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    TG16/PC Engine Compatibility

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    • herb_fargusH
      herb_fargus administrators @InsecureSpike
      last edited by

      @InsecureSpike btw not sure if you realise (or perhaps you are just covering legacy code) but mednafen=beetle they are the same. Mednafen just got tired of people logging issues to them instead of the libretro team so the libretro team renamed all their mednafen based cores to beetle. we recently just changed the code to match upstream so all the mednafen cores will be named beetle in 4.0

      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        drake999 @InsecureSpike
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        @InsecureSpike I tried looking into your suggestion but the only emulator I can select is lr-mednafen-pce-fast. I then figured it wasn't installed by default so I went to install it as an individual binary from the setup script but it wasn't in there either. Is LR-beetle-supergrafx an experimental emulator?

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        • InsecureSpikeI
          InsecureSpike
          last edited by InsecureSpike

          @drake999
          hi sorry been off the grid for a few days, and still not got my pi's set up, so can't really check any more at the mo, I'm hoping to get them setup for the weekend, but yeah think that's the one

          @herb_fargus
          mate I just copies what was in my config emulator file for pce

          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
          both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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            drake999
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            Does anyone know how I can manually install lr-mednafen-pce (not fast) from the setup script? I'm under the impression that there is more then one emulator choice for the TG16 / PC Engine based on what some people are saying here but I seem to only have the lr-mednafen-pcs-fast version available to me. I'm running RetroPie v3.7 I believe. Not eager to update as I will have to redo a lot of configuration. Thanks.

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            • herb_fargusH
              herb_fargus administrators @drake999
              last edited by herb_fargus

              @drake999 lr-beetle-supergrafx and lr-beetle-pce-fast are the only two. Lr-Beetle-pce-fast superceded lr-mednafen-pce. Mednafen-pce exist anymore (the upstream repo doesn't even exist)

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                drake999 @herb_fargus
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                @herb_fargus Ok, so if I were to update my setup script would I find this under the binaries selection sub-menu? I'm pretty sure I tried that and only seen "lr-mednafen-pcs-fast" but I will try again.

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                • herb_fargusH
                  herb_fargus administrators @drake999
                  last edited by

                  @drake999 see here for the new menu layout: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Updating-RetroPie I don't remember what supergrafx is under. Optional or exponential

                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • InsecureSpikeI
                    InsecureSpike
                    last edited by

                    ok go,
                    p (manage packages)
                    main (manage main packages)
                    206 (lr-beetle-supergrafx)

                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                    both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                      drake999 @InsecureSpike
                      last edited by

                      @InsecureSpike Ok thanks, I will try that. :-)

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                        drake999 @herb_fargus
                        last edited by

                        @herb_fargus Ok, thanks for the info, I will likely give both yours and InsecureSpike's suggestions a shot tonight.

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                        • ProxyCellP
                          ProxyCell @InsecureSpike
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                          @InsecureSpike said in TG16/PC Engine Compatibility:

                          loom runs fine for me, using these bios SYSCARD3.PCE in the rom folder.
                          if still no, chech your cue file

                          Hey @InsecureSpike - I finally got around to testing this. I have the syscard3.pce file in both the BIOS and in the PC-Engine rom folder too. Nothing has changed. I am still motivated by the fact that you have Loom working on your end though. I even tried renaming it to all capital-letters SYSCARD3.PCE and I renamed loom's files to just loom.bin and loom.cue (as well as inside of the CUE file) - it just goes to a black screen after the CD BIOS loads and I press the "run" button (start)

                          I have tried both emulators for the PCE as well.

                          RPi3b+ - No overclock
                          RetroPie - latest from Github, as always
                          2x SF30 Pro 8Bitdo controllers

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                          • edmaul69E
                            edmaul69
                            last edited by

                            I say find another copy of loom. It works great for me too

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                            • ProxyCellP
                              ProxyCell @edmaul69
                              last edited by

                              @edmaul69 said in TG16/PC Engine Compatibility:

                              I say find another copy of loom. It works great for me too

                              hmmm, would you be able to share with me a checksum of your bin/iso file or even the filename that it was obtained as? I must have tried in the past hour 6-7 different copies of the game that I could find on google.

                              again, I am thrilled to hear that it is working well though!

                              RPi3b+ - No overclock
                              RetroPie - latest from Github, as always
                              2x SF30 Pro 8Bitdo controllers

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                                dedbob @ProxyCell
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                                @proxycell Did you ever happen to get Loom working? I'm having the same issue where it just goes to a black screen, though other TG16CD games are working fine.

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                                • ProxyCellP
                                  ProxyCell
                                  last edited by

                                  no, sadly - I'm guessing it is an upstream emulator issue and not related to retropie directly

                                  RPi3b+ - No overclock
                                  RetroPie - latest from Github, as always
                                  2x SF30 Pro 8Bitdo controllers

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                                  • InsecureSpikeI
                                    InsecureSpike
                                    last edited by

                                    loom working for me guys

                                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                    both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                      dedbob @InsecureSpike
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                                      @insecurespike Can you post a checksum or something similar for your working copy? I've managed to dig up 3 different images so far and all exhibit the same issue.

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                                        dedbob
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                                        On the topic of checksums, I did some more digging and found this forum post which set the gears turning:

                                        https://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?107785-PC-Engine-CD-Turbo-Duo-TurboGrafx-CD-Raspberry-Pi-Zero&p=1877571#post1877571

                                        I compared the checksum on my syscard3.pce to the ones listed on the github wiki, and sure enough, found that my file matched the "TurboGrafx CD Super System Card (USA) (v3.0).pce" file, and not the syscard3.pce file. Downloaded the one with the correct checksum, and Loom started right up!

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                                        • DarksaviorD
                                          Darksavior @dedbob
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                                          @dedbob I forgot I posted that there, heh.

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