Raspberry Pi Gaming thread - Cheap emulation and gaming projects

I know this isn't specifically about emulation, but if I want to put any roms on my SD card, it is related so here goes: I'm the biggest idiot in the world, I don't mind - I just want my Raspberry Pi to work.

The Rpi2 came this morning, I installed OSMC on it, great - but I can't access the bulk of the microSD card in Windows because it can't see the ext4 partition. How can I solve this, so I can put media files/emulation stuff on my SD card from Windows?

I'm kind of baffled that I hadn't read about this issue until now, and I've search google and haven't found a satisfactory solution yet that doesn't involve dual-booting with Linux! There has to be an easier solution, surely?
 
Red Liquorice said:
I know this isn't specifically about emulation, but if I want to put any roms on my SD card, it is related so here goes: I'm the biggest idiot in the world, I don't mind - I just want my Raspberry Pi to work.

The Rpi2 came this morning, I installed OSMC on it, great - but I can't access the bulk of the microSD card in Windows because it can't see the ext4 partition. How can I solve this, so I can put media files/emulation stuff on my SD card from Windows?

I'm kind of baffled that I hadn't read about this issue until now, and I've search google and haven't found a satisfactory solution yet that doesn't involve dual-booting with Linux! There has to be an easier solution, surely?
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you use winscp. log in using your pi's IP. password is raspberry, user is root

https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

also, for new page:

help.

I just updated retroarch on my SNES Pi to the latest version and now everything runs like shit. I'm furious.

Any way to roll back to a previous version?

Maybe taking it from the retropie 2.6 archive? I really don't want to have to reinstall everything from scratch...
 
Rich! said:
you use winscp. log in using your pi's IP. password is raspberry, user is root

https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
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Thanks, but I don't even have it connected to the network yet (and wasn't planning on doing so immediately). Because I'd read nothing to the contrary I just assume you could copy files over the SD card in Windows like any other SD card.

Edit - OK, I installed Paragon Exfs and that allows you to view the partition in Windows.
 
Rich! said:
Panic over. My video clock speeds were reset in the upgrade. Works fine now

Hooray
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Which SNES emulator are you using?
I heard that the default SNES emu packaged in 3.0 was borked and it either needed to be updated manually or switch to one of the alternate emus.


I'm planning on updating to 3.0 soon, still running one of the RC at the moment, and I've had multiple crashes so far that resets all game progress. Makes me really hesitant to start something like Zelda or an rpg....
 
Ludovico said:
Which SNES emulator are you using?
I heard that the default SNES emu packaged in 3.0 was borked and it either needed to be updated manually or switch to one of the alternate emus.


I'm planning on updating to 3.0 soon, still running one of the RC at the moment, and I've had multiple crashes so far that resets all game progress. Makes me really hesitant to start something like Zelda or an rpg....
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Newest compile from source of snes9x next.

Theres no issues now, everything is back to normal. But updated and therefore apparently...better?
 
So my first raspberry pi 2 will no longer accept video signal through HDMI, The issue were that the the CPU seemed to get insanely hot when HDMI was attached, going into 60 Celsius even without overclock. I was able to solve the problem with HDMI boot and safemode in config.txt which solved the issue for the first month, but now it's just a blacks screen. Oh well

I can still SSH and use VNC so not too bad.Thinking of a way to re-use it, most likely for a NAS controller I guess or general testing.
 
Not gaming related, but I figured it's the best place on neogaf to ask anyway.

Is the
Raspberry Pi Model B+ 512MB (811-1284) good enough to have it as a Kodi machine for 1080p video?
 
BernardoOne said:
Not gaming related, but I figured it's the best place on neogaf to ask anyway.

Is the
Raspberry Pi Model B+ 512MB (811-1284) good enough to have it as a Kodi machine for 1080p video?
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1080p video is good but Kodi ui is sluggish on the model b+ get the 2.

TriniTrin said:
To piggy back on this, would it work for steam streaming as well?
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No steam streaming unless you mean limelight? Works fine on the b+ , but honestly just get the 2 for more power.
 
Is the default SNES emulator the one most people use? I've finally got Retropie all set up and was disappointed to see it wouldn't boot a couple of biggies from my wee collection - Zelda and Yoshi's Island. All my shite games like Wild Trax, Super Famista and Ardy Lightfoot work fine though obviously. Argh.
 
Yasawas said:
Is the default SNES emulator the one most people use? I've finally got Retropie all set up and was disappointed to see it wouldn't boot a couple of biggies from my wee collection - Zelda and Yoshi's Island. All my shite games like Wild Trax, Super Famista and Ardy Lightfoot work fine though obviously. Argh.
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You're using retroarch lr-snes9x right? All games apart from Yoshis Island run 100% full speed for me.

First, you're on a pi2 yes? Also, set to 720p with retroarch rendering as 480p?
 
Rich! said:
You're using retroarch lr-snes9x right? All games apart from Yoshis Island run 100% full speed for me.

First, you're on a pi2 yes? Also, set to 720p with retroarch rendering as 480p?
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Yes, yes and dunno will need to check. Zelda runs under one of the other emulators I tried just fine so there's nothing wrong with the ROM. Hmm. I might just stick to my Wii U for the systems it can do.

Why can't everything just immediately work the way I want it to.
 
How can I configure this (primary distro from OP) to connect to my wireless AP using the wireless dongle I got with my kit? It's a pretty standard dongle, I just want to use the ethernet near my TV for my PS4 instead of my Pi.
 
RhyDin said:
How can I configure this (primary distro from OP) to connect to my wireless AP using the wireless dongle I got with my kit? It's a pretty standard dongle, I just want to use the ethernet near my TV for my PS4 instead of my Pi.
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There is a setting in the retropie menu to configure wifi, just select network said and input password.

It's on the latest stable release 3.0
 
So if I'm on a macintosh, is it best to just use OpenEmu? Any other tips or tricks related to macs and getting emulation to run on a Pi is greatly appreciated.
 
dfa records said:
So if I'm on a macintosh, is it best to just use OpenEmu? Any other tips or tricks related to macs and getting emulation to run on a Pi is greatly appreciated.
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I would read the op as it explains everything. The only rung you have to worry about since you have a Mac is making sure you have a program that can burn images to the micro sd card.if I recall Mac has built in software for this I think, if not Google.
 
Anyone have experience using a wifi adapter? I've followed a few tutorials on how to get one to work but I keep coming to the same roadblock: when it tries to connect I get "No DHCPOFFERS received". I know my Wifi ID and password are right, and I've looked the config stuff over a few times looking for any typos. I just can't tell what's wrong.

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. My keyboard has " and @ swapped for some reason.
 
CJCW said:
Anyone have experience using a wifi adapter? I've followed a few tutorials on how to get one to work but I keep coming to the same roadblock: when it tries to connect I get "No DHCPOFFERS received". I know my Wifi ID and password are right, and I've looked the config stuff over a few times looking for any typos. I just can't tell what's wrong.

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. My keyboard has " and @ swapped for some reason.
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That'll be a UK keyboard thing. I had those swapped on my old Amstrad PC1640 computer, which was from the UK.
 
anyone getting audio issues on symphony of the night with RPi2? I updated retropie through the script but thinking of doing a clean install, last time I tried it was back when RPi2 came out.
 
Found my old launch GameCube from 2002. It's dead.

Realised it would be great for a little project, like my SNES Pi. Gutted it, and theres a surprising amount of room in there.

Any ideas what I could do with it? I'd rather not do another games console...maybe a media server or NAS setup?
 
Rich! said:
Found my old launch GameCube from 2002. It's dead.

Realised it would be great for a little project, like my SNES Pi. Gutted it, and theres a surprising amount of room in there.

Any ideas what I could do with it? I'd rather not do another games console...maybe a media server or NAS setup?
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Not sure if you could find one small enough, or be ok with tearing up a full sized one, but...

What about a pop-up projector? Have the lens mounted where the disc-drive is and possibly keep it to where you could open and close it?
 
Ludovico said:
Not sure if you could find one small enough, or be ok with tearing up a full sized one, but...

What about a pop-up projector? Have the lens mounted where the disc-drive is and possibly keep it to where you could open and close it?
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Heh, that's actually a cool idea. I'll have a look
 
Rich! said:
Heh, that's actually a cool idea. I'll have a look
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Godspeed!

I have been wanting to make a special case that'll hold the Pi (with it's own plastic case), a power block, 3ft HDMI, and at least one, hopefully two, SNES controllers. Paint it as a Zelda chest and everything.

Using one of these:
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But the one I have now is just barely too small for the controllers, power, and Pi to all fit at once.
 
Rich! said:
Found my old launch GameCube from 2002. It's dead.

Realised it would be great for a little project, like my SNES Pi. Gutted it, and theres a surprising amount of room in there.

Any ideas what I could do with it? I'd rather not do another games console...maybe a media server or NAS setup?
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I would say Raspberry Pi guest PC.

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But I would rather stick a ITX board or a NUC in there instead tbh.
 
Shaneus said:
I forsee a big market for these sorts of things. That and the Grandstand-style Pi kit are all fantastic projects.

I'd personally be pretty happy with the latter, though.
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Pretty much, at the moment I really want someone to make button shield for the raspberry pi, would be really nice to have something pre-configured for projects.
 
So, the nexus player is on sale for 50 right now at best buy, the Raspberry pi 2 b is a better deal for retro gaming right? Is performance on party with each other?
*nexus player uses retro collection browser through kodi for emulation
 
Chairhome said:
So, the nexus player is on sale for 50 right now at best buy, the Raspberry pi 2 b is a better deal for retro gaming right? Is performance on party with each other?
*nexus player uses retro collection browser through kodi for emulation
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Nexus is more powerful but I think the overall experience with a raspberry pi would still be better.
 
So I've been trying to get Retroarch (via RetroPie) up and running well on my Raspberry Pi B (the original, not the Pi 2) and the performance just isn't up to what I've expected from reading through this thread. I've tried multiple games/cores and all of them seem to run at about 70% of normal speed. When the action stops (say, via a pause menu) or is very minimal, it seems to run full speed (example: the music speeds back up to normal), but any time there is anything really happening on the screen I get a good deal of slowdown overall. This happens even on very simple games - I even tried a freeware Donkey Kong clone, so just moving barrels and the character, with a static background.

I've tried out multiple games via SNES, NES, and TG16 cores but get the same general performance on all of them. I've tried setting the output to 720p and lowering internal rendering resolution, disabled overlays, fiddled with the sound output (e.g. tried 44100 and 48000). I tried one of the other packages similar to RetroPie (the name escapes me right now) that used Retroarch and Emulation Station, and got the same performance. Tried buying a Class 10 SD card (instead of my original Micro SD adapter), and a 2a power supply (originally had a 1.8a connected), but neither seemed to make any difference. The Pi is hooked up to my 1080p TV via HDMI and I'm using the MS Xbox 360 wireless adapter for the controller. I don't have plans to play anything newer/more demanding than the SNES on this unit.

Any suggestions at all? I'd love to get this up to full speed without buying a Pi 2.
 
So I've been trying to get Retroarch (via RetroPie) up and running well on my Raspberry Pi B (the original, not the Pi 2) and the performance just isn't up to what I've expected from reading through this thread. I've tried multiple games/cores and all of them seem to run at about 70% of normal speed. When the action stops (say, via a pause menu) or is very minimal, it seems to run full speed (example: the music speeds back up to normal), but any time there is anything really happening on the screen I get a good deal of slowdown overall. This happens even on very simple games - I even tried a freeware Donkey Kong clone, so just moving barrels and the character, with a static background.

I've tried out multiple games via SNES, NES, and TG16 cores but get the same general performance on all of them. I've tried setting the output to 720p and lowering internal rendering resolution, disabled overlays, fiddled with the sound output (e.g. tried 44100 and 48000). I tried one of the other packages similar to RetroPie (the name escapes me right now) that used Retroarch and Emulation Station, and got the same performance. Tried buying a Class 10 SD card (instead of my original Micro SD adapter), and a 2a power supply (originally had a 1.8a connected), but neither seemed to make any difference. The Pi is hooked up to my 1080p TV via HDMI and I'm using the MS Xbox 360 wireless adapter for the controller. I don't have plans to play anything newer/more demanding than the SNES on this unit.

Any suggestions at all? I'd love to get this up to full speed without buying a Pi 2.
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Unfortunately you won't get full speed with the B (even with overclocking) on SNES. You're best of just getting a Pi2, they're only ~£28, you'll be much happier.
 
MRORANGE said:
Try looking up the manufacturer in Google with the term raspberry pi and see if it airports first there are some command lines that check if the device is listed try
Code: 
lsusb

To change overscan settings you can change the config.txt in command line

Code: 
sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Uncommonly the overscan options and ptezx curl x to exit make sure you save and reboot to see changes.

To get rid of unwanted emulators delete any files in the folder to remove it.

No it's not one emulator for all, but most games use retro arch.

Written on phone so apologies for any misspellings.
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Thanks for the tips, I finally got time to play around with this some more tonight.

I just can't find anything Linux related about my Bluetooth stick. All I see is some people reporting it working out of the Box. But that's with another distribution.

I got the CSL USB Bluetooth stick nano V4.0. Could someone point me in the right direction with my search for drivers?
 
xyla said:
Could someone point me in the right direction with my search for drivers?
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What did lsusb report for your stick?
The branding is often worthless for finding what's needed. The ID returned by lsusb is what tells the system what exact hardware it should react on (maybe you are just missing the fitting firmware for your stick).
 
So I'm having much difficulty with trying to get the WiiU gamecube adapter to work with this.
I've installed RetroPie as per the instructions in the OP, and downloaded the program for the adapter.

I have put the "wii-u-gc-adapter-master" in the /home/pi directory and run the following lines:

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
sudo apt-get install libudev-dev

then I went into the new gc adapter folder directory and typed 'make'.

It then gave me this error:
Code: 
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:24:2: error: #error libusb(x) 1.0.16 or higher is required
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:44:4: error: âBTN_SOUTHâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:45:4: error: âBTN_WESTâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:46:4: error: âBTN_EASTâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:47:4: error: âBTN_NORTHâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:48:4: error: âBTN_DPAD_LEFTâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:49:4: error: âBTN_DPAD_RIGHTâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:50:4: error: âBTN_DPAD_DOWNâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:51:4: error: âBTN_DPAD_UPâ undeclared here (not in a function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:515:84: error: unknown type name âlibusb_hotplug_eventâ
wii-u-gc-adapter.c: In function âmainâ:
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:595:4: error: unknown type name âlibusb_hotplug_callback_handleâ
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:596:4: warning: implicit declaration of function âlibusb_hotplug_register_callbackâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:596:61: error: âLIBUSB_HOTPLUG_MATCH_ANYâ undeclared (first use in this function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:596:61: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:596:132: error: âhotplug_callbackâ undeclared (first use in this function)
wii-u-gc-adapter.c:609:7: warning: implicit declaration of function âlibusb_hotplug_deregister_callbackâ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
Makefile:16: recipe for target 'wii-u-gc-adapter.o' failed
make: *** [wii-u-gc-adapter.o] Error 1

Sorry if this question is rather specific but can anyone offer any help?
 
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