Not only do PS1 games play on pi 3, they play rather well. Much better performance than most N64 games.

Hi there,

So I left my Raspberry Pi alone for a month and when I came back to it I started fresh. I think the problem was with my HDD.

So I think my HDD was previously formatted to exFAT file system. The only options I had were NTFS and exFAT. I found this person on youtube called Eta Prime and his videos were a big help, especially this one:

It explains how to format your drive to FAT32

I flashed the image to the SD again and formatted my HDD to FAT32 and added the "retropie-mount" folder as shown in the video.

Then I searched some more videos on his channel of which bios were needed for the different emulators and how to add the games.

I found out how to "unECM" the ECM files from my PlayStation games and I'd say at the moment about 90% of the games work and I can save using the save state feature + via the in-game save mechanics.

The emulators I have used up to this point are: GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES, N64, Megadrive and PS1.

So yes, I'd say the problems are now solved. Maybe one more thing I'd like to try is activating my RetroAchievements account so I can earn achievements on some of the games. I got it to work previously, but I don't know how anymore because it's been over a month ago.

Big shout out to Eta Prime. Check his channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw

@washburngopro

That might be run-ahead instances. I think the setting is found under "latency".
Could set it to zero, I never use it but it is okay with some Nintendo games.

The bios is good, you should keep it. Rarely (Arc the Lad Monster Tournament) do I ever have to use no bios.

If your pi doesn't have any heatsink, airflow, cooling fan, radiator. It will overheat and the SoC/CPU will throttle undermining performance in some games. While it is possible to underclock and increase the soft/temp limit to get adequate performance for PSX, good ventilation is still needed when playing 4+ hours.

@mitu I checked out those points you recommended and they all seem fine. Im going to seem like total idiot now.. Everything else was fine but I just had to update the retropie setup. Then I updated the emulator again. I updated everything not too long time ago so I had no idea it could be that. I even uninstalled and re-installed the psx emulator and updated it before doing this. Now im wiser and can potentially help some other people in the future.

I really appreciate your help, it pushed me to right direction.

@Ryan78134 Just so you know..if you buy a Raspberry Pi 3 you can play dozens of systems/handhelds/arcade boards/computers..but ps2 is out of its reach. PS1 works fine and N64 is hit or miss.

@mitu said in Beetle psx emulator doesn't run games:

@Tackskull I thought it was pretty clear:

Go to the /opt/retropie/configs/all folder. Remove the retroarch.cfg file. Copy the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist file to retroarch.cfg.

Repeat the step for the psx system, as @quicksilver mentioned:

Go to the /opt/retropie/configs/psx folder. Remove the retroarch.cfg file. Copy the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist file to retroarch.cfg. If you don't have the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist file there, then remove the retroarch.cfg file and re-install the PS1 emulator, it will add the file automatically.

Thanks @mitu this helped me out.

Somehow I had managed to also reset the config. Doh

@Mydriaze said in Playstation scan for playlist doesn't recognize any game:

A part from this game, your dat file helps me a lot to get my playlist working. Thanks for that. :)

It's not my dat, it's created by the Libretro project. Take a look at the doc explaining where an how the thumbnails should be placed - I assume you already downloaded them. I don't use RA's playlists, so I wouldn't know if you need to download them or they're downloaded automatically (?).

ok sry

Thanks yes I'd already done that. :-) I also added lr-mupen64plus and made a couple of tweaks in the audio settings there, such as setting latency to 128 rather than 64, and setting the resampler to lowest rather than lower. Seems to take the edge off lag sometimes.

@MajorDangerNine It's this topic.

@mitu said in Flipped Buttons on DualShock2 with Adapter:

@IonicOwl said in Flipped Buttons on DualShock2 with Adapter:

Saving the config in the RGUI

That's not how it should be done - you should (have) use(d) the Core Remapping option in the RGUI - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#core-input-remapping.

I guess I must have completely missed that option somehow. That's worked perfectly - thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction :)

@Fantomas Only a few PS1 games used passwords exclusively (Doom comes to mind)..most games used the memory card. In those games you can save the game just like how you would do on the original hardware. You can use savestates (save at any point in the game) in all games.

@danielmewhouse said in Alternative PS1 case:

don't forget to put something under the Pi to isolate from The metal case.

Use some spacers and for full heat dissipation fill the case with sunflower oil
Veggie-Pie

already plugged suction cups, but anyway for a lot of reasons (i want avoid boring you), i need to add weight to my ps1 case...
Are there some kind of issues with metals as Lead ? magnetic issues or i dont know...
becouse i really need more weight.

EDiT:
thanks a lot to steptoe, for totally answered to my first question.
i will do as you say.

now i need just to understand if there is some kind of problems with Lead in order to ad weight to my ps1 case.

@mitu my verison i had was like 4.1 or 4.2 cant really remember but i updated from source

Thanks. That's probably it.

@Clyde
yes, i purcheased on ebay ;-)