• Little help with C64 emu Vice

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    mituM

    RetroPie doesn't boot into the Vice emulator by default, did you modify the auto-start sequence ?

    I have software/some games, how do I load/run my games on the Pi400 C64??

    You can copy the game files (floppy/cassete images) in the c64 rom folder and you can then load them from the Vice menu. Normally, if you start in the EmulationStation front-end, they would be listed and you can just start each one from the list with vice/lr-vice.

    Do I put all my games onto a Flash drive and plug that into the Pi400?
    Or do I put them on the SD card?

    https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/

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    UnknownU

    @wolfyn-claw I have had similar problems experimenting with Ubuntu 64bit. I don’t believe your going to get much help with that. However you could try installing retropie on raspberry pi is beta 64 version. It worked for me.

  • Recommended Controller for the 400?

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    MortalWombatM

    @emulatre71 @windg thanks for chiming in, yeah I actually do already have the F310 and am a fan for the most part (I did find the fact that you couldn't seem to program the Mode button on Retropie a bit disappointing, but that was before I knew that the Logitech logo was itself another button).

    That F710 is a bit more expensive but I may look into that if I want a PS2-style wireless controller. Bluetooth would be ideal, but if indeed the Pi has issues with bluetooth devices I may just have to either get a USB hub (although I've heard that there can be issues powering them/that one might need to get one w/ an external power source, which could be kinda a hassle) and plug the 4th controller's dongle into that, or simply have to unplug the keyboard if we're playing a 4-player+ game.

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    jamrom2J

    @lektroid said in Some my emulators are slow / glitchy audio:

    @dankcushions
    @mitu

    All sorted, the emulator is working perfectly. Thanks for all your help, and thanks also for putting up with my incompetence.

    A huge thanks from both my wife and myself. We are both delighted!

    Hi. I'm popping in late on this one but I wanted to point something else out to you while you travel down the Retropie path. Unlike other single source software that is written by one person and constantly updated by the same... Think or Retropie as a huge umbrella that a ton of individuals came together under to get all these emulators to work with each other.

    Many of the emulators have been tweaked to specifically work in the Retropie world, so it will pay you back 10 fold to start to become familiar with some Linux commands and how it works. Don't have to be an expert, but as you add emulators and what they need to work, it will help a lot.

    Download Putty and if you are using a PC WinSCP. They are for getting straight in to the PIs file system and working with it. You can use a Mac, but again, it's not always the same as just using mac files. Linux requires permissions to be changed on folders, files..etc.

    Also... Commodore 64... If you are using Vice, there is a great video on youtube by a guy named ETAPrime who shows you how to configure the buttons to work the emulator. There is also lr-vice you can download sperately that will pickup the standard Retroarch joystick button commands.

    Either way you'll need to read and research many of the emulators as you add them. Many need special configurations to use properly. Take one at a time. I have 43 systems running on mine. Took me almost a year to get them all working correctly...or as best that I could.

    Good luck, come back often to ask questions. You're only 'incompetent' because you don't have knowledge. Knowledge is all about effort. Max effort = max knowledge.