Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans
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That's true. Some games like Zool 2 or Bubsy run well with Lr-Mess.
Bubsy run at 49 FPS or more with Lr-Mess and 33 FPS with Lr- virtualjaguar (Big difference) and Zool is almost perfect.
See:
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Not tried lr-Mess yet. How do AVP and Atari Karts play?
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I know it's on ps1 as well but how's Tempest 2000?
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@George-Spiggott said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
Not tried lr-Mess yet. How do AVP and Atari Karts play?
Don't you find AVP runs well on Virtual Jaguar? It seems to run well on mine at least.
I am interested in lr-Mess but I am not sure which Jaguar game is going to make me put in the effort to set it up on my Pi. I do hear good things about Atari Karts so maybe that is the one.
Bubsy runs slowly on Virtual Jaguar, but Zool 2 seems fine.
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@AdamBeGood any special setup for virtual jaguar? I'm overclocked and I've played with the configs a bit but can't get any game faster than a slideshow (4b 4gb).
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@Scout53 On AvP specifically? Jaguar generally I find pretty poor on mine, but that game is okay.
I have Fast Blitter and Doom Res Hack ON in Options. I have the RunCommand resolution at 720x480.
I don't know if these things make a difference (I think the Fast Blitter does, whatever it means).
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My settings (not necessarily the best). Just to match with games performances below.
#-------------------------------------------------------------- #PI4 OVERCLOCK v3d_freq = 850 over_voltage=8 v3d_freq=850 #gpu_freq=750 not needed #hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 not needed after some_test arm_freq=2100 #--------------------------------------------------------------
retroarch-core-options.cfg for Lr-Mess
mame_current_frame_skip = "1"
With Lr-virtualjaguar, some games are fasters with Quick Menu/Options/ Fast Blitter = on in Retroarch menu (like Fight for life (Europe), I recommend to use It most of the time
Analog Sensitivity must be fix at 0.3 for Lr-Mess
Best emulator = X
Air cars
Lr-Mess : 50-52 FPS (playable with sound)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 55.88 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) XArena Football 95
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Stuck on the main screen (not playable)Atari Kart
Lr-Mess : don't load (see comments in MAME hash file)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 36.65 FPS (slow,Fast Blitter = on ) XAttack of the mutant penguins
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 32.3 FPS (playable, slow) XAVP (Alien vs. Predator)
Lr-Mess : 56 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, almost full speed)Barkley Shut Up and Jam!
Lr-Mess : Stuck on the main menu (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 45 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable, no sound) XBattle Sphere Gold
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)Breakout 2000
Lr-Mess : 40.22 FPS (slow, no sound, not fun to play)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 35 FPS (terrible sound, slow, not fun to play) XBrett Hull Hockey
Lr-Mess : Games won't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Games won't load (not playable)Brutal Sports Football
Lr-Mess : 60.08 FPS (almost full speed, no sound issue) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.26 FPS (almost full speed)Bubsy
Lr-Mess : 51.57 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 33 FPS (slow)Cannon Fodder
Lr-Mess : 60.3 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.12 FPS (almost full speed, choppy sound)Checkered Flag
Lr-Mess : visual issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 45-48 FPS ( Must have Fast Blitter = on, fast, playable) XClub Drive
Lr-Mess : grafx issues, no sound (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : shut down after 20 sec. (not playable)Cyber Morph
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 20.58 FPS ( grafx issues with Fast Blitter, choppy sound, difficult to play) XDefender 2000
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.37 FPS ( Fast Blitter = on, sound is little bit choppy, playable) XDragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Lr-Mess : 37.33 FPS (slow but playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 36.3 FPS (Must have Fast Blitter = on , slow but playable)Doom
Lr-Mess : 34 FPS (playable - low FPS but looks normal, very playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 28 FPS (very slow - half screen only)Double Dragon V
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (almost full speed, sound issue)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (almost full speed) XEvolution: Dino dudes
Lr-Mess : 51.57 FPS ( playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 35.16 FPS (slow, no sound but playable)Fever Pitch Soccer
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 40 FPS (little bit choppy, playable)XFight for life (Europe) Must be Europe version
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.16 FPS (must have Fast Blitter = on, playable)XFlash Back
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, sound issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (almost full speed, playable) XFlip Out!
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)Gorf 2000
Lr-Mess : screen freeze after 10 sec.
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.6 FPS (almost full speed, No sound)Hover Strike
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, sound issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 39.4 FPS (Grafx issues with Fast Blitter = on but essential to play, It's not really playable with a good experience) XHyper Force
Lr-Mess : 39 FPS (slow, almost playable.. maybe) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : (Black screen after option menu)I War
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 17 FPS (Grafx issues with Fast Blitter = on,very slow, It's not really playable with a good experience) XIron Soldier
Lr-Mess : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)Iron Soldier 2
Lr-Mess : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)Jack Nicklaus Cyber Golf
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)Kasumi Ninja
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 27.73 FPS (PAL = on, Fast Blitter = on, very slow, not really playable) XMemtrack
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : won't load properly (not playable)Missile command 3D
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 29.68 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, slow, playable) XNBA JAM Tournament Edition
Lr-Mess : major sound issues, screen issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 39.77 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, slow, playable) XPhase Zero
Lr-Mess : screen freeze (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 18.14 FPS (Fast Blitter = off, choppy sound, very slow) XPinball Fantasies
Lr-Mess : 60.2 FPS (no sound, full speed)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 53 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) XPitfall
Lr-Mess : game freeze after 20 sec.(not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.71 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, slow, not fun to play) XPlunky Duck in Hollywood
Lr-Mess : game freeze (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : controller issue (not playable)Power Drive Rally
Lr-Mess : Black screen after 20 sec. in the race (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : shut down after loading (not playable)Protector: special edition
Lr-Mess : Won't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 46.6 FPS, Fast Blitter = on, sound little bit choppy (playable)XRaiden
Lr-Mess : 59.9 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.2 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed, sound less perfect than lr-Mess )Rayman
Lr-Mess : 60.07 FPS (almost full speed, No sound)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.01 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed ) XRuiner Pinball
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)Sensible Soccer: International Edition
Lr-Mess : 60.2 FPS (Full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.05 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, Full speed)Sky Hammer
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 34.7 FPS Black screen, Freeze after 20 seconds (not playable)Soccer Kid
Lr-Mess : It loads but It stops on the options menu
Lr- virtualjaguar : 58 FPS (Fast Blitter = on,almost full speed ) XSpace War 2000
Lr-Mess : Freeze, grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 53.09 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable) XSuper Burnout
Lr-Mess : (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)Super Cross
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, playable) XSyndicate
Lr-Mess : 60.26 FPS (Full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 44.83 FPS, (Fast Blitter = off, playable)Tempest 2000
Lr-Mess : 46.5 FPS (choppy sound, playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 31.95 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, playable, soundtrack issue, playable)Theme Park
Lr-Mess : controller issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 48.93 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, no soundtrack, playable) XTiny Toon
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.45 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, no sound, half screen, not really playable) XTotal Carnage
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 38.67 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, the sound is a bit choppy , playable) XTowers II
Lr-Mess : controller issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: Grafx issue (not playable)Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.1 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) XTroy Aikman Football
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.27 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed)Ultrabrain
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)Ultra Vortex
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.12 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed) XVal d'Isère: Skiing and Snowboarding
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 24.33 FPS (PAL = on, Fast Blitter = on, slow, playable) XWhite man can't jump
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)Wolfeinstein 3D
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 34 FPS ( Fast Blitter = on, playable) XWorms
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59 FPS (full speed)Zero 5
Lr-Mess : 56 FPS (no sound, almost full speed)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 53 FPS ( almost full speed) XZool 2
Lr-Mess : 53.04 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 38.67 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable but slower)Zoop!
Lr-Mess : don't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : black screen (not playable)No prototype
New Edit : With Pi 5, Lr- virtualjaguar works very well for some games . Major performance gain !
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@DTEAM I think I'll be installing lr-mess tomorrow then! Results look good.
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@DTEAM Considering there isn't a whole ton of games in the Jaguar library, it would be really awesome if you would consider doing the same thing for the rest of the games too.
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Can I set up lr-mess as an additional emulator within atarijaguar, or does it have to be in a new jaguar directory as described in the linked thread?
I've got it set up so that I can open my Jaguar games with lr-mess, and I've put bioses within roms/atarijaguar but games are not opening as yet.
The RunCommand isn't very descriptive:
Parameters: Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/atarijaguar/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atarijaguar/Alien vs Predator (World).j64" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
Maybe the BIOSes are just not the ones, I don't know if the system would get further if that was the reason... Or these hash files I see mentioned, do they come with the lr-mess install or do I need to seek them out?
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@AdamBeGood said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
Can I set up lr-mess as an additional emulator within atarijaguar, or does it have to be in a new jaguar directory as described in the linked thread?
Hi. I wanted to do the same thing myself, so I made the change locally and never ended up uploading it anywhere. It's now in RetroPie-Extra, so if you use it, you can safely use the same ROM directory for both lr-mess-jaguar and lr-virtualjaguar.
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@zerojay said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@AdamBeGood said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
Can I set up lr-mess as an additional emulator within atarijaguar, or does it have to be in a new jaguar directory as described in the linked thread?
Hi. I wanted to do the same thing myself, so I made the change locally and never ended up uploading it anywhere. It's now in RetroPie-Extra, so if you use it, you can safely use the same ROM directory for both lr-mess-jaguar and lr-virtualjaguar.
Okay, that installed well. Thank you!
The additional information says the games need to be .zip, for some reason all mine are .j64. I guess I need to remedy that before I get anywhere with this.
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@AdamBeGood Try it anyways.
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@zerojay said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@AdamBeGood Try it anyways.
Yeah, I have done. Ever the optimist!
Didn't work, but then I don't know if that is to do with the three BIOS I have in my roms/atarijaguar directory or the .zip/.j64 issue. A bit of experimentation is required I guess.
Although does the below suggest that lr-mess wasn't set up correctly? I installed it from Source.
Parameters: Executing: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/atarijaguar/retroarch.cfg atarijaguar /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -cart "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atarijaguar/Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (World).j64" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1264: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh: No such file or directory
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@AdamBeGood said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@zerojay said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@AdamBeGood Try it anyways.
Yeah, I have done. Ever the optimist!
Didn't work, but then I don't know if that is to do with the three BIOS I have in my roms/atarijaguar directory or the .zip/.j64 issue. A bit of experimentation is required I guess.
Although does the below suggest that lr-mess wasn't set up correctly? I installed it from Source.
Parameters: Executing: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/atarijaguar/retroarch.cfg atarijaguar /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -cart "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atarijaguar/Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (World).j64" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1264: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh: No such file or directory
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@zerojay said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@AdamBeGood said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@zerojay said in Calling Pi 4 Atari Jaguar Fans:
@AdamBeGood Try it anyways.
Yeah, I have done. Ever the optimist!
Didn't work, but then I don't know if that is to do with the three BIOS I have in my roms/atarijaguar directory or the .zip/.j64 issue. A bit of experimentation is required I guess.
Although does the below suggest that lr-mess wasn't set up correctly? I installed it from Source.
Parameters: Executing: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/atarijaguar/retroarch.cfg atarijaguar /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -cart "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atarijaguar/Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales (World).j64" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1264: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh: No such file or directory
I can't suss out which part I need to do here, I've installed lr-mess and then your lr-mess-jaguar is essentially the fake core isn't it?
Is the problem that I didn't use valerino's version of lr-mess in the first place? Is that what I need to look into?
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@AdamBeGood I was referring to in general yes, thanks, and @DTEAM that's great. I'll need to 'mess' around with lr-mess when i get a chance.
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To install (manually) a system like Jaguar with Lr-mess, fallow this thread:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22600/how-to-emulate-bally-astrocade-vtech-creativision-and-emerson-arcadia-2001-in-lr-messDownload mame0225s.exe on https://www.mamedev.org/release.html , installe It and go in "hash" folder to get jaguar.xml file.
To run Lr-Mess, you need to match the names of your roms with the list in the hash folder (jaguar.xml). Copy that file (jaguar.xml) and paste It in/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/hash/
BIOSes are
- jaguarboot.zip
- jaguar.zip
- jaguarcd.zip
Copy those Bios in the main rom folder, not bios folder.
/home/pi/RetroPie/romsNow Create your system:
In /opt/retropie/configs/jaguar
emulators.cfg
lr-virtualjaguar = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-virtualjaguar/virtualjaguar_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/jaguar/retroarch.cfg %ROM%" lr-mess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/jaguar/retroarch.cfg %ROM%" default = "lr-mess"
retroarch.cfg
# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/jaguar/" #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
in /opt/retropie/configs/all
platforms.cfg
jaguar_exts=".j64 .jag .zip" jaguar_fullname="Atari Jaguar"
in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation
es_systems.cfg
<system> <name>jaguar</name> <fullname>Atari Jaguar</fullname> <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/jaguar</path> <extension>.j64 .jag .zip .J64 .JAG .ZIP</extension> <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ jaguar %ROM%</command> <platform>jaguar</platform> <theme>atarijaguar</theme> </system>
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@DTEAM this is amazing thank you so much.
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For Jaguar with Lr-Mess , you must set the Lr-mess deadzone for D-Pad(ex: for AVP)
and to adjust the sound.
It seems to create some sound problems and control problems for some games
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