One point to note. On my GPi it looks like I could probably have hard-coded the value to unbind/bind the built in controller. But I felt it was taking a risk it wouldn't work right. So, instead, I use a temp file to pass the value between scripts.

@windg that worked. thanks @windg and @mitu

I tried the development version of 2.6.0 (=before it was released) on a RPi4 and 11th hour and Chewy: Esc from F5 worked well. Glad to know ScummVM devs are now satisfied with the quality and tagged 2.6.0 as release. :)

@windg That was it. I already had the question on my lips "should I perhaps install scummvm-sdl?" :)

So I did it as you described. However, the intro crashed on the first try, and I couldn't get into the system via ssh either. It worked on the second try, I'll see. But I'm a step further, thanks for thinking along.

FM Towns is the best but the most difficult to find and dump.

All of my Scummvm purchases came from Steam though.

If you watch out for sales, you can get most of them for just $1 to $2 each.

Edit:
There's options in Scumm for text, speech and sound if you have a preferred method to play these.

From the ScummVM menu, try to set
Graphic Mode to OpenGL and Renderer Engine to Software. After that try to launch the game, i hope it will work.

@BadFurDay Sort of...

I tried compressing to mp3 with scummvm_tools and it does play, but the quality is terrible (not only in lr-scummvm, but everywhere). I guess the format is slightly different and scummvm_tools isn't completely compatible. [EDIT: But I only tried once. Might be worth trying to compile scummvm tools from source or try on a different system...]

It seems that Talkie Builders can't create mp3 version directly (but maybe I overlooked something).

EDIT EDIT: Talkie builders can create mp3 versions and they work and sound great.

@mitu

I understand I'll just wait until it's released officially. I just got excited because of the version number after updating from source

Thanks
Sim

Thanks for replying with the workaround you found.
And yes, the implementation and wiki are not aligned yet as there is a pull request pending.

If you stick to ScummVM only (and not plan to use retroarch / lr-scummvm) these suggested changes work well, as they do interchange filename and filecontent.

However, when lr-scummvm is considered to use the same setup things get a little more wicked, I assume this is why there is no decision yet which way to implement it.

Maybe then something is missing from my game data or something in my setup isn't correct.

I got Scummvm 2.8.1. And I can't get the games to work. When I chose a game, I got sent back to the retropie menu. Got any ideas?

@Lolonois I didn't did that. THe steps i follow was :

uninstall both scummvm cores Delete the folder Reinstall again with the above commands Run the permission fix command

Thanks!

@buzz its done but it took really long

@retropieuser555 There's a FAQ entry about it.

@windg well, the ScummVM RP documentation is not aligned with the implementation. And it will create a clutter in the scummvm/ folder, plus will rewrite the *.svm files everytime after exiting ScummVM, which is surplus.

This and the missing interop with the LR variant made me to have a design which creates a more "it just works" experience for the user.

@retropieuser555 Thanks so much!

Do you have a custom EmulationStation configuration file for systems (es_systems.cfg) ? Please add more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Try lr-scummvm from experimental packages maybe is working better with your gamepad

@luckyluca I think when you update from source with scummvm now you get the latest version