[N64] Performance and graphics problems

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10/26/2015 at 22:57 #108486

swoncen
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Hi,

I’ve just installed retropie on my rpi2, set up the raspberry pi on 1000 MHz (overclock) and tried a few N64 games. In most games there is a problem with the performance and textures. Does that happen to some of you too? I’m going to try some PS1 games now, but I think they will even have more problems with performance. NES and SNES games are fine. N64 and PS1 are the two most advanced systems I will run on the pi. Can you give me some advice?

thanks

10/26/2015 at 23:28 #108489

Floob
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Yes, there are many N64 games that dont run 100%. Try swapping the video plugin, or trying a different N64 emulator.
You can find a compatibility list here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Nintendo-64

The PS1 games will run much better, I have tried quite a few and they all seem to run really well.

10/27/2015 at 01:07 #108497

swoncen
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Hi Floob,

thanks for your help. How can I change the emulator and what is the best emulator for the most popular games? For the PS1: I copied a game onto the usb stick, it was about 15 minutes in the rpi but the system did not copy the file. The SNES and NES game are copied correctly and the SNES Menu was shown automatically.

10/27/2015 at 01:34 #108499

herbfargus
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This shows how to switch emulators:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand

10/27/2015 at 01:50 #108501

Floob
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You can change the emulators using the RunCommand:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand

There is no best emulator, its mostly down to personal preference or sometimes specific rom requirements.

I usually use FTP to copy roms, but when using USB, this has always worked for me:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/How-to-get-ROMs-on-the-SD-card#using-usb-stick

10/27/2015 at 01:51 #108502

Floob
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oops – sorry for double post. I need to refresh more often :)

10/28/2015 at 03:30 #108570

swoncen
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Hi Floob,

thanks for your advice. I copied the files using scp now, and PS1 games still dont show up. I’ve tried it with 3 games. Do I have to trigger something? The files are *.bin.ecm

10/28/2015 at 03:55 #108571

herbfargus
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You need to use ecm-tools to extract it as a bin cue set or at the very least a .bin file. You can find guides easily enough on Google for it.

10/28/2015 at 19:17 #108622

swoncen
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Awesome, that works! Thank you =)
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