/vr/ - Retro Games

Slap it inside an arcade stick and plug it into a CRT or slap it inside the CRT and use it with a DS3. Anything else is not what should be done with an RPi.

>SJWberry Pi
Use beagleboard black
It's better and uses a TI cpu which is fully opensource

>>2694531
There's an emulation general in >>>/vg/, no reason to have one here, when there are devs over there.

>>2694531
What is that? a cigarette pack?

>>2694531
>Retropie

Literally why.

get an ODROID-C1 instead, much faster and can almost emulate DC games full speed.

Is there a way to set a default directory for when I want to load a new rom in SNES9X? Like, right now when I open a new one, it just defaults to my desktop. Can I make it auto to where I keep my games?

>>2694557
>>2694531
>>2694674
So which one is better then

>>2694964
Pi is shit
ODROID is the fastest of the bunch
Beagle is freetard material don't bother as it's slower than the other two.

>>2694557
You gamergaters manage to whine about anything, huh?

that said, odroid looks pretty cool. Thanks anons.

I've had about a dozen lockups now:

Thps2 gba
Link to the past gba
Castlevania iv snes
Some western coop gun shooter snes

Clean installed several times, I have a heat sink and am only using pi2 over clock...
Could it be my card?

Any decent way to emulate Amiga on this thing?

I want to emulate SNES and SNES only. What's the best approach?
I have a nice CRT, a RPi2 and a Dual Shock 3 inside a SNES controller shell.
Obviously I need a Bluetooth dongle too but what else?

Is it better to emulate games on Linux or Windows? Does it even matter?

I said Linux because maybe it's easier to troubleshoot stuff...

>>2697495
There are a bunch of emulators that are Windows only that don't have a better cross platform alternative. Can't really say the same for Linux.

>>2697508
So emulating stuff on Raspberry Pi or ODROID is not optimal since it's Linux(Debian recommended)?

I want to have a small computer like those 2 that can emulate all the classics just like it would be on the original console + browse the web like usual(if it can run League of Legends then great).

>>2697516
The Pi is ARM based, a different architecture altogether than one capable of running desktop Windows. The Pi is limited for a lot of reasons, but the fact it runs Linux isn't really one of them. It's a toy that gathered a lot of attention almost solely because of the price. Almost any post-2005 laptop will do a better job.

That said, it can run a web browser and it can run most of the basic emulators for older systems, so you could do worse I suppose.

>>2697543
I want to emulate PS1&2,Dreamcast and SNES, will it be ok?

My dad needs a computer for browsing the internet for newspapers,paying bills,downloading shit and streaming sports from bed.He still uses our first computer from 1998 when it was the shit even owning a computer in our country.

I'd like to have it emulate games when I'm there so I'm not glued to my phone the whole time.

Ordered my RPi 2 the other day, since I'm primarily making use of it's extra power compared to my RPi B for a project being entered into a competition, as well as emulation. Got a couple questions:

1. How are the N64 emulators at the moment? Last I checked, Mupen64Plus had a bunch of texture fuckups in Ocarina of Time, and gameplay for Goldeneye was very clunky. Are these problems remediable?

2. Is there a built in method for adding background music per system while browsing the library in EmulationStation/RetroPie? Because I've seen that it's included with RecalBox.

Thanks, anons.

>>2695645
Did it ever occur to you that overclocking kills stability?

Wii emulation is pretty tempting.

A Wii is around 30$ these days and it's cheaper than a Raspberry Pi, except its easier to use Gamecube controllers.

I'm just not sure about the lag, but I'm just going to be playing SNES and NES on it

Games like Pocky & Rocky already lag on SNES9x

>>2697562
Fuck no. You'll need a reasonably fast PC to emulate PS2. Playstation1 and N64 are the best you can hope to emulate on a RaspberryPi2 / Odroid C1 at playable speeds. There is Reicast for Dreamcast emulation, but it still seems too slow on the C1 and definitely on RasPi2.

>>2697562
SNES and PS1 maybe, PS2 and Dreamcast, hell no. Dreamcast requires a fairly decent PC, while PS2 can require an i7-powered monster in some situations.

I really like Wii emulators on CRT. Very nice compatibility for 3rd and 4th gen games and a fuck ton better than my raspberry pi.

Not good for GBA though.

>>2694531
Is there even any point to doing this with a pre-2 Pi? In my experience they're pretty flaky with close timing, I have to think that'd affect emulated gameplay pretty badly.

>>2694557
>SJWberry
What even is this bullshit meme anyway
Is it really just because the RPi Foundation twitter uses the randi harper auto blocklist thing
Because, look, I am not totally unsympathetic to some of the claims made under the #gamergate banner
But honestly
Refusing to consider an entire hardware platform because of a single decision made by one of its backing organization's ancillary PR flacks
That is the very definition of butthurt faggotry
And anyone who takes it seriously should be ashamed
Deeply, deeply ashamed

>>2695130
>You gamergaters manage to whine about anything, huh?

no its just the crowd that shill plagues the maker community is a bunch of hipsters.

>>2697952

it reminds me when people got mad because Intel cancelled their contract with some sjw site or something during goofygoobergate and said they would get new processors and shit, both sides are retarded as fuck

>>2697617
I don't think I've ever experienced any lag with SNES emulation on Wii, though I haven't tried Pocky & Rocky.
At least with N64 emulation there's the Virtual Console. You can just pirate the wads or even inject your own ROMs.

>>2697912
I agree. I prefer playing BGA games in my PSP. But the PSP doesn't have a good SNES emulator, as far as i know. WII is great for playing SNES

>>2695645
>>2697603

My overclocked pi2 runs retropie flawlessly. The basic overclock settings don't void the warranty and are perfectly stable.

>>2695645
>>2695645
Are you using a class 10 sd card and the gui for shutdowns? That's important. Been running the samsung evo 32gb card for near 6 months now with no problems. Also overclocked.

>>2697516
I can only tell you my personal experience with the pi. Every system on it emulates outstandingly with the exception of N64. It does more than half of the n64 catalog well but some popular titles like oot or donkey kong country are complete crap.

>>2694557
What's with all this paranoia?

I've had extensive experience being around Cyber Justice Warriors, and they tended to get along quite badly with raspberry pi fans.

>>2697952

take that post to reddit and somebody might actually care.

>>2700076
did you try PS2?

From what I gather it's that it can't be done.

>>2700384

nah, hes right

>>2697603
cool story bro. comes overclocked out the box.

>>2700076
does it have to be always plugged in the power supply or does it have its own battery?

>>2701031
It needs it's own power supply however you could buy a cell phone backup battery supply, plug it in, and run it using that.

>>2700954
Nope it doesn't do ps2
Here is a list of the systems it does emulate.
http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/arcade-systems-game-consoles-and-home-computers-in-retropie/

Anyone here uses Emulation Station?

It seems cool as fuck but I just can't get it running.

I select my game but this pops up. Please advise.

>>2703314
you have to dl and place a BIOS file in one of your config folders. it says so right there

>>2703519
Yeah ,I figured it out once I read it.

Now I'm faced with another problem...my controller won't work while ingame,only keyboard.

I am having major issues with retroarch and would like some help.

Firstly I getting some error when trying to load a game up

"Lots of unhandled setting UI: psx.input.port1.gun_chairs"

Somehow though i was fiddling with settings and a game got to boot. the next time i loaded up retroarch they wouldnt work again.

How do I Automatically load a config I have saved, everytime I have loaded the program it loads up a default settings file, and how do I automatically load Mednafen since im only using it for PSX emulation?

How do I add any games to the collection, I see no where to add games. The add content button doesnt seem to do anything.

Any worthwhile emulators on Android besides Snes9x EX+ and MD.emu Free (and GBA.emu Free for non-retro), also in regards to the library? I'd like to pass the time occasionally when I'm on the move, preferably with turn based games (forget about touchscreen controls in reaction based games).

How the fuck do we reset the shader function on retroarch? I am stuck with snow borders on fucking everything and have no way of diabling it.

>>2704538
None of those are "worthwhile"

I just can't get my other games to load in ES.I updated everything in archlinux and did everything this guy said but still nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq04IoKdbRA&feature=iv&src_vid=rC8w1EZdLnM&annotation_id=annotation_1614293335

I somehow managed to put RE2 in and it shows disc1,disc2 show but no other games in the same directory are showing.

Please assist.

>>2704693
Try rebooting emulation station a few times. Once it detects a game it creates and saves the metadata for it on the list. When I've added a bunch at a time I've had to reboot the system a few times to get them all to show up. Don't ask me why.

>>2699984
This. You need to invest in good cards if you plan to do any serious overclocking. Samsung evos are the way to go. And make sure your Pi can breathe. OC'ing in a 90+ degree environment with no heat sinks will cause your shit to freeze every time.

>>2705827
I don't use heatsinks at all and it never freezes. It just doesn't get very hot in this case.
>pic related

I wanna emulate some of dat halo boys you got any suggestions for da champ? Need to get my CH33F on

>>2705856

>>2705870
What bro?

Just wanna play halo, don't got time for fishing

>>2705872

You need to try a little bit harder next time.

>>2705873
Just tell me how to play fucking halo without my fucking xbox threw away the old TV don't got nothing but HDMI

>>2704538
everything with .emu

>>2697495
Windows tends to have better emulators, although this is only a major issue for DC emulation and non-/vr/ stuff. A notable /vr/ emulator that's Windows only is SSF, except it's fucking perfect in Wine. Use gCDEmu to mount discs.

>>2699971
They don't void the warranty, but they are not perfectly stable. They won't damage the hardware, but the CPU in the Pi 2 is only rated for 900, and it's very likely that your particular Pi isn't going to work above. If you're overvolting, try a different power supply.

>>2701031
It runs off of the wall directly, it doesn't have a battery.
you could totally get a battery though

>>2705893
Been running the cpu at 1000 for 6 months now. No problems. I didn't tweak the individual settings. I used the "super" configuration through retropie if I recall correctly.

>>2705898
sudo raspi-config and they have preconfigured options but yeah it will do 1000 easy using the presets and won't void the warranty.

>>2705874
you can play halo on a potato ass laptop. it has a pc port, not even emulator

>>2695670
Bumping this

WOW ANOTHER PI SHILL THREAD.

xbox costs 20$ used and runs most emulators (and is an XBOX so ninja gaiden black, metal gear, etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujpi1mkQWS8

STOP SHILLING THE RASPBERRI PI !

>>2695670
Class 10 sd card. THe cable that goes from that headphone looking plug to the three components, power supply, case(optional legos work nicely), and a usb drive.
Just flash the sd card with retropie project from petrock blog. It works perfectly straight out of the gate. There are other emulators on their but since you only want snes just play that one then.

>>2706520
Yeah, because I really want to carry that fucking suitcase with me when I travel.

>>2706520
You have no idea just how terrible it is to play anything retro on an xbox 360 controller. That dpad is the fucking worst.

>>2706530
xbox controllers are just as bad

>>2706527
*perfectly for snes you'll have to drop the bios file for PS into the config.

Did N64 emulation improve in the past 5 years?
Is Space Station Silicon Valley still really wonky emulated?

>>2706571
Pi2 does most N64 titles well. A lot of ones you really want are fucked up though. DKC, OOT, Golden Eye... Does Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and a bunch of others perfectly. Still in the process of trying out a lot of N64 games on it myself. I can't even get some of those N64 titles to play nicely on my desktop that runs witcher 3 at the highest settings though. It's definitely more software related than hardware when it comes to N64

>>2705789
I figured out why it didn't show.

I had to have a .cue file with the same name as the the game file.

Now my only problem is getting my controller to work(keyboard works fine).

How do I emulate games that have multiple discs in ES/retroarch?

Do the save files carry over naturally?

>>2707018
Idk. At work right now. If no one answers your question by tonight I'll look into it. I'm curious myself. I haven't gotten to my 2nd disc in any of my games yet.

>>2706753
Interesting. I've never needed the .cue files so far.

>>2706520

raspberry pi is a non-profit. "shill" is definitely the wrong word here, but nice to see babby discovered /pol/ for the first time recently you underage faggot

>>2707558
Usually the people who hate stuff like the retropie project are too stupid to implement it themselves. They hate the fact that non collector fags are playing more and rarer games then they have in their hundreds if not thousands of dollars collection all for less than $100. The butthurt like to reaffirm their "wise investment" by shitting on anyone that goes a different way. I've got a pretty large collection myself sitting in boxes that have piled up in my closet over the years since I was a kid. Except in rare cases I only play my pi. Sue me for liking save states in my 30's because work, life, and responsibilities don't afford me 30 times to play a certain level in order to "git gud."

>>2694531
>Emulation General
please stop
this is not /vg/

>>2707680
All I heard was someone whining about people liking things that you don't. We discuss retro emulation here because the conversation is focused on retro. I don't see why you're so mad about me confining my emulation discussion to this one thread by using the "general". Sorry I triggered your tumblrina sensibilities. When you really think about it... without retro emulation you'd have far fewer people to discuss retro games with. In a world without emulation you wouldn't be able to afford to buy anything for your collection. The demand would be to high. In short you're welcome. Us emulation fags keep your prices down.

>>2707692
Are you retarded? I like emulators and everything, just don't start yet another endless "general" thread you dumb fuck

>>2703541

I had this happening to me often when I was using a DS3.

Basically, if I let the controller idle for enough time some weird shit would happen and the emulation would put my keyboard in charge of everything and I couldn't set it back to the controller. Sometimes it did went back to the controller but the hotkeys would get fucked.

I solved this deleting every controller config that comes preloaded with retropie, and then mapping my controller again in the emulation station UI. That did the trick.

I don't remember where exacly those files were but I think a quick google search will get you that.

>>2707697
Keep crying.

>>2707697
I suppose you prefer the endless final fantasy threads. The truth is all retro threads are endless because there isn't really a lot of new things to discuss. Perhaps we can talk about the everdrive instead.

Anybody here used a Banana Pi? How does it compare to the Odroid C1 in performance?

>>2707737
My buddy uses an odroid. The hardware is better than the pi2 but were still talking about 20ish year old games. His odroid c1 doesn't emulate any better than my pi2. He can't play the same N64 titles I can't. At some point the obsession with better hardware amounts to driving a tack with a sledge hammer. I'm going to wait a few years for some newer project boards to come out before I think about upgrading.

>>2694817
Really? Nobody knows at all?

>>2707887
Monday nights tend to be slow. I'm a Pi2 guy myself. You'll get an answer eventually I'd imagine.

i just want a good frontend for my retro shit

launchbox is buggy as fuck and emustation and romjacket just don't work

>>2708091
I've been using the emulation station front end for a while because it's the default on the retropie. It works flawlessly.

Hi people
I have a question
Can I pirate PS1 games on a PS2?
There are more PS1 games I care about than PS2 games, but I would like to try some PS2 games like Maximo.
If it isnt possible then I think I would rather get a PS2 + a PSP for PS1 games and emulation than a PS2 + a PS1.

>>2708175
Everything you need to know about emulation on the PS2.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=emulation+on+ps2

>>2708175
yes

>>2708175


ya

Which one is best: Recalbox or Retropie, and why?

>>2708225
I looked at both but went with retropie because at the time I looked it seemed like retropie had much better support through petrockblog and github. Retropie is also updated more often from what I could tell. I enjoy the retropie immensely but haven't actually tried recalbox.

>>2708225
Retropie also emulates vastly more systems. As for the media center, I've got kodi on my retropie and use it to play isos off my network.

>>2707748
I recognize that album cover!

>>2708273
What album is it from out of curiosity?

>>2708195
>>2708194
>>2708175
yup