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    • DirtBagXonD
      DirtBagXon @Swampy
      last edited by

      @Swampy said in DICE (Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator):

      @DirtBagXon Great! Unfortunately, I was never able to compile "Dice" on my Linux system. It could only run through "Wine". Maybe there is already a source code from you?

      I've just finished what I was aiming for and pushed to a repo here:

      https://github.com/DirtBagXon/DICE

      No idea on interest in this emulator, it will probably need work to get running in RetroPie and ES environments. But I've leave that to those who are interested, I'll review any PR's that come to the repo and perhaps create an ES fork. Discussions are open on the repo.

      There is a current requirement for X11.

      By default it's a GUI driven interface, but starting dice with a game name as an argument will throw it to a SDL fullscreen (i.e.):

      dice sharkjaws
      

      The supported games are on the repo and main project site, but will list here for info:

          GAME( "Pong",               pong,            "Atari",              1972 ),
          GAME( "Pong Doubles",       pongdoubles,     "Atari",              1973 ),
          GAME( "Rebound",            rebound,         "Atari",              1974 ),
          GAME( "Gotcha",             gotcha,          "Atari",              1973 ),
          GAME( "Space Race",         spacerace,       "Atari",              1973 ),
          GAME( "Stunt Cycle",        stuntcycle,      "Atari",              1976 ),
          GAME( "TV Basketball",      tvbasketball,    "Midway",             1974 ),
          GAME( "Breakout",           breakout,        "Atari",              1976 ),
          GAME( "Anti-Aircraft",      antiaircraft,    "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Attack",             attack,          "Exidy",              1977 ),
          GAME( "Shark Jaws",         sharkjaws,       "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Quadrapong",         quadrapong,      "Atari",              1974 ),
          GAME( "Jet Fighter",        jetfighter,      "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Crash 'N Score",     crashnscore,     "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Crossfire",          crossfire,       "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Pin Pong",           pinpong,         "Atari",              1974 ),
          GAME( "Clean Sweep",        cleansweep,      "Ramtek",             1974 ),
          GAME( "Wipe Out",           wipeout,         "Ramtek",             1974 ),
          GAME( "Hi-Way",             hiway,           "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Steeplechase",       steeplechase,    "Atari",              1975 ),
          GAME( "Indy 4",             indy4,           "Atari",              1976 )
      

      Have fun.

      Maybe this thread should now be moved to "Ideas and Development" - If there is interest.

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      • SwampyS
        Swampy
        last edited by

        Works with my Ubuntu 24.04. Thank you. Integration in RetroPi would of course be a dream.

        Linux is like wigwam: no Gates, no Windows and Apache inside.

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        • DirtBagXonD
          DirtBagXon @Swampy
          last edited by DirtBagXon

          @Swampy said in DICE (Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator):

          Works with my Ubuntu 24.04. Thank you. Integration in RetroPi would of course be a dream.

          Well I wasn't aware at the time I was porting this, but there is a libretro core that is being worked, started in Nov 2024.
          Chatting with the guy writing it, it's still a work in progress. But this would be the way to go in RetroPie.

          But I wanted a Desktop standalone option, which is what my port gives, glad that's working for you :)

          Apparently the old Windows .exe from the SourceForge site has issues on modern Windows OS's, but there is a Windows port of the core too.

          The libretro port is here: https://github.com/mittonk/dice-libretro

          The hard part of bringing this software up-to-date is the OS native OpenGL GUI frameworks.
          With a libretro core, that frontend element is thrown to RetroArch so the only consideration is the engine, which is very portable.

          But getting the multitude of config options in these games into RetroArch, that is the hard part there.

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          • DirtBagXonD
            DirtBagXon @DirtBagXon
            last edited by

            Libretro core dev has put in a PR for DICE:

            https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/4048

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            • ExarKunIvE
              ExarKunIv @DirtBagXon
              last edited by

              @DirtBagXon ill be adding it to my repo shortly after i test it

              and ill hold it until the main RP takes the request

              RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
              RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
              Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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              • mittonkM
                mittonk
                last edited by

                Hi, I'm the libretro core dev in question!

                https://github.com/mittonk/dice-libretro/

                RPi4, RPiZero2w occasionally run RetroPie. RPiB+ usually doesn't.
                Maintainer of dice-libretro for arcade machines without a CPU.

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                • ExarKunIvE
                  ExarKunIv
                  last edited by

                  lr-dice is now part of RetroPie-Extra until it is merged into the main RetroPie

                  RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                  RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                  Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                  • SwampyS
                    Swampy
                    last edited by

                    For me it works great in RetroPie. Thank you all of you!

                    Linux is like wigwam: no Gates, no Windows and Apache inside.

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                    • duglorD
                      duglor @ExarKunIv
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                      @ExarKunIv What is the earliest version of Retropie that can use this emulator? example: 4.71, 4.8, etc....

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                      • ExarKunIvE
                        ExarKunIv @duglor
                        last edited by

                        @duglor i dont know. i dont try it on older versions. you will have to go and manual copy the file over if you are using anything older then 4.8.9.

                        i did that since im using new helper commands that PR uses that are not there in the older versions and im not making different files for older RP versions. thats too much and can make things too messy
                        sorry

                        RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                        RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                        Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                        • DirtBagXonD
                          DirtBagXon @duglor
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