Nintendo 64DD Retroarch

[Whisper1982]

Hi! first of all, i would like to apologies for my english...i usualy talk in french.

I have retroarch to emulate Nintendo 64 with Mupen64plus_next_libretro core, that working very well. But the Nintendo 64DD roms doesn't load? Someone could help me with that? Thanks

 

 

[SiriusVI]

On 2/10/2020 at 7:25 PM, Whisper1982 said:

Hi! first of all, i would like to apologies for my english...i usualy talk in french.

I have retroarch to emulate Nintendo 64 with Mupen64plus_next_libretro core, that working very well. But the Nintendo 64DD roms doesn't load? Someone could help me with that? Thanks

 

 

I've tried running the original dumps with very poor results. I got it working using these ports of the games:

I'm not sure if they work with mupen. If not use the parallel core and enable n64dd hardware in the options.

[Whisper1982]

@SiriusVI Thanks for your help! everything is working with your help

[Chris Kant]

On 2/11/2020 at 1:25 AM, Whisper1982 said:

Hi! first of all, i would like to apologies for my english...i usualy talk in french.

I have retroarch to emulate Nintendo 64 with Mupen64plus_next_libretro core, that working very well. But the Nintendo 64DD roms doesn't load? Someone could help me with that? Thanks

 

 

until today the Puppen Core was not able to run 64DD games. with Mupen64 next 2.0 it is now possible.

[Lordmonkus]

3 minutes ago, Chris Kant said:

Puppen

lol, that should be the new name of the core

[TheNewClassics]

Have you guys had any luck getting the new Mupen core to work for 64DD with LB? Thinking my bios might be wrong, RA just crashes when I try to load it.

[SiriusVI]

14 hours ago, TheNewClassics said:

Have you guys had any luck getting the new Mupen core to work for 64DD with LB? Thinking my bios might be wrong, RA just crashes when I try to load it.

I would like to know that, too. Also, what is the command line to launch the subsystem?

[SonicFan53]

Wait.. you need a BIOS for DD in Mupen in RetroArch?

Edited February 20, 2020 by SonicFan53

[ItchyRobot]

1 hour ago, SonicFan53 said:

Wait.. you need a BIOS for DD in Mupen in RetroArch?

brand new updates ...
https://www.libretro.com/index.php/mupen64plus-next-2-0-64dd-support-angrylion-and-gliden64-in-one-build-parallel-rsp-support-and-android/

 

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First, you need a BIOS file. Make sure the file ‘IPL.n64’ is located in your /Mupen64plus directory.

You can either use the subsystem for 64DD, or you can name the disk image the same as the ROM including

 

[SonicFan53]

oh

[SiriusVI]

"

First, you need a BIOS file. Make sure the file ‘IPL.n64’ is located in your /Mupen64plus directory.

You can either use the subsystem for 64DD, or you can name the disk image the same as the ROM including"

 

Does anyone know the command line for launch box to access the subsystem? Or have I misunderstood something here?

[Lordmonkus]

Try this:

--subsystem 64DD

or

--subsystem 64dd

I tried yesterday for a little bit to get 64DD games working with the new Mupen core but had no success and gave up cause I didn't really care all that much.

[SiriusVI]

16 hours ago, Lordmonkus said:

Try this:

--subsystem 64DD

or

--subsystem 64dd

I tried yesterday for a little bit to get 64DD games working with the new Mupen core but had no success and gave up cause I didn't really care all that much.

I can't get it to work either... Retroarch doesn't even launch. The documentation on Libretro isn't very thorough to be honest...

[Mayora13]

Managed to launch F-Zero on Mupen64plus-Next using this:

(rom name.z64) --subsystem ndd (floppy name.ndd)

 

[Krakatoa]

Anyone get N64DD working with Launchbox? The games run if I launch directly from retroach.

[neil9000]

13 hours ago, Krakatoa said:

Anyone get N64DD working with Launchbox? The games run if I launch directly from retroach.

Have you added the platform to the associated platforms for Retroarch? If it work's by itself it will work in Launchbox, you just haven't set it up correctly in Launchbox.

[Krakatoa]

9 hours ago, neil9000 said:

Have you added the platform to the associated platforms for Retroarch? If it work's by itself it will work in Launchbox, you just haven't set it up correctly in Launchbox.

I was incorrect, it boots into what I assume is the N64DD OS, basically Mario running around a large N.

The emulator is set up correctly in retroarch, but i am wondering if you need to pass a subsystem to load?

[Mayora13]

Something like this
-L ".\cores\mupen64plus_next_libretro.dll" "F-Zero X (USA).z64" --subsystem ndd "F-Zero X - Expansion Kit (Japan).ndd"

[TheNewClassics]

So following on what Mayora said, do we have to set up each game with a specific path like that? It's not something that could be set in emulator settings with command line

[dussmannwurst]

 

Tried with Mupen64 next and F-Zero Expansion, and it works like a charm following  https://www.libretro.com/index.php/mupen64plus-next-2-0-64dd-support-angrylion-and-gliden64-in-one-build-parallel-rsp-support-and-android/

The key seems to be grabbing the correct BIOS rom (the US retail one) and putting it named like this "IPL.n64" in the mupen64plus folder of retroarch/system. A quick google search for that exact name shall lead everyone to the correct file.

Name your two roms like indicated on the page linked above

F-Zero X (USA).z64

and

F-Zero X (USA).z64.ndd

and load the former.

Heavy guitar riff upcoming 😉

Edited November 26, 2021 by dussmannwurst