SNES games not starting!

Tagged: black screen, issue, SNES

This topic has 11 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by dave.

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03/05/2016 at 23:21 #119228

flyingwombat
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Good Afternoon-

I’m completely new to Raspberry Pi/RetroPIE. I just got a Raspberry Pi 3, and set it up:
Pi Model: 3
RetroPie Version Used: 3.6
Built From: SD card
USB Devices connected: Cirka SNES controller, keyboard, mouse
Controller used: Cirka SNES
Error messages received: None
Guide used:
File:
Attachment of config files:
How to replicate the problem:

None of my SNES games will launch at all. They just shift to a black screen and then nothing happens. Not a problem with the built in ROMs or the NES ROMs I ported in. Any thoughts? Help, please!

03/05/2016 at 23:59 #119232

lilbud
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Multiple snes games not working

03/06/2016 at 00:52 #119240

Floob
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Does the same thing happen if you try a different SNES emulator?
Press your joypad button or x to bring up the emulator selection screen.

03/07/2016 at 03:15 #119417

flyingwombat
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It doesn’t matter what emulator I use- And I followed the advice in the other thread. Not sure what the problem is. Any other ideas?

03/07/2016 at 20:26 #119480

Floob
Member

Have you ever had any of your snes roms working with RetroPie?
If not, try a different source for the rom.

03/08/2016 at 21:30 #119651

flyingwombat
Participant

Yep – the ROMs work with no problem on my computer, but when they head over to the Pi, no luck. NES is no problem. Just having the problem with SNES.

03/14/2016 at 16:47 #120288

dave
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Hi

Did you have any luck with this? I’m having exactly the same issue.

03/14/2016 at 20:24 #120311

Floob
Member

When you try to run one and it fails, what does it say in /tmp/runcommand.log ?

03/14/2016 at 21:33 #120322

rdhanded2
Participant

are they zipped in any way?

03/16/2016 at 12:37 #120570

dave
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Sorry guys, Ive been away so not been able to check. Thanks for the help.

I’ll have a look at the file you mention Floob when I get home.

Last time I checked SNES though, I discovered its not all roms that do not open. I was testing with Super Mario World, this still doesnt work. However, lots of others do work without any problems.

I ran the same roms on SNES9x on OUYA, without issue.

Does anyone know of issues with the Super Mario World specifically?

Thanks again for helping.

03/16/2016 at 13:18 #120575

dankcushions
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super mario world works fine for me. try another version? sometimes specific versions of roms don’t work on certain emulators for whatever reason.

03/17/2016 at 09:38 #120668

dave
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I tried a different rom last night for Super Mario, and it worked great! Thanks again all for helping.

Its a tricky business this, quite a learning curve, but each time I fix something my setup gets better and better.

Cheers
Dave
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