Dreamcast not working
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I have a pi 3 B, 16GB SD card, 4GB ram, and a 2.5 amp power supply. my retropie version is 4.7.1. Whenever I try to launch a game for the Dreamcast, it says it's launching, then kicks me back to the ES main screen, does anyone know how to fix this?
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@braxdabozz What format are your games in?
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@braxdabozz which emulator are you using? Do you have the correct bios in the correct location?
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@quicksilver The Pi 3B is going to struggle with Dreamcast games.
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@g30ff the format is gdi
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please fill in ALL of https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first - including emulator name, full game name and path (give an example even if it's happening with all games), verbose log, etc. it's all important.
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@dankcushions I have installed flycast and reicast, the games I am trying to play are resident evil 2, and resident evil code veronica. on both emulators, the game will launch, it shows the popup that says to press a button to configure the emulators or other things, then it just crashes and takes me back to the ES ui
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@braxdabozz resident evil 2 is a windows ce game - reicast doesn't support them, and lr-flycast does but not in 32-bit mode (and unplayably slowly in aarch64). i don't know about code veronica, but if you provide a verbose log we can assist.
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@dankcushions I don't know what a verbose log is, could you explain it?
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@braxdabozz it's explained in my link above: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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@dankcushions i can't find the folder i need to get to in order to find the verbose log, do you know where it is
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@braxdabozz it explains in the linked guide: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging
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@dankcushions i cant open it
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I had a similar issue for ages. What fixed it for me was finding the correct bios. Whilst I had what I thought was the correct bios, when I checked the md5sum I found it was incorrect. I seem to recall I also had no luck with the hacked bios (see Retropie Docs - Dreamcast). Long story-short, getting a correct, working bios fixed the issue for me.
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However: i had no fun with DC on a Pi3(B).
A Pi4 should be highly recommended for this system.
Code Veronica is no CE Game and will work great. On a Pi4 :)
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