Suggestions for ports #2

[ExarKunIv]

@NIGHTKILLER05 i have not finished cryptic passage for it yet. but the main game works just fine

[ExarKunIv]

Time for a big update on whats going on with RetroPie_Extras

First we now have a GUI menu to install the scripts. It is still a WIP so please let @sleve_mcdichael what you think and what needs to be added or improved.

we decided to go that way since we are adding more scripts to this repo it is causing the main RP menu to be laggy when you first get into it. If you have everything install

so now you can pick what you want to install and what to leave out.

But if you just like to have everything install with just one command, the old install way it still there.

./mass-install-extras.sh is now what you use.
Everything else has stayed the same

I have been going through each script and testing them all, some I have removed due to them just not working or whatever they are now in RetroPie-Extra-unstable.

I will be moving anything that gets broken there to keep Extras clean

Emulators

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  gearboy.sh - Gameboy emulator - Installs Plays fine, Need to clean up the controls
• [ ]- kat5200.sh - Atari 8-bit/5200 emulator - x86 only
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  openbor.sh - Beat 'em Up Game Engine (newest version) - Tested only on Pi4 so far, installs as a system instead of as a port, direct launching of games from emulationstation supported!
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  pico8.sh - Fantasy Game Emulator - Adds as a new system in RetroPie so you can directly launch carts. Was told that it works fine, so I'll go with that
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  pokemini.sh - Pokemon Mini emulator - x86 only
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  ppsspp-dev.sh - PlayStation Portable emulator PPSSPP - latest development version - Tested and works on RPi4 (May 2022)
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  supermodel.sh - Sega Model 3 Arcade emulator - Installs Does play, test game are slow

Libretrocores

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  lr-2048.sh - 2048 engine - 2048 port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-beetle-pce.sh - PCEngine emu - Mednafen PCE port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-bk.sh - Elektronika БК-0010/0011/Terak 8510a emulator - BK port for libretro - Installs Plays not sure well or not
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  lr-blastem.sh - Sega Genesis emu - BlastEm port for libretro - x86 only
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  lr-boom3.sh - Doom 3 port for libretro - x86 only
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  lr-canary.sh - Citra Canary for libretro - x86 only
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  lr-cannonball.sh - An Enhanced OutRun engine for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-chailove.sh - 2D Game Framework with ChaiScript roughly inspired by the LÖVE API to libretro - Installs Plays fine, the one game i could find for it
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  lr-citra.sh - Citra port for libretro - x86 only
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  lr-crocods.sh - CrocoDS port for libretro - Installs Starts but will not finish loading game
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  lr-daphne.sh - Daphne port to libretro - laserdisk arcade games. - Installs dont have any games to test
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  lr-fceumm-mod.sh - Modified fceumm core to specifically support the Super Mario Bros 1/3 hack. - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-freej2me.sh - A J2ME implementation for old JAVA phone games. - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-gearboy.sh - Game Boy (Color) emulator - Gearboy port for libretro. - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-gearcoleco.sh - ColecoVision emulator - GearColeco port for libretro. - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-lutro.sh - Lua engine - lua game framework (WIP) for libretro following the LÖVE API - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-mame2003_midway.sh - MAME 0.78 core with Midway games optimizations. - Installs, doesnt start my games
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  lr-melonds.sh - NDS emu - MelonDS port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs
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  lr-mesen-s.sh - Super Nintendo emu - Mesen-S port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-mess-jaguar.sh - Add support for using lr-mess for Jaguar games, uses atarijaguar system name to match lr-virtualjaguar. - did not test due to not having mess installed yet
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  lr-mu.sh - Palm OS emu - Mu port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs
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  lr-oberon.sh - Oberon RISC emulator for libretro - Installs
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  lr-openlara.sh - Tomb Raider engine - OpenLara port for libretro - Installs Might work, dont have correct files to test
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  lr-play.sh - PlayStation 2 emulator - Play port for libretro - x86 only
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  lr-potator.sh - Watara Supervision emulator based on Normmatt version - Potator port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-ppsspp-dev.sh - PlayStation Portable emu - PPSSPP port for libretro - latest development version - Tested and works on RPi4 (May 2022)
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  lr-prboom-system.sh - For setting up DOOM as an emulated system, not a port. - Installs Plays fine
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  lr-race.sh - Neo Geo Pocket (Color) emulator - RACE! port for libretro. - Installs, Plays, Runs well
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  lr-reminiscence.sh - Flashback engine - Gregory Montoir’s Flashback emulator port for libretro - Installs, Plays, Runs fine
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  lr-sameboy.sh - Game Boy and Game Boy Color, emulator - SameBoy Port for libretro - Installs Plays, runs well
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  lr-simcoupe.sh - SAM Coupe emulator - SimCoupe port for libretro - Installs, Might run games, cant get one to work
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  lr-swanstation.sh - Playstation emulator - Duckstation fork for libretro - Installs, Plays well
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  lr-thepowdertoy.sh - Sandbox physics game for libretro - Installs Plays fine
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  lr-uzem.sh - Uzebox engine - Uzem port for libretro - Installs, Plays well
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  lr-vemulator.sh - SEGA VMU emulator - VeMUlator port for libretro - Installs Plays fine
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  lr-vitaquake2.sh - Quake 2 engine - vitaQuake II port for libretro PSVita only
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  lr-vitaquake3.sh - Quake 3 engine - vitaQuake III (ioquake3) port for libretro PSVita only
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  lr-yabasanshiro.sh - Saturn & ST-V emulator - Yabasanshiro port for libretro - Installs Plays fine

I have been also working on Ports, but I want to go through them all over again to make sure they are all good. That update will be coming in the next week or so.

I have moved the Non-game scripts to the supplementary, as they really didn't fit with the rest

Well thats it for now. as always if I missed something or you have gotten a script to work that I could not, Please let me know I want to keep my READ ME as up-todate as I can

[mitu]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

ppsspp-dev.sh - PlayStation Portable emu - PPSSPP port for libretro - latest development version - blackscreen on videocore, tested and works on RPi4 (May 2022)

This should be working on Pi3 (videocore) after https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/commit/1d17b01c16786a1f08a63632a081e0e381b229c0

[sleve_mcdichael]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

we decided to go that way since we are adding more scripts to this repo it is causing the main RP menu to be laggy when you first get into it. If you have everything install

so now you can pick what you want to install and what to leave out.

To add some context, this isn't about actually having the packages "installed" in RetroPie. Just having them "exist" is enough to slow it down. When retropie_packages.sh is called, either explicitly or indirectly via retropie_setup.sh, it includes packages.sh via source and then runs rp_registerAllModules:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/retropie_packages.sh#L57

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/retropie_packages.sh#L61

This in turn includes via source every module in the RetroPie-Setup directory.:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/f271ce9dee01fb224aaac44d6e9c1230d1ab5087/scriptmodules/packages.sh#L906

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/f271ce9dee01fb224aaac44d6e9c1230d1ab5087/scriptmodules/packages.sh#L880-L1013

This is done so that functions from one module can be made available to another module without duplicating the code.

The consequence of this is that, the more modules there are to include, the longer it takes to source them all and so the initial loading time of retropie-setup.sh is proportional to that amount. The more modules that merely exist in RetroPie-Setup, the longer it will take to load the setup utility.

My first solution was simply to manually copy only those individual scripts from RP-Extra that I actually intend to use. But I figured others might also benefit from this and so I took the learning opportunity to create the GUI installer script that you see today :)

Please try it out. Try to break it. Let me know if you succeed, and how :)

[JimmyFromTheBay]

Having trouble with a couple of things in RetroPie-Extra.

HEBORIS: installs and runs, but most of the sound is missing and the game only runs in a tiny corner of the screen, even if you set it to 640x480 in Runcommand.

TEXMASTER2009: installs and runs, but again only in a tiny corner even if you set it to 640x480 in Runcommand, and there doesn't seem to be any ingame fullscreen option. There's a config-file option but I can't find where the game has installed to - it's not in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports like most ports are - so I have no idea where to edit it.

(Also it runs with a message saying "Raspberry Pi GPIO Disable. (Need to be root.)". I have no idea whether this is something I should be concerned about.)

WIZZNIC: Seems to install but then nothing happens - you get booted straight back to ES. Again I can't tell WHERE it's installed - I tried adding a folder called "wizznic" in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports with the game files in it but that had no effect.

[ExarKunIv]

@JimmyFromTheBay for all of them you need to update the RP-E as i just updated everything

but

HEBORIS works or for me it does in full screen, not sure about the sound as my setup has no speakers

TEXMASTER2009 has been removed due to only small screen and no fix found
WIZZNIC has been removed due to only small screen and no fix found

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

@JimmyFromTheBay for all of them you need to update the RP-E as i just updated everything

I updated it about 15m before I posted that comment.

HEBORIS works or for me it does in full screen, not sure about the sound as my setup has no speakers

Hmm, mysterious. Where does it install to? I'll see if I can find a config file or something.

TEXMASTER2009 has been removed due to only small screen and no fix found

Bah. There's a thread elsewhere on the forum about installing it directly which includes a pic of someone running it in fullscreen, will try that method instead.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8745/texmaster-port/9

WIZZNIC has been removed due to only small screen and no fix found

Bah.

Cheers for the reply :)

[ExarKunIv]

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Suggestions for ports #2:

Bah. There's a thread elsewhere on the forum about installing it directly which includes a pic of someone running it in fullscreen, will try that method instead.

that is a very old post, things and software has changed so things that worked 5 years ago in full screen, most likely will not anymore, which is why we need to use XINIT

but give it a try, if you can get it to work in fullscreen i can update the script to do so

EDIT
but since @zerojay already was on that post, and he is the one who wrote the script to start with. most likely its not going to work

[ExarKunIv]

Ladys and Gentalmen it is time for a Big Update

First @sleve_mcdichael has updated our new GUI interface for installing RP-E. Now we can pick what section we want to install instead of installing everything, Or if there is only a few things you want to install you can pick just the ones you want.

Please give it a try and let us know what you all think. Soon moving forward that will be the only way to install the scripts.

I will be removing the Old way in the near future.

Now for the good stuff.

I have gone and installed and tested every script. I have removed all that dont work/build, or ones that only play in a small window. they are now in RetroPie-Extra-unstable

Here is the current list of the working scripts that I have gone through. I only tested this on a 27" monitor so if there are any screen size issues on bigger screens I can only do so much

NOTES
ECWOLF installs, but something is wrong with the patch file that fixes the missing esc key. Im working on that
OPENDUNE the config file it not installing correctly, also working on that

To get full screen on most of these if you dont know you need to drop the resolutions in the RUNCOMMAND screen to whatever size looks good for you.

Ports

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  abuse.sh - Classic action game - Installs Plays fine, needs keyboard
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  augustus.sh - Augustus - Enhanced Caesar III source port - Installs plays fine, needs mouse
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  barrage.sh - Shooting Gallery action game - Installs, Plays fine, needs mouse
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  bermudasyndrome.sh - Bermuda Syndrome engine - Installs, plays fine, cant exit, but thats the desine of the engine not the script
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  bloboats.sh - Fun physics game - Installs play fine
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  breaker.sh - Arkanoid clone - Installs, plays fine, need to drop the resolutions to 640-480
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  bstone.sh - Blake Stone - BStone A source port of Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Blake Stone: Planet Strike Installs, Plays great
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  burgerspace.sh - BurgerTime clone - Installs, plays fine, need to drop the resolutions to 640-480
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  chocolate-doom.sh- DOOM source port - Installs, plays great
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  chocolate-doom-system.sh- For setting up DOOM as an emulated system, not port. - Installs Plays great
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  chopper258.sh - Chopper Commando Revisited - A modern port of Chopper Commando (DOS, 1990) - Installs, Plays fine, needs keyboard
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  crack-attack.sh - Tetris Attack clone - Installs works, but you need to need to drop the resolutions to 640-480
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  crispy-doom.sh - DOOM source port - Installs, Plays great
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  crispy-doom-system.sh - For setting up DOOM as an emulated system, not port. - Installs, Plays great
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  devilutionx.sh - Diablo source port - Installs, Plays great w/ DEMO
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  dhewm3.sh - dhewm3 - Doom 3 port - Installs, Plays great w/ DEMO
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  easyrpgplayer.sh - RPG Maker 2000/2003 interpreter - Installs and launches
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  ecwolf.sh - ECWolf - ECWolf is an advanced source port for Wolfenstein 3D - Installs, Plays great, PATCH is not applyed, getting error
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  freeciv.sh - Civilization online clone - Tested and works well
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  freedink.sh - Dink Smallwood engine - Installs, Plays great
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  freesynd.sh - Syndicate clone - Installs, Plays great
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  gmloader.sh - GMLoader - play GameMaker Studio games for Android on non-Android operating systems - Installs, Plays great W/games
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  gnukem.sh - Dave Gnukem - Duke Nukem 1 look-a-like - Installs, Plays great
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  gtkboard.sh - Board games system - Installs Runs fine
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  hcl.sh - Hydra Castle Labrinth - Installs, Plays great
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  heboris.sh - Tetris The Grand Master clone - Installs, Plays great
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  hexen2.sh - Hexen II - Hammer of Thyrion source port - Installs, Plays great w/demo
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  hurrican.sh - Turrican clone. - Installs, Plays great
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  jfsw.sh - Shadow warrior port - Installs and runs on rpi4
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  julius.sh - Julius - Caesar III source port - Installs, Plays great
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  kraptor.sh - Shoot em up scroller game - Installs Runs fine
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  lbreakout2.sh - Open Source Breakout game - Installs Runs fine
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  lgeneral.sh - Open Source strategy game - Installs Runs fine
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  lmarbles.sh - Open Source Atomix game - Installs Runs fine, screen is alitte off center
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  ltris.sh - Open Source Tetris game - Installs, Plays great
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  meritous.sh - Port of an action-adventure dungeon crawl game - Installs, Plays great
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  nblood.sh - Blood source port - Installs, Plays great
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  nkaruga.sh - Ikaruga demake. - Blocked from installing on Pi4
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  nxengine-evo.sh - The standalone version of the open-source clone/rewrite of Cave Story - Installs Plays fine on Pi4. Need to bind controller in options
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  opendune.sh - Dune 2 source port - Installs, but doesnt install config file
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  openjazz.sh - An enhanced Jazz Jackrabbit source port - Installs, Plays great
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  openjk_ja.sh - OpenJK: JediAcademy (SP + MP) - Installs, Plays great, didnt test MP
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  openjk_jo.sh - OpenJK: Jedi Outcast (SP) - Installs, Plays great
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  openmw.sh - Morrowind source port - Installs, Plays great, Black screen on EXIT
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  openmwdriver.sh - Driver for Morrowind source port Installs correctly
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  openra.sh - Real Time Strategy game engine supporting early Westwood classics - Installs, Plays great
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  openrct2.sh - RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 port - Installs, Plays great
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  piegalaxy.sh - Pie Galaxy - Download and install GOG.com games in RetroPie - Installs Runs, Cant login to test
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  pingus.sh - Lemmings clone - Installs, Plays great
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  pokerth.sh - open source online poker - Installs, Plays fine
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  prboom-plus.sh - Enhanced DOOM source port - Installs Plays great
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  prototype.sh - Free R-Type remake by Ron Bunce - Gamepad support incomplete. Installs, Plays fine, needs keyboard
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  pydance.sh - Open Source Dancing Game - Installs, Plays fine
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  quakespasm.sh - Another enhanced engine for quake - Installs, Plays fine Need to keep the resolution low for smooth play and full screen
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  rawgl.sh - Another World Engine - Installs, Plays great
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  relive.sh - Oddworld engine for Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus Installs Plays well, some graphic glitches
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  reminiscence.sh - Flashback engine clone - Installs, Plays fine
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  rickyd.sh - Rick Dangerous clone - Blocked from installing on Pi4
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  rigelengine.sh - RigelEngine - Duke Nukem 2 source port - Installs, Plays great
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  rocksndiamonds.sh - Rocks'n'Diamonds - Emerald Mine Clone - Installs, Plays great
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  rott-darkwar.sh - Rise of the Triad source port with joystick support - Installs
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  rott-huntbgin.sh - Rise of the Triad (shareware version) source port with joystick support. - Installs, Plays great
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  rtcw.sh- IORTCW source port of Return to Castle Wolfenstein. - Installs, and plays great
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  sdl-bomber.sh - Simple Bomberman clone - Installs, Plays great
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  seahorse.sh - a side scrolling platform game Installs Plays fine
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  sm64ex.sh - Super Mario 64 PC Port for Pi4 - Works extremely well on Pi 4. Installs Plays great
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  sorr.sh - Streets of Rage Remake port - Installs, Plays great
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  supertuxkart.sh - a free kart-racing game - Installs, Plays great at lower resolution
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  warmux.sh - Worms Clone - Installs
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  xash3d-fwgs.sh - Half-Life engine source port. - Installs
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  zeldansq.sh - Zelda: Navi's Quest fangame - Installs, Plays great

Here is the list of all the ones that are not installing, building or playing in a small screen.
as I get them fixed (if i do get them fixed.) They will be added to the main Repo

Removed broken scripts to RetroPie-Extra-unstable

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  lr-craft.sh - Minecraft engine - Installs Fails to start
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  lr-easyrpg.sh - RPG Maker 2000/2003 engine - EasyRPG Player interpreter port for libretro - Fail
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  lr-ecwolf.sh - Wolfestein 3D engine - ECWolf port based of Wolf4SDL for libretro - Installs Fails to start games
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  lr-pocketcdg.sh - A MP3 karaoke music player. - **Installs, Fails to load files **
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  lr-minivmac.sh - Macintosh Plus Emulator - Mini vMac port for libretro - Installs, Black screen when starting games
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  corsixth.sh - Theme Hospital engine clone - Installs, Lua error, will not play
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  fofix.sh - FoFix - Guitar Hero and Rock Band clone - Bin file is nolonger able to download
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  funnyboat.sh - Funny Boat. A side scrolling boat shooter with waves - Installs, Plays in small window
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  ganbare.sh - Japanese 2D Platformer - Installs, Plays in small window
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  gamemaker.sh - Install the 3 gamemaker games - Failed to build
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  maelstrom.sh - Maelstrom - Classic Mac Asteroids Remake - Failed to build
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  manaplus.sh - 2D MMORPG client - Failed to build
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  openxcom.sh - Open Source X-COM Engine - Failed to build
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  kaiten-patissier.sh - Japanese 2D Platformer - Installs Plays in small window
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  kaiten-patissier-ura.sh - Japanese 2D Platformer - Installs Plays in small window
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  refkeen.sh - port for Keen Dreams, The Catacomb Adventure Series and Wolf3d - Does not install now
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  shiromino.sh - Tetris the Grand Master Clone - Requires keyboard to restart/quit. - **Installs, cant find the config file, fails to start **
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  texmaster2009.sh - Tetris TGM clone - Plays in small screen
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  tinyfugue.sh - MUD client - fails to start
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  ulmos-adventure.sh - Simple Adventure Game - Installs Small screen
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  vorton.sh - Highway Encounter Remake in Spanish - Installs small screen
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  wizznic.sh - Puzznic clone - Installs Plays, screen is small
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  zeldapicross.sh - Zelda themed Picross fangame - Installs starts but will not go past first screen

Next Ill be work on the supplementary

Enjoy all

[sleve_mcdichael]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

Soon moving forward that will be the only way to install the scripts.

I will be removing the Old way in the near future.

Just a note that the new install script does incorporate -a and -r flags for users who still require a non-interactive terminal command to add or remove all RP-Extra scripts without using the GUI.

Usage:

    ./install-extras.sh [-u|--update] [option] [rp_setup_directory]

Options:
    -a  --all       Add all RetroPie-Extra modules (may severely impact the
                    loading time of RetroPie-Setup and retropiemenu configuration
                    items, especially on slower hardware)
    -r  --remove    Remove all RetroPie-Extra modules (does not "uninstall" the modules
                    in RP-Setup)
    -h  --help      Display this help and exit

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

I have gone and installed and tested every script. I have removed all that dont work/build, or ones that only play in a small window. they are now in RetroPie-Extra-unstable

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  heboris.sh - Tetris The Grand Master clone - Installs, Plays great

I wish I could figure out what I'm doing wrong with this one. It acts exactly like Texmaster does in terms of only playing in a tiny window, and nothing I try fixes it.

I did notice that the error message it displayed while installing/uninstalling referenced ZeroJay rather than Exarkuniv, no idea if that's significant.

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Suggestions for ports #2:

Bah. There's a thread elsewhere on the forum about installing it directly which includes a pic of someone running it in fullscreen, will try that method instead.

but give it a try, if you can get it to work in fullscreen i can update the script to do so

I found the install directory and the config file, and changed it to fullscreen rather than a window, but it made no discernible difference. There were permissions warnings when I edited the file, but it still seemed to save the changes.

[ExarKunIv]

@JimmyFromTheBay post what your ''emulation.cfg'' has in it.

As this point I'm going with some how you are installing a old script.

Or better yet. Post the whole install script, that way we can see what one you are using.
I'm going with you are changing the resolution through the runcommand, correct?

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@ExarKunIv

Ha, I just reinstalled it for the 6th time and now it's in fullscreen :D

But I still have almost no sound, even after changing the settings from MIDI to MP3, and no background images. Am I meant to download MP3s and images separately from somewhere?

It's a nightmare trying to find any documentation for this stuff, but it LOOKS as though they're meant to go in /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/ports/heboris/config/res, except I don't have the permissions to create that folder.

This is what's in HEBORIS.SH in /home/pi/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules/ports:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This file is part of RetroPie-Extra, a supplement to RetroPie.
# For more information, please visit:
#
# https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup
# https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra
#
# See the LICENSE file distributed with this source and at
# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/master/LICENSE
#

rp_module_id="heboris"
rp_module_desc="HeborisC7EX - Tetris The Grand Master Clone"
rp_module_help="To get mp3 audio working, you will need to change the music type from MIDI to MP3 in the Heboris options menu."
rp_module_repo="git https://github.com/zerojay/HeborisC7EX.git"
rp_module_section="exp"
rp_module_flags="!mali"

function depends_heboris() {
    getDepends libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg
}

function sources_heboris() {
    gitPullOrClone
}

function build_heboris() {
    make
    md_ret_require="$md_build/heboris"
}

function install_heboris() {
    md_ret_files=(
          'heboris'
          'res'
          'replay'
          'config'
          'heboris.ini'
          'heboris.txt'
    )
}

function configure_heboris() {
    local script="$md_inst/$md_id.sh"
    chown pi:pi "$md_inst/heboris"
    moveConfigDir "$md_inst/config" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/config"
    moveConfigDir "$md_inst/replay" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/replay"
    moveConfigFile "$md_inst/heboris.ini" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/heboris.ini"
		#create buffer script for launch
	 cat > "$script" << _EOF_
#!/bin/bash
pushd "$md_inst"
"./heboris" \$*
popd
_EOF_
    
	chmod +x "$script"
    addPort "$md_id" "heboris" "HeborisC7EX - Tetris The Grand Master Clone" "XINIT:$script"
}

This is what's in EMULATORS.CFG in /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/ports/heboris:

heboris = "XINIT:/opt/retropie/ports/heboris/heboris.sh"
default = "heboris"

Also, btw, there's a really weird issue with Blake Stone - the sequel, Planet Strike runs perfectly, but the original Aliens Of Gold just dumps back to EmulationStation.

[ExarKunIv]

@JimmyFromTheBay well I'm glad you got full screen. As for the sound. I don't know if something is missing like a driver or it just will not work. I know the mp3s are in the folders. Same for the backgrounds.

You have to remember most of the ports on RP-E are no longer being worked on so they might be incomplete.

Since I personally did not make the script for this I never looked in to how complete the game outside of what zerojay wrote

As for Blake stone. You need the full game for it to work.
Only the demo is preinstalled.

Unless you have it. Then something is going on and I have to look at it

[sleve_mcdichael]

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Suggestions for ports #2:

But I still have almost no sound, even after changing the settings from MIDI to MP3, and no background images. Am I meant to download MP3s and images separately from somewhere?

It's a nightmare trying to find any documentation for this stuff, but it LOOKS as though they're meant to go in /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/ports/heboris/config/res, except I don't have the permissions to create that folder.

This PR should fix the permissions and make a link to the configs dir for easy access to res and its contents:

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/pull/96

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@ExarKunIv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

As for Blake stone. You need the full game for it to work.
Only the demo is preinstalled.

Unless you have it. Then something is going on and I have to look at it

Yes, I have the full game for both.

[EDIT: scratch this - there was some sort of conflict created by copying over too many files from the full version or not deleting the shareware ones or something. Long story short, it works now. It's a bit academic as neither game supports gamepad input so they're not much fun, but I do like solving problems :D]

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@sleve_mcdichael said in Suggestions for ports #2:

I know the mp3s are in the folders. Same for the backgrounds.

There are definitely no MP3s or background images installed with the game. But I navigated about a thousand broken links and finally found some somewhere. (MP3s called bgm01.mp3, bgm01.mp3 etc and PNGs called BACK01.png, BACK02.png etc.)

This PR should fix the permissions and make a link to the configs dir for easy access to res and its contents:

https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra/pull/96

Okay, I updated and reinstalled and I now have a res folder and all the requisite subfolders in /opt/retropie/ports/heboris, but they're empty and I still have no permission to copy anything into them.

(There are shortcut links to accessible config and replay folders, but not one for res.)

However, following the logic of what appeared to be happening, I created a res folder and subfolders in /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/ports/heboris alongside the config and replay folders in there, and added the MP3s to the res/bgm subfolder and the PNGs to the res/bg subfolder. I changed the game's settings to MP3, but still no sign of either music or backdrops.

Despite not having the slightest clue what I'm doing in terms of scripts, I then tried editing the relevant part of /home/pi/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules/ports/heboris.sh to add a line about res, thus:

function configure_heboris() {
    local script="$md_inst/$md_id.sh"
    chown pi:pi "$md_inst/heboris"
    moveConfigDir "$md_inst/config" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/config"
    moveConfigDir "$md_inst/replay" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/replay"
    moveConfigDir "$md_inst/res" "$md_conf_root/$md_id/res"

but that had no apparent effect. There was still no shortcut to res in /opt/retropie/ports/heboris.

Then I worked out that was the wrong script file, and did the same edit to /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/ext/RetroPie-Extra/scriptmodules/ports/heboris.sh, deleted and reinstalled again. Now I do have the shortcut, but the music and backgrounds still don't appear in the game. I'm stumped :(

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Philcomm said in Suggestions for ports #2:

@exarkuniv said in Suggestions for ports #2:

@philcomm thanks for linking my post.

ill take all the help to get more people to find this. :)

Sure i would love to make something with you
I was thinking something along the same line. this post was kinda a start for it.

there is so much good stuff out there and alot of it get lost in the forum

Nice to hear. So I was thinking about hosting a markdown document somewhere. That way we don't have to worry too much about formatting.
I think very important here is the structure. It is very easy to just put stuff in the document, but another thing to make it easily navigatable and understandable.

Happy to assist with this, I too have a pretty extensive document for my own use, written in simple terms so that even clueless dumdums like me can follow it.

[ExarKunIv]

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