[fallersaur]

Thanks, gizmo98! That worked. So I disabled fullscreen and enabled stretch…then it started working again! I’m currently working at the default resolution on my 720p TV…so I’m not sure if that created an issue. Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to help. :)

[fallersaur]

Yes sir, I updated the script yesterday afternoon.

[fallersaur]

Hello,

I have an rpi2 with retropie 2.6. I just installed the experimental mupen64plus-testing and am having issues with games using the n64-gles2n64 directory. I have tried Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64 and so far both come up with only black screens but still have sound. Are there any settings I can modify in order to fix this issue? Thank you for your time.

[fallersaur]

[quote=88830]I just tried to install the experimental version and it failed right away:
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Are you using RetroPie 2.6.0? It is currently working for me.

I recently built my Pi2 fresh from the 2.6.0 image. After learning about the new libretro version of gpsp I grabbed it from the experimental section, threw the bios in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS, and it just simply worked from there for me (Using a USB SNES controller from GTRON). The only other thing to note is that I have mine overclocked to 1000 MHz using raspi-config’s “Pi2” option. I left all of my other settings alone.

[fallersaur]

Just in case you want to spend $35 on another Pi, I just tested the following SNES/N64 games on the RPi2:

Note: I am using RetroPie 2.6.0 and am using the RPi2 overclock setting from within raspi-config. I also placed my roms in n64-mupen64plus to use that emulator instead (thanks floob for your videos on youtube!)

Starfox – Runs really well now. I played it for like 30 seconds and saw no issues using this setup.

Stunt Race FX – I will have to check if my rom is corrupt or if this game just doesn’t emulate well. I was able to do everything in the menu, but after entering a game it gave an error that it was unable to create my car. It failed to render any car/track upon entering a race.

Super Mario 64 – Works very smooth. I only ran around for a bit, but it runs smooth and sounds great.

Super Mario Kart 64 – Works very smooth. I did a test race with only 1 player and that went very well.

Legend of Zelda 64 – I need to play around with this one. I attempted to load it and it never finished loading. I may need to try it on the other emulator, with a different rom, or play with some graphics settings within mupen64plus itself.

[fallersaur]

This is essentially why I just got my RPi 2.

The problem with some SNES games like Starfox, Stunt Race FX, etc…is that those games used an FX chip. Unfortunately, those games do not run well on the RPi B+, but I have seen some reports that FX games work perfectly with the RPi 2.

Same with most N64/PSX games. Although I have seen some users manage to get N64/PSX games “mostly” playable, the best bet is to go for the RPi 2. Again, I have already seen some people report much better performance with both of these.

Either way…just like gizmo98 said, I would recommend overclocking to at least medium to get better performance out of the RPi B+.

also Stunt Race FX gives a black screen checking for mode 7

I think that is just a modded rom. I’ve seen the occasional “Mode 7” intro screen with certain roms and have seen forum posts where sometimes the modded intro screens can prevent some roms from running at all with the libretro emulators.

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