@spartan2381 choose emulator mupen64plus-GLideN64-highresolution

@thedatacereal

On some n64 games the Emulator menu pops up... but I've ran into some... that do not give prompt, just a black screen until the rom loads ...I swear I just accessed that menu on Mario Kart the other day

It sounds like another emulator was launched prior to you using the N64 emulator and left the framebuffer in an unusable state. Two emulators that are currently known to do this are the standalone version of Stella (Atari2600) and DraStic (Nintendo DS). If such an issue happens, there's really nothing to do but restart your system, as restarting Emulation Station isn't enough.

I've also noticed a problem with blending while I was helping to troubleshoot recent issues with missing textures, but I wasn't certain that the blending issue was an existing problem or something new, as I rarely test N64 emulation.

Legacy blending is disabled for certain games - including Zelda - here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/emulators/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.sh#L201

If you're familiar with editing files via SSH, you can edit /opt/retropie/emulators/mupen64plus/bin/mupen64plus.sh and try removing zelda from that blacklist to see if the problem is resolved. I'll take a look when I have some free time.

@jonnykesh I'll give it a shot with some .n64 files. I'll reply back here once I get a shot to try.

Thanks!

@dankcushions Ok thanks. I will try your suggestion.

On my system
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

install kernel 4.9.35-v7+. DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick works without any problem (just redo controller configuration from EmulationStation).

You should never use rpi-update ;-)

@arcade said in Emulating n64/psx on netbook:

So the fact that I'm running 32bit retropie with a 64bit OS is irrevelant

Yes, as far as performance is involved. You'll not get a considerable boost from running an x64 system.
Experiment with the games you'd like to run and see how well they run, but even on more powerful machines N64 emulation is not perfect, so don't expect miracles here.

I do not know about Zelda or about cheats but I have been using Super Mario 64 on my Pi with Mupen64plus-GlideN64 emulator and it runs fairly well.
I will say to make sure you have a powerful enough power supply. I was previously using a power supply below the recommended threshold and, while everything worked, I noticed games from systems like N64 and Playstation did not work so great. Then I started using a recommended power supply and I noticed that these games (such as Mario64) are working much better.

@dankcushions Ya that was it. Sorry I'm a dumb.

@BuZz I just saw that Libretro-Mupen works fine without Problems, and i love Retroarch, so im gonna use that Emulator from now on!

So I found out that after doing a fresh install mupen64plus has changed where it references the game saves in a different folder being .local/share/mupen64plus/save folder. However, legend of zelda does not seem to recognize the .Sra or the .srm file I copied to that directory. Making progress, but not finished yet. Figured I'd post my findings for anyone else having issue or to see if anyone else had any suggestions.

@matchaman said in N64 classic edition:

Yes but this is the ugly-ish US version. The European/Japanese design looked much better (or at least we Europeans feel more familiar with it... beauty is relative! :p)

I think you described it correctly, I always hear how ugly the US version is, but I grew up with it, and think it looks great! now, that might just be nostalgia.

@solaris

No problem. I had the same experience in which everything seemed stable except N64 emulation. I guess it pushes the Pi harder than any of the other emulators.

Try to overclock only the GPU, or choose a more conservative overclock value. Also, be sure to try different N64 cores (and experiment with each of the N64's core settings) or the standalone mupen64plus emulator.

Someone would mind to post the download link again? Its unavailable and i got same problem!

If it's a voltage issue on the NesPi case, that seems to be very common. Some sellers on ebay or other places even disclaim that before you buy it. Running the Pi in the case for basic emulation or use seems to work fine but once you overclock and/or push it to the upper limit the voltage issue comes into play. I have a NesPi myself with the same issue. If you take it out of the case it works fine.

There is another thread about this you want to check out:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12762/under-voltage-warnings-on-retroflag-nespi-case-best-power-supply/24

@Floob I have seen you replying to some 8bitdo Nes30 pro topics in the forum, any idea about what might be happening? I can only exit to ES from my N64 games with Sel+Start, and also if I try to load a previous saved state, it also exits to ES.