Homebrew RetroArch-Hexaeco Emulators

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Do not know, I would need to test myself. Gotta let me know which games have issues my friend.

I do know RA PCE SGFX and RA PCE Fast audio needs to be changed in settings for appropriate/acceptable audio.

I tested a single game to minimize potential points of failure: Bare Knuckle III with the Streets of Rage Remake soundtrack.

Works fine in Genesis Plus GX standalone but has no audio in Hexaeco or RA cores.

I'll check the audio settings to see if something needs to be changed perhaps.
 

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I believe RA Genesis Plus GX has 99.9-100% compatibility for all libraries it supports...SG-1000, Master, GG, Gen/MD, CD.

I know there are a few Genesis aftermarket/homebrew games the RA cores do not support but RA PicoDrive does support, "Demons Of Asteborg" is one of those titles and at least a few others i don't remember atm.

If i am being honest, i consider this a "broken game" issue when games cannot be played on any given emulator dedicated to specific console(s).

This happens with many other NES, SNES, Atari 2600, Colecovision etc... emulators as well. The PicoDrive RA emulator is an excellent example here, it plays all 32X games i have tested 100% and it supposed to support Genesis, Master, GG, SG as well, but that just is not the case. One does not have to boot many games from the Genesis/Mega Drive catalogue to find PicoDrive does a very poor job of emulation other than 32X.

My point here is, i have never come across a genuine Genesis game wether it be USA, PAL, Japan, Korea that does not work with RA Genesis Plus GX. There is a reason games are classified "Hacks", they are exactly that. I have played hundreds (maybe over 1000) hacks and translations from several different platforms and can honestly say that maybe 40-50 are worthwhile, but that is just my opinion
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I tested a single game to minimize potential points of failure: Bare Knuckle III with the Streets of Rage Remake soundtrack.

Works fine in Genesis Plus GX standalone but has no audio in Hexaeco or RA cores.

I'll check the audio settings to see if something needs to be changed perhaps.
Ok. I was not aware of these mods. They are not what i expected and are pretty sweet i must say.

I did test using GX standalone and everything works great, i even converted the .wav files to .ogg and working perfect.

You are correct RA-SS Sega cores (all 3) do play the games and have sound effects but no music...bummer.

I then tested with RA 1.8.8 GX and RA PicoDrive Retro with same result, sound but no music. As a last resort i tested RA 1.10.3 GX Wide which is included in the Frankenstein release and:) it works 100%.

I am not sure why the issue exists in the other cores or when & what was fixed, just know the RA 1.10.3 Genesis Plus GX Wide supports these MD+ mod releases.
 
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You can rename Hexaco Neo Geo input name? It's hard to mapping.

Left option :
- B button (down) to A (arcade)
- Y button (left) to C (arcade)
- A button (right) to B (arcade)
- X button (top) to D (arcade)

Right option :
- 43 (btn) to Y (classic)
- 44 (btn) to X (classic)
- 45 (btn) to B (classic)
- 46 (btn) to A (classic)

Another question: no Quick Menu > Controls setting in this SA-NeoGeo, right?

Which button combo to enter Menu Service? Thank you.
 
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Frankenstein - Geolith core need any setup? Since i saw aes & neogeo are ready in retroarch/system.

I load .neo, it crashs to homebrew.
 

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Frankenstein - Geolith core need any setup? Since i saw aes & neogeo are ready in retroarch/system.

I load .neo, it crashs to homebrew.
The Geolith core does work but only for very small games. Even on small games, it is very slow and not playable.

@SaulFabre made this core possible along with others. While we all know they cannot run full speed or playable on the Wii. It is not an attempt to fool anyone, rather an example of what the Wii can do in infantile emulation stage.

The best example would be N64, then PS1. Two very different forms of emulation and N64 to this very day not emulated well on current $1000 PC.

Without losing focus, Neo Geo is 100% full speed, the entire library, using RA FBA Neo core or SS FBA Neo core. Geolith runs on my PC 100% full speed but the Wii does a better job!!!
 

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The Geolith core does work but only for very small games. Even on small games, it is very slow and not playable.

@SaulFabre made this core possible along with others. While we all know they cannot run full speed or playable on the Wii. It is not an attempt to fool anyone, rather an example of what the Wii can do in infantile emulation stage.

The best example would be N64, then PS1. Two very different forms of emulation and N64 to this very day not emulated well on current $1000 PC.

Without losing focus, Neo Geo is 100% full speed, the entire library, using RA FBA Neo core or SS FBA Neo core. Geolith runs on my PC 100% full speed but the Wii does a better job!!!

I had imagined a little. It will support large rom without cache. My bad!

Another problem: My favorite are tankfrce, pbobble4. I checked your Mame 2003 plus.txt, it is compatible but i couldn't load game, pbobble4 load but laggy slow speed (my rom 0.78).

I am downloading your Mame 2003 set 1.35GB. I will try again when it's finished.

Update: Tank Force, Knight of Valour worked with your mariocube rom.
 
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You can rename Hexaco Neo Geo input name? It's hard to mapping.

Left option :
- B button (down) to A (arcade)
- Y button (left) to C (arcade)
- A button (right) to B (arcade)
- X button (top) to D (arcade)

Right option :
- 43 (btn) to Y (classic)
- 44 (btn) to X (classic)
- 45 (btn) to B (classic)
- 46 (btn) to A (classic)

Another question: no Quick Menu > Controls setting in this SA-NeoGeo, right?

Which button combo to enter Menu Service? Thank you.
hello. There is no menu like in the mame games released since mame2003, for example. You can enter the bios (there are 3 bios menus) and select the difficulty, cheats, etc. in the video from minute 11.25. You enter by pressing the action buttons on the controller (it depends on how it is configured in the emulator, I have it for an arcade stick and I adapted it to the arcade controller, so the buttons change. The combo must be entered when starting the game when the game exits. unibios screen) in a video on my channel I explained it (put English subtitles to understand it). all the best
 

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Here are a few GB/GBC adds for Hexaeco bezel pack...
 

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Can I use snap.png for SS standalone?
For Hexaco SS Game Boy standalone, as long as the .png file is 640x480 it will center correctly. Also the .cfg name must match the .png name identical, use one of my .cfg as an example if you haven't done this before.

Here are more adds for GBC SS-Hexaeco, they have replaced GBC 2 folder from Bezel pack. Hope you like...:)

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Update, here are the GBC 2 bezels final...
 

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@RunningSnakes I mean when you scroll roms, Retroarch show games' screenshot (aka snap, snap shot...)
I'm sorry, i did not quite understand the question. I don't think that is possible with RA or SS.

WiiFlow Lite is a beautiful front end for all Wii emulators including SS-Hexaeco and RA that displays full boxart, snaps, and cart art. Many of us here have put a lot of time and effort into the project. If you haven't done so already you should check it out to see if it is something you want to set up.

1. Set up latest WiiFlow Lite.

2. Download and install the latest WiiFlow Plugins Pack.

3. Download cover art amd install to SD or USB.

If you need any help, there are at least a few of us on this thread that can provide answers through the WFL thread, Plugins Thread, Cover Collections threads.

I'll link you to my main page where you can find all downloads i host...

https://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-forwarder-repository.588781/
 

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Official Retroarch's scanline (Video filter) changed my life.

LCD looks so good as CRT. That's something you would not be able to do in Overlay.

The video filters are nice for RA.

Now testing my Hexaeco scanlined.png overlays, i have noticed an issue. I don't believe this is my error but a SS-Hexaeco issue or limitation.

I will investigate further tomorrow...the normal 640x480 scanline overlays work correctly but when any border/bezel is added to scanline.png, a few dark/black spots are created during gameplay. Very bizarre behaviour.
 
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I am a bit lost here with all those RA versions available to us. It has been a long time I did not update my Wii and vWii.

What should be used between regular version of RA, this Hexaego version and those cores : https://gbatemp.net/threads/unoffic...troarch-wii-v1-7-9-and-other-versions.648742/ ?

If we use a WiiU and RA, the retroarch folder is at the root of the SD. Can we have RA Wii with its Retroarch folder in another location ?
 

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I am a bit lost here with all those RA versions available to us. It has been a long time I did not update my Wii and vWii.

What should be used between regular version of RA, this Hexaego version and those cores : https://gbatemp.net/threads/unoffic...troarch-wii-v1-7-9-and-other-versions.648742/ ?

If we use a WiiU and RA, the retroarch folder is at the root of the SD. Can we have RA Wii with its Retroarch folder in another location ?
1. Hexaco. That complied core is for tester.

2. Use MANY Hexaco standalones or ONE Hexaco complete or ONE RA Frankenstein. Whatever.
 

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I am a bit lost here with all those RA versions available to us. It has been a long time I did not update my Wii and vWii.

What should be used between regular version of RA, this Hexaego version and those cores : https://gbatemp.net/threads/unoffic...troarch-wii-v1-7-9-and-other-versions.648742/ ?

If we use a WiiU and RA, the retroarch folder is at the root of the SD. Can we have RA Wii with its Retroarch folder in another location ?
Many of the retro cores @SaulFabre has recompiled are included in the Frankenstein RA pack. This set up is the best available RA cores packed onto a single release to work In conjunction with one another.

The SS-Hexaeco Mod pack available is basically the same as Frankenstein. Although these cores are not being updated any longer they offer stability, a cleaner interface than RA, and the ability to properly use overlays/bezels.

I have made dedicated standalone setups for many of these individual cores for that exact purpose, "To be dedicated to one individual platform" with its own forwarder channel.

Frankenstein and Hexaeco both have their own channels if you want to go that route. Here is what i currently have installed...

Frankenstein - Always Installed

Hexaeco - Always Installed

Neo Geo CD RA standalone

Sega 32X RA standalone
......

I have installed all the standalone(s) at one point or another but the list above is what i stick with. It is all personal preference but if you want my recommendation, Frankenstein and Hexaeco full setups should be installed if nothing else.
 

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Many updates for standalone emulators including...

Atari 2600
Game Boy / Color
Seper Nintendo
ZX Spectrum

Intellivision RA FreeIntv core was also added as a standalone. Forwarder channels are done and available for download. I did not test the vWii INTV channels so if you have issues, please post.


All my RA releases now have libretro_wii.dol and boot dol included. This has fixed issues where the forwarder channel would sometimes black screen and hang. It also fixes some emulator/cores not being able to boot more than 1 game per play session. :)
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Another minor fix for RA-Frankenstein...

MAME 2003+ cores i have found now have issue keeping hi scores. I do not remember this ever being an issue but maybe i have forgotten and it always needed the work around.

Basically the MAME cores do not create the necessary folder(s) when launching any arcade core so hi scores can be saved. I created the string and added it to the Frankenstein pack, i also attached what is needed for quick install. Just extract and drop on the root of your SD/USB and overwrite.

SD:/retroarch/savefiles/mame2003-plus/hi ...is the string needed, something so simple but crucial and i am clueless why this happens.

Here you go.
 

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