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    Question: Why is Virtual Boy (lr-beetle-vb) not part of the main packages?

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      jlachniet
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      In my experience, lr-beetle-vb has always run well on my system (Pi 3), and I have never had problems with slowdown, incorrect controls, graphical glitches, or anything else. Why is lr-beetle-vb still part of optional, and not in the main packages?

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @jlachniet
        last edited by mediamogul

        @jlachniet

        I believe the idea of the main packages category is to group together the most popular and commonly used system emulators. As much as I love the Virtual Boy myself, I don't think it's generally known to be that popular with the masses.

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul there are also known issues with it primarily it's save settings and there was another one too... I think it crashed using loadstates or something like that.

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @herb_fargus
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            @herb_fargus

            You know, it's funny. I use the emulator quite a bit, but I don't think I've ever used save states in it. I do use the battery saves and they seem to behave themselves.

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            • herb_fargusH
              herb_fargus administrators
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              some reading for reference: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1625 I pushed a tiny patch upstream for some saving bits but it isn't really much of a fix, just a bandaid. a lot of the mednafen cores have saving issues.

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @herb_fargus
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                @herb_fargus

                Much appreciated. I set my /opt/retropie/configs/virtualboy/retroarch.cfg accordingly. I've never experienced a crash myself, but I'd hate for it to happen after a long unsaved play session.

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