All N64 Emulators Black Screen, No Sound.

Tebreeze

Hello all,

I have gone through the read first list - and hope i didn’t mess anything up.

I have a raspberry pi 4b, with the manufacturers power supply.
I used the raspberry pi imager to flash the image to an sd card.
I am running retropie V4.8
I did not use a guide.
The file name with path is “/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/n64/Pokemon Puzzle League (USA).n64”

I replaced the internals of an Arcade Legends Ultimate with retropie, and have 2 players worth of game pads connected through Bluetooth. I also have a powertek corded Nintendo switch controller connected to a usb, along with a usb power wire connecting a speaker(audio goes through aux cord).

My problem is whenever I launch a n64 rom, the screen goes black, and no sound is played. I only have pokemon puzzle league, however online charts told me the rom is not broken. If I use mupen64plus-GLideN64, it displays “init noise textures please wait” for a split second, and then back to a black screen.

Please let me know if there is any more information I can provide - thank you very much in advance.

-Haley

Tebreeze

@Tebreeze

Log file is as follows:

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/mupen64plus/bin/mupen64plus.sh mupen64plus-video-GLideN64 "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/n64/Pokemon Puzzle League (USA).n64" 1920x1080 0 --set Video-GLideN64[UseNativeResolutionFactor]=1

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|| https://mupen64plus.org/
Mupen64Plus Console User-Interface Version 2.6.0

UI-Console: attached to core library 'Mupen64Plus Core' version 2.6.0
UI-Console: Includes support for Dynamic Recompiler.
Core: Using full mem base
Core: Goodname: PUZZLE LEAGUE N64 (unknown rom)
Core: Name: PUZZLE LEAGUE N64
Core: MD5: 9B3C785FCBC933A796C65C9F1D4AB482
Core: CRC: 19C553A7 A70F4B52
Core: Imagetype: .v64 (byteswapped)
Core: Rom size: 13303808 bytes (or 12 Mb or 96 Megabits)
Core: Version: 144A
Core: Manufacturer: Nintendo
Core: Country: USA
UI-Console Status: Cheat codes disabled.
UI-Console: using Video plugin: 'GLideN64 rev.5bbf55df' v2.0.0
UI-Console: using Audio plugin: 'Mupen64Plus SDL Audio Plugin' v2.6.0
Input: Using auto-config file at: '/opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini'
Input: Using auto-config file at: '/opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini'
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad R' for controller 2 button 0
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad L' for controller 2 button 1
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad D' for controller 2 button 2
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad U' for controller 2 button 3
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button R' for controller 2 button 8
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button L' for controller 2 button 9
Input Warning: missing config key 'L Trig' for controller 2 button 13
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction 'Left,' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction '0' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction 'Up,' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction '0' unknown
Input: Using auto-config file at: '/opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini'
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad R' for controller 3 button 0
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad L' for controller 3 button 1
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad D' for controller 3 button 2
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad U' for controller 3 button 3
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button R' for controller 3 button 8
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button L' for controller 3 button 9
Input Warning: missing config key 'L Trig' for controller 3 button 13
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction 'Left,' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction '0' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction 'Up,' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction '0' unknown
UI-Console: using Input plugin: 'Mupen64Plus SDL Input Plugin' v2.6.0
UI-Console: using RSP plugin: 'Hacktarux/Azimer High-Level Emulation RSP Plugin' v2.6.0
Core Warning: Input plugin does not contain VRU support.
Core: input plugin did not specify a render callback; there will be no on screen display by the input plugin.
Input: 3 SDL joysticks were found.
Input: Using auto-config file at: '/opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini'
Input: N64 Controller #1: Using auto-config with SDL joystick 0 ('Bensussen Deutsch & Associates,Inc.(BDA) NSW Wired controller')
Input: Using auto-config file at: '/opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini'
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad R' for controller 2 button 0
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad L' for controller 2 button 1
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad D' for controller 2 button 2
Input Warning: missing config key 'DPad U' for controller 2 button 3
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button R' for controller 2 button 8
Input Warning: missing config key 'C Button L' for controller 2 button 9
Input Warning: missing config key 'L Trig' for controller 2 button 13
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction 'Left,' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_name(): direction '0' unknown
Input Warning: get_hat_pos_by_n

mitu

@Tebreeze said in All N64 Emulators Black Screen, No Sound.:

Core: Goodname: PUZZLE LEAGUE N64 (unknown rom)
Core: Name: PUZZLE LEAGUE N64
Core: MD5: 9B3C785FCBC933A796C65C9F1D4AB482
Core: CRC: 19C553A7 A70F4B52
Core: Imagetype: .v64 (byteswapped)
Core: Rom size: 13303808 bytes (or 12 Mb or 96 Megabits)
Core: Version: 144A

I don't think this is the right ROM. Here's a log from a working game, starting with the same emulator.

Core: Goodname: Pokemon Puzzle League (U) [!]
Core: Name: PUZZLE LEAGUE N64
Core: MD5: E722576A15182CFED6782379CE4BC8BE
Core: CRC: 19C553A7 A70F4B52
Core: Imagetype: .v64 (byteswapped)
Core: Rom size: 33554432 bytes (or 32 Mb or 256 Megabits)

Either that, or the version of the emulator - as included in the image - is too old. Did you update RetroPie after installation ?

Tebreeze

@mitu

It was in fact that I had not updated retro pie on installation - I can’t believe I did not think of that.

The rom was also no good, I did try the correct one earlier, and it didn’t work so I went searching for that one.

But the rom is working now!
Thank you very much.