Homebrew RetroArch Switch

[ploggy]

Yes it is ARM 64
(Or some variation of it)

Heres hoping it will help with a Switch port in the future, PSP is on my Switch top 5 list.
For anyone interested...

1.PS1
2.DC
3.N64
4.PSP
5.MUGEN

 

[Rune]

Isnt N64 and Mupen the same thing?

 

[ploggy]

Isnt N64 and Mupen the same thing?

Shit MUGEN... I meant M.U.G.E.N lol

 

[Rune]

MUGEN would be nice...with a proper dpad.

 

[ploggy]

Not an issue for me I have one of those NS-Magic dongles, I can use my Xbone or PS4 or Wii controllers (all with D-Pads)

 

[DarthDub]

Not an issue for me I have one of those NS-Magic dongles, I can use my Xbone or PS4 or Wii controllers (all with D-Pads)

Can I use Wii U Pro Controller with that?

 

[Rune]

I have a Pro Controller, which would be fine. But handheld mode is where the fun is.

 

[ploggy]

Can I use Wii U Pro Controller with that?

Yes according to their page it supports WiiU Pro Controller fine

EDIT: I will say though, you need to be on at least 3.0.0 Firmware to use this Dongle.. and since I'm still on 2.3.0 I haven't actually used it on the Switch yet.. Although the Dongle DOES work perfectly on the PC too so it is being utilised while waiting for the big Switch release

 

[lordelan]

Shit MUGEN... I meant M.U.G.E.N lol

There's a M.U.G.E.N core for Libretro/RetroArch?
Didn't know it was even open source.
I played a hell lot of M.U.G.E.N games maaaany many years ago (god I even remember being a small child when I did that and I'm over 30 now lol).
Would be fun to play some good old M.U.G.E.N games.

But it always seemed like M.U.G.E.N was standing for massively unbalanced games ending up non-playable.

Seriously I remember playing some Dragon Ball games with thousands of fighters (cool) which were collected by someone from thousands of different creators (not so cool) only running on specific Windows versions while crashing on others with buggy resolutions and things. But shit, those were really fun to play when I was young.

 

[ploggy]

There's a M.U.G.E.N core for Libretro/RetroArch?
Didn't know it was even open source.
I played a hell lot of M.U.G.E.N games maaaany many years ago (god I even remember being a small child when I did that and I'm over 30 now lol).
Would be fun to play some good old M.U.G.E.N games.

But it always seemed like M.U.G.E.N was standing for massively unbalanced games ending up non-playable.

Seriously I remember playing some Dragon Ball games with thousands of fighters (cool) which were collected by someone from thousands of different creators (not so cool) only running on specific Windows versions while crashing on others with buggy resolutions and things. But shit, those were really fun to play when I was young.

Nah, no Retroarch Core (but that would be perfect) I assumed it was open source. It's not?
I tried setting it up on the OG Xbox back in the day but never got it working right. MUGEN would indeed be fun on the Switch.

 

[DarthDub]

Yes according to their page it supports WiiU Pro Controller fine

EDIT: I will say though, you need to be on at least 3.0.0 Firmware to use this Dongle.. and since I'm still on 2.3.0 I haven't actually used it on the Switch yet.. Although the Dongle DOES work perfectly on the PC too so it is being utilised while waiting for the big Switch release

I'm on 4.1.0 which has usb controller support. Can't wait for Atmosphere CFW to drop so I can try this out.

 

[lordelan]

Nah, no Retroarch Core (but that would be perfect) I assumed it was open source. It's not?
I tried setting it up on the OG Xbox back in the day but never got it working right. MUGEN would indeed be fun on the Switch.

I'm downloading 3 MUGEN games right now. Two of them are containing Dragon Ball characters.

 

[Fadi5555]

My dream is to get ppsspp running on switch (of course after dolphin emu. Because dolphin is my first hope to get it on switch)
Here is my ppsspp games list.

1-Final Fantasy VII
2-silent hill origins / shattered
3-tomb raider Anniversary / legend
4-god of war ghost of sparta
5-obscure the aftermath
6-crash of the titans
7-metal gear solid peace walker
8-ratatouille
9-prince of persia revelations
10-007 from Russia with love.

What about you guys. Tell me yours.

 

[ShadowOne333]

My dream is to get ppsspp running on switch (of course after dolphin emu. Because dolphin is my first hope to get it on switch)
Here is my ppsspp games list.

1-Final Fantasy VII
2-silent hill origins / shattered
3-tomb raider Anniversary / legend
4-god of war ghost of sparta
5-obscure the aftermath
6-crash of the titans
7-metal gear solid peace walker
8-ratatouille
9-prince of persia revelations
10-007 from Russia with love.

What about you guys. Tell me yours.

From PSP?
I'm only interested in both Silent Hill Origins and Shattered Memories, and Castlevania X Chronicles, which includes the Rondo of Blood remake, original Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night.

Out of that, none lol
Im not too interested in many games from Sony's consoles, perhaps Id use the PSP core for many PSX platformers too.

 

[Deleted User]

https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/tree/gpu keep an eye on this project from plutoo we can count on him to release an proper gpu driver , once libnx got the gpu driver we need just to port retroarch

 

[zero44]

Who is updating these cores for switch compatibilty?

 

[Loke]

Oh btw about the saving, I also was able to save the gba without any change in the settings, but I only tried it once with pokemon emerald, and never tried it again after loading up the save at the start. It is easy to test as pokemon allows you to save just after the game started.
The build I used was VBA, i never tried mgba.

 

[salamandrusker]

https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/tree/gpu keep an eye on this project from plutoo we can count on him to release an proper gpu driver , once libnx got the gpu driver we need just to port retroarch

It would be nice to have that module gpu de pluto, I hope you remember changing the Nv by Vn (VeryNice): D. There were many expectations in retroarch for switch and it seems that there are many problems of cores, Snes mini with hackchi nowadays is more powerful than switch running psx and other cores ...

 

[zero44]

One thing I have noticed is that these cores will crash if you have too many roms in one folder, so if you have a lot divide them into folders by letter

 

[lordelan]

One thing I have noticed is that these cores will crash if you have too many roms in one folder, so if you have a lot divide them into folders by letter

That's no good news for big rom packs owners.
("owners" lol)
Hope this is getting fixed in the future.