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

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        That said, is the text about lr-beetle-psx in the Docs outdated now?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