Weird. It's fixed with the 10/20 nightly... *shrugs*
Ancient Aliens: New Nin. 3DS now offers the best SNES emulation on any handheld
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Weird. It's fixed with the 10/20 nightly... *shrugs*
Robin64
Member
Use CatSFC but also turn audio sync to off.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Use catsfc and make sure the rewind feature is turned off.
I just downloaded retroarch, but instead of getting all the emulators in their own folders, I get them in a "rom" folder and in files. I downloaded the newest file. How do I put everything in correct folders?
As you can see from my screenshoot above, I don't get all these files in folders, but as seperate files. I tried downloading an older Version, but still the same.
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I finally was able to run retroarch on my old 3ds. The problem was I only exctracted the first of the 3 files released today, turns out I needed all 3, and the first two, I didn't even know they were "zip"-files. After that I had to Experiment a lot With folder placement for the different files.
(barring the nvidia shield and android devices of course)
See? Download the newest nightly (todays is the 29th, at time of writing), extract with *.7zip or similar. Copy the 3DS folder into the root of your SD. Done. Bear in mind the GBA gpsp core requires a GBA bios file (gba_bios.bin) to run. That goes into SD:/retroarch/cores/system
As you can see from my screenshoot above, I don't get all these files in folders, but as seperate files. I tried downloading an older Version, but still the same.
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I finally was able to run retroarch on my old 3ds. The problem was I only exctracted the first of the 3 files released today, turns out I needed all 3, and the first two, I didn't even know they were "zip"-files. After that I had to Experiment a lot With folder placement for the different files.
Daniel Jackson
Member
I just downloaded retroarch, but instead of getting all the emulators in their own folders, I get them in a "rom" folder and in files. I downloaded the newest file. How do I put everything in correct folders?
As you can see from my screenshoot above, I don't get all these files in folders, but as seperate files. I tried downloading an older Version, but still the same.
You're downloading the wrong version. You need the 3dsx.7z file from the buildbot
Hitoribhoshi
Member
You want to use cia on your 10.1 emunand to get a lot better performance on you o3DS. (not homebrew launcher)
http://wiki.libretro.com/index.php?title=PCSX_ReARMed
(.iso aren't recognized, and you need a scph550X.bin bios)
THE LIBRETRO WIKI IS A VERY USEFUL READ GUYS
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hello. I'm using The Retroarch nightlies from 13th October. Seems okay so far. Is it worth updating to the latest nightly build? Just a little concerned about downloading a version with new problems. Thanks.
Hitoribhoshi
Member
not sure how pbp and multidisc are handled with RetroArch, but Retroarch support multi disc via in-game core menu fine too, I think.
I'm mainly concerned about pbp compression though, not sure how fast is the 3DS/n3DS would be with decompressing stuff.
I know img, bin/cue works fine though
(with KERNEL ACCESS (9.2fw) on NEW 3ds, audio interpolation/resampling set to nearest and audio sync disabled helpes reaching near full speed on some games.)
I'm mainly concerned about pbp compression though, not sure how fast is the 3DS/n3DS would be with decompressing stuff.
I know img, bin/cue works fine though
(with KERNEL ACCESS (9.2fw) on NEW 3ds, audio interpolation/resampling set to nearest and audio sync disabled helpes reaching near full speed on some games.)I picked a random Sega CD game (Snatcher) to try on both these and it didn't run well on either. On Gen GX the sound was slowing down and off, and on Pico Drive there was odd gaps where the game was unresponsive to input. Anyone else tried any other Sega CD games?
Doesn't seem like the genesis emulators are in as good shape as the SNES and GBA ones.
Hitoribhoshi
Member
I'm currently enjoying snes on retroarch. I'm using catSFC. It seems to me my gave is saved when I save in the game itself. But what about save states? And what button combinations should I know about? Savestate? Load? Quitting the game? I end up pressing a lot of buttons to quit, but I'm still not sure what I'm doing
Pancakes R Us
Member
You can use save states, just tap the touch screen on the bottom left. You'll then get a menu appear on the top screen. One of the options is save state. Another option is load save state. Scroll down to save state, pick a number and then hit A. It'll take about a second, and will then return to your game. On the bottom screen log, you'll get a message saying that it has saved.I'm currently enjoying snes on retroarch. I'm using catSFC. It seems to me my gave is saved when I save in the game itself. But what about save states? And what button combinations should I know about? Savestate? Load? Quitting the game? I end up pressing a lot of buttons to quit, but I'm still not sure what I'm doing
I don't know what you mean about button combinations? When you go to the menu by hitting the bottom left of the touch screen, you can quit through the menu that appears on the top screen.
Thank you, that seems to work
I was thinking which buttons to press to quit the application, but I see now that the menu you told me about does everything I need.
You can also set buttons to perform actions in "Settings, Input Hotkey Binds". I set up mine to do Save State on ZR, Load State on ZL, Fast Forward on right on C Stck, and Slow Motion on left on C Stick. Pretty fun!
And if you want the Circle Pad to be usable, that's in "Settings, Input, User 1 Analog to Digital, Left Analog"
And if you want the Circle Pad to be usable, that's in "Settings, Input, User 1 Analog to Digital, Left Analog"
Pancakes R Us
Member
Oh wow. I didn't know about this. Thanks for the tip. With the save state hotkey, does it only save to the last save stat number? I don't want to accidentally overwrite a save of another game! Also, great tip about the analogue slider. Thanks.
Each game has its own save states. And each game can use multiple save states, too.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Oh, I didn't know this either. Thanks again.
piratethingy
Self professed bad raider
Oh man I just bought a New 3DS last night and updated and all that before I saw this topic..
I'm boned right
I'm boned right
Hitoribhoshi
Member
just the heads up, with kernel access (cia), the neo geo core had been added more memory access for bigger roms 
I got the following running full speed on my new 3DS :
Metal Slug 3
Prehistoric Isle 2
Garou Mark of The Wolves
Last Blade 2
Rage of the Dragons
King of Fighters 2002
not loading because those are too big :
KOF2003, SNK vs Capcom Chaos.
Looking so damn good on that 240p IPS XL screen
I got the following running full speed on my new 3DS :
Metal Slug 3
Prehistoric Isle 2
Garou Mark of The Wolves
Last Blade 2
Rage of the Dragons
King of Fighters 2002
not loading because those are too big :
KOF2003, SNK vs Capcom Chaos.
Looking so damn good on that 240p IPS XL screen
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Yup sorry. Subscribe to the thread, there's talks of there being a fix coming out real soon because Zelda Triforce Heroes requires you to be online, which requires the newest firmware. So if my understanding is correct, they're looking to fix it so you can do have Homebrew and be online.
You could try tracking down a copy of Cubic Ninja and setting up Ninjhax
That fix will only be for people below the newest firmware. If you've updated your firmware, you're boned
heyguysitsme
Neo Member
Have people had any luck with PCE CD games? I'm trying to run Dracula X, have it ripped as a bin/cue, have syscard3.pce in retroarch\cores\system, made sure that the cue file points to the bin with the case correct and everything, but when I load the cue in pce fast it hangs without an error message or anything.
Hitoribhoshi
Member
Apparently KOF2000 works with .3DSX too now, so you might wanna give it a shotjust the heads up, with kernel access (cia), the neo geo core had been added more memory access for bigger roms
I got the following running full speed on my new 3DS :
Metal Slug 3
Prehistoric Isle 2
Garou Mark of The Wolves
Last Blade 2
Rage of the Dragons
King of Fighters 2002
not loading because those are too big :
KOF2003, SNK vs Capcom Chaos.
Looking so damn good on that 240p IPS XL screen
Can we post some recommended nightly dates?
I tried running a few random SNES roms, Secret of Mana, and Secret of Evermore on all the SNES emulators, and they all had either bad audio or graphical glitches. I assume I have a badly nightly build. What's the latest stable like?
I tried running a few random SNES roms, Secret of Mana, and Secret of Evermore on all the SNES emulators, and they all had either bad audio or graphical glitches. I assume I have a badly nightly build. What's the latest stable like?
There is no stable yet. These are preliminary alpha builds.
Ok well in general what are some nightlies that people are having good success with? I feel like I'm getting poor emulation on everything I try.
I want to say I'm running the 10-14 nightly. Haven't had any issues with Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country 2 or Yoshi's Island
I'm on a N3DS as well
That's odd. You are using CATSFC, right and not SNES9x Next or CatSFC Plus? New 3DS and not an OG?
Also, the newest nightly is absolutely fine for me. 23/10/2015.
Yeah tried all three emulators and on New 3DS. I just had a look and I was using the Oct 22nd one.
I don't know if there's any options I could have accidentally hit that would negatively affect anything. I'm basically not touching anything.
As an aside is there a way to make the bottom screen just a blank screen instead of debug text? The only debug logging related options seemed to be to limit logging to errors or warnings.
If you tap on the screen towards the edge of the touch screen it should disappear
I have to disagree with with thread title!
I think the Xperia Play is the best handheld for SNES emulation. I don't need to hack it, it's suuuper cheap on ebay, it runs snes emulation perfect thanks to the very mature emulators on the play store, even plays the SFX and special chip games at 100% speed, and the controller has the exact same layout and number of buttons as a SNES. And it's all much more portable too.
Not discrediting the work the developers and hackers have done for the 3DS scene, of course. But just letting people know there is easier, cheaper, better ways of playing SNES handheld emulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yEcGq0V6d4
I think the Xperia Play is the best handheld for SNES emulation. I don't need to hack it, it's suuuper cheap on ebay, it runs snes emulation perfect thanks to the very mature emulators on the play store, even plays the SFX and special chip games at 100% speed, and the controller has the exact same layout and number of buttons as a SNES. And it's all much more portable too.
Not discrediting the work the developers and hackers have done for the 3DS scene, of course. But just letting people know there is easier, cheaper, better ways of playing SNES handheld emulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yEcGq0V6d4
Robin64
Member
First line of the first post: "(barring the nvidia shield and android devices of course)"
Daniel Jackson
Member
I bought my N3DS just for retroarch. I was looking for a portable emulator machine for quite some time. A while ago I first bought a GCW Zero. A crowd-funded opensource handheld. It runs the games absolutely fine, but its build quality isn't perfect. Buttons feel a bit squishy, screen has limited viewing angles.
So when retroarch on N3DS started to look promising, I decided to buy the console. I already had an old 3DS, so I can keep that one up-to-date to play retail games.
So when retroarch on N3DS started to look promising, I decided to buy the console. I already had an old 3DS, so I can keep that one up-to-date to play retail games.
Solid SOAP
Member
yoyo
Anyone know if Super Gameboy games could work on Retroarch? I really wanna play through the color version of DK '94. I played through the B&W version of it last winter through the 3DS eshop, but I'd like to be able to have it in color too and I've been having trouble being able to accomplish this.
Anyone know if Super Gameboy games could work on Retroarch? I really wanna play through the color version of DK '94. I played through the B&W version of it last winter through the 3DS eshop, but I'd like to be able to have it in color too and I've been having trouble being able to accomplish this.
The retroarch guys don't seem to agree with integrating it as it would incorporate elements of SNES emulation onto the Game Boy side, and one dev recently said custom palettes (four colour+sprites) are enough.
I personally disagree, even more strongly so on the last point due to custom palettes that gambatte offer being in no way adequate a solution whatsoever. This amazing article explains why:
http://loveconquersallgam.es/post/2379636248/fuck-the-super-game-boy-donkey-kong
That one screen alone uses four different four colour palettes.
Anyhow. Gameyob supports it and borders. Not sure why it would be hard to implement, but whatever.
Hitoribhoshi
Member
yeah well sorry to disagree but "perfect" by your own definition, because Xperia play is too slow to run retroarch right. (it runs highly inaccurate playstore garbage emulators(relying on autoframe skipping and hacks, yes.)I have to disagree with with thread title!
I think the Xperia Play is the best handheld for SNES emulation. I don't need to hack it, it's suuuper cheap on ebay, it runs snes emulation perfect thanks to the very mature emulators on the play store, even plays the SFX and special chip games at 100% speed, and the controller has the exact same layout and number of buttons as a SNES. And it's all much more portable too.
Not discrediting the work the developers and hackers have done for the 3DS scene, of course. But just letting people know there is easier, cheaper, better ways of playing SNES handheld emulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yEcGq0V6d4
and aside from custom roms it runs an outdated version of Android, with issues such as audio/video synch.
Yep. It's a terrible device for SNES emulation. Used to have one.
So, any word on when the GBA emulator is going to get an update?
Any game with 3D (Tony Hawk PS 2, for example) runs horribly and the sound stutters on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow when switching areas.
Also, how do we know what's been updated in the new nightly builds? The liberato forums don't detail them much.
Any game with 3D (Tony Hawk PS 2, for example) runs horribly and the sound stutters on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow when switching areas.
Also, how do we know what's been updated in the new nightly builds? The liberato forums don't detail them much.
Hitoribhoshi
Member
don't even get me started on Robert Broglia. (and porting stolen free code (without providing his code back) for paid apps doesn't make it his emulators)
anyways, to each his own I guess.
Pez>
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commits
(look for ctr/3ds entries)
or
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/commits/master?author=aliaspider (one of the main contributor lately)
Daniel Jackson
Member
What settings are you using for that?
Custom scale, integer off and 400 wide, 450 or so high, then just shuffled a bit down to be centred.
Menus are obviously not good with these settings, but the races are muuuuch better to play. Feels like Super Circuit
heyguysitsme
Neo Member
My earlier question about PCE games turned out to be the nightly. PCE fast appears to be broken on 10/23 and 10/24. Jumping back to 10/19 fixed it, but CD games do hang when you hit Close Content.