Problem with n64 Rom

MAHER

About my RetroPie:

I have a Raspberry Pi 5 on which I installed RetroPie. I edited the configuration file and added the line kernel=kernel8.img to be able to play N64 games.

The issue I'm encountering involves running a ROM hack called Mariob3313, which is a mod of Mario64. I'm using the Parallel core, and the game boots up to the save selection screen. However, once I select a save file, the screen goes black, and I have to use hotkeys to return to the main menu. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

mitu

The Parallel64 core include in RetroPie is an older fork of the Libretro version. As I understand this romhack requires a feature provided by only the Parallel N64 core (virtual SD card emulation), but that feature is probably not present in the RetroPie fork.

MAHER

@mitu
Hello Mitu,

Thank you for taking the time to help me. Is there a way to resolve this issue? Can I manually install the core I need? I'm still unsure about what you mean when you refer to the "fork."

mitu

@MAHER said in Problem with n64 Rom:

Is there a way to resolve this issue?

AFAICT, only by installing the upstream libretro core ?

Can I manually install the core I need?

You can modify the scriptmodule for lr-parallel64 to get the sources from the libretro repository and try installing it from source. There's no guarantee that installation will work or that the core will run on an ARM device with reasonable performance.

I'm still unsure about what you mean when you refer to the "fork."

fork in this context means copy. RetroPie installs an older (and probably ARM optimized) copy of the Parallel 64 core.