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    Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?

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    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver @Crush
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      @Crush said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

      But i also was excited about performance improvements on DOS games., but instead found DOSBOX to run even the simplest DOS games terribly.

      Had the same issue. See my post here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25178/dosbox-on-pi-4-game-window-is-fullscreen-but-not-centered-on-screen/42 dosbox is running fantastic for me now.

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      • ClydeC
        Clyde @Crush
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        @Crush said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

        In addition some of the arcade games that ran slow on RPI3 run perfect on RPI4.

        Do you have some examples? I would very much like to test some of those on my Pi 4.

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        • ClydeC
          Clyde @VictimRLSH
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          @VictimRLSH said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

          Erghiez and StarBlade now run perfectly on the Pi 4 and they were unplayable on the 3.

          Oh yes, StarBlade … one of the games which I absolutely adored in the few arcades that had one here in Germany. I just tested it and you're right, its as soft as butter on my non-overclocked Pi 4. 🤩

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          • DarksaviorD
            Darksavior
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            I forgot to mention that psx beetle is ~fullspeed for 2d games on an overclocked pi4 at ~1.9Ghz or higher. This emulator is much better than pcsx, and I can now play copy protected/anti-mod japanese games like Card Captor Sakura Tetris and some Goemon game. They both do not work in pcsx. Well, CCST will boot with a cheat file, but that's annoying to use.

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            • CrushC
              Crush @Clyde
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              • ClydeC
                Clyde @Darksavior
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                @Darksavior said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

                I forgot to mention that psx beetle is ~fullspeed for 2d games on an overclocked pi4 at ~1.9Ghz or higher. This emulator is much better than pcsx, and I can now play copy protected/anti-mod japanese games

                Better in what regard except for drm/anti-mod games? I'm asking because so far, any PSX game that I tried with lr-pcsx_rearmed either worked perfectly (as far as I can tell) or not at all (maybe because of drm).

                That said, is the text about lr-beetle-psx in the Docs outdated now? It reads:

                Not available for ARM systems (like the Raspberry Pi) due to its poor performance on ARM.

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                • CrushC
                  Crush @Clyde
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                  @Clyde said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

                  @Crush said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

                  In addition some of the arcade games that ran slow on RPI3 run perfect on RPI4.

                  Do you have some examples? I would very much like to test some of those on my Pi 4.

                  The only thing i can think of right now is "Super Chase: Criminal Termination" that was the only arcade game i was interested in that didn't run full speed.
                  I was not aware that some of the 3D games that @VictimRLSH also work now, but to be honest, they're hardly first choice games on a system that plays 5th and 6th gen console games.
                  I think you can even play NAOMI arcade games on the reicast emulator, but i have't tried that yet.

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                  • CrushC
                    Crush @quicksilver
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                    @quicksilver I actually read trough and commented on that thread, but somehow missed your post with a working solution, thanks allot @quicksilver <3

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                    • dankcushionsD
                      dankcushions Global Moderator @Clyde
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                      @Clyde said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

                      That said, is the text about lr-beetle-psx in the Docs outdated now? It reads:

                      Not available for ARM systems (like the Raspberry Pi) due to its poor performance on ARM.

                      it's currently not available for ARM systems in retropie: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-beetle-psx.sh#L17

                      you would have to edit the install file. i'm currently experimenting with the new dynarec but it's a non-starter on ARM32. only works on aarch64, and even then some games still get slowdown.

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                      • DarksaviorD
                        Darksavior @Clyde
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                        @Clyde I used a premade binary from libretro's nightlies page. The emulator needs work in order to be properly ported as @dankcushions said.

                        @dankcushions Are you guys fooling around with 64bit or plan to? (not sure if this has been asked)
                        If there's some build scripts wip, I'd love to test them out.

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                        • ClydeC
                          Clyde @VictimRLSH
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                          @VictimRLSH said in Pi4 and Retropie - awesome...or did you expect more?:

                          Erghiez and StarBlade now run perfectly on the Pi 4 and they were unplayable on the 3.

                          Which version of Ehrgeiz do you mean? The arcade version only runs in slow-motion with mame2003-plus on my normal-clocked Pi 4. The PSX version, however, runs fast and smoothly.

                          If you meant the arcade version, which emulator are you using, and did you do any optimisations?

                          (Fun fact: "Ehrgeiz" means ambition in German. 🤓 )

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                          • sirhenrythe5thS
                            sirhenrythe5th @Clyde
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                            @Clyde yep, the japanese people love the german language in video games because it sounds so horrible to them :D

                            Other examples are "Stahlfeder", "Herzog" or "Panzer Dragoon Zwei".
                            Not to forget the german soundtrack of the japanese Castlevania for the PC Engine CD.

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                              VictimRLSH @Clyde
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                              @Clyde Sorry, should have been more specific, yes, I was referring to the PS1 version. StarBlade was referencing the arcade version.

                              System Config: Retropie 4.4 with full desktop, RPi 3B, 256gb SD, 5v 2.1A 5,200 mAH USB battery. EasyMSX controller mounted with Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4 (non touch). Also running 4.6 on a 4gb Pi 4 serving as my primary desktop computer now.

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                              • ClydeC
                                Clyde @VictimRLSH
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                                @VictimRLSH Thanks. Then at least it matches my experiences.

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