[kitchuk]

It’s seems to be flash only so it won’t be playable. Unless someone ports it to another engine.

[kitchuk]

When in a retroarch game hold your designated hockey and press F1 on your keyboard. This will bring up a GUI. You can the select which aspect ratio you would like. 1:1 PAR will be the original systems intended ratio.

[kitchuk]

Ok bad news. The Co troll scheme for controllers is hard coded in to the program. Looks like it will have to do :(

[kitchuk]

The update does check from the sources if you choose ‘build from sources’. This should download the newest version a compile it to your pi.

[kitchuk]

I am still trying to figure this out. It works fine but I would love to assign keyboard numbers to the pad as game spoke monkey island 2 need a number password to start.

[kitchuk]

If your using an Xbox controller then you need to also install xboxdrv. You can do this via the script as Petrockblog just added that function. Also if you want 720p output try mode 2 and 4.

[kitchuk]

It’s still a quire choppy fps wise. Also the sound still get crackles due to buffer underruns. Try over clocking your pi and that should increase performance. Also run in console rather that x windows.

[kitchuk]

Are you exiting the the emulators correctly and not just turning off the pi?

[kitchuk]

Could you possibly post all your other themes?

[kitchuk]

For some snes games you might need to overclock a little to get better sound.

[kitchuk]

What roms are you trying g to play? The snes and nes should work fine but you might have trouble with mame and fba zips.

[kitchuk]

I depends if there was ever a French translation of that game. You can try searching Google for French nes and snes roms.

[kitchuk]

Sounds like your running the PAL versions of the roms. Try the US versions.

[kitchuk]

Yes run es-scraper from the setup script. This will create a gamelist.xml. You can then edit this file to display the actual titles.

[kitchuk]

Mmmm. It should be fine with sound. Does no sound play with both neo geo and CPS roms?

[kitchuk]

For mame4all you specifically need a 0.37b5 Romset.

[kitchuk]

Just a thought, it’s probably worth a try to recompile PiFBA from the setup script and see if that fixes the sound problem?

[kitchuk]

Try another bios? I’m rally not sure what it could be. Sorry!

[kitchuk]

The 0.37b5 Romset will work for the mame4all emulator. PiFBA is another arcade emulator but leans more towards paying Capcom CPS 1, CPS 2 and Neo Geo games. For PiFBA you can search Google for CPS and Neo Geo rom sets. You don’t need any bios with the CPS roms but you will for the Neo Geo games. If your ever stuck either ask in these forums or the official Raspberry Pi gaming forums.

I started by Pi journey as a complete noob but I’ve learned SO much over several months!

[kitchuk]

Are you using the retroarch core version of FBA or the Binary version?

[kitchuk]

This is what my mame4all-pi config looks like. My folder for the binary location in the pi is called ‘mame4all_pi’ but it might be different when the script installs it. Check what the folder is called once you install it form the script and change appropriately.

I don’t have a config file for the MAME input as it was all done inside the emulator via the ‘TAB’ key, but was very easy to use. The mame.cfg doesn’t seem to display controller info only keyboard.

DESCNAME=MAME
NAME=mame
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/mame4all_pi/roms
EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP 
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/mame4all_pi/mame %BASENAME%
PLATFORMID=23

Note that the command ends in %BASENAME% instead of the usual %ROM%

Below is my PiFBA (Neo Geo & Arcade) config:

DESCNAME=NeoGeo
NAME=neogeo
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo
EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP .fba .FBA
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 2 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pifbang/fba2x %ROM%" 
PLATFORMID=24

DESCNAME=FinalBurn Alpha
NAME=fba
PATH=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba
EXTENSION=.zip .ZIP
COMMAND=/home/pi/RetroPie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 2 "/home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/pifba/fba2x %ROM%" 
PLATFORMID=23

I currently have two identical folders that contain PiFBA, one is ‘pifbang’ and the other is ‘pifba’. The reason I did this is because I wanted the control schemes different for Neo Geo (3-4 buttons) and Arcade/CPS (6 buttons). This way I could create two separate input configs that best suited each particular system. Below are the best control setups I found when using an Xbox 360 pad via xboxdrv.

Note: Also in the rc.local script I had included ‘dpad-as-button’. I did this so gpSP would recognise the dpad and I could map controls for that emulator.

Arcade/CPS (pifba):

[Joystick]
# Get codes from "jstest /dev/input/js0"
# from package "joystick"
A_1=6
B_1=5
X_1=7
Y_1=4
L_1=8
R_1=9
START_1=13
SELECT_1=12
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1

Neo Geo (pifbang):

[Joystick]
# Get codes from "jstest /dev/input/js0"
# from package "joystick"
A_1=6
B_1=5
X_1=4
Y_1=7
L_1=8
R_1=9
START_1=13
SELECT_1=12
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1

[kitchuk]

Try pressing F1 or going into the retroarch.cfg within the config folder. Here you can view the button config and even change them to your liking if you wish.

[kitchuk]

Yeah you can simply plug the pi into straight into your TV via hdmi. Or, you can use a component cable and audio jack as an alternative if your using an old moniter/TV.

[kitchuk]

It looks like it’s setup for HAT controls. Try typing +1 and -1 for exame for the up and down buttons. Are you using an Xbox pad with xboxdrv installed?

[kitchuk]

I agree. The default mame emulator in Retropie is the retroarch core version. I contacted Petrockblog a couple of months back of the mame4all-pi version and asked if he could add it to the setup script (he did!). Hopefully is should be the default on future versions as it’s Better in every regard. Also, I would recommend for Neo Geo and Capcom CPS games PiFBA. It’s pretty much flawless at 60fps!

[kitchuk]

With nes you can create save states and load states within the retroarch.cfg

[kitchuk]

You need to save your progress in game the exit the emulator. This should create a save file.

[kitchuk]

While in a retroarch emulator press F1 for the options. Here you can alter the ratio and scaling integer (you want it on). Also try setting your pi to a 4:3 aspect ratio.

[kitchuk]

I would recommend one of the kits of Amazon if you don’t already gave all the extras. I bought one my self for about £40 with Pi (Model B), 8GB Sd card, hdmi, Etherley cable, case and power supply. Definitely recommend getting the model B with more ram at 512mb. Retropie is built on Raspbian so you don’t need to worry about the operating system.

[kitchuk]

Good to hear it’s working again :)

[kitchuk]

Yes it’s the default. Do you mean you cannot save any games? Odd.

[kitchuk]

If your browsing the folder with your pi in x windows it would be in a hidden file called .emulationstation

[kitchuk]

Also I would highly recommend using winscp instead of cyberduck if your using a windows PC. It’s faster, easier to use and looks cleaner imo.

[kitchuk]

Did you expand the file system in the raspi-config?

[kitchuk]

When you are wanting to use the mega drive make sure you add the .bin extension in es_systems.cfg. Also I would recommend using Picodrive if you are already not. You mentioned that the picture was slightly too big for your screen in 16:9. Try going into the es_systems.cfg again and changing the runcommand.sh from 1 to 2 and this should stop the pi from switching to 480p mode. Personally I would recommend setting your pi to output 480p in 4:3 for better performance. I also overlclocked my pi to 1ghz. Try this link [URL] https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Advanced-Configuration [/URL]

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