fumanchu Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Here is a new release for the gamecube a multi-emulator which emulates loads of different consoles and use the newest emulator cores.------------------------------------------------------------------------------RETROARCH GX - GAMECUBE - 0.9.8.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------RetroConsole Level: 0Author: Themaister, Toad King, Squarepusher/Twin Aphex------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOW TO INSTALL THIS------------------------------------------------------------------------------Copy the entire directory (retroarch-ngc) to your SD card in your 'apps'directory. Start up something like SDLOAD (or whatever you're using forloading DOL files) and load any of the cores. On first startup, RetroArch will create a folder in the root of your storagedevice called 'retroarch'. All RetroArch configuration files are stored here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------HOW TO USE THIS------------------------------------------------------------------------------On first startup, RetroArch will select one of the dozen or soemulator/game cores. The name of the core currently loaded will beshown at the bottom side of the screen. 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').Select the option 'Core' and hit the A button. A filebrowser will appearwhere you can select a different core. Press A to switch to theemulator/game core. After doing so, select 'Restart RetroArch' to load the newly selected core. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTROLS------------------------------------------------------------------------------RetroArch 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 firstinitialize the input settings. Go to the Settings menu (see 'Ingame controls')and go to 'Controller #number config'. Re-set the 'Device' by going back andforth 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: Gamecube pad Z - Go to SettingsGamecube pad L + R + LStick Up + Rstick Up - Go back to 'Menu'Gamecube pad L + R + LStick Down + Rstick Down - Quit RetroArch Right Thumb Stick - Down - Fast-forwards the gameRight Thumb Stick - Up - Rewinds the game in real-time ('Rewind' has to be enabled in the 'Settings' menu - warning - comes at a performance decrease but will be worth it if you love this feature)RStick Left + Z - Decrease save state slotRtick Right + Z - Increase save state slotRStick Up + Z - Load selected save state slotRStick Down + Z - Save selected save state slot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT IS RETROARCH?------------------------------------------------------------------------------RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed tobe fast, lightweight and portable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT IS LIBRETRO?------------------------------------------------------------------------------Libretro is the API that RetroArch uses. It makes it easy to port gamesand emulators to a single core backend, such as RetroArch. For the user, this means - more ports to play with, more crossplatformportability, less worrying about developers having to reinvent the wheelwriting boilerplate UI/port code - so that they can get busy with writingthe emulator/porting the emulator/game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?------------------------------------------------------------------------------Right now it's unique in that it runs the same emulator cores onmultiple systems (such as Xbox 360, Xbox 1, PS3, PC, Wii, Android,etc). For each emulator 'core', RetroArch makes use of a library API that welike to call 'libretro'. Think of libretro as an interface for emulator and game ports. You canmake a libretro port once and expect the same code to run on all theplatforms that RetroArch supports. It's designed with simplicity andease of use in mind so that the porter can worry about the port at handinstead of having to wrestle with an obfuscatory API. The purpose of libretro is to help ease the work of the emulator/gameporter by giving him an API that allows him to target multiple platformsat once without having to redo any code. He doesn't have to worry aboutwriting input/video/audio drivers - all of that is supplied to him byRetroArch. All he has to do is to have the emulator port hook into thelibretro API and that's it - we take care of the rest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------WII PORT------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Gamecube port of RetroArch has the following features: - Real-time rewinding (probably too slow for most cores)- Switching between emulator cores seamlessly, and ability to installnew libretro cores ------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMULATOR/GAME CORES BUNDLED WITH WII PORT------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following emulators/games have been ported to RetroArch and are included inthe Gamecube release of RetroArch. For more information about them, see the included'retroarch-libretro-README.txt' file. - Final Burn Alpha [version 0.2.97.28]- Final Burn Alpha Cores (CPS1 - CPS2 - NeoGeo) [version 0.2.97.28] (**)- FCEUmm (Nintendo Entertainment System) [recent SVN version]- NEStopia (Nintendo Entertainment System) [1.44]- 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 1.7.3]- 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)- Mednafen NGP (Neo Geo Pocket Color)- Mednafen VB (Virtual Boy) All of the emulators listed above are the latest versions currentlyavailable. Most of them have been specifically optimized so thatthey will run better on Gamecube (some games would not reach fullspeedwithout these optimizations). * Most (all) games don't run at fullspeed on Gamecube (VBA Next is aRetroConsole Level 2 emulator port). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------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- NEStopia nes|NES|fds|FDS- 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- Mednafen NGP ngp|NGP- Mednafen VB vb|VB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ZIP SUPPORT (IN GENERAL)------------------------------------------------------------------------------Selecting a ZIP file will temporarily unzip that file to the harddrive. Thetemporary file will be deleted as soon as the game gets unloaded and/or whenyou quit RetroArch. NOTE: For the FBA core (and other cores that have 'block_extract' set totrue) - selecting a ZIP file from the Filebrowser will load that gamedirectly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Troubleshooting------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you find that RetroArch no longer works for whatever reason, there isa 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 shouldautomatically pick a random libretro core and write this to the config file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------What can you expect in the future?------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do a Blackberry Playbook/Blackberry 10 RetroArch port- Do an iOS port of RetroArch (will need hardware for this - gifts appreciated)- Make the libxenon port release-worthy.- Add console-friendly features (nicely formatted names for FBA, some betterway to do core switching, etc)- Fix NxEngine issues on consoles- Finish up MAME 0.72 port- Finish up ScummVM port- Port of VICE to libretro- More emulators, more games that will run on RetroArch- Lots of other crazy ideas that might or might not pan out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Credits------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyllian for the xBR shader family.- Opium2k for the nice manual shaders (bundled with PS3 release).- Deank for assistance with RetroArch Salamander on CFW PS3s and- Mudlord for his Waterpaint/Noise shaders. 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/libretroSource: http://github.com/libretroHomepage: http://www.libretro.orgIRC: #retroarch (freenode) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RETROARCH CONSOLE------------------------------------------------------------------------------v0.9.8.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------* [FBA core] Various changes/fixes- Hook up Armed Police Batrider controls- Afterburner - make fire buttons work- Hook up Bad Dudes controls- Hook up Cyberbots controls- Hook up 1942 controls- Add missing Chase HQ controls- Add missing WWF Wrestlefest controls- EEPROM save should now work (tested with EEPROM-based system such as Capcom CPS2)- Samples are now looked for - should be in 'samples' subdirectory- Hiscore files should now be read from/written to.* [sNES9x Next] Added big speed hack for Star Fox 1 - makes it fast enough for it to run at fullspeed on the Wii.* [Genesis Plus GX] Set samplerate back to 44Khz.* [Android] New 'Calibrate Refresh Rate' option - use this to get an accurate estimation of your screen refresh rate. NOTE: Touch the screen at all times during calibration for more accurate measurements. You might have to slightly tweak the value later on for the best results.* [Android] Added a 'Set OS-reported refresh rate' which should do the same as what 'Sync refreshrate to Screen' previously did. Note 2 users might get better results with this than they will with 'Calibrate refresh rate'.* [Android] Added a built-in help system that should answer a lot of the frequently asked questions.* ]Android] Add iCade profiles - two added for now - iPega and Red Samurai* [Android] Audio resampler now faster* [Android] Input autodetection expanded -* [CONSOLES] Audio resampler is now adjustable - can choose between Sinc resampler (new) and Hermite resampler (old). Sinc is now selected by default, is superior audio-quality wise and will fix a lot of sound issues.* [PS3] Save Preset fixed* [PS3] Starting with Dual Shader/Custom Scaling mode OFF and then turning it ON works now* [Wii] Numerous Wii video mode fixes - including PAL modes that went beyond the internal framebuffer bounds- PC2JAMMA-USB (needs to be tested)- Genius MaxFire G-08XU- Zeemote Steelseries- Saitek Rumblepad- Super Smart Joy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------v0.9.8.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Android) Lots of changes - too numerous to list- [FBA] Fixed serious bug that would cause a lot of games to get stuckin service mode or to display graphical corruption (CPS1).- [NEStopia] Now outputs in mono sound mode.- [FCEUmm] Uses RGB565 now - should no longer flicker on RMenu.- [Mednafen PC Engine Fast] Fixed libretro issue where certain gameshad totally wrong pitch- [Mednafen Wonderswan] Core fixed, works again.- [Genesis Plus GX] Set audio samplerate at 48KHz (from 44KHz).- [PS3] Fixed serious bugs where it could get 'stuck' or the app could'hang' while toggling between ingame and quickmenu/file browser.- [PS3] Added 'Menu Skins' to 'Retro Settings' - will allow you toselect a different background for the menu. Captain CPS-X's menu skinis also included.- [Wii] Fixes serious analog stick issues with CC Pro/CC.- [Wii] Added additional resolutions - 304x224, 576x224, 608x224- [Wii] More natural way to switch between cores------------------------------------------------------------------------------v0.9.8------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Android) Initial release of RetroArch Android.- [LIBRETRO] Added Mednafen NGP and Mednafen VB.- [LIBRETRO] Added NEStopia Undead (1.44).- [LIBRETRO] Updated Mednafen PCE Fast and Mednafen Wonderswan to 0.9.28.- [LIBRETRO] Added PCSX ReARMed for RetroArch Android.- [FBA] Updated Final Burn Alpha to 0.9.27.28.- [Gambatte] Updated Gambatte (now has built-in GBC BIOS color palettes).- [sNES9x Next] Updated SNES9x Next (fixes numerous bugs).- [FCEUmm] Updated FCEUmm to latest version.- [Genesis Plus GX] Updated Genesis Plus GX to latest version.- (360) Gamma correction can now be applied on-the-fly - no longer requiresreboots- (360) Added new shaders - mudlord-oldtvshader-variant, crt-curved, andothers- (360) Added 'SRAM dir Enable' option - allows you to save all your SRAM togame:/sram instead of the ROM directory- (360) Added 'SRAM dir Enable' option - allows you to save all your states togame:/savestates- (RARCH_CONSOLE) Various stability fixes- (RARCH_CONSOLE) More sane unzipping mode - will temporarily extract file toHDD and then instantly delete it when it's done with it (ie. when another ROMgets loaded or when RetroArch shuts down)- (RARCH_CONSOLE) All console ports now use 59.94Hz for synchronization onthe RetroArch side instead of 59.92Hz as before. All consoles use 59.94Hzso this agrees better with them.- (PS3) Added PAL60 temporal PAL mode- (PS3) Fixed a lot of path issues - SRAM/savestate dir enable now work,'Default ROM directory' should now work, etc.- (PS3) Added rewind granularity options- (PS3) Rewrote video driver from scratch (RGL v2). Faster blitting.- (PS3) Onscreen keyboard should work again.- (WII) Made a custom wiiuse input driver and built it in. Slimmed downand should give better results. Also rejigged input in general.- (WII) Added rewind option. NOTE: This feature is CPU intensive - a coremight need to at least run at double realtime FPS in order for this optionto be useful.- (WII) Button combos can now be done ingame. You can do rewinding, fastforwarding, selecting save state slots and 'save state load/save state save'all ingame without first going to the menu. For more information, read theREADME.txt for the Wii release.------------------------------------------------------------------------------v0.9.7.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (FBAcores CPS1) Sound crackling/popping fixed- (FBACores CPS2) Sound crackling/popping fixed- (FBACores NeoGeo) Sound crackling/popping fixed- (WII) Fixed left/right audio channels being in reverse issue- (WII) Filebrowser now filters by core supported extensions- (WII) 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 tothe current directory, and/or extract to current dir and immediately load thefirst ROM/game file.- Too many things to mention ------------------------------------------------------------------------------v0.9.6------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PS3/360) Initial release of RetroArch PS3/360. 1 link download and mirrorlink. http://depositfiles.com/files/jqqj4mzki http://www.sendspace.com/file/cfpres n/joy. 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