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Line 1: − README − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − RETROARCH WII - 0.9.7.1 − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − RetroConsole Level: 1 − Author: Themaister, Toad King, Squarepusher/Twin Aphex − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ − HOW TO INSTALL THIS+ − + − Copy the entire directory (retroarch-wii) to your SD card in your 'apps'+ − directory. Start up the Homebrew Channel and start up RetroArch Wii from+ − there. − On first startup, RetroArch will create a folder in the root of your storage+ − device called 'retroarch'. All RetroArch configuration files are stored here.+ + + + + + − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ − HOW TO USE THIS+ − + − + − emulator/game cores. The name of the core currently loaded will be+ − shown at the bottom side of the screen.+ + + + + + + − + − + − − − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − CONTROLS − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − RetroArch Wii will create a new input config file for each core you load. − All input settings will be saved when RetroArch exits. − − NOTE: When starting up a new core for the first time, you might have to first − initialize the input settings. Go to the Settings menu (see 'Ingame controls') − and go to 'Controller #number config'. Re-set the 'Device' by going back and − forth between a previous device. The controls will be automatically applied. − − This only has to be done once per core. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − INGAME CONTROLS − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − During ingame operation you can do some extra actions: − − Wii Classic Minus - Go to Settings − Wii Classic Controller Home + ZL + ZR - Quit RetroArch − Wii Classic Controller Home - Go back to 'Menu' − − Wiimote Minus - Go to Settings − Wiimote Home - Go back to 'Menu' − Wiimote Home + B - Quit RetroArch − − Gamecube pad Z - Go to Settings − Gamecube pad L + R + LStick Up + Rstick Up - Go back to 'Menu' − Gamecube pad L + R + LStick Down + Rstick Down - Quit RetroArch − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − WHAT IS RETROARCH? − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to − be fast, lightweight and portable. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − WHAT IS LIBRETRO? − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Libretro is the API that RetroArch uses. It makes it easy to port games − and emulators to a single core backend, such as RetroArch. − − For the user, this means - more ports to play with, more crossplatform − portability, less worrying about developers having to reinvent the wheel − writing boilerplate UI/port code - so that they can get busy with writing − the emulator/porting the emulator/game. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Right now it's unique in that it runs the same emulator cores on − multiple systems (such as Xbox 360, Xbox 1, PS3, PC, Wii, etc). − − For each emulator 'core', RetroArch makes use of a library API that we − like to call 'libretro'. − − Think of libretro as an interface for emulator and game ports. You can − make a libretro port once and expect the same code to run on all the − platforms that RetroArch supports. It's designed with simplicity and − ease of use in mind so that the porter can worry about the port at hand − instead of having to wrestle with an obfuscatory API. − − The purpose of libretro is to help ease the work of the emulator/game − porter by giving him an API that allows him to target multiple platforms − at once without having to redo any code. He doesn't have to worry about − writing input/video/audio drivers - all of that is supplied to him by − RetroArch. All he has to do is to have the emulator port hook into the − libretro API and that's it - we take care of the rest. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − WII PORT − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − The Wii port of RetroArch has the following features: − − - Switching between emulator cores seamlessly, and ability to install − new libretro cores − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − EMULATOR/GAME CORES BUNDLED WITH WII PORT − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − The following emulators/games have been ported to RetroArch and are included in − the Wii release of RetroArch. − − For more information about them, see the included − 'retroarch-libretro-README.txt' file. − − - Final Burn Alpha Cores (CPS1 - CPS2 - NeoGeo) [version 0.2.97.26] (**) − - FCEUmm (Nintendo Entertainment System) [recent SVN version] − - Gambatte (Game Boy | Super Game Boy | Game Boy Color) [version 0.5.0 WIP] − - Genesis Plus GX (Sega SG-1000 | Master System | Game Gear | Genesis/Mega Drive | − Sega CD) [version 1.7.0] − - SNES9x Next (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom) − - VBA Next (Game Boy Advance) (*) − - Prboom (for playing Doom 1/Doom 2/Ultimate Doom/Final Doom) − - Mednafen PCE Fast (PC Engine/PC Engine CD/Turbografx 16) − - Mednafen Wonderswan (WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/WonderSwan Crystal) − − All of the emulators listed above are the latest versions currently − available. Most of them have been specifically optimized so that − they will run better on Wii (some games would not reach fullspeed − without these optimizations). − − * Some games don't run at fullspeed on Wii (VBA Next is a − RetroConsole Level 2 emulator port). It will be replaced by a − port of gpSP in the near future. − ** The biggest Neo-Geo ROMs that can be loaded are around 23+MB in − size, such as Real Bout Fatal Fury 1 and King of Fighters '96. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − WHAT EXTENSIONS ARE SUPPORTED BY EACH CORE − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - Prboom WAD|wad − - SNES9x Next smc|fig|sfc|gd3|gd7|dx2|bsx|swc|zip|SMC|FIG|SFC|BSX|GD3| − GD7|DX2|SWC − - Genesis Plus GX md|smd|bin|gen|zip|MD|SMD|bin|GEN|ZIP|sms|SMS|gg|GG|sg|SG| − cue|CUE − - VBA Next GBA|gba − - FCEUmm nes|NES|unif|UNIF − - Gambatte gb|gbc|dmg|zip|GB|GBC|DMG|ZIP − - Final Burn Alpha zip|ZIP − - Mednafen PCE pce|PCE|cue|CUE − - Mednafen Wonderswan ws|WS|wsc|WSC − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − ZIP SUPPORT − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − FOR EACH CORE (except for Final Burn Alpha) − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − − There are three modes - − − EXTRACT ZIP TO CURRENT DIR: When you press 'X' on a ZIP file in the File Browser, − its contents will be extracted to the current directory. From there, you can − load the RMO and play. − − EXTRACT ZIP TO CURRENT DIR AND LOAD FIRST FILE: When you press 'X' on a ZIP file − in the File Browser, its contents will be extracted to the current directory. − The first ROM that was extracted from the ZIP file that is a ROM will be loaded − automatically. − − EXTRACT ZIP TO CACHE DIR: When you press 'X' on a ZIP file in the File Browser, − its contents will be extracted to the /dev_hdd1/ partition. From there, − you can load the ROM and play. − − WARNING: Savestates and SRAM files that have been created by loading ROMs − from the cache dir this way will be removed after RetroArch has been closed. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − FOR FINAL BURN ALPHA − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Selecting a ZIP file from the Filebrowser will load that game directly. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Troubleshooting − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − − If you find that RetroArch no longer works for whatever reason, there is − a way to get it back to work - − − - Remove retroarch.cfg from the 'retroarch' folder on your storage device, − then start up again. The Libretro management service in RetroArch should − automatically pick a random libretro core and write this to the config file. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − What can you expect in the future? − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - An official Android port of RetroArch (no, no App Store 'fee' - 'free' − as in beer AND as in libre - will be the focal point of RetroArch 0.9.8) − - Port of NxEngine to libretro - runs Cave Story (PC version is already done, − runs on big-endian consoles but has too many bugs to be playable) − - Port of MAME 0.72 to libretro − - Port of VICE to libretro − - Port of ScummVM to libretro − - More emulators, more games that will run on RetroArch − - Lots of other crazy ideas that might or might not pan out − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Credits − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - Mudlord for his Waterpaint/Noise shaders. − - Hyllian for the xBR shader. − - Opium2k for the nice manual shaders (bundled with PS3 release). − - Deank for assistance with RetroArch Salamander on CFW PS3s and − Multiman interoperability. − - FBA devs for adopting the libretro port. − - Ekeeke for help with the Genesis Plus GX port. − - ToadKing for having done a lot of work on RetroArch Wii. − - Freakdave for helping out with the Xbox 1 port. − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Websites − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − Twitter: http://twitter.com/libretro − Source: http://github.com/libretro − Homepage: http://www.libretro.org − IRC: #retroarch (freenode) − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − − − − CHANGELOG − Quote − RETROARCH CONSOLE − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − v0.9.7.2 (SNES9X-NEXT ONLY) − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - Fixed Tales of Phantasia not running − - Fixed Robocop 3 not progressing past the title screen (backported echo buffer patch) − - Fixed broken color addition (odd non-transparent tile patches in Zelda 3 and others) − - Freed up some more RAM for Gamecube port − - Some miscellanous speed hacks added − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − v0.9.7.1 (WII ONLY) − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - (FBAcores CPS1) Sound crackling/popping fixed − - (FBACores CPS2) Sound crackling/popping fixed − - (FBACores NeoGeo) Sound crackling/popping fixed − - Fixed left/right audio channels being in reverse issue − - Filebrowser now filters by core supported extensions − - Fixed filebrowser performance issues in v0.9.7 − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − v0.9.7 − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - (XBOX 1/Wii) Made an Xbox 1/Wii port. − - (LIBRETRO) Added Mednafen PCE FAST, and Mednafen Wonderswan cores − - (360) Added Genesis Plus GX to official 360 release − - (Genesis Plus GX) Updated to v1.7.0 − - (PS3) Improved GUI − - (360) Improved UI − - (ALL) Improved stability / error trapping − - (ALL) ZIP extract modes expanded - it can extract the contents of a ZIP file to − the current directory, and/or extract to current dir and immediately load the − first ROM/game file. − - Too many things to mention − − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − v0.9.6 − ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ − - (PS3/360) Initial release of RetroArch PS3/360. − − − − Download Link (0.9.7.1): https://anonfiles.co...00c37a65bbdaf05 − Download Link (0.9.7.2 SNES9x-next, just extract over 0.9.7.1 installation): http://www.multiupload.nl/3VIAI0V035 − − This release has been a long time in the making, and is the first time that I know of a lot of CPS2 games can be played on the Wii. − − Just some caveats to know going in: − − * READ THE README SO YOU KNOW THE CONTROLS! We had put some unconventional controls in for menu navigation, specifically for the GameCube controller where we were lacking a Home button. − * There might be some delay between loading RetroArch and displaying the menu due to the core loader. This wait might be amplified on slower SD cards/USB sticks and on first boot when files and directories are being generated. − * Some cores can act up if you load multiple games in them without restarting. Specifically PrBoom will crash to HBC if you try to load a second WAD. − * RetroArch does not do any frameskipping. While a lot of work has been done to make games run fullspeed all the time, there are some games that will lag a bit. (Specifically select FBA games and possibly some SNES games with features like pseudo-hires mode/SA-1 chips/etc.) − * While we did a lot of work to make audio perfect, some testers still reported some popping. If you get these, try fiddling with the Audio Control Rate in options. − * Most CPS2 games can load fine. Please report if you find any that crash on load. − * Not all NeoGeo games can be loaded. If the ROM filesize is over 23 MB or so, it might crash on load. − * The full FBA core was not released with the Wii version due to it being so large it cannot load some larger ROMs. If you want to give it a try though, you can download it here: https://anonfiles.co...1e15056451c9182 (Extract it to apps/retroarch-wii, keeping the name CORE.dol. On load, it will rename it correctly.) Please note that ROMs will crash the emulator if they run out of memory. I've found most ROMs around 5-7 MB load fine, and 10 MB is probably the limit. − * If for some reason your SNES games don't work, you can try a more recent SNES9x core. It's slower than the current one though. https://anonfiles.co...b02a3b3047844d9
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==Overview==
===Arcade===
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*CPS-1
*CPS-2
*Neo-Geo
===Consoles===
* Mega Drive/Genesis/SEGA CD
* Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
* Neo Geo Pocket
* PC Engine (CD)/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)/SuperGrafx (Fast version)
* PC-FX
* Sega Master System
===Handhelds===
* GameBoy/GameBoy Color
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* GameBoy Advance
On first startup, RetroArch will select one of the dozen or so
* Game Gear
* Virtual Boy
* WonderSwan
* Lynx
==Install==
Copy the entire directory (retroarch-wii) to your SD card in your 'apps' directory. Start up the Homebrew Channel and start up RetroArch Wii from there.
On first startup, RetroArch will create a folder in the root of your storage device called 'retroarch'. All RetroArch configuration files are stored here.
You can now select a ROM that this core supports and load it in the Filebrowser.
You can now select a ROM that this core supports and load it in the Filebrowser.
To select a different core - go to the Settings menu (see 'Ingame controls').
==Selecting Cores==
Select the option 'Core' and hit the A button. A filebrowser will appear
RetroArch will select one of the dozen or so emulator/game cores on start-up. The name of the core currently loaded will be shown at the bottom side of the screen. To select a different core - go to the Settings menu (see 'Ingame controls'). Select the option 'Core' and hit the A button. A filebrowser will appear where you can select a different core. Press A to switch to the emulator/game core.
where you can select a different core. Press A to switch to the
emulator/game core.
After doing so, select 'Restart RetroArch' to load the newly selected core.
After doing so, select 'Restart RetroArch' to load the newly selected core.