Raspberry Pi Gaming thread - Cheap emulation and gaming projects
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Give the Register RetroArch Controller wizard a shot and see if those Turbo and clear buttons register. If they do the yes, if they dont then no.
StrangeTaco
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If you're looking to do PS1 emulation I wouldn't suggest using a RetroPie.
Edit: The RetroPie isn't a handheld anyways
hmm? If I understood the OP correctly this is a compilation of emulators. Ergo, it's software. Of course it isn't a handheld, that's hardware. But you could build a Raspberry Pi 2 handheld and put RetroPie on it...
You have understood correctly.
You can make a handheld out of the Raspberry Pi, a crude tablet for ScummVM Point and Click Adventure stuff or a portable PS1. I dont have the knowledge on how to do it but you can. I think you need a screen that plugs into the GPIO socket and a 3D printer to make your enclosure.
Look up the PiBoy for a Raspberry Pi Gameboy.
damn this is pretty cool. glad i finally clicked on this thread. a co-worker was just telling me about Raspberry Pi tonight and i remembered some thread on gaf, then i see this.
how's mame running on it?
i think i need one of these... subscribing to thread, and off to watch a bunch of youtube vids on this thing.
how's mame running on it?
i think i need one of these... subscribing to thread, and off to watch a bunch of youtube vids on this thing.
Fess
Member
It's a beauty with the right games, it'll make you cringe when going back to your PS4 after seeing 60fps v-synced in just about every game
Mame4All doesn't run all games though but PiFBA fills in some blanks, you can use google to see which work and which doesn't.I bought a Pi 2 the other day and installed all the Retro Pie stuff and some games. It's pretty fun that I got Super Mario World working perfectly so far. I have also played some Super Mario 64, but my only real issue is the sound cuts in and out as it pleases on my television. Ocarine of Time didn't go so well when I ran it though...
edit: So I searched around and found out how to edit the config.txt file and am now making sure to force my audio through the hdmi port on my board. In the process I learned that my usb power adapter (the white apple one from my iPhone 5) is limited at 1A. From what I am reading it is best to have a power adapter closer to 2 Amps? I am curious if maybe the board is not getting enough power or something but I only ever have it plugged into the television and my keyboard and controller.
edit: So I searched around and found out how to edit the config.txt file and am now making sure to force my audio through the hdmi port on my board. In the process I learned that my usb power adapter (the white apple one from my iPhone 5) is limited at 1A. From what I am reading it is best to have a power adapter closer to 2 Amps? I am curious if maybe the board is not getting enough power or something but I only ever have it plugged into the television and my keyboard and controller.
You might find this helpful. Talks about the power requirements.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#powerReqs
Blergmeister
Member
You need to copy a GBA BIOS file to the retropie. It should be named gba_bios.bin. The instructions said it should work in the /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS folder but this didn't work for me. It did in the /opt/retropie/emulators/gpsp folder and now I can run GBA games fine. However I can't play them fine due to controller issues.
I'm using an xbox 360 wired controller. From what I can tell when I load GBA it uses the gpSP emulator, which gets its controls from not the standard Retroarch controls that most everything else uses. I can hit F10 from within a GBA game and configure my controls from there but for some reason it won't recognize my DPad directions. I don't want to use a joystick because it's wayyyy too touchy, on top of my preference for the DPad anyways. Anyone know what's up?
I'd like to try one of the other GBA emulators that do use the Retroarch standard controls but I don't know how to switch? Some Youtube video said to hold X on the keyboard after starting a GBA game and from this menu you can change emulators. I must have downloaded an old version of Retropie because this option isn't available to me... so if anyone has any ideas?
The other thing I'm working through is Playstation games. I've ripped all my PSX games to my PC and copied them over to Retropie but I don't know how to name multi-disk games so that it works nice. Using Final Fantasy 7 as an example, I ripped all the disks naming them FF7 (disk 1), etc. I now have .BIN and .CUE files named accordingly. In Retropie I just see 3 copies of FF7, no disk names. I load up a random one, start a new game to test it out, and it says insert disk one. So...???
This is just shameful....
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...l-in-one-retro-game-console-raspberry-p/posts
so you basically paying approx £45-50 for a case, psu, cheap usb pad and 8GB SD card!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...l-in-one-retro-game-console-raspberry-p/posts
so you basically paying approx £45-50 for a case, psu, cheap usb pad and 8GB SD card!!
gingerbeardman
Member
That guy needs reporting.
Holy shit.
Fess
Member
Hmm it's just a default RetroPie setup with a custom splash screen from what I can see, why does he need all that money to "produce" that? What's next, a stretch goal to add a wireless 360 pad? (As in change id to wid in the standard rc.local xboxdrv line posted all over the net. Save. Reboot. Done. 1 minute work) :/
If you have a MicroCenter nearby they're $35 but in-store pickup only. Otherwise there's a list of the sellers here -
http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/
http://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/
Fess
Member
Copy a game ROM file into the specific folder for the emulator you want to use and reboot EmulationStation and the emulator and game will show up in the menu.
Likewise, delete the games in the specific folder for the emulator you don't want and reboot EmulationStation and the emulator and games will be gone from the menu.
So if you only want SNES games in your menu for example you can just delete the games in the other folders or move the files somewhere else. Not the smoothest way to get the menu you want but not the worse way either.
Ah ok that makes sense. Sorry I just got this yesterday and didn't have much time to mess with it, thanks for the help!
What is the difference between this and Recalbox (http://www.recalbox.com/diyrecalbox)? They have a similar front end. I was planning to get a Pi 2 and make one of those, unless Retropie is the better option.
Like Lakka Recalbox is meant to be easy to set up and is literally plug and play with controllers. But it lacks the systems support RetroPie has and has no community behind it since it's new.
eso76
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Probably should have bought one of these instead of the Pipo X7 which
A) has no heatsink whatsoever, which translates to CPU throttling like crazy after a few minutes of emulation (I've seen the frequency drop to 0,05 GHz, rendering the thing completely useless)
B) Isn't fast enough for anything beyond standard scanline filters on anything beyond 1985 anyway.
C) tends to cut audio output to HDMI when I turn off the TV, making it mostly useless as a Kodi / Spotify music player.
The trustworthy Raspberry 1 was great, if a little laggy, as a music and video player and more reliable and I'm sure the Raspberry 2 is at least as good as light emulation station, without the throttling issues. Will get
A) has no heatsink whatsoever, which translates to CPU throttling like crazy after a few minutes of emulation (I've seen the frequency drop to 0,05 GHz, rendering the thing completely useless)
B) Isn't fast enough for anything beyond standard scanline filters on anything beyond 1985 anyway.
C) tends to cut audio output to HDMI when I turn off the TV, making it mostly useless as a Kodi / Spotify music player.
The trustworthy Raspberry 1 was great, if a little laggy, as a music and video player and more reliable and I'm sure the Raspberry 2 is at least as good as light emulation station, without the throttling issues. Will get
Well that uses DGen for its Megadrive emulation which just has awful sound emualtion on a good few popular games, i dont know why everyone just doesnt use Gen_Plus_GX as its miles better
I plan to get mine all setup the rest of the way by the weekend. I went to Microcenter and got a Pi 2, case, USB Wifi and already had keyboard/mouse, 16GB SD Card, power/HDMI.
If all goes well I think I will get a BT adapter to use my PS3 controller wireless, seems to be working at least in the menu's through USB.
If all goes well I think I will get a BT adapter to use my PS3 controller wireless, seems to be working at least in the menu's through USB.
I've settled on Recalbox for my setup after dabbling with RetroPie for quite some time. Recalbox has worked really well with only a few bugs such as text input in the emulationstation frontend requiring a keyboard and limited support for WiFi dongles. The latter can be solved with an $8 adapter from a site such as DX so it isn't a huge problem. The text input is only really an issue if you have scraping issues or want to setup WiFi.
Recalbox has made additions to the emulationstation frontend which make joining a Wifi network easy (assuming your adapter is supported). Connecting a bluetooth controller (such as a PS3 controller) is simply a matter of connecting a micro usb cable for 10 seconds. It also has an automatic update function which is nice. None of the emulators require any configuration (bar disabling smoothing, which is a global option)
Retropie to me at least, lacks polish and relies on the user to spend a lot of time editing configuration files. Every release seems to reduce the reliance on editing these files but there are still fundamental issues such as not being able to reconnect PS3 Bluetooth controllers after they disconnect without rebooting (unless you add some lines to rc.local to allow for that). Every time you launch or exit a game, you see the Linux command line which can be jarring if you are after that console experience. The latest release has a RetroPie menu that allows the configuration of controllers, but these are just shortcuts to configuration scripts or tools which require a keyboard.
I don't hate RetroPie - it was one of the first (maybe even the first?) out of the gate and if your are new to Linux it can be a great way of learning the basics. As time becomes more of a commodity in my life, I'm more interested in playing the games rather than refining the system they run on, Recalbox has been a blessing in that regard. Lakka looks extremely promising as well, although it seems to have a long road ahead of it.
The beauty of the RPi community at the moment is that you have options. Retropie is definitely more hackable compared with Lakka or Recalbox, but it depends what you are after. If RetroPie is your preferred distro - check out TechTipsta - his videos are invaluable https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0j9NXPwJTa-_aPgyF1_eLg
The Recalbox wiki can be found here: https://github.com/digitalLumberjack/recalbox-os/wiki/Home-(EN)
Recalbox has made additions to the emulationstation frontend which make joining a Wifi network easy (assuming your adapter is supported). Connecting a bluetooth controller (such as a PS3 controller) is simply a matter of connecting a micro usb cable for 10 seconds. It also has an automatic update function which is nice. None of the emulators require any configuration (bar disabling smoothing, which is a global option)
Retropie to me at least, lacks polish and relies on the user to spend a lot of time editing configuration files. Every release seems to reduce the reliance on editing these files but there are still fundamental issues such as not being able to reconnect PS3 Bluetooth controllers after they disconnect without rebooting (unless you add some lines to rc.local to allow for that). Every time you launch or exit a game, you see the Linux command line which can be jarring if you are after that console experience. The latest release has a RetroPie menu that allows the configuration of controllers, but these are just shortcuts to configuration scripts or tools which require a keyboard.
I don't hate RetroPie - it was one of the first (maybe even the first?) out of the gate and if your are new to Linux it can be a great way of learning the basics. As time becomes more of a commodity in my life, I'm more interested in playing the games rather than refining the system they run on, Recalbox has been a blessing in that regard. Lakka looks extremely promising as well, although it seems to have a long road ahead of it.
The beauty of the RPi community at the moment is that you have options. Retropie is definitely more hackable compared with Lakka or Recalbox, but it depends what you are after. If RetroPie is your preferred distro - check out TechTipsta - his videos are invaluable https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0j9NXPwJTa-_aPgyF1_eLg
The Recalbox wiki can be found here: https://github.com/digitalLumberjack/recalbox-os/wiki/Home-(EN)
I'm using Ethernet to load my roms onto Recalbox, until I order a WiFi adapter that works at least. Recalbox AFAIK is supposed to use FAT32, so you should be able to load roms through Windows, I'm not sure why it isn't working in your situation though - maybe have a look at the official forums: http://blog.recalbox.com/forums/forum/english/troubleshooting/
Maybe Nintendo will sue his ass because he has a working Gameboy Advance which needs the Original BIOS file on it ;-)
Have you both tried in shell
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lsusbto see if the wifi module is loaded?
you can then use
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wpa_cli
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scan
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scan_resultsYou can then just change the wpa_supplicant file if you can see the network listed with that adapter.
My adapter (a Realtek something or other) is detected, but I get errors regarding missing firmware when I try and connect to my SSID. I had a look on the forums and some other people had the same issue, but I couldn't find a working solution. It works in Raspbian so I know it works in Linux - I figured the issue was more to do with Recalbox.
Basically when I put my MicroSD in my PC it says I only have 400+MB. But if I use EaseUS I can see the other partitions and the other partition has the roms folder on it.
EDIT: Also resorting to ethernet for now.
Picked up my 2nd Raspberry Pi, this new one was for my TV, first time installing RetroARCH on RP2 and wow...
What an upgrade compared to 1. I honestly might get a another one to replace my RP1 that I mess around with.
what case is that?
I asked what case it was not long after that was posted. Just look for my name
I asked what case it was not long after that was posted. Just look for my name
Oooh lovely. Shaneus man, haven't seen you in the longest time. Need your exquisite tastes to round out the electro thread. How have things been?