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    SNES games not launching

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      CubeBox391
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      Hey, i tried launcing a couple of SNES games and i got these error on all of them
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      Any idea? I have other games on mega drive and they work

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @CubeBox391
        last edited by

        @CubeBox391 The error displayed is unrelated. That's a message from emulation station due to the wrong audio output being configured in the Emulation Station settings.

        Errors running the emulator will be logged to /dev/shm/runcommand.log

        Please provide more details of your setup as detailed https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          CubeBox391 @BuZz
          last edited by

          @BuZz said in SNES games not launching:

          /dev/shm/runcommand.log

          there is no folder anywhere called dev

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @CubeBox391
            last edited by

            @CubeBox391 Please provide details of your setup as requested. There is a folder called dev - you can access it over sftp or from commandline.

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              CubeBox391 @BuZz
              last edited by CubeBox391

              @BuZz i'm running version 4.8 on a rasberry pi 3B+ with the power supply that it came with. On usb port I have the controler that is https://www.amazon.es/SJ-JX-Joystick-Controller-Raspberry/dp/B07WSDCCLH/ref=sr_1_43?keywords=arcade%2Bbutton&qid=1649003078&sprefix=arcade%2Bbutto%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-43&th=1
              Can't find the /dev directory, i'm doing \192.168.68.123 with is the ip on explorer but then i can't find it

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @CubeBox391
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                @CubeBox391 How did you install RetroPie ?

                That folder is not available from network shares. You can access it via SSH or over SFTP. You should enable verbose logging from runcommand also.

                https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/

                https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging

                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  CubeBox391 @BuZz
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                  @BuZz i get these when trying to acces the file 4c21e852-d2ca-407e-b8df-e6196e5bebb6-image.png I loged it as PI

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @CubeBox391
                    last edited by

                    @CubeBox391 to view a file via the terminal you need to use cat or some other text viewer/editor. eg
                    cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log

                    or you could go via winscp/etc and you just download the file

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                      CubeBox391 @BuZz
                      last edited by

                      @BuZz said in SNES games not launching:

                      @CubeBox391 How did you install RetroPie ?

                      I installed it via the installer on rasberry pi imager

                      That folder is not available from network shares. You can access it via SSH or over SFTP. You should enable verbose logging from runcommand also.

                      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/

                      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging

                      these is what i got on the runcommand.log

                      pi@retropie:~ $ cat /dev/shm/runcommand.log
                      Parameters:
                      Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libr                                                                                                                                                             etrocores/lr-snes9x2010/snes9x2010_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/sn                                                                                                                                                             es/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/pacman.zip" --verbose --appendconf                                                                                                                                                             ig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
                      [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg"                                                                                                                                                             .
                      [INFO] [Config]: Appending config "/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg".
                      [WARN] [GameMode]: GameMode cannot be enabled on this system ("dlopen failed - l                                                                                                                                                             ibgamemode.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.") http                                                                                                                                                             s://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode needs to be installed.
                      [WARN] [Config]: GameMode unsupported - disabling...
                      [INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3)
                      [INFO] === Build =======================================
                      [INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
                      [INFO] Built: Jan 30 2022
                      [INFO] Version: 1.10.0
                      [INFO] Git: e9e85f3
                      [INFO] =================================================
                      [INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "udev".
                      [INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/                                                                                                                                                             lr-snes9x2010/snes9x2010_libretro.so"
                      [INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroa                                                                                                                                                             rch/config/Snes9x 2010/Snes9x 2010.cfg".
                      [INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config                                                                                                                                                             /retroarch/config/Snes9x 2010/snes.cfg".
                      [INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroa                                                                                                                                                             rch/config/Snes9x 2010/pacman.cfg".
                      [INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
                      [INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: GET_VFS_INTERFACE. Core requested version >= V1, providing V3.
                      [INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/snes/".
                      [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/pacman                                                                                                                                                             .srm".
                      [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/pacma                                                                                                                                                             n.state".
                      [INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: SET_SUPPORT_ACHIEVEMENTS: yes.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
                      [libretro INFO] EXT: Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB155                                                                                                                                                             5.
                      [INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/pacman.zip#                                                                                                                                                             PACMAN.SMC".
                      [INFO] [Content]: Did not find a valid content patch.
                      [INFO] [Content]: CRC32: 0x82320f53.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
                      [libretro ERROR] ROM: ROM is corrupt or invalid
                      [libretro ERROR] EXT: ROM loading failed.
                      [INFO] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE: ROM loading failed.
                      [ERROR] [Content]: Failed to load content
                      [INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
                      [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
                      [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..
                      [INFO] [Core]: Saved core options file to "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-c                                                                                                                                                             ore-options.cfg".
                      pi@retropie:~ $
                      
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                        Thorr69 @CubeBox391
                        last edited by

                        @CubeBox391 said in SNES games not launching:

                        [libretro ERROR] ROM: ROM is corrupt or invalid

                        There's your answer.

                        RPi 3b
                        Official PSU
                        Official RetroPie image
                        Pandora's Box 5 controller

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                        • dankcushionsD
                          dankcushions Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          i don't think there even was a straight 'pacman' for the SNES...

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                            CubeBox391 @dankcushions
                            last edited by

                            @dankcushions do u know any pacman that works?

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                            • dankcushionsD
                              dankcushions Global Moderator @CubeBox391
                              last edited by

                              @CubeBox391 there's a snes version of ms. pacman, which will work. there's a few other pacman games (although apart from ms. pacman they don't really play like the original):

                              basically anything that is actually a SNES game will work on the SNES emulators :)

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