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[SOLVED] What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:25 pm
by Sparky
I mean without installing retroarch, lakka...etc... Is there an easy setup to play some select SNES, Atari, and C-64 games?
Or is it just better to do it on my Raspberry Pi (easier)?
It's just would very convenient to do it from MX.
Thanks.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:07 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
I built some of the SNES stuff lately but haven't totally got it all working yet. If it were raining I'd work on it.
When I get time, I'll dig into it. I thought I was the only one that liked the retro games.
- mike
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:44 pm
by Sparky
I love retro games because they remind of my childhood!
Please let me know If you get anywhere.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:49 pm
by Stevo
There are some retro game emulators in the main and test repository, such as mame. Searching for those terms in Synaptic will bring them up. You can use repology.org to see what we have in the repos, too.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:55 pm
by rokytnji.1
Easy way for me in the past.
https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/
Tell it open downloaded file in folder with dosbox < default antix app in full iso >
Maximise my screen and play away.
On a IBM T23 with no sse2 support on a P3 cpu.
I realize it is not the same format.
Might not even apply to this thread.
But if I can figure it out. I figure anyone can.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:11 pm
by NGIB
The SNES9X emulator used to be in the main repos. I downloaded a copy of the .deb file long ago for when/if I need it again. To play NES games, Nestopia works very well..
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:20 pm
by timkb4cq
Mame & Mess are the two main 8bit emulator programs in the repos but I preferred Vice for running my old C=64 programs (also in the repos).
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:47 am
by Richard
That's cool. The Vic Emulator, I suppose. The
C-64 was my intro to PCs. Had some great games that even I, a non-gamer, got drawn into. Many happy hours spent.
Maybe, just maybe...
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:54 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
megamario is also in test. It's a Super-Mario clone.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:24 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
timkb4cq wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:20 pm
Mame & Mess are the two main 8bit emulator programs in the repos but I preferred Vice for running my old C=64 programs (also in the repos).
mame seems to be the only one of the 3 that launches. Do you know where we get the source for mess?
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:50 pm
by timkb4cq
I just took a look and discovered this in the MESS Wiki.
AS OF VERSION 0.162, MAME AND MESS HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO A SINGLE EMULATOR!
So it's no longer a separate project.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:52 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
timkb4cq wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:50 pm
I just took a look and discovered this in the MESS Wiki.
AS OF VERSION 0.162, MAME AND MESS HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO A SINGLE EMULATOR!
So it's no longer a separate project.
thanks. Have you tried launching vice lately?
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:59 pm
by timkb4cq
Yes, I just installed it and played a bit of Space Taxi.
If you read the docs that come with it you'll see that they aren't allowed by debian to distribute the necessary ROM images so you have to download them separately and move them into the proper folders for Vice to work.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:15 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
timkb4cq wrote: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:59 pm
Yes, I just installed it and played a bit of Space Taxi.
If you read the docs that come with it you'll see that they aren't allowed by debian to distribute the necessary ROM images so you have to download them separately and move them into the proper folders for Vice to work.
The names of the available emulators are:
vsid, the SID player
x64, the fast C64 emulator
x64sc, the accurate C64 emulator
x64dtv, the C64DTV emulator
x128, the C128 emulator
xvic, the VIC20 emulator
xpet, the PET emulator
xplus4, the PLUS4 emulator
xcbm2, the CBM-II emulator (CRTC models)
xcbm5x0, the CBM-II emulator (VIC-II models)
xscpu64, the SCPU64 emulator
You can run each of them by simply typing the name from a shell or by configuring your window manager for example to use them to open disk images.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:04 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
did you get space taxi from =>
www.theoldcomputer.com
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:23 pm
by timkb4cq
I've had that Space Taxi d64 file for over 15 years. I don't remember where I got it.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:16 pm
by Sparky
AVOID Mess If u you make it work, please let us in on whist have choosing Mess without real choice.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:30 pm
by Sparky
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:34 pm
by Sparky
THE ACTUAL best?
zilog zaxxon MSX
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:08 pm
by Sparky
Good luch findng reliable ROMS, which not ony have to ge gemuinee,b ut also compatible withe version Of MAME/MESS you re using.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:31 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
The latest vice-3.3.0 for MX-17/18 is now in test. Some assembly required. It appears to be CLI only and several arguments need to be strung together to get it to actually play a ROM. Time to get out the shovel.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:03 am
by WyCKyD
Hi there, not sure if this is the proper thread or not, but trying to install retroarch to play some old games that I have. I have tried installing using apt-get install retroarch, and it installs fine but is a rather old version and the keyboard and the Logitech F310 controller that I am using are not working. I tried following the steps outlined on the retroarch website to install the latest build of retroarch but I get hit with the following when I try to add the repository:
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
If anyone has any ideas on how to get the latest version to download and install, it would be greatly appreciated.
WyCKyD
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:43 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
WyCKyD wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:03 am
Hi there, not sure if this is the proper thread or not, but trying to install retroarch to play some old games that I have. I have tried installing using apt-get install retroarch, and it installs fine but is a rather old version and the keyboard and the Logitech F310 controller that I am using are not working. I tried following the steps outlined on the retroarch website to install the latest build of retroarch but I get hit with the following when I try to add the repository:
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
If anyone has any ideas on how to get the latest version to download and install, it would be greatly appreciated.
WyCKyD
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:39 am
by WyCKyD
I tried the above and now get the following error:
Code: Select all
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/apt-add-repository”, line 95, in
sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py”, line 109, in __init__
self.reload_sourceslist()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py”, line 599, in reload_sourceslist
self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py”, line 93, in get_sources
(self.id, self.codename))
aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for MX/Continuum
Still not sure how to manually enter whatever into a sources.list file to try and correct it.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:00 am
by JayM
WyCKyD wrote: Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:03 am
Hi there, not sure if this is the proper thread or not
To request new or updated software packages be added to the MX Repositories, please read
these instructions. then post your request
here. Then request that the particular package that you want be added to the MX Repos (after first looking to see if it might already be there, of course.)
BTW retroarch 1.7.3 is in the test repo. If you need a newer version please request it in the abovementioned forum, including a link to where it can be found. (There's also a flatpak but I don't know what version it is and I'm not going to install it to try to find out.)
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:30 am
by WyCKyD
Thank you. I will try the test repo. I know the latest version on the website is 1.7.8. Again Thanks for the help, it is much appreciated.
*EDIT*
That worked, thank you so much.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:35 am
by JayM
If 1.7.3 doesn't work for you, uninstall it then install the one from the flatpaks tab in MX Package Installer. It might be 1.7.8.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:26 am
by Raitsa
Sparky wrote: Fri Jul 19, 2019 5:08 pm
Good luch findng reliable ROMS, which not ony have to ge gemuinee,b ut also compatible withe version Of MAME/MESS you re using.
I would go to forum.pleasuredome.org.uk for all retrogaming needs.
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:35 am
by Sparky
Raitsa wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:26 am
forum.pleasuredome.org.uk
figured it out, sorry
Re: What would be the easiest to play 8 bit games on MX?
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:14 am
by JayM
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Edit: never mind, Mondays again. You can't marked the topic as solved because it wasn't your original topic to begin with.