Suggestions for ports #2

JimmyFromTheBay

@ExarKunIv One more request: Arduous (Arduboy emulator). Tons of really fun games on there :)

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/libretroretroarch-new-cores/

ExarKunIv

@JimmyFromTheBay might be doable

ExarKunIv

Well its been awhile, but i have been working hard on getting new ports up and running

Here is the update of what i have added to RetroPie-Extras.

Also I have removed mass-install-extras as it is just silly to have more the 2 ways to do the same thing

there is a command line way to just install them all in one shot, Instructions are in the README

Libretrocores

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lr-bsnes-hd.sh - "Super Nintendo Emulator - bsnes-HD port for libretro (BETA)" - Installs, Plays, Runs OK
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lr-samecdi - Philips CDI - same_cdi port for libretro - Installs Fine, Dont have games to test

Ports

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berusky.sh - Advanced sokoban clone with nice graphics - Installs, Plays fine
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boswars.sh - Battle of Survival - is a futuristic real-time strategy game - Installs, Plays fine, needs mouse
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dunelegacy.sh - Dune 2 Building of a Dynasty port - Installs Play sgreat,/W game
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extremetuxracer.sh - Linux verion of Mario cart - Installs, Plays great
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fruity.sh - inspired by the Kaiko classic Gem'X - Installs, Plays great
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hexen2gl.sh - Hexen II - Hammer of Thyrion source port using OpenGL - Installs, Plays great w/demo
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hheretic.sh - Heretic GL port - Installs, Plays great w/demo
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hhexen.sh - Hexen GL portt - Installs, Plays great w/demo
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samtfe- Serious Sam Classic The First Encounter. - Installs, and plays great
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samtse- Serious Sam Classic The Second Encounter. - Installs, and plays great
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septerra.sh - Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator port Installs Plays fine
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shiromino.sh - Tetris The Grand Master Clone Installs Plays fine
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shockolate.sh - Source port of System Shock Installs Plays fine
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simutrans.sh - freeware and open-source transportation simulator Installs Plays fine
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vanillacc.sh - Vanilla-Command and Conquer - Installs, Plays great
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wesnoth.sh - turn-based strategy game - Installs, Plays OK

like always let me know how things are working

Retro Arcade Fan

@ExarKunIv That's awesome, thank you so much for all of your hard work. Can you please remind me how to update RetroPie-Extras?

Thanks.

sleve_mcdichael

@Retro-Arcade-Fan said in Suggestions for ports #2:

Can you please remind me how to update RetroPie-Extras?

cd ~/RetroPie-Extra

git pull origin

If you need to update from ZeroJay's repo - first, discard the most recent commit:

git reset --hard HEAD^

Switch to ExarKuniv's new repo:

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/Exarkuniv/RetroPie-Extra

Then pull again from the updated origin:

git pull origin

ExarKunIv

@sleve_mcdichael as always thanks for your help

Retro Arcade Fan

@sleve_mcdichael Thank you as always!

ExarKunIv

a late update
a big thank you for @Folly for getting this one going,

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lr-arduous - ArduBoy emulator - arduous port for libretro- Installs, Plays, Runs well

he also got going

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lr-samecdi - Philips CDI - same_cdi port for libretro - Installs, Dont have games to test

for lr-arduous you might want to play around with the shaders to make it alittle bit better

Retro Arcade Fan

@sleve_mcdichael said in Suggestions for ports #2:

git pull origin

I must be doing something wrong. Or I'm not reading this correctly. I ran all 5 commands and still don't see those 2 emulators under experimental.

sleve_mcdichael

@Retro-Arcade-Fan said in Suggestions for ports #2:

still don't see those 2 emulators under experimental.

You then need to run ./install-extras.sh and select which modules will be copied to your RP-Setup directory, then they should be available in the Setup script.

Retro Arcade Fan

@sleve_mcdichael @Folly @ExarKunIv That worked, thank you. I now see them. Arduous installed fine. But lr-samecdi gives me this error after over an hour:

ExarKunIv

@Retro-Arcade-Fan that's odd since it did install fine for me when I tested before I added it to me repo.

I'll look when in I'm front of my pi again

Folly

@Retro-Arcade-Fan

What kind of raspberry pi do you use and how much ram does it have ?

I will try it on my rpi4-8gb and see if it works.
Edit : I worked without any problems

On my Apple M1 with Debian11 in UTM I had the same problem as you.
Manually compiling worked though, so we have to look further.

RPi4 Model B 8gb / Freecom 2Tb USB3 / Raspberry pi OS/Bullseye+Desktop/gcc10 / RetroPie 4.7.20

Retro Arcade Fan

@Folly I have a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 gigs of ram.

ExarKunIv

@Folly ok i tested it on my Pi4 4gb, and it compiled and installed fine. on my end
i did see that it does not make a folder for the bios, so i needed to make a folder for it.

when i tested a rom, it starts with a gray screen and a popup says that it cant start the game due to missing files, but i dont know what files its missing.

i did go into the setting and manually set where to fine the bios, and still same error

UPDATE
i tried a few different versions of the bios and a few differeent roms, and still nothing. just a gray box and a error popup about missing files

Folly

@ExarKunIv

Copy cdimono1.zip (or .7z) in (see mame-merged) :
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/same_cdi/bios
(Indeed perhaps a good idea to create the directory in the module-script)

The bios has to contain (sha1sum filename) :
d961de803c89b3d1902d656ceb9ce7c02dccb40a cdi200.rom
53360a1f21ddac952e95306ced64186a3fc0b93e cdi220b.rom
5d757ab46b8c8fc36361555d978d7af768342d47 cdi220.rom
fdf8d78d6a0df4a56b5b963d72eabd39fcec163f zx405037p__cdi_servo_2.1__b43t__llek9215.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7201
56d0acd7caad51c7de703247cd6d842b36173079 zx405042p__cdi_slave_2.0__b43t__zzmk9213.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7206

That should work.

Retro Arcade Fan

@Folly Any suggestions on the initial install of lr-samecdi for me since I can't seem to install it at all?

Folly

@Retro-Arcade-Fan

Not yet,
As @ExarKunIv also uses a 4gb rpi4 it's hard to tell what the problem is.
I assume you use 32 bit OS, right ?

I had the same problem on my Apple M1 running debian11 (aarch64) in UTM.
But manually compiling it worked.
If you are able to compile it manually, then we can see if that works.

instructions are here :
https://github.com/libretro/same_cdi

Retro Arcade Fan

@Folly Yes I'm using the 32bit OS. And I'm afraid manually compiling goes beyond my skillset. I don't want to keep bugging you on this. And I don't know what to do with those files on the page you sent.

If I wanted to try the original install again via ./install-extras.sh, what would be the cleanest way to do so? Remove any files first?

Folly

@Retro-Arcade-Fan said in Suggestions for ports #2:

@Folly Yes I'm using the 32bit OS. And I'm afraid manually compiling goes beyond my skillset. I don't want to keep bugging you on this.

Fair enough.

And I don't know what to do with those files on the page you sent.

Which file the bios files ?
You need the cdimoni.zip bios file from the mame-merged set and place them in the proper place, otherwise the emulator won't work.

If I wanted to try the original install again via ./install-extras.sh, what would be the cleanest way to do so? Remove any files first?

You have to ask @ExarKunIv, I never used that.