RetroAchievements in a Nutshell

[Fruitybit]

Why does the word cheevo always make me hungry?

I tend not to have my pi connected all the time, otherwise I'd be all over this:) good write-up.

[meleu]

@fruitybit try it on your Android phone (if you have one). Just install RetroArch and get something like an ipega PG 9023...

[Fruitybit]

@meleu hehe 😂 just forked out for an 8bitdo, although I do have an old tablet I was thinking about putting retroarch onto.

[hooperre]

@meleu My man! Just a heads up, the list of NES games gives me a 404. I was playing OG Legend of Zelda on the default NES emulator (FECuMM? Can't ever remember the letters.) But I like Nestopia as my default NES emulator. Opened my saved game to find out I wasn't getting cheevos with Nestopia, but was with FCUMM, or whatever. A list of supported Emulators would be pretty helpful IMO. Or did I do something wrong? Haha.

[cyperghost]

@meleu I'll step into this ;) I think it's good to use this thread as encourgement. Without you my friend I did not even know that such a system is available :)
And I think I'm not alone with that statement.

[meleu]

@hooperre said in RetroAchievements in a Nutshell:

the list of NES games gives me a 404.

fixed. Thanks!

A list of supported Emulators would be pretty helpful IMO.

Damn! How could I forgot to write about that?!?! I've updated the OP with this info. Thanks again! ;-)

By the way, RetroAchievements doesn't work with Nestopia. :(

[meleu]

@cyperghost after creating your account, don't forget to send me a friend request! ;-)

[obsidianspider]

[cyperghost]

@meleu Time to compete ;)

[cyperghost]

@meleu
Now I'm ready for earning cheevos and satisfied with the setup

[A Former User]

@meleu So I’m switching to hardcore mode as the achievements don’t make sense outside of hardcore mode.

I see there is a way to reset all achievements. Is there a way to reset all non-hardcore achievements?

P.S. Sent ya a friend request on there too. :)

[meleu]

@livefastcyyoung said in RetroAchievements in a Nutshell:

Is there a way to reset all non-hardcore achievements?

There's no such filter there.

But keep in mind that when you earn a cheevo in hardcore mode you actually get two cheevos, the hardcore and the "softcore". That's why hardcore cheevos worth double points.

Then, if you reset a softcore cheevo that you got in the hardcore way, you're actually thowing out some of your points.

I hope I was clear. :-)

P.S.: Friend request accepted.

[A Former User]

@meleu Guess I’ll just go back and get the hardcore version of all the softcore ones I’ve got then! 😎

Thanks!

[A Former User]

@meleu Is there a way to activate leaderboard participation on RetroPie?

[meleu]

@livefastcyyoung not (yet). The implementation already started, but needs more coding. I'll post here when it's ready to use. ;-)

[A Former User]

@meleu Excellent. Just broke an achievement score of 10,000 today. I’m coming for your 30,000+! ;)

[meleu]

@livefastcyyoung what game?

[A Former User]

@meleu Just the overall achievement score on RetroAchievements.

[meleu]

@livefastcyyoung oh! Now I've got it! ;)
Let's go to the 100k!! :)

[meleu]

Somebody else also wrote about RetroAchievements here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/RetroAchievements