N64 games not loading

[nick81]

Hi all,

New to all this so please go easy on me.

I have some n64 roms that i'm trying to play but when i try to load one up (using mupen64plus-next) - the screen flickers once and then it brings me back to the gameslist in retropie.

I'm using a raspberry pi 5, 8gb.

I've tried different emulators, they don't load the rom at all, so i think mupen64plus-next is the correct one to use but i can't figure out why i'm getting the screen flicker.

I did run the game with verbose logging, i see this error in the logs.

26544 Segmentation fault 

Any ideas please?

Thanks
Nick

[retropieuser555]

There's a few solutions to this for the pi 5, easiest is to change the kernel in the /boot/config.txt to

kernel=kernel8.img

Also with the extra power of a pi 5 you can use lr-paralell or lr-mupen64plus-next with some higher resolution rather than the standalone emulator. But the standalone should still work fine

[nick81]

@retropieuser555 hey, thanks very much for the help! however, there is no line in the boot.cfg file that mentions kernel. Do I just add that line in? if so, where? :)

Thanks again!

here is my boot.cfg file:

# For more options and information see
# http://rptl.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented
# /boot/firmware/overlays/README

# Automatically load overlays for detected cameras
camera_auto_detect=1

# Automatically load overlays for detected DSI displays
display_auto_detect=1

# Automatically load initramfs files, if found
auto_initramfs=1

# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

# Don't have the firmware create an initial video= setting in cmdline.txt.
# Use the kernel's default instead.
disable_fw_kms_setup=1

# Run in 64-bit mode
arm_64bit=1

# Disable compensation for displays with overscan
disable_overscan=1

# Run as fast as firmware / board allows
arm_boost=1

[cm4]
# Enable host mode on the 2711 built-in XHCI USB controller.
# This line should be removed if the legacy DWC2 controller is required
# (e.g. for USB device mode) or if USB support is not required.
otg_mode=1

[all]

[retropieuser555]

@nick81 ah yeah, I thought it's in there by default but commented out, just pop it near the top and it should work

[nick81]

@retropieuser555 amazing! worked perfectly! thanks so much!

[mikev]

Making this change fixed my issue but my Xbox Wireless Controller stopped working. Any way to still use my Xbox controller with this change?

[uthabrutha]

@retropieuser555 This fixed my issue too sweet!