Where can I get older versions of RetroPie?

LasagnaDevil

Been looking for some 3.0 betas and 2.9, mostly because my current Arcade PS3 stick is unsupported since 3.1

:(

Elgur85

@senkun said in Where can I get older versions of RetroPie?:

@Elgur85 said in Where can I get older versions of RetroPie?:

Can I download older versions of RetroPie somewhere? :)

Is there a specific reason for wanting an older version? I might have an old build or two somewhere..

Because in the newer versions my controller doesn't get recognized.

senkun

retropie-v3.0-rpi2.img.gz
retropie-v3.0beta2-rpi1.img.gz
retropie-v3.0beta4-rpi2.img.gz

Hope this helps.

Elgur85

@senkun said in Where can I get older versions of RetroPie?:

retropie-v3.0-rpi2.img.gz
retropie-v3.0beta2-rpi1.img.gz
retropie-v3.0beta4-rpi2.img.gz

Hope this helps.

Thanks, will se if I can download that. Never used those kind of links. :P
Succsessfully added that link to utorrent, but can't connect to you at the moment it looks like.

LasagnaDevil

Thanks for the magnet links, but no one seems to be seeding 'em. :P

senkun

@LasagnaDevil said in Where can I get older versions of RetroPie?:

Thanks for the magnet links, but no one seems to be seeding 'em. :P

there were a couple of seeders when I posted, and up till 5 mins ago I was seeding ;P
check back now and then, there should be a few. I'm afk till later

oh and make sure you have DHT on
I just checked and there are at least 5 seeders for each

MaMeAlieN

I like the newer versions of RetroPie.....just not so much on my older Pi1
There it just seemed like the older images worked better before the Pi2 support was added.

Around v2.0

But i to have had no luck finding the older images ;(

Elgur85

2 of 3 links worked for me, didn't help my issues though.
Both of my controllers died, again. Those controllers are worthless. :(

zerojay

Maybe if you post detailed information, we can find out why those controllers aren't working and you can use the current releases of RetroPie.

MaMeAlieN

i installed the 3.6-rpi1 on my old "512 Model B" and just running NES games gives some trouble.
Sound stutters if i don't overclock to 800.
The menu seems slow and can kinda at times and freeze for some seconds here and there.
Maybe because THAT menu runs better on the Pi2 and Pi3.
But on my old Pi1 i personally would do better with the 1.9-ish menu as that ran flawless to me.
Doesn't look as good as the new one and some things i'll have to do via terminal...but MY choice is that the menu and games runs perfect over looks.

It reminds me of upgrading iOS on an old Apple device.
iOS9 is running super smooth on the newest iPad Air 2000.
But on my old iPad2....well.....i'd much rather just be able to run an older iOS6 release that I THINK runs good.
Sure there is no support and new updates i can't use and such.....but i'll be the judge of what i can and can't do without.

If i recall correct the old 2.0-ish version worked flawless for me.
Think it was using Nestopia core or something like that where it now uses a LibRetro thingy.

Don't know if that is the problem, but all my trouble would be gone if i had access to older images.
I don't need the flagship with all new graphics, updates and stuff when it's only going to be running NES for my children.
I'll put the latest release on my Pi3 in the ManCave and show off all the new cool stuff there.

Just to clarify.
I LOVE RETROPIE
And i truely apriciate all the work people do to make it even better and add more content.
But i would really like to have access to the older released images especially the old Pi1-only images as i PERSONALLY think they ran better then the newer ones on the Pi1.

MaMeAlieN

I'll gladly host them on my server if diskspace is a problem

dankcushions

assuming you mean the ES menu, i thought the whole point of the new theme ('carbon') was that it uses LESS memory than the old default ('simple'), so any slowdown within the menu must be caused by some other factor. have you scraped data/images since?

as for nes emulators being slower - you can choose what default emulator you run using the run command. choose another one and try that. all the old ones should be there.

hosting older versions of retropie is an admittance that the current version of retropie is worse than older versions for the pi1. i'm not so sure that's the case, but even if it was, we're better off fixing issues than confusing users with litany of old versions.

MaMeAlieN

I did try another emulator for the new via the settings-menu but still sound stutter.
The sound thingy only went away if i overclocked.

I have got my hands on an old 1.9.1 image, so i will be testing it out shortly.
Just seem to recall it using Nestopia in the pre-2.0 and i don't recall having that as an option in the 3.6 release.
Anyways i will test it out shortly and se what it was.

The ES menu-system can go kinda stalling....just for a second or so....but enough to make me notice.
I tried other SD cards to se if that was the problem but nope.

I get your point about older versions.....but I would like to be the judge of what i think runs best for me because it is very much in the eye of the beholder....or whatever the saying is.

Back in the day when i was a kid i played Duke Nukem 3D on me PC.
My friends used to set their resolution to SVGA 640x480 because it gave much better graphics.
But to me it was crap because it was stuttering as you moved....not a lot....but like watching a movie in 20FPS.....i hated it !!!!
They thought it was awesome because thats what they wanted.....i would much rather load it in VGA 320x240 which looked like shit compared to them but mine was flowing at 60FPS constant and that is what i wanted.

To me it seems like the software is being done on a Pi2 (soon a Pi3) and they try to slim it down to run on the Pi1 without killing it....but really it is made to run on a Pi2 (or optimized for Pi2 if you will)
Again like when the iOS introduced multitasking....on an iPhone4 it was good and working smooth.....but my old 3Gs was dying in MY (and several others) opinion with this feature.
But having upgraded i couldn't go back to what I thought was better for my device.

Don't wanna piss anybody off and have them think i'm like "the old software was SOOOO much better then the new".
That is not the case at all.
I just personally think that the "dedicated" Pi1 releases (the ones before adding Pi2 support) ran better/smoother then the 3.6 i've been scrambling with the last week or so on my Pi1.
This is why i would like to be able to run an older release....atleast till i think the newer releases runs to my satisfaction on my Pi1.
The 3.6 looks amazing and has so many cool features added to make life easy for users and on my Pi3 that runs smooooooooth ;)
But on me Pi1 that is another story ;)

I probably won't feel this as much with Pi2/Pi3 releases as those boards are not that far apart....but the Pi1 models are much further behind on many terms.
Hope you get my point without taking it the wrong way....

BuZz

There are no performance issues with newer builds vs old that I am aware of - very old images came overclocked by default, and we now leave that up to the user (User's hardware, user's choice).

Some emulators are faster than others, and we go for a balance for the default (not necessarily the quickest, if the quickest is very inaccurate) - but set different defaults for the RPI1/ZERO vs RPI2/RPI3

We do not optimise for the RPI2 so that things run slower on the RPI1 - we use different settings/options etc hence we have different images, and in cases where we choose a setting for quality, there are ways to lower it for the RPI1 if needed.

Your assumption regarding dedicated RPI1 release vs RPI1/RPI2 release is wrong. If you can point me to a specific example of the same emulators where the performance is different with identical settings I will look into it, but I suspect it's a simple as the old image overclocked by default, or a different default emulator in use in later images.

lion2

I found older versions of Retropie on Github.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases