Dreamcast wont load

EndersEnigma

Good day,

I am having great success with all of my emulators except for one. Dreamcast. I used the onboard interface to install this from the optional packages (Reicast). It downloaded from source. EDIT: I have installed both BIOS files and named them correctly.

When I select a game to play, the screen loads the file as it does with all others, asking me if I want to configure. Then the screen goes black and I am returned to the game selection menu after about 2 seconds. Any advice? Using pi 3.

mitu

@endersenigma Maybe need to have the BIOS files in place ? See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Dreamcast/#bios

EndersEnigma

@mitu
Completed prior to posting, I have even uninstalled and reinstalled the emulator. same issue.

mitu

@endersenigma Is there any error reported in /dev/shm/runcommand.log ?

EndersEnigma

@mitu
completed the following steps and solved the problem.

Uninstalled reicast
reboot
removed BIOS files (through file manager)
deleted shortcut to bios files in reicast directory (yes, it was still there after uninstall)
reboot
installed reicast from binary
reboot
copied BIOS back into folder
updated reicast from source
reboot

Reicast works now, though I am disappointed with how choppy every single game is. Next step, tweeking it look better. :D

Thanks for all of your help.

ccaveman84

@EndersEnigma awesome thanks man I was having similar issues and your fix worked perfectly nice work. 😊

mth75

@ccaveman84 said in Dreamcast wont load:

@EndersEnigma awesome thanks man I was having similar issues and your fix worked perfectly nice work. 😊

I was also struggling with Reicast. I think you can save this whole reinstall procedure and just delete the symlinks (and create new ones), your 4th step. This worked for me.

rom116

@mth75 I have been struggling to get Dreamcast to load on my desktop PC with retropie. Where exactly are the system links for the BIOS files located?