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/vr/ - Retro Games

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Anonymous Sun Oct 19 11:53:23 2014 No.2014815 [Reply] [Original]

After seeing this solution as the best alternative to retro home consoles (versus that paid emulator that requires cartridges), I decided to soft mod my wii for retro goodness. I was shocked with how easy it was, but now I'm pretty overwhelmed with my options. Keeping in mind that I play all and any retro, what emulators for wii does /vr/ recommend?

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 12:13:30 2014 No.2014845

Retroarch for just about anything before 5th gen.
Nintendon't for GC games.
Wii64 (Not64 now) and WiiSX are sort of flaky but some games do work, i would recommend using official VC wads for N64 games over emulation, but your options are still limited for N64.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:03:23 2014 No.2014910 >>2014845 Where do I get offial wads? I mean, other than the obvious. Do emulation sites tend to have them?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:07:57 2014 No.2014921 >>2014845 Wad injection also works fairly well.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:08:30 2014 No.2014923 >>2014910 yes. also google.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:11:36 2014 No.2014928 http://wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_homebrew_emulators That site is really all you need OP.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:16:33 2014 No.2014931 >>2014921 I don't recommend doing this as it's possible to brick a console through injection. >>2014928 That's pretty outdated despite having new entries, most homebrew apps should be downloaded from a direct source of the author or through GBAtemp.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:17:37 2014 No.2014935 http://wiihacks.com/

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:18:02 2014 No.2014938 I hate to be a needy faggot, but how does one run a wad file? Do they run natively or do you need a wad manager

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:20:03 2014 No.2014941 >>2014938 gooooooooogle.com

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:20:04 2014 No.2014942 >>2014938 You have to install wads with a wad manager ( you could also use emunand but in my opinion it isn't worth it), i recommend Yet Another Wad Manager, it's a german app but there's an english mod if you google it.

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:25:40 2014 No.2014953

>>2014845
I also forgot to mention that with Retroarch you will be compromising IR detected emulation for the pros of overall better emulation and far more options.

When i say IR detected emulation i mean Zapper/Superscope games, don't know if Retroarch will ever have them.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:33:44 2014 No.2014964 I like that with the Wii, you can still very easily use a CRT so it looks good. Output options like s-video, SCART and Component are much easier to obtain on the Wii also.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:52:53 2014 No.2015006 >>2014964 >I think Wii is a pretty cool guy. He has ports and doesnt afraid of anything

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 13:59:58 2014 No.2015017 >>2014921 >Wad injection sounds fucking gross

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 14:02:53 2014 No.2015023 >>2014931 If you have Bootmii/Boot2 or Priiloader, banner bricks aren't a problem. >>2015017 It... Well, it works. It's a hacky way of using Nintendo's own VC emulators.

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:00:00 2014 No.2015136

Op here. Is it worth it to download the homebrew browser? Will this allow direct download for some of these programs as opposed to transferring from a PC? Sorry to ask so many questions, and fuck you google dude. I ask these questions so that when I get out of class I can refine my own research.

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:06:23 2014 No.2015145

>>2015136

I don't know if it still works but yeah, that was a pretty cool app. You could also use Wii Xplorer for FTP IIRC.
Now that you have the Homebrew Channel installed you don't need an SD card, you can use a USB drive for all your apps. If you prefer.

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:06:54 2014 No.2015151

>>2014953
I stopped using Retroarch because I absolutely could not stand its terrible barebones "90s hacker" style interface, its lack of Zapper/SS support, and the fact that it NEVER would configure controllers how I wanted. I installed the individual emulators--which are EXACTLY the same under the hood but have none of the problems--and I never looked back.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:06:55 2014 No.2015152 >>2015136 I wouldn't use homebrew browser, the apps they offer are out of date and it is generally a shity interface. Just put them on SD card from your PC and run that way.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:09:17 2014 No.2015159 >>2014815 Dig into the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx 16 library. You'll be amazing to play this "3rd" console with a totally different feel to it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:09:32 2014 No.2015160 Also OP, take this opportunity to grab some of WiiWare's better games. Though not technically retro there is plenty that feels right at home (Mega Man 9 & 10, Castlevania Rebirth)

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:09:52 2014 No.2015162 >>2015160 >Forced 480i Fuck this gay earth.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:13:29 2014 No.2015174 >>2015160 Thanks, I never thought of that. Are these in the form of wads that need to be installed as well?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:16:52 2014 No.2015178 >>2015174 Yes they are. Do you have Bootmii as Boot2 installed or Priiloader?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:18:06 2014 No.2015180 >>2015178 I have bootmii installed.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:18:59 2014 No.2015182 >>2015180 As an IOS or as Boot2? Does it show you the Bootmii menu when you turn on your Wii, or must you select it from the Homebrew Channel?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:21:28 2014 No.2015185 >>2015182 I installed both honestly. Should I have not done that?

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:25:04 2014 No.2015191

>>2015185

That's fine, that's fine. The advantage of Boot2 is that if you brick your Wii, you can almost certainly recover it.
I'd advise taking a NAND backup immediately. Use the power/reset buttons to scroll to Bootmii's option menu, then select the Chip -> SD option. That'll create two files, key.bin and nand.bin IIRC, which can allow you to restore your Wii to this state if it gets bricked somehow.

You should also install Priiloader. This is a system menu modification which adds tweaks like region free, which may be important if you're using Wiiware.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:26:27 2014 No.2015193 >>2015191 Good looking out! I'll certainly get priiloader up.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:27:47 2014 No.2015195 >>2015191 >>2015193 Also, can I get rid of the files I put on my SD card during the initial installation process? Like the files I got from letter bomb etc.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 15:28:35 2014 No.2015198 >>2015195 The boot.elf file can be deleted. The private folder can be deleted and the privateold folder (if it exists) renamed back.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 18:47:36 2014 No.2015652 Another question I can't seem to get answered via Google is how do .bin .cue files work? How to I emulate ps1 games??

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 18:49:57 2014 No.2015653 >>2014845 dios mios is better than nintendon't for booting gamecube games off usb

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 18:51:29 2014 No.2015656

>>2015653

It's more accurate but you don't get audio streaming, disc swapping and choice of memory/controller

>>2015652

Use WiiSX. There should be included instructions. You need only the bin files and the PSX bios.
WiiSX isn't very good. I'd advise you to use something else to emulate PS1.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 19:03:17 2014 No.2015676 >>2015656 dios mios has supported disc swapping for a while.

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 19:08:22 2014 No.2015690

>>2015676
also dios mios is getting audio streaming support very soon

it's apparently already been implemented, and the next revision that comes out will include it

I personally don't give a shit about any of the games that utilize audio streaming though so it never bothered me that DM lacked it

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 19:12:31 2014 No.2015701 >>2015690 >Dios MIOS is getting audio streaming support It is? I thought that was something they couldn't get around. Wasn't that half the reason Nintendont and Devolution exist?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 19:14:15 2014 No.2015704 >>2015701 It's been fixed for a while, but hasn't been released yet for some reason. https://twitter.com/crediar/status/501929487790264320 I guess they're waiting until other bugfixes have been implemented before releasing the next version

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 19:19:26 2014 No.2015715 >>2015656 Nintendont still has some random crashes, freezes and glitches for many games that DM does not.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 21:07:24 2014 No.2015892 >>2014815 >best alternative That isn't a PC dedicated to PC-based emulators

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 21:22:01 2014 No.2015919 >>2015892 Good luck getting your PC to do 240p without spending 100 dollars or hacking up your video drivers

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 21:24:16 2014 No.2015925 >>2014845 Why Nintendon't over Devolution? I haven't installed GC HDD loading yet but I'm planning to do so soon. Any reason for the recommendation?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 19 21:28:31 2014 No.2015939 >>2015919 >$100 You'd probably spend way more than that collecting all the consoles+games you can emulate I've yet to see any negative effects from "hacking up" my driver with CRT_emudriver

Anonymous Sun Oct 19 23:14:57 2014 No.2016127

>>2014921
>fairly well
In the small set of games it actually works for, I guess.

>>2014931
It's possible to brick a console through many ways if you don't know what you're doing. There are also ways to unbrick a Wii but if you managed to brick it you're probably too retarded to use them.

>>2015136
Yes, but as mentioned it a lot of software is out of date. Still worth loading on though.

>>2015919
>hacking up your video drivers
Because hacking is like evil or something.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 20 00:25:32 2014 No.2016210 >>2016127 >Because hacking is like evil or something. maker pls

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 20 00:39:23 2014 No.2016229 File: 177 KB, 555x563, gotta be kidding me.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2015919 >xrandr --newmode "320x240_60.00" 5.26 320 304 336 352 240 241 244 249 -HSync +Vsync

Anonymous Mon Oct 20 07:23:17 2014 No.2016652

Finally contacted Nintendo Support. Apparently I only have to send them the power supply and the Wii, and after they see the problem I can either accept their prize or deny it and get my Wii back.

Either way, its 20€ to send.. hope I don't get ripped off.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 20 09:19:15 2014 No.2016736 Any tips on the best configuration for a GCN controller for SNES games? The default is fucking retarded.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 20 11:17:09 2014 No.2016821 >>2016736 I'd do it on a game by game basis.

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