[Tutorial] Supermodel for Retropie X86

[HoJo215]

Here's a quick tutorial to get Supermodel (Sega Model 3 Emulator) up and running on X86.

Open a terminal in your "downloads" folder. Copy and paste the following one at a time:

svn checkout https://svn.code.sf.net/p/model3emu/code/trunk model3emu-code

cd model3emu-code

ln -s Makefiles/Makefile.UNIX Makefile

make -j (NumberOfYourCPUs)

cp -r Config/ bin/

cd bin/

mkdir {NVRAM,Saves,roms}

Now go into the "model3emu-code" folder and name the "bin" folder to "supermodel"

Place all of your roms into the "supermodel" folder.

Move your supermodel folder over to "opt/retropie/emulators"

Go into "etc/emulationstation" and edit the es_system.cfg, copy paste the below into it
and be sure to edit ''YourUserName" with your pc's name.

<system>
  <name>supermodel</name>
  <fullname>Supermodel</fullname>
  <path>/home/YourUserName/RetroPie/roms/segamodel3</path>
  <extension>.sh</extension>
  <command>bash %ROM%</command>
  <platform>arcade</platform>
  <theme>supermodel</theme>
</system>

Make a new folder in your "roms" folder named "segamodel3"

Now just create shell scripts in the "roms/segamodel3" folder to boot each game from Retropie.

Here's an example for Star Wars Trilogy: (open text editor, copy & paste)

#!/bin/bash

cd /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/
./supermodel /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/swtrilgy.zip

Save as "swtrilgy.sh"

Rinse & Repeat for the rest of your roms.

There are more options such as ppc speed and sound volume options that can be added to these shell scripts to tweak each game.

Those can be found at the supermodel forums.

Enjoy Supermodel on Retropie X86

[Red_Trev]

hi there, is there a way to install Supermodel on a raspberry pi version of Retropie ? would it run well on a Pi 4 8GB ?