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Post by rossi46 on Sept 15, 2019 8:29:28 GMT
Yabause is asking for the location of the rom for RAM or AR carts to enable games like KoF and Metal Slug, etc. Maybe I'm just not very good at googling, or too lazy, but I can't find the roms online at all. Yes, it's 2019 and I just asked for roms on a gaming forum, but please help an old guy out if you can
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 28, 2019 11:31:19 GMT
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 27, 2019 17:20:44 GMT
I'm up and running now.
PSX emulation via PCXE (RE-ARMED) is the business. It doesn't look as sharp as the Saturn emulator, but there's no sign of any slowdown in any of the 3D games I've tried. Ridge Racer 4 looks particularly good.
Saturn emulation via Yabause is slow on the 3D stuff and perfect on all the 2D stuff. Guardian Heroes and Panzer Zwei are amazing, Nights is a bit slow - 40fps - but all the 2D stuff like shooters and the like are fine. I was gutted that Sega Rally doesn't want to play. It's ony running at 16fps on my setup.
N64 is a bit hit-or-miss. Some play great (GT64), where some are not so hot (V-Rally). Wipeout64 and Waverace64 are brilliant, as is 1080 Snowboarding.
I use the standalone Yabause for Saturn and Retroarch for everything else. All other machines (8 & 16-bit) run flawlessly like on other computers.
I haven't tried DC or PS2 emulation on the Pi4 yet, but I'm going to soon.
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 18, 2019 12:54:22 GMT
The ones that play, do so fluidly and well. Mostly racers so far, such as F1, Monaco GP and V Rally 99. I'm using the Mupen 64 emu included as a Retroarch core. When a 64 rom doesn't want to run, it crashes Retroarch immediately so you know pretty quickly which ones work. Like I said, I still have to test the emus with the different gfx drivers to see which ones work best. The PSX emu core (PCXE) works best of all. I was playing Ridge Racer 4, G-Darius and Pandemonium full screen last night. As a bonus, my wired 360 controller was recognised instantly, including the analog sticks.
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 17, 2019 22:52:08 GMT
Mednafen was a bust. Retroarch, properly set-up is the way to go. I'm now running N64 and (mostly 2d) Saturn titles now quite well. 32X games such as VF,Doom and Virtua Racing are awesome. I still have to go through the list of available gfx drivers to get the best results.
I should say I'm still running Yabause and Retroarch from the Raspbian desktop, rather than a dedicated OS like Retropie, which is not available yet for Pi4.
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 4, 2019 8:12:10 GMT
I now have the multi-platform emulator, Mednafen, running beautifully with Megadrive and Snes games. It runs so much smoother from the command line than inside a desktop session. I'm still using Yabause for Saturn emulation for now. The Raspberry Pi 4 version of Retropie has not been released yet, but is allegedly coming soon. That'll be the end of messing about with standalone emus.
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Post by rossi46 on Jul 3, 2019 6:21:23 GMT
A quick update:
Though my time has been restricted, I've managed to get Daytona and Darius Gaiden running with Yabause. Daytona runs at 28-30 fps, but the sound is messed up. Darius runs at a constant 30fps and is completely playable. I haven't gotten Retroarch to install properly yet as it's not yet been implemented for the Pi4, but I have a week off next week, so I'll investigate further. I've just been experimenting with standalone emus. My biggest issue so far is trying to find a way to install Picodrive by itself.
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Post by rossi46 on Jun 29, 2019 0:13:51 GMT
My RPi 4 arrived today and while I wait for a couple more peripherals (USB Saturn pad, case and 2nd hand monitor), I hooked it up to the 37" TV in my games room. I downloaded Yabause and the Saturn region bios files from my go-to r0m site and powered the emulator up. So far, it runs smoothly and appears to be able to at least play the intro to Panzer Dragoon Zwei without stuttering and jerking like the Pi 3 did. It plays equally well in software or OpenGl video mode.
Hopefully, the USB Saturn pad will arrive tomorrow and I'll get to see what the score is gameplay-wise. There are tons more options to mess around with but it's looking promising so far.
Maybe the RPi4 will become a cracking little emulation machine for Saturn gaming. PS1 and all 8/16 bit stuff all emulates very well on the RPi3, so I'm expecting bigger and better from the new 4gb/1.5ghz, quadcore RPi4.
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Post by rossi46 on Apr 14, 2019 19:35:04 GMT
Again, this is the best news so far this year. Is there a link to a working ISO or disk image? (for the less code-savvy in here?)
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Post by rossi46 on Apr 9, 2019 20:36:16 GMT
The Panzer Dragoon soundtracks are top of my list, but the Sonic R songs are up there, too.
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Post by rossi46 on Mar 26, 2019 19:45:50 GMT
I don't get the comments about TR's graphics 'not aging well', if I'm honest. They look exactly like they always did. How can anyone say, on a retro-gaming forum!, that the visuals haven't aged well? Does that apply to all 32-bit graphics? Panzer Dragoon (and Zwei) look rough nowadays, but that doesn't stop them being great games. Sega Rally vehicles look like they're made of Lego, but it's still the benchmark for a lot of people where racing games are concerned.
The playability comments are fair because, it always was a Marmite game. One pixel too far left or right and it was frustrating to pick up health packs, especially whilst being attacked. Same goes for Resident Evil: I personally disliked the controls and really struggled with the game.
The "If you can look past all that and put yourself in a 1996 mindset, it is still a well made game with a memorable atmosphere." comment from Barry sums TR up best, IMO, because at the time I remember the clamour and noise and anticipation around this seminal title. All the mags were desperate to play it, all gaming talk was TR this and Lara Croft that. It was a phenomenon and it opened the floodgates for a deluge of copycat and better titles. It seems a bit disrespectful to dismiss TR in a sentence like "Meh, it looks shit nowadays", when pretty much everything from the early days of 3D looks ropey when viewed through a modern gaming lens.
I post this respectfully to open debate, not to start a flame war, but the gfx aging thing I feel is such a hackneyed and meaningless saying.
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Post by rossi46 on Mar 25, 2019 9:16:03 GMT
I say yes, to put it simply.
Apart from some dodgy sound clips and the lack of the 'swan dive' move, there's nothing to tell the Saturn and PS1 versions apart.
Maybe some rougher textures here and there, but the controls are the same.
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Post by rossi46 on Mar 17, 2019 21:16:01 GMT
Like I do every six months or so, I fired up Touring Car and analog pad. This time, I started with the Opel and switched to the Toyota. It was surprisingly playable. I was actually gobsmacked how well I did, tbh. Maybe it's because I've been hammering Dirt Rally and the new Gran Turismo on PS4 that I've actually gotten some muscle memory for fast, twitchy racers? I don't know, but STC seems more playable nowadays. Hey, only 20 years later, but better that than never
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Post by rossi46 on Mar 14, 2019 9:20:27 GMT
Re-reading this again and I'm sure I could add Bug! and VF2 to my list.
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Post by rossi46 on Mar 8, 2019 14:48:50 GMT
I love the Gundam series. I prefer Gungriffon but its all good.
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