Homebrew Retroarch Emulation Thread (Nightly Builds Included)

[ric.]

Another SNES core?
would be interesting to compare it with the other 3

Maybe a faster, less accurate SNES core for O3DS users? I remember seeing pocketSNES running on a GBA of all consoles (with no sound and slow as molasses of course, but that's to be expected I guess), so I have high hopes for this.

 

[Stuckman23]

how emulation speed on mame with o3ds?

 

[ShadowOne333]

Maybe a faster, less accurate SNES core for O3DS users? I remember seeing pocketSNES running on a GBA of all consoles (with no sound and slow as molasses of course, but that's to be expected I guess), so I have high hopes for this.

So is PocketSNES out as a core yet? Or has it only been added to the commit?

 

[ric.]

So is PocketSNES out as a core yet? Or has it only been added to the commit?

Not out yet. It's only been added to the commit a day ago or so, give it time.

 

[RegularMoron]

Is there a way to use multiple config files?
Or even to use a specific config file for a game?
Even a way to manually switch would be good. I've tryied to use "Load config file". I thought it would be okay for that purpose, but it seems to be blocked on "retroarch.cfg".

Strangely enough, it seems to save config files without problem. It is just not loading anything else than retroarch.cfg.

 

[kiwiis]

Which emulator would be considered faster with SegaCD games in general (N3DS). GenPlusGX or Picodrive?

 

[NuikopeaDemon]

Which emulator would be considered faster with SegaCD games in general (N3DS). GenPlusGX or Picodrive?

I would say GenPlusGX

 

[sj33]

I would say GenPlusGX

Actually, Picodrive is fastest.

Genesis Plus GX is considered to be more accurate, however.

 

[daxtsu]

Looking at the commits seems like pocketSNES is incoming. I wonder if the speed will be better than CATSFC?

On N3DS at least, it's significantly faster than regular CatSFC when it comes to some games like Super Mario RPG, and the sound pitch isn't wrong in every game like on regular Cat. i'm also trying to port Blargg's APU to it so we can have a Plus version, but it's not working yet.

 

[kedest]

That pocketsnes sounds interesting, if it's really that fast. Will it be able to read savefiles from catsfc?

 

[daxtsu]

That pocketsnes sounds interesting, if it's really that fast. Will it be able to read savefiles from catsfc?

Sure, even BlargSNES I'd imagine (disclaimer: haven't tried BlargSNES -> pocketSNES saves yet).

 

[Smoker1]

Which emulator would be considered faster with SegaCD games in general (N3DS). GenPlusGX or Picodrive?

However, if you have any Rom Hacks like Sonic Heroes Classic, or Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy, you will have to use PicoDrive. Gen+GX will give you a Error after a while

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

On N3DS at least, it's significantly faster than regular CatSFC when it comes to some games like Super Mario RPG, and the sound pitch isn't wrong in every game like on regular Cat. i'm also trying to port Blargg's APU to it so we can have a Plus version, but it's not working yet.

I'm surprised that it seems to run so much better, and without the high-pitched sound too! Does that have to do with the fact that it's based on Snes9x 1.39 or more so that it's ARM-optimized?

 

[daxtsu]

I'm surprised that it seems to run so much better, and without the high-pitched sound too! Does that have to do with the fact that it's based on Snes9x 1.39 or more so that it's ARM-optimized?

I imagine it's more because of the latter; it has an APU (audio processing unit) emulator written entirely in ARM assembly, along with other sections that are written entirely in ARM assembly (and in fact, not all of the ARM assembly sections that pocketSNES even has are being used at the moment, but I'm not sure which ones are disabled off the top of my head).

 

[Billy Acuña]

I had 20 fps with CPS1 on old3ds with hax 2.5 and is supposed to runs pretty smooth...

 

[kiwiis]

Actually, Picodrive is fastest.

Genesis Plus GX is considered to be more accurate, however.

Thanks. Switching from GenPlusGX to Picodrive actually made the difference between Sonic CD being playable or not.

 

[darklinkpower]

Omg, I hope that with the new Snes core, o3ds users can finally play snes at full speed. thanks to all the people involved, you are amazing.

 

[thebatdadd]

GPSP is running pretty poorly for me, hax 2.5 here with N3DSXL on 9.6 FW, using ninjhax as the entry point. Pokemon Fire Red works very well but Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island both are pretty chuggy. Haven't tried any other games. I'm using the build from November 3rd. Should I try a later build, or maybe an even earlier one?

 

[tivu100]

GPSP is running pretty poorly for me, hax 2.5 here with N3DSXL on 9.6 FW, using ninjhax as the entry point. Pokemon Fire Red works very well but Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island both are pretty chuggy. Haven't tried any other games. I'm using the build from November 3rd. Should I try a later build, or maybe an even earlier one?

Second this, one game works well on mgba, another works well on GPSP ( http://www.ign.com/games/tmnt/gba-794099 TMNT not working well on GPSP but working well on mgba. Pokemon Fire Red not working well on mgba but working well on GPSP ....). N3DS XL FW 9.9 using latest nightly 3dsx build with Ironhax 2.5. Wish for one working emulator only so that would save time from getting back to HBL to launch another emulator.

 

[thebatdadd]

Second this, one game works well on mgba, another works well on GPSP ( http://www.ign.com/games/tmnt/gba-794099 TMNT not working well on GPSP but working well on mgba. Pokemon Fire Red not working well on mgba but working well on GPSP ....). N3DS XL FW 9.9 using latest nightly 3dsx build with Ironhax 2.5. Wish for one working emulator only so that would save time from getting back to HBL to launch another emulator.

I actually forgot that I turned vsync off right when I booted up retroarch gpsp for the first time and left it off haha. I turned it on again and now every game is running smooth as butter. Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Advance Wars 2, you name it.