Homebrew RetroArch Switch

[freevil]

No zips show up in directory in picodrive, thanks.

I also unzipped the games to md format and again, it only shows a few folders and not the whole lot and it freezes. Hope this helps.

 

[notimp]

this is fresh build which includes all newest fixes

please report if game loads thanks

Snatcher (Sega CD .cue/.bin) now crashes picodrive and doesnt load (BIOS files veryfied). It loaded in the previously compiled version and played fine - so this is a regression.

(Instead of going into a blackscreen and then to the bios boot screen, it shows the launcher background (white in my case), and then crashes to an error screen. Reproduced twice.)

edit: Reverted to the previously compiled version, and it loaded right back into the game.

Tetris DX (GBC) also crashes after the first (copyright) screen on gambette.

 

[freevil]

Snatcher (Sega CD .cue/.bin) now crashes picodrive and doesnt load (BIOS files veryfied). It loaded in the previously compiled version and played fine - so this is a regression.

(Instead of going into a blackscreen and then to the bios boot screen, it shows the launcher background (white in my case), and then crashes to an error screen. Reproduced twice.)

edit: Reverted to the previously compiled version, and it loaded right back into the game.

Tetris DX (GBC) also crashes after the first (copyright) screen on gambette.

I also went back to the old pico and instead of having zipped .md I had them in folders which took a while to show up and watched gauntlet 4 for the first time!

 

[freevil]

I also went back to the old pico and instead of having zipped .md I had them in folders which took a while to show up and watched gauntlet 4 for the first time!

I forgot to add sonic played as well!

 

[Fadi5555]

yes and yes , wii too also dreamcast

Very nice.
Wel do you think we can get ppsspp running on switch? Also can you please try pcsx rearmed. I guess it'll run faster.

 

[Deleted User]

PCSX Rearmed wont work , Simias gave me a custom build of Beetle PSX

and ppsspp needs heavily gpu support we dont have that

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the reason why picodrive works different now is that Misson2000 Changed the code Heavily inside RetroArch also Libtransistor is different now

 

[Fadi5555]

PCSX Rearmed wont work , Simias gave me a custom build of Beetle PSX

and ppsspp needs heavily gpu support we dont have that

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the reason why picodrive works different now is that Misson2000 Changed the code Heavily inside RetroArch also Libtransistor is different now

Thanks for replying. Actually that's so sad. Also do you think we'll ever can run pcsx and ppsspp?
Because you said previously gamecube, wii and dreamcast can be running on switch in portable mode.
Thanks again.

 

[Deleted User]

ofc they can but people like you dont understand that this is runned atm all by software there is a) no Jit Dynarec for any emulation under 64bit and b) we dont have any GPU Drivers.

Sound Image everything is handled by the CPU Atm.

 

[leonmagnus99]

when there's a full screen+save states option for GBA roms I'll quit playing GBA on my vita and will start playing them on my switch instead, hopefully those options will be available later on!

 

[Grow up snowflake]

Simias gave me a custom build of Beetle PSX

Hows that beetle coming along?

 

[notimp]

Hows that beetle coming along?

Four days ago it was about 10-15 frames per second - so unplayable. You could have read that a few pages back.

Also the same answer as above applies. Devs need 64 bit Dynarec and/or GPU driver support (HW acceleration) to change that. Thats not a "clap in your hands twice - its gone" issue. This will take time and some pretty skilled folks.

 

[freevil]

I also unzipped the games to md format and again, it only shows a few folders and not the whole lot and it freezes. Hope this helps.

Just in case if it helps anybody, unzip any game and play it like that. It seems the nros have a problem reading or using zips.

 

[Masterwin]

Just in case if it helps anybody, unzip any game and play it like that. It seems the nros have a problem reading or using zips.

Yes, at the moment decompress the games so that they work

 

[freevil]

Just in case if it helps anybody, unzip any game and play it like that. It seems the nros have a problem reading or using zips.

VBA-Next has a problem reading unzipped games, it can't. Also it only reads a portion of games before freezing.

 

[solrac21]

VBA-Next has a problem reading unzipped games, it can't. Also it only reads a portion of games before freezing.

All 6 games I tested so far worked unzipped with no freezing.

 

[freevil]

All 6 games I tested so far worked unzipped with no freezing.

What version of VBA Next do you have and where do you put your games?

 

[freevil]

What version of VBA Next do you have and where do you put your games?

Sorry, my bad. Didn't mean .gba games but gameboy, gameboy colour are not showing up.

 

[solrac21]

Sorry, my bad. Didn't mean .gba games but gameboy, gameboy colour are not showing up.

Ah, ok. I meant .gab. I haven't tried/tested gb or gbc

 

[Captain Library]

I didn't see any feedback on vba-next but its working and in game saves are working so far. I have only tested pokemon leaf green so far. it seemed to run full speed and sound was good.

Yep, having a blast on Emerald. I experience some tiny stutters if I've put the Switch in Sleep Mode while playing, but the emulation is really stable.

What's cheat support like on the vba-next core and if they work what format do they need to be in?

Tested the new Picodrive and there's some pros and cons here.

Pros: Saving works. Exiting works. All tested games loaded.
Cons: Weird "flicker", more like part of the screen gets garbled when the screen scrolls or objects move (tested with Sonic 1, Sonic 3, Streets of Rage 3). Sonic 3 Complete (romhack) didn't display any picture on the first attempt to load. Curiously, worked on the second attempt.


Thanks for the hard work that's gone into compiling these. Having any working emulators at all on Switch is amazing.

 

[freevil]

Sorry, my bad. Didn't mean .gba games but gameboy, gameboy colour are not showing up.

I've noticed VBA next will go into one folder and show the limited amount of games (9) but will not scan the other which has a huge amount.