Homebrew RetroArch Wii U Teaser Video

[iAqua]

<3 bru bru

 

[ShadowOne333]

Just gave it a shot and while its obviously not perfect yet it runs pretty well, heres a build with snes9x 2010 for you to check out I just compiled.
https://mega.nz/#!FghUHJ5I!v0w403VFSST-VqIV47a18fhd7UlP8g8Zx5kyR-rxoUE
To get audio you have to go into options->drivers and set the audio driver to AX though it doesnt seem to work perfectly yet, but hey at least it runs so thats fantastic, already excited to see it all auto-compiled up on the nightly servers

That's awesome!
Btw, are you helping out @aliaspider with the U's RetroArch port?

 

[VinsCool]

Oh my god I have to test this snes9x core once I get home! Thanks for compiling it

 

[LibretroRetroArc]

Yeah there are still some audio issues - right now for instance I can only hear sound coming out of the left speaker/channel instead of both. Anyway, it's pre-release commits so what you see is what you get.

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Awesome. Thanks. Have you tried any of the heavier Cores. Mame or CPS2?

I'd be terribly disappointed if we can't at least eventually run all CPS3 and Neo Geo ROMs this time around. RAM should no longer be an issue and CPU performance should be at least equal to PS3/360 I hope.

 

[xtheman]

@LibretroRetroArc Does this use any other input then the gamepad or only the gamepad right now?

 

[ploggy]

Yeah there are still some audio issues - right now for instance I can only hear sound coming out of the left speaker/channel instead of both. Anyway, it's pre-release commits so what you see is what you get.

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I'd be terribly disappointed if we can't at least eventually run all CPS3 and Neo Geo ROMs this time around. RAM should no longer be an issue and CPU performance should be at least equal to PS3/360 I hope.

Me too, I'd like this to be the definitive version of Retroarch on console I have a 360/PS3/Wii with Retroarch on all but this is the first Console where I think Dreamcast PSP PS1 and fullspeed N64 maybe (hopefully) possible.

 

[LibretroRetroArc]

@LibretroRetroArc Does this use any other input then the gamepad or only the gamepad right now?

Just the gamepad I believe. Keep in mind it isn't even supposed to be released yet so no requests yet, we are literally just developing as we go along.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Me too, I'd like this to be the definitive version of Retroarch on console I have a 360/PS3/Wii with Retroarch on all but this is the first Console where I think Dreamcast PSP PS1 and fullspeed N64 maybe (hopefully) possible.

PS1 and Dreamcast might be feasible, but don't expect N64 on the initial release:
http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3701&page=7&p=50357&viewfull=1#post50357

There are some significant roadblocks to fullspeed n64 emulation on wiiu, namely a GL-to-GX2 wrapper and a PPC dynarec. That's not to say it won't happen, just don't expect it tomorrow.

The PPC Dynarec is the most important part, without it we might not see a Mupen64 core on Wii U :/
It's the same reason why we didn't see one for the Wii.

 

[huma_dawii]

Just the gamepad I believe. Keep in mind it isn't even supposed to be released yet so no requests yet, we are literally just developing as we go along.

Yeah, no requests just yet, just focus on making it work!

 

[ploggy]

PS1 and Dreamcast might be feasible, but don't expect N64 on the initial release:
http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3701&page=7&p=50357&viewfull=1#post50357


The PPC Dynarec is the most important part, without it we might not see a Mupen64 core on Wii U :/
It's the same reason why we didn't see one for the Wii.

Would it be possible to use the Dynarec from wii64/not64? or is it not open source?

 

[LibretroRetroArc]

I'd like to look eventually into backporting those PowerPC dynarecs from the Wii/GC versions back to the current mainline versions of Mupen64plus/Reicast (nulldc v2 essentially)/PCSX-R/etc. It also helps that I still have a few PowerPC Macs on which debugging this stuff would be far more tolerable than say a game console.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I'd like to look eventually into backporting those PowerPC dynarecs from the Wii/GC versions back to the current mainline versions of Mupen64plus/Reicast (nulldc v2 essentially)/PCSX-R/etc. It also helps that I still have a few PowerPC Macs on which debugging this stuff would be far more tolerable than say a game console.

You mean the dynarecs from Not64/WiiSX?

 

[KiiWii]

Omg DC support would be fantastic, I have a recalbox on RPi3 and its only lacking DC support so this would be superb (I know it will be a way off yet though)

 

[pwsincd]

ok for your ease i have added this to the appstore .. noting it is an unofficial build and not to be moaning at devs about this and that .. but its nice to see it in progress...

 

[iAqua]

Working .

 

[FIX94]

just found out that copying over the volume code from homebrew launcher actually makes the audio play back correctly, here is a elf for that if you want to hear for yourself with a re-compiled snes9x file.
https://mega.nz/#!xlQQBTRB!Qe7UE9FNQq5jpNJk5Sl-zGvoyAfwIli3sTuBzcyIKbo
aliaspider also knows about this already so it should be fixed relatively soon on git as well.

 

[Deleted User]

Really nice work. I hope cores for NES, GBA, and other consoles (maybe even N64....) will come about for Wii U. Not really fond of the snes but it's a start.

 

[ploggy]

Really nice work. I hope cores for NES, GBA, and other consoles (maybe even N64....) will come about for Wii U. Not really fond of the snes but it's a start.

How dare you

 

[EpicLPer]

Here's a high quality recording of the (sadly too late seen) version with the audio bug still.

 

[Noctosphere]

do you think it would be possible to emulate gamecube games on wii u mode and play on the gamepad?