The set up of retroarch is the real challenge. Thank goodness for the Crazy Mac lite torrent, all roms , front ends and art work, fliers etc in one beautiful download
@@blainelocklair please be sure to check out the crazy Mac builds of retroarch for the vita. There’s a huge one and a lite one. But the artwork and layout is beautiful
Word of advice: Go into the system settings and go to power saver settings. Make sure your vita doesn't go to stand by for 30 minutes. I swear I had to restart the update assets several times because of this.
Thank you SO much for this. I don't know if you are still reading comments on this video or not, but your Vita guides have been extremely helpful. I normally have really bad luck with getting stuff like this to work. But the only problem I had was not getting the box art to show up in retroarch. I consider that a win. Loved the video.
I have my old vita collecting dust. I was in the market for a retro gaming handheld I might make this a weekend project for myself. I have a few roms I like to run on pc. But I am all about being a potato and playing in bed This is perfect for me. Thanks for the tutorial. I loved how you broke everything down.
I wish I could remember what kind of retroarch I installed those years back. What I mean is that my interface looks 10thousand times better than this version. Not only I have box art, but also emulator art, general art in the background, I can divide everything via categories (beat'em up, platform, arcade) not only by console type etc etc. It was some sort of special retroarch scripted by a separate team of people . The database was huge too. Edit: Found it /watch?v=Cr289h9gYOU&ab_channel=CanalPirataSega
If your snes games are still slow with overclock, use an older core. FFVI and Mario world rom hacks needs the 2002 core for full speed with no audio pops :) Excellent video, thanks!
Ok, well my spare Vita and PS TV are already modded, but my retro arch knowledge is near zero. So, this should be my way in to getting even more use out of Vita. Thanks Blaine. Always appreciate your work #VitaIsland
Every time I scan directory for roms, NOTHING ever appears -, - this happens to all my devices. Ps vita, psp, retroid pocket 2, android device. Idk what I'm doing wrong.
Ran into an issue with SD2VITA formatting the card where it rebuilt the database and basically hid or uninstalled the homebrew apps; but I think this mightve been a personal error because i didn't know my Vita type. I basically just reformatted the whole vita after that, but the process is so long between videos that I think may put my Vita away for a while, move onto something else, and try again when I have the patience. Your videos are great and well-spoken and concise and I'll definitely review them when that day comes! You earned yourself a subscriber!
I get stuck at updating assets. The update downloads but then gets stuck at "extracting assets zip" with no progress. Any ideas or how to extract manually? Thanks!
ON my favorite channels, when i dont need to or dont want to watch a video, I alwyas open it and mute it and let it play all the way through. outube premium too ^^
Wont let me copy the 7 items into data, gets to 25% (also says extracting not copying) then a ffffffff something error pops up, any help would be appreciated thanks.
hit the 14% extraction plateau on the ux0:data/retroarch/. had to redo everything since nothing is happening for almost an hour. also, no clear "educational" instructions on putting roms in the sd card. half-baked advice.
Is it important to have a SD2Vita storage first before doing copying ROMs? even with adrenaline psp ROMs and pkgj. i only have the original 8GB vita storage.
Great instruction, however I would like to warn one thing - please have at least one hour to make this, 12 minutes is instruction only, you need to have time for downloading, coping and actualizing things :)
I scanned the folder but it doesn't create the shortcuts for the systems. I only put one room (mario all-stars) in the rom folder, I assumed it would create a SNES shortcut but it didn't. Any ideas?
Great video. Did everything but the cheats are still not working. Are they working on your end? Is there something else I need to do to get them going? Thanks.
If the PlayStation store goes down does that mean games that’s online goes down as well? I want to know because my brother wants to play with me some day and I don’t know if it’s worth it.
Awesome thank you! Do you know if ppsspp works in retroarch? I know there is adrenaline but the games don't run at native resolution, just curious . Thanks!
They are working on a PPSSPP port that uses the native hardware and upscale. Still too early but it is being worked on. Truly the Vita is the ultimate PSP
@@ChristianTangoan unfortunately no, but there is a new version of Flycast (Dreamcast emulator) coming out that plays Marvel vs. Capcom 2 at full speed.
After I do the scan directory step... and it scans all the games... there is no new icons for the games on the cross media bar. What did I do wrong?? I followed this video exactly
so I got retroarch up and running but when i go to add games like f-zero and super Mario world I see them going through when i scan the directory but when i go to it in the app I don't see it under snes.... help me !!!!!!
No matter where I put the optional ps1 bios files, if I load something like Tekken 3 it always says bios not present, use will improve compatibility, Shell is files and folders are exactly where they need to be, no duplicates, the md5 is correct it just won't see the files, extensions correct, etc.
I'm missing a few files, on the Video at 6:10 your showing 7 files, I'm missing 3 of them...missing files are autoconfig, cheats, remaps, any idea what to rerun to pick these up.
The great people from PSVita at 2AM told me about this. Maybe someone can lend a hand here. I bought a modded PSVita. How can I add individual games to my Super Famicom collection? I already have the .zip files in the right folder, but they don't show up in the collection. I can browse directory to access these games, but loading the state crashes Retroarch.
I was looking at so many videos and ran across yours, confused with the Roms ( which I Know what they are) but I'm Stuck on the getting Bois, but your video did not mention the term Bios? can you help I'm new to this and I"m stuck.
i have 2000 vita want to change it to oled model and want to use my sd2vita 256 gb card i dont want to format and download every thing again i can just swap it ?
Hi Blaine your work is absolutely amazing very clear to understand. Is there any way we can put ps3 on vita - really want street fighter 4 on vita. Thanks
The set up of retroarch is the real challenge. Thank goodness for the Crazy Mac lite torrent, all roms , front ends and art work, fliers etc in one beautiful download
@@blainelocklair please be sure to check out the crazy Mac builds of retroarch for the vita. There’s a huge one and a lite one. But the artwork and layout is beautiful
@@bluefox9er link ?
do the roms need to be unzipped ona folder or?
Word of advice:
Go into the system settings and go to power saver settings.
Make sure your vita doesn't go to stand by for 30 minutes.
I swear I had to restart the update assets several times because of this.
Same here! Gonna give that a try now, thanks for the advice!
I'm getting no settings found! I'm missing a lot of options compared to everyone else?
I did everything step by step but skipped the 45min CHEATS step. What fallout should I expect from that?
I just read this after I had the same problem lol
this is exactly what i needed, thank u
Thank you SO much for this. I don't know if you are still reading comments on this video or not, but your Vita guides have been extremely helpful. I normally have really bad luck with getting stuff like this to work. But the only problem I had was not getting the box art to show up in retroarch. I consider that a win. Loved the video.
Hi,I'm new to ps vita I just had it jailbroken where can get retroarch games I mean,how to install and download it any link? Pleaseee
I have my old vita collecting dust. I was in the market for a retro gaming handheld I might make this a weekend project for myself. I have a few roms I like to run on pc. But I am all about being a potato and playing in bed This is perfect for me. Thanks for the tutorial. I loved how you broke everything down.
This video is great, the others leave out some important steps so I’m glad you made yours super simple and easy to follow
Are the Roms in the Retro Arch or do you have to find them and download them individually
Same question? Get any answers?
@@jblake79 you find any? stuck on this
Thanks Blaine, your videos are awesome. This video said 12 minutes but it took me a whole day to follow and finally got it working.
You can switch x and o butten at the settings.
setting->input->menu control->switch ok and back button
Thank you for that, really helped!
great video i can now finally play old gen games on the vita without them crashing
I wish I could remember what kind of retroarch I installed those years back. What I mean is that my interface looks 10thousand times better than this version. Not only I have box art, but also emulator art, general art in the background, I can divide everything via categories (beat'em up, platform, arcade) not only by console type etc etc. It was some sort of special retroarch scripted by a separate team of people . The database was huge too. Edit: Found it /watch?v=Cr289h9gYOU&ab_channel=CanalPirataSega
crazymac's RetroArch build?
we love you blaine
I have a process and disability and your video was very easy to Follow thank you so much
7:15 - wow. Nope. As soon as you said that, I ejected the microsd, did that on the pc in less than 1 min lol.
If your snes games are still slow with overclock, use an older core. FFVI and Mario world rom hacks needs the 2002 core for full speed with no audio pops :)
Excellent video, thanks!
I did everything step by step but skipped the 45min CHEATS step. What fallout should I expect from that?
@@phabeondominguez5971 Nothing! I skip cheats too. They can be helpful with older games if you aren't used to the difficulty.
@@anderxale1 AIGHT cool man, thanks!! Feel free to share any other tips or anything else. Just jailbroke it now and added retroarch so far
Thank you so much you’re the only one that explained this so well with all the steps thank you so much!
Ok, well my spare Vita and PS TV are already modded, but my retro arch knowledge is near zero.
So, this should be my way in to getting even more use out of Vita.
Thanks Blaine. Always appreciate your work
#VitaIsland
Thanks a lot, thanks for your video I finally managed to scan the roms.
I really like your videos blaine thank you so much for these tutorials
ive only modded ds in the past so this is new for me and i appreciate the steps how u do it thank u
Thank you so much for your time
Every time I scan directory for roms, NOTHING ever appears -, - this happens to all my devices. Ps vita, psp, retroid pocket 2, android device. Idk what I'm doing wrong.
This just happened to me too on my PSTV. Did you ever find a solution to get this working?
Turns out it was a bad game file, tried another game and it worked fine
Ran into an issue with SD2VITA formatting the card where it rebuilt the database and basically hid or uninstalled the homebrew apps; but I think this mightve been a personal error because i didn't know my Vita type. I basically just reformatted the whole vita after that, but the process is so long between videos that I think may put my Vita away for a while, move onto something else, and try again when I have the patience.
Your videos are great and well-spoken and concise and I'll definitely review them when that day comes! You earned yourself a subscriber!
I hear you man the vita be frustrating ash
@@texasrigged5875 I tried again not too long ago and got my vita together 😂 it paid off tho, I got GBA and PSP games on it and everything.
Bro I just recovered from this issue too😭
Was bugging me for hours
I don’t hv any use for this , but interesting at that , another great tut 💪
@@blainelocklair I recently found your music on your older videos , & let me say it’s awesome. Analog man by far my favorite
thx you
very simple with your help , best video on the topic
Thank you sir for sharing this tutorial
Im having a problem where the assets don’t extract. The blue bar just stays idle. Why is that? Will it not work if those aren’t extracted? Thanks.
Do you have a update on this? Same thing happening to me
Updating cheats takes forever way more then 45 mins
yeah, took me about 2hrs to update
No Judgements
Imagine cheating
You should make a upgrading your storage guide
great video as always! Thank you!
Mine gets stuck on "extracting assets" and doesn't show the percentage. Is that normal??
Same, did you ever figure it out?
Great video man.
Подписан))
RetroArch один из самых стабильных эмуляторов на PS Vita
Thanks old man
Great video thanks so much!
Great tutorial !!!, thank`s a lot :)
Why does my XMB theme look purple, even with the blue electric default theme...? I've seen it looking bright blue on others setup. I'm on the OG vita.
Same , and retro arch take minit to boot , opens games slow never been like that for me
Took me around 3 hours and I finished Deadpool 2 in between when I update Cheats lol
I have this but my games are in Spanish even though my Roms are English but still fun lol
I get stuck at updating assets. The update downloads but then gets stuck at "extracting assets zip" with no progress. Any ideas or how to extract manually? Thanks!
I figured out a work around. You can manually extract the files with your PC and just copy the folders over the existing assets and overlay folders.
Yeah. That sure helps 😂
ON my favorite channels, when i dont need to or dont want to watch a video, I alwyas open it and mute it and let it play all the way through. outube premium too ^^
thanks you helped me
Wont let me copy the 7 items into data, gets to 25% (also says extracting not copying) then a ffffffff something error pops up, any help would be appreciated thanks.
I'm highly confused how do you get the Roms what are cores how do you look Roms upload at once 😢😢😢
When I update, I get stuck on extracting assets. Can anyone help?
EDIT: I have to go to my RetroArch folder and extract those files manually
Whatever that means
Hi, how much are the RetroArch consoles? For example Atari, PS1, PS2 etc...
Thanks!
This is not working for me I’ve tried it like 5 times I’ve extracted files like u said but not working for me
How do you save you could be nice yeah it is a little annoying having to start the game all over every time😬 by the way you are the king of Vita
hit the 14% extraction plateau on the ux0:data/retroarch/. had to redo everything since nothing is happening for almost an hour. also, no clear "educational" instructions on putting roms in the sd card. half-baked advice.
My vita is stuck on ‘extracting assets.zip’
It doesn’t provide a percentage it just sits there.
Is it important to have a SD2Vita storage first before doing copying ROMs? even with adrenaline psp ROMs and pkgj. i only have the original 8GB vita storage.
Thanks a lot
Done and thankyou
I Followed every step but when i select XMB it does not show up like yours, i must be missing something
Great instruction, however I would like to warn one thing - please have at least one hour to make this, 12 minutes is instruction only, you need to have time for downloading, coping and actualizing things :)
I'm not understanding how this video so great how do you get the Roms it's a big skipping in da video how do you get the Rom's....!!!!!!???????? 🤔
Google roms
I scanned the folder but it doesn't create the shortcuts for the systems. I only put one room (mario all-stars) in the rom folder, I assumed it would create a SNES shortcut but it didn't. Any ideas?
Ratio
Great video, thanks! ✌️😁
hey why do i get an error when I try to use netplay? i can't start netplay or connect to someone else
Is this just a process of replacing old files if I was to try an update my current version of Retroarch?
Great video. Did everything but the cheats are still not working. Are they working on your end? Is there something else I need to do to get them going? Thanks.
I gained like 11 pounds just by watching the video. You told me to get snacks while waiting for downloads to finnish 🤣🤣
If the PlayStation store goes down does that mean games that’s online goes down as well?
I want to know because my brother wants to play with me some day and I don’t know if it’s worth it.
You are the best
Keep getting an error code at the last step when pasting all the files in the retro arch data section. Mine also says extracting not copying.
What is bios files? And where do u get bios files from?
Awesome thank you! Do you know if ppsspp works in retroarch? I know there is adrenaline but the games don't run at native resolution, just curious . Thanks!
They are working on a PPSSPP port that uses the native hardware and upscale. Still too early but it is being worked on. Truly the Vita is the ultimate PSP
@@davidgill7412 awesome thanks ! Hope it will be available soon , would be awesome to play psp games at native resolution on the vita
@@davidgill7412 Anything new on this now?
@@ChristianTangoan unfortunately no, but there is a new version of Flycast (Dreamcast emulator) coming out that plays Marvel vs. Capcom 2 at full speed.
Should i use retroarch or the stand alone emulators
hi, many roms in .cdi format are slowed down and with delayed audio. Do you know the correct settings to avoid this problem? thanks
Hi sir Blaine, can you show me how to save/load game progress in retroarch please?
How come for me the color isn’t blue? And when I click on electric blue it’s a dark gray color instead?
hi, how to set the same core for an entire directory folder ? please
I never get the separated games list when scanning the entire directory and I don't know why.
After I do the scan directory step... and it scans all the games... there is no new icons for the games on the cross media bar. What did I do wrong?? I followed this video exactly
so I got retroarch up and running but when i go to add games like f-zero and super Mario world I see them going through when i scan the directory but when i go to it in the app I don't see it under snes.... help me !!!!!!
Out of curiosity does anyone know what site blaine is using for these Roms or is there a reliable site I can use?
Ok i set the directory to my room files and everything and when I scan the files I don't get the game icons or anything.
it still say missing assets even though I followed this thoroughly
hey blaine, i have this error when im installing the retroarch Error 0xF0030000, why is that?
No matter where I put the optional ps1 bios files, if I load something like Tekken 3 it always says bios not present, use will improve compatibility, Shell is files and folders are exactly where they need to be, no duplicates, the md5 is correct it just won't see the files, extensions correct, etc.
I've clicked on update assets and it's just sitting on "extracting 'assets.zip'" did I do something wrong?
Mine just says task failed and i dont know why
Same here bro - has yours managed to finalise? Or do you think its stuck?
@@jnlc1377 everything's working fine now, I just excited the app and went back in and everything was in working order
@@christianbarragan3994 awesome thanks for getting back to me bro - I did the same thing! :)
I'm missing a few files, on the Video at 6:10 your showing 7 files, I'm missing 3 of them...missing files are autoconfig, cheats, remaps, any idea what to rerun to pick these up.
How come I'm missing the menu option? Thought I was crazy when I kept searching for it.
Remember to change your sleep settings before installing retroarch, if the vita falls asleep while updating it will crash
I keep getting Error 0xFFFFFFFF when i try to install RetroArch , the data folder and everything is installed
Sir Blaine need help, in my retro every type of games can be played, but when it comes to all ps1 games, the retroarch crashes and exits
The great people from PSVita at 2AM told me about this. Maybe someone can lend a hand here. I bought a modded PSVita. How can I add individual games to my Super Famicom collection? I already have the .zip files in the right folder, but they don't show up in the collection. I can browse directory to access these games, but loading the state crashes Retroarch.
I was looking at so many videos and ran across yours, confused with the Roms ( which I Know what they are) but I'm Stuck on the getting Bois, but your video did not mention the term Bios? can you help I'm new to this and I"m stuck.
Do u know y the copy and paste part is taking so long I left it over night and it only was at 23% when I woke up
7:50 This step is no more needed on newer RetroArch versions, rigth? or
7:10 when you start extracting in this folder is it supposed to take forever? Because my vita been showing 1% for 10 mins
bro is it still at 1% ??
@@siskavard i got it to work preciate u
So I tried to copy it over but the issue is my memory card, what is the memory card's storage that you're using?
I have a problem when i scan for games nothing gets added
Im begging you please make a newer version to jailbreak an old 3ds
do we need to update the cheats on there or we can keep them not updated?
Did you manage to find out?
Hi, how do I connect my pstv to pc? Does it use the same data transfer cable as ps vita?
please help i cant find anything. when i open retroarch i cant more anywhere. is says there some unpaired things but idk what that means
Okay so if we have the Roms in a folder in another device that has retroarch I can just copy it to my laptop then to the vita and it will work?
i have 2000 vita want to change it to oled model and want to use my sd2vita 256 gb card i dont want to format and download every thing again i can just swap it ?
Hi Blaine your work is absolutely amazing very clear to understand. Is there any way we can put ps3 on vita - really want street fighter 4 on vita. Thanks
Bruh 😅 There might be some way to stream play from the ps3 to your vita but ain't no way your running ps3 emulation natively on the vita 🤦♂️
i tried loading up ps1 games onto this but it says the BIOs are missing then crash. can you help me with this?
wouldn't it be better to move the files instead of copy?