Trouble getting mupen64 to run roms
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Hello, friends. Thank you for your help and patience, as I am a total noob with no knowledge of programming. I'm just an ordinary Joe who wants to play Super Mario 64...
I have a Raspberry Pi 5 8gb that I've been trying to set up with RetroPie. I've gotten everything from the NES to the GameCube to run... EXCEPT for the elusive N64. Every time I try to run any N64 rom, the screen goes black for a few seconds, and then it goes back to the rom library. I've tried installing and updating all of the N64 emulators that come with RetroPie, including mupen64, I've tried launching with verbose logging to see if i could diagnose some sort of problem, but to no avail. All I want to do is get N64 roms to work, but despite hours of research I lack the necessary wisdom and skill. If some kind soul might be able to help me diagnose and fix the problem, I would be forever grateful.
... please forgive my ignorance, which will undoubtedly shine through once I'm asked questions.
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@vorvy
Hi!I believe that you haven't added the kernel parameter in the config.txt file. This is necessary for some emulators to work.
So, try adding
kernel=kernel8.imgto the end of the/boot/firmware/config.txtfile.You can do this from the terminal window:
sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txtAdd the kernel line, then press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X to exit. Lastly, restart.
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@sugarfree wow, its amazing how you just solved my problem with only two lines of code. Thank you so much, words fail to express the relief you just brought me lol
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