@Jhobgood are the roms on the thumb drive in /RetroPie/roms/snes/ ?

OK here are two brand new tests, with the exact settings and steps I am using:

Exited Emulationstation and tried the scraper with default settings and it still didnt do anything- it instantly says complete.

I then deleted the gamelists from both folders whilst emulationstation was closed.

Ran the scraper in emulationstation again and this time it outputted a file which I could use. The only difference I did this time was made sure emulationstation was closed when I deleted the files- I thought I had done that before but maybe I hadnt and that was the difference.

Weird that it doesnt work outside of emulationstation just for the SNES and weird that it just worked this time- I had tried for 2hours constantly trying different settings/combinations of trying to do it before. No idea why it worked this time but it worked so I'm happy now!

Thanks for your advice

@ayeye try updating the emulator from source.

I understand the symptoms may be the same but often there are multiple reasons for an issue, so a new topic with full information about your set-up helps. Also the problem in this topic was solved. Please follow the guidance in the link I provided.

@mccu7pj2

You don't really create an .srm file. The .srm files are created automatically when you save in game, using the original save method intended on the console (such as selecting Save after a castle in Super Mario World). These are created by the emulators to emulate this function of the original cartridge. Save states are different and are specific to emulation, the emulator dumps a copy of the memory to a file to reload, these are what you get when you press HOTKEY + R to save and these are .state files.

If you are playing a game that saves your progress automatically as you go along (Zelda, Super Mario World, Super Mario All Stars, Uniracers, etc.) it will create an srm file for you at the appropriate point when the game would save on a physical console.

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I've got it figured out. I mapped the buttons as if I had an SNES controller (backwards). This corrected the problem with SEGA. The only issue now is that in EmulationStation, it says to press A to enter, B to go back, etc. For somebody not familiar with the system, that can be confusing. By going through the RetroArch-Setup scripts and swapping the A/B buttons, it only does it in EmulationStation. So everything now works like it's supposed to.

Thanks! On to my next big project!

@lilbud Oh don't worry, I already have the soundtrack :D

@obsidianspider said in SNES Bio-Metal slow-down (throttling?):

"a lot happening on screen" is subjective.

I was fighting three medium sized ships with a lot of missiles while all three were giving me "bullet hell". That's when the tempo on everything dropped substantially.

@BuZz said in SNES Bio-Metal slow-down (throttling?):

What colour box did you get ?

I've never gotten a box. That's why I was asking about them. I guess I've never really abused my pi yet.

@obsidianspider said in SNES Bio-Metal slow-down (throttling?):

@Lyle_JP SNES shooters were notorious for slowdown.

As far as the Pi telling you when it's overheating, it's on by default. You have to explicitly turn that off.

Both good things to know. For what it's worth, I haven't been able to duplicate the exact conditions that caused the profound slowdown. But I still see minor slowing here and there in the game. I'll chalk it up to "typical Mode 7 SNES shooter" issues and not worry about it.

Thanks for everyone's input.

@dankcushions

hmm.. the games start without editing! is that how it should be?

i just copied the BIOS-files to the correct BIOS (in Rpi) and started playing..

@disruptityrslf - Thanks for the update. I'll keep an eye out for version 3. I can't wait to see what people do with the 0W.

@denisuu Hi i have the same problem i wanna how you do for fix it?

@Cederick said in Super Gameboy emulation?:

The Spaceworld demos where developed to run on super gameboy hardware since the gbc wasn't out around this time

In that case, the .gb file extension would be more appropriate, although as @edmaul69 mentioned, either should work. Keep in mind that .gb and .gbc both denote a certain type of ROM. Seeing as how the Super Gameboy never had a unique ROM type, I imagine that the .sgb extension is there to tell compatible emulators to load the Super Gameboy BIOS automatically. With lr-mgba, loading a .gb file with the Super Gameboy BIOS manually enabled should produce the same results.

Yes, the second one you linked. you would connect your power in to the microusb port. The full USB port would go to the PI's micro port. Blue/White would go to GPIO. Power switch would be soldered to switch +/- connections... If you could fashion something to use the reset switch, you could connect that to the reset connections. You can also connect the front led to the LED/Gnd ports as well... (GND is shared between reset and led)

@dipkid Poor SNES, now it’s just a boring emulation box with input lag and no cart support. I always wonder what people do with the original OEM board. I assume they throw it in the trash since they never mention anything about it.