How to start a nes game

retropieuser555

This is the runcommand menu.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/

You can just ignore it as it's usually there to hide loading times and if you want to apply certain configurations on that one time (joystick selection, which emulator to use etc).

You can hide it and replace with launching images if you want, that's covered in the docs above

SlavicMystery

@retropieuser555 Thankyou :)

SlavicMystery

It doesn't fully explain how to fix it though, and mine doesn't have Ir-fbneo-nes, so I'm guessing I have to use Ir-fceumm?

SlavicMystery

And if I just leave it, it returns me to the main menu.

SlavicMystery

I'm sorry, I am a complete beginner and don't know where to find anything. If someone could please give me some simplified steps I would greatly appreciate.

retropieuser555

So what's the name of your rom, does it end .nes? When you down press any keys or buttons it goes from runcommand menu back to emulationstation?

mitu

The default NES emulator (lr-fceumm) should run most NES games. What's the name of the ROM file you copied to your Pi ? Are you sure it's a valid NES rom (or a zipped version of it) ?

SlavicMystery

@mitu The ROMs I am trying to use are:
Call of Duty - Black Ops (USA) (zipped file)
New Super Mario Bros. (zipped file)

SlavicMystery

@retropieuser555 I run the game from emulation station, and then it comes up with the grey box, I press any input on my controller and it goes to the runcommand menu.

sleve_mcdichael

@SlavicMystery said in How to start a nes game:

@mitu The ROMs I am trying to use are:
Call of Duty - Black Ops (USA) (zipped file)
New Super Mario Bros. (zipped file)

Those...aren't NES games.

SlavicMystery

@sleve_mcdichael Huh? I went to a website and it said nintendo DS. Or wait, nes isn't nintendo is it? (I literally face palmed right now). So,

what does nes stand for?
where do the nintendo ds games go?

Thankyou so much. This changes everything. But I would still like answers to the questions above. Cheers!

mitu

@SlavicMystery said in How to start a nes game:

what does nes stand for?

NES stands for Nintendo Entertainment System - released by Nintendo in the 80's. See more details here.

where do the nintendo ds games go?

Nintendo DS is a portable console launched by the same company in the 2004, more advanced than the NES and with a different set of games. As usual Wikipedia has a lot of details about it.

DS games use the nds folder (details here), but your system (a Pi1) is not powerful enough to run those games. NES games should be fine though.

SlavicMystery

@mitu Oh ok, thanks

SlavicMystery

Yes, you're correct, the Retropie folder does not include an nds file. Alright, thankyou so much.

SlavicMystery

Say I wanted to get Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Black Edition from Playstation 2, which folder would that go into? Or would my Pi not run it?

sleve_mcdichael

@SlavicMystery PS2 don't run on any Raspberry Pi, only on an x86 PC.

SlavicMystery

@sleve_mcdichael Ah oke, cheers