Homebrew Emulator RetroArch Wii - The Return of the Extra Unofficial Cores

[ploggy]

when you compile the resulting dol, add GX_PTHREAD_LEGACY=0 as shown:

make -f Makefile.griffin platform=wii GX_PTHREAD_LEGACY=0

another useful argument, is using the external libOGC used by RetroArch, you can also pass the argument EXTERNAL_LIBOGC=1 as shown:

make -f Makefile.griffin platform=wii EXTERNAL_LIBOGC=1
You can even use both arguments in case build fails in some cases, as shown:

make -f Makefile.griffin platform=wii EXTERNAL_LIBOGC=1 GX_PTHREAD_LEGACY=0

Tried those arguments but it still errors the same I can get the core to compile with my older Retroarch source from mid December.. It doesnt matter at least I know why it fails now.

Is there any reason you want to update the Stella core in particular?

 

[SaulFabre]

Tried those arguments but it still errors the same I can get the core to compile with my older Retroarch source from mid December.. It doesnt matter at least I know why it fails now.

Is there any reason you want to update the Stella core in particular?

i don't like using the Stella2014 core since it's so outdated.
Same for Wii2600.

For reference:
Stella 2014 Libretro - Stella v3.9.3
Wii2600 - Stella v2.7.2
And the latest upstream Stella: Stella v6.7.1

I've heard time ago someone made a working build of Stella v6.1 for the Wii with RetroArch Wii v1.7.7 (i think?) But i just don't know how did they even manage to compile a working Stella core.
For references:
https://github.com/stella-emu/stella/issues/377
https://mundowiihack.wordpress.com/2021/12/28/wii-exclusivo-stella-wii-v6-1/

 

[RunningSnakes]

@JuanMena

Are you using Wii or vWii when experiencing the crackling audio issues with RA?

I have heard of this issue(s) before but cannot reproduce this on my end. With the exception of o2em and theodore cores which have always had buzzing/crackling audio, i have pretty much covered/tested RA thoroughly and since RA 1.5.0 ^^^ RA 1.16.0 these audio issues simply do not exist for me.

 

[JuanMena]

@JuanMena

Are you using Wii or vWii when experiencing the crackling audio issues with RA?

I have heard of this issue(s) before but cannot reproduce this on my end. With the exception of o2em and theodore cores which have always had buzzing/crackling audio, i have pretty much covered/tested RA thoroughly and since RA 1.5.0 ^^^ RA 1.16.0 these audio issues simply do not exist for me.

Wii.

 

[RunningSnakes]

@JuanMena

One other question?.....Are you using the original AV cable or HDMI adapter setup?

 

[JuanMena]

@JuanMena

One other question?.....Are you using the original AV cable or HDMI adapter setup?

It doesn't matter, I've used AV, Component, Wii2HDMI, RetroArch still has crackling sound regardless. This problem has been carried over since 1.9.1 onwards, except back then it was some cores, unlike today's versions.

 

[MeXen]

This will be the continuation of @zerofalcon's thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/retroarch-unofficial-extra-cores.405410/

These cores i will mention here are not available within nightly builds, so I compiled and uploaded these for those people who want to test it or like to play with those tiny and classic emulators.
Be aware that some cores won't have so much performance (such Virtual Jaguar), and some cores aren't finished/updated anymore.

All these UNOFFICIAL cores were compiled with RetroArch Wii GUI v1.15.0

Cores I will post here:

• Virtual Jaguar - Atari Jaguar (EXTREMELY slow and unstable, https://github.com/saulfabregwiivc/VirtualJaguar-Libretro-Wii, forked from https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro)
• DOSBox - Microsoft MS-DOS
  You'll have two choices:
  - DOSBox-Libretro (https://github.com/libretro/dosbox-libretro)
  - DOSBox SVN (https://github.com/libretro/dosbox-svn) There's the normal one (dosbox_svn) and an (unstable) version with the PowerPC (PPC) dynarec (dosbox_svn_ppc_dynarec_unstable), in the post #3 below).
• PicoDrive - Sega Master System/Genesis/Mega Drive/Mega CD/Pico/32X/32X CD (General optimization from irixxxx, https://github.com/irixxxx/picodrive, forked from https://github.com/libretro/picodrive) There's the normal one (picodrive) and an (unstable) version with the PowerPC (PPC) dynarec (picodrive_ppc_dynarec_unstable), in the post #3 below).
• MAME 2003 Midway - Midway arcade games (https://github.com/libretro/mame2003_midway)
• A5200-Libretro - Atari 5200 (https://github.com/libretro/a5200) (thanks @ploggy!)
• VisualBoyAdvance-M / VBA-M - Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance (https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m). I could have used this one https://github.com/libretro/vbam-libretro but upstream VBA-M is the most updated here, for compile it correctly i used this patch: https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/pull/1171 (thanks @ploggy!)
• Genesis Plus GX - Sega Master System/Genesis/Mega Drive/Mega CD/Pico (official eke-eke core since the Libretro one is broken, https://github.com/ekeeke/Genesis-Plus-GX)
• Frodo - Commodore 64 (http://github.com/libretro/frodo-libretro)
• Potator - Watara Supervision, a Game Boy-type clone (https://github.com/libretro/potator) (thanks @ploggy!)
• Hatari - Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon (https://github.com/libretro/hatari) (thanks @ploggy!)
• NeoCD-Libretro - SNK NeoGeo CD - Downloads and info here https://gbatemp.net/threads/unoffic...core-for-the-wii-powered-by-retroarch.630584/

For get the .info files of the cores for be able to use them, download them at https://github.com/libretro/libretro-core-info

Please test these builds of cores, thanks

- saulfabreg

Looking at the other thread you posted, will these work on RA wii 1.7.6?

 

[SaulFabre]

Looking at the other thread you posted, will these work on RA wii 1.7.6?

Don't know.
These cores in this thread are made with RA Wii 1.15.0.
Altrough many of these work, some of them have sound issues.

 

[MeXen]

Don't know.
These cores in this thread are made with RA Wii 1.15.0.
Altrough many of these work, some of them have sound issues.

But didnt you mentioned how RA wii 1.7.6 is the most ''stable'' of the RA ports?

 

[SaulFabre]

But didnt you mentioned how RA wii 1.7.6 is the most ''stable'' of the RA ports?

yeah but my custom RA 1.7.6 cores i publish them in its dedicated thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/unoffic...-7-9-and-other-versions.648742/#post-10357857