Enjoy!
Stock SNES Classic Games
Bonus SNES Classic Games
Stock SNES Classic Games
Bonus SNES Classic Games
gingerbeardman
Member
That game supports SRAM so it should save through the game interface and reload next run? You can also create save states on the SNESC mini interface the same way as they built-in games. I do both with MegaDrive games that I play.
Which approach are you attempting?
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megatronium
Member
I will save 'in' game then save using the save states that are built into the system. So it creates a thumbnail of the save. When I try to load the thumbnail it just loads the Rom from the beginning with no save to load from 'in' the game even though the thumbnail shows obvious progress
gingerbeardman
Member
Are you pressing START to resume the save state? Not A as that launches the game fresh.
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BANGS
Banned
megatronium
Member
Yes.
gingerbeardman
Member
I don't know what to say, it works for me. From the type of games I press down and start.
If the save state disappears in a puff of smoke you're doing it wrong. What do you see?
gingerbeardman
Member
You can dual boot SNES and NES (and even quad boot SFC and FC) and run RetroArch on the side for GBC/GBA. You can have your cake and eat it. Check YouTube for details.
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Im almost done my playthrough of ff6 and im ready to try this. I just have a few questions.
1. Is there a good YouTube guide on the most recent method to add games? In a super noob to this stuff.
2. Will I lose my ff6 save?
3. Anywhere I can find a list of incompatible games?
1. Is there a good YouTube guide on the most recent method to add games? In a super noob to this stuff.
2. Will I lose my ff6 save?
3. Anywhere I can find a list of incompatible games?
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Hi folks, I was going to try this tonight with my mini. Just want to drop 5 or so games on. Any good video guides for a noob?
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
Higher elevation and gravity has always lagged gaming consoles.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Honestly, there are a ton on Youtube, just do a search. I have one bookmarked, but it is old and out of date as Hakchi has been updated many times since then.
Just search on Youtube for videos from the last month or two.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Sounds good, I want to ensure im doing the most recent method. I'd hate to brick one. Is there a really good webpage that's up to date to help duders like me that have never done this stuff?
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Since I finished hacking mine, I haven’t really kept up to date, but this is the official github page of Hakchi with the latest releases. Github pages can be a bit hard to follow if you’re not used to them, sorry.
https://github.com/ClusterM/hakchi2/releases
In terms of bricking. If you do the initial kernal backup like the program prompts you to and back it up 2 or 3 times so you don’t lose it, bricking is virtually impossible as you can always flash your original stock kernel back on.
Of course, this was the state of things up to a few months ago, I haven’t been paying attention lately, as I said.
Douche McBaggins The 3rd
Junior Member
That's not gravity. He just removed a ton of upscaling. 720p to 4k is going to add a shitload of upscaling. 720p to 1080p? not so much.
Damien Crowley
Member
Just wanted to throw a "Thank You" to Robin64 and all other Members contributing to this thread. With the help (never needed to post a question) of all your posts, i was able to transform a boring 21-Games-Vanilla-SNES-Mini into a nice 175-Games-in-one-Machine for a good friend of mine. I could do the same last year with the NES Mini. And though, these consoles are not to my taste, my friend loves the shit out of these.
So again, thank you, for the easy to understand tutorials, the endless amount of work put into getting games to work and your creativity concerning bezels, cover artwork and the likes.
So again, thank you, for the easy to understand tutorials, the endless amount of work put into getting games to work and your creativity concerning bezels, cover artwork and the likes.
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Leonard Washington
Banned
Trying to dive into this SNES modding using my Mac running Parallels with Windows 7 32 bit and seem to have encountered an issue with Sfrom Tool:
Each time I try to launch it I get a "SFROM tool has stopped working" popup and can't proceed?
I've installed the requested 4.0 Framework as it wouldn't start at all without it and now have this issue. Any ideas?
Robin64
Each time I try to launch it I get a "SFROM tool has stopped working" popup and can't proceed?
I've installed the requested 4.0 Framework as it wouldn't start at all without it and now have this issue. Any ideas?
Robin64