Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Despite my best efforts and placing the tos.img in the retroarch system directory when loading a game file retroarch crashes.. does anyone have the hatari core in retroarch working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I had no luck using it, I use Steem for my ST emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Ok Thanks lordmonkus I am trying that now, I downloaded the Steven Seagal Edition, LOL.. is this the correct version I should be using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 I tried to load a game with it but it made a noise and then just seemed to stop.. nothing happening.. any idea why it froze up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 You can try it out, I just use the normal build 3.2. It's also not something I use much if at all really. I just set it up one day out of a desire to do it and never touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 I hear that man these old computer systems got me not having much joy and much frustration, seems like many have yet to be fully panned out and easy to use. Amiga, Atari ST in particular at the moment but CD-i and other ones I have yet to fully configure/test.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Steem works well enough once setup, I would suggest using an official build to get your feet wet with it and get it up and running. Amiga is also really well done using FS-UAE. I like to use the stand alone emulators for older computers over the Retroarch cores for the simple reason of a RA using a virtual keyboard. It just seems to make RA clunky for these old computers since often you need to press a keyboard key such as F1 or 1 to start a 1 player game. This just seems to work much better in the stand alone emulators and they have game controller support as well. The CD-i on the other hand just like the real system is an absolute mess so I just avoid it like the plague, just like I do for the real system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Yes ok so I downloaded the 3.2 version and yes I got a game loaded finally.. ok I am pooped haha I been at this all day with Atari ST and Amiga trying to get all of this stuff trying to get them to work by themselves before trying to put them in launchbox and it has been hell. I guess that's the price I pay but in the end I know I am one step closer to my dream emulation setup with the mighty LaunchBox.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 haha yeah the CD-i, not exactly awesome but was hoping for just a few games on that, there is one fighting game I was trying to get going that seems kind of cool called Mutant Rampage Body Slam.. I got the cd-i to work and load it via MESS but the dang thing gave me an error message about some type of digital video cartridge? Do you happen to know anything about that? Yes I tend to agree in most cases that the stand alone emulators are usually best since they have more features. The authors of the retroarch cores really need to step up there game when it comes to core options.. it has been disappointing.. Original Post: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Dreamwarrior77 said: Yes I tend to agree in most cases that the stand alone emulators are usually best since they have more features. For regular run of the mill consoles I think Retroarch is best and has more features than the stand alones. But computers seem to be better emulated using a stand alone because of what I said before, the clunkiness of the virtual keyboard. As for the CD-i and the video cartridge I ran into that issue one time when I wanted to see how Dragon's Lair was on it. That actually was a hardware upgrade option for the CD-i and I am not sure if that is emulated somehow at all or not. Once I ran into that roadblock I just ditched the idea of the CD-i and Dragon's Lair and decided on the Wii version to play that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamwarrior77 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Dang, ok well I will have to keep searching for an answer to this issue. Hoping someone may know how to bypass or deal with it in some way. Thanks for your help. I agree about the computer emulation, like Amiga emulation is so much better on the FS-UAE emulator than retroarch, I can not even seem to get the retroarch amiga core to work yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 to get hatari working in retroarch you need 2 things in your system folder : tos.img & hatari.cfg cant give tos.img as it copyright but here is the config i use: Remember to change filepath to your location in line: szTosImageFileName =E:\RetroArch\system\tos.img hatari.cfg 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 @harryoke awesome, I never really set out to get this working fully and you just pop up with this simple cfg file and works like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I'll have to check that out too I've tried in the past to get the core to work but couldn't figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Doing some testing and while this does indeed work it's not without its issues, games will load and some will play just fine while others will either crash out at some point during loading or freeze up. Steem for now still feels like the better and more user friendly ST emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryoke Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Lordmonkus said: Doing some testing and while this does indeed work it's not without its issues, games will load and some will play just fine while others will either crash out at some point during loading or freeze up. Steem for now still feels like the better and more user friendly ST emulator. Which tos are you using? I'm using ST UK ?? TOS (not ste or mega st or emu tos) and haven't had any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Not sure exactly, im fairly certain it's my roms more than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgarath Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 TOS 1.02 is generally regarded as the most compatible TOS (Mega ST) but some of the early games will want 1.00. Then there's things like memory, some might want 512k only, others prefer 1mb. That doesn't just vary from game to game either, a crack of one game may want one config, whilst another crack of the same game may want something different. Having said all that though I don't use the hatari core, I still prefer to use Steem as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Yeah 1.02 is the TOS image I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Thanks to @harryokeRA at least launches now due to the .cfg file where it did not before. I have tried many of the suggested tos.img files placed in the system folder but unfortunately my result is always only this: Has anyone run into that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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