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    Issues running N64 games

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Saga
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      @saga said in Issues running N64 games:

      (Release date: May 7th 2021 Kernel version: 5.10.43v64)

      Is this an aarch64 (64 bit) system ? Currently there's only preliminary support for it in RetroPie.

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      • dankcushionsD
        dankcushions Global Moderator @Saga
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        @saga it's not too surprising the video/audio is bad - n64 emulation is hard, pi4 is weak. that said this game works well for me on mupen64plus-GLideN64. some slowdown in the 2d/intro scenes, but mostly full speed in-game (only tried first level).

        as for your crash on save load - did you save the save state on the same emulator? same system? and you haven't updated anything since you saved it?

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          Saga @mitu
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          It's seems so:

          Linux raspberrypi 5.10.43v64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 15 00:52:48 CEST 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux
          

          Before installing Retropie with the script over my Raspberry Pi 4 I gave a:

          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
          
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            Saga @dankcushions
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            The state is saved in the same emulator in the same system. Like I said in my previous reply I upgraded the sytem with a apt-get dist-upgrade.
            I understand the n64 is difficult to emulate, but my previous emulation experience on the Raspberry Pi 3 of one year ago was much better.

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            • dankcushionsD
              dankcushions Global Moderator @Saga
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              @saga it was probably using mupen64plus-gles2n64 which is not functional on the pi4: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/3118 , or gles2rice which is not supported by 64-bit.

              i don't understand how you can get to aarch64 via an upgrade. you must have used the beta raspberry pi OS 64-bit image, or some other 3rd party image. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y on buster 32-bit just gets you

              Linux retropie 5.10.17-v7l+ #1421 SMP Thu May 27 14:00:13 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
              
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                Saga @dankcushions
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                Me neither; i just downloaded the image from https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2021-05-28/2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip, then I converted it to squashfs system and finally installed it over BerryBoot.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Saga
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                  @saga use a 32bit variant of Raspberry PI OS, aarch64 doesn't get you much in terms of increased performance over the standard Raspberry Pi OS.

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                    Saga @mitu
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                    @mitu thanks. I will give it a try

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                      Saga @Saga
                      last edited by Saga

                      @mitu sorry to bother you again, but here are my updates. I went to the official site https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-32-bit (see 32 bit in the link), then I downloaded the image by clicking the same link I mentioned before https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2021-05-28/2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.zip. After Flashing the image to the sd card I immediately verified the kernel, and the result is:

                      Linux raspberrypi 5.10.43v64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 15 00:52:48 CEST 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux
                      

                      I don't know where else to get a 32-bit image.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Saga
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                        @saga Are you flashing the image directly to the sdcard or via BerryBoot ? Skip BerryBoot and flash it directly. Using the image from retropie.org.uk/download will also get you a Raspi OS Lite basic installation with RetroPie already installed.

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