Having trouble playing Jeopardy from N64

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Hello fellow users. I have been trying to run the Jeopardy game from N64. The game loads without any problems, but when I get to the main menu, I can't select anything. In fact it is as if my controller suddenly does not exist, except for the hotkey function. My other N64 games do not have this problem. I am running the official retropie image , on a raspberry pi4 1gig ram model. I have done nothing to my retropie,except for overclock, expand gpu mem, and add emulators supported by retropie. I am I the only person here having this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it? Many thanks.

mitu

What N64 emulator are you using ?

Unknown

@mitu I've tried every N64 emulator that retropie supports. Including "Lr-
parallelN64" "Lr-MuponN64plus" "Lr MupenN64plus-next" "Lr MupenN64plus GlideN64" and the high resolution version of "Lr MupenN64plus GlideN64".

YFZdude

@unknown
I can get it to work on my x86 setup that has RetroPie installed over Lubuntu 20.04 LTS.

I am using the mupen64plus-GLideN64 emulator.
In order to get the menu selections to move I have to use the D-Pad not the analog stick. I was able to pick a category and start typing the response, etc.

Seems to work for me.

ROM file = Jeopardy! (U) [!].z64
CRC32= E739947C

mitu

The game works fine with the standalone emulator, but there's a catch for the libretro based emulators. Open the RGUI, go into controls and disable the P4 controller (set the Device Type to None). Go back in the menu then save a game remap file.
It looks like the game doesn't start if it a 4th controller is present, for some reason.

YFZdude

@mitu said in Having trouble playing Jeopardy from N64:

It looks like the game doesn't start if it a 4th controller is present, for some reason.

There is some irony there given that Jeopardy is a 3 player game. I wonder if it did that on the real hardware?

EDIT: I have the console and 4 controllers but no game so I can't satisfy my curiosity readily.

sirhenrythe5th

@yfzdude i have a real N64 with 6 Pads (2 of them are the new "FighterPads64" - awesome devices!) and also the game. I will have a look and give a Feedback here.

mitu

You don't need to have 4 controllers connected, just start the game with lr-mupen64plus or lr-mupen64plus-next and see if you can start the game.
Of course, having an excuse to use the new N64 controllers is always handy :), though Jeopardy might not be the best game for the occasion.

Unknown

@mitu said in Having trouble playing Jeopardy from N64:

The game works fine with the standalone emulator, but there's a catch for the libretro based emulators. Open the RGUI, go into controls and disable the P4 controller (set the Device Type to None). Go back in the menu then save a game remap file.
It looks like the game doesn't start if it a 4th controller is present, for some reason.

Could you please tell me where RGUI is? I have never messed with N64 configuration before.

mitu

@unknown said in Having trouble playing Jeopardy from N64:

Could you please tell me where RGUI is? I have never messed with N64 configuration before.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#hotkeys

Unknown

@mitu Are you saying to disable for all N64 games or just the one? I can't find a config file for Jeopardy, but I did find N64's. Sorry for all the Newbie questions.

mitu

@unknown Save a game remap, as I mentioned in my first reply. Also explained in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#core-input-remapping.

Unknown

@mitu It worked, thank you!