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GBA Games dont work [SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:18 am
by Vineheart01
Running through my list of games making sure the roms i got work and i noticed literally NONE of my GBA games work. They all work on my main computer utilizing VisualBoyAdvance so i'm not sure if somehow every single one of my GBA roms just simply arent compadible for the Retropie engine or if theres some setting/code im missing i need for some reason. Far as i know they never worked, GBA games arent usually my go-to for oldschool gaming so i never even tried to play them before now.
Retropie is updated to most recent version and my raspberry is the PIZero w/o wifi.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this?
Re: GBA Games dont work
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:36 am
by VeteranGamer
Vineheart01 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:18 am
Running through my list of games making sure the roms i got work and i noticed literally NONE of my GBA games work. They all work on my main computer utilizing VisualBoyAdvance so i'm not sure if somehow every single one of my GBA roms just simply arent compadible for the Retropie engine or if theres some setting/code im missing i need for some reason. Far as i know they never worked, GBA games arent usually my go-to for oldschool gaming so i never even tried to play them before now.
Retropie is updated to most recent version and my raspberry is the PIZero w/o wifi.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this?
do you have a bios file for your GBA games....
any if so, have you put it in the bios folder (easily accessed via network on your PC/laptop)
if you dont have a bios file google it, its out there.....
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Re: GBA Games dont work
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:32 pm
by YaYa
Read this page, all is explained
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-se ... oy-Advance
The bios version is very important also (read above)
Re: GBA Games dont work
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:10 pm
by Vineheart01
Had no idea there was an extra step for that one. Thanks!
I have a Pi3 on my TV and it played N64 games with nothing more than just flashing the retropie image and giving it some games so i didnt think anything remotely "high tech" needed additional work to function at all.
Re: GBA Games dont work [SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:12 pm
by YaYa
Yes you need, same applies to NeoGeo. Maybe other systems too but i do not use them (classic 16bit don’t need a separate bios)
Re: GBA Games dont work [SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:18 pm
by Vineheart01
Saw it mentioned Playstation1 as well but of course the piezero probably cant handle that anyway (neither do i have L2/R2 and analog sticks installed)
Re: GBA Games dont work [SOLVED]
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 2:25 pm
by YaYa
No, PiZero won’t play fine the PS1... i’ve never played pS1 and above in emulation...
Re: GBA Games dont work
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:35 am
by salami738
VeteranGamer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:36 am
Vineheart01 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:18 am
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if you dont have a bios file google it, its out there.....
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I also had the same problem, GBA emulator won't start. An error message would be nice...
Thanks for the tip.
Re: GBA Games dont work [SOLVED]
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:48 am
by wardrose21
Hi guys!
If you don't have a bios file, look it up on the internet...