Guide: RetroArch for the PS Vita (NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis, and more)
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Properly setting up RetroArch for your PS Vita can seem daunting, but in this video I'll walk you through the process. This will get you up and running with excellent NES, SNES, GB/GBC, GBA, Genesis, and Arcade (MAME/FBA/NeoGeo) gameplay for your device.
Full written guide: retrogamecorps.com/2021/04/27...
Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:24 why use RetroArch?
02:30 installation
06:23 playlists and other settings
10:24 video configuration
13:40 gameplay demonstration
17:53 updating RetroArch
19:11 creating RetroArch bubbles
24:14 conclusion
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I wish they would actually make a “yeah man I wanna do it” button.
what do you mean?
@@Deadbay Look at 23:00 :-D
Lol
😅😅
It should come with a "nah bro im good" button.
What an amazing series of videos about the Vita, just bought one and set it up just like you said, everything is running great, thank you so much.
Glad you like them!
Interesting name.
same here, so glad i got one recently. its an amazing emulation system along with all the great vita games, pretty cheap too
@@RetroGameCorps
Hey,
First of all, thank you very much for the effort you put into your guides. Thanks to them, playing with my PS Vita seems really pleasant.
Secondly. Would you like to share your retro gaming package from this video on priv? I would be extremely grateful.
@@RetroGameCorps
After I started playing yugioh forbidden memories on retroarch and saved or so I thought and finding out there isn't how do I go fixing it
No words can define how excellent this entire video was. Incredibly helpful, thoroughly explained, simple to follow and easy to understand. Impeccable work!
Glad it helped!
where to download all games roms ?
Thank you for taking the time to make this guide! You helped me set up RetroArch in three consoles (of which only one was a PS Vita)!
thank you retro game corps!! literally enjoying modding my vita as we speak, been watching all of your guides and they work just great! thank you so much
Subbed. Wanted to say thank you for the VITA scaling tip, was using integer small box but now I've got practically the whole screen not stretched out.
You are amazing! I just found your other 3 videos yesterday and I'm almost done with the second one. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
@@RetroGameCorps Hey when I make a bubble for pokemon crystal and use it to open the game I get the error "could not read content file" do you know what this means? The rom works when I launch it from retroarch but not with the bubble. Any suggestions?
Don't forget the vita version of retroarch also lets you use the thouchscreen and backtouch for 4 extra buttons. They can be useful for extra commands. I personally use it for for fast forward and rewind. Also retroarch is useful for PS1 emulation as well for games like Brave Fencer Mushashi that doesn't work in adrenaline.
Good points, thanks!
Musashi does work on adrenaline you have to hold home i believe and change the firmware in the settings or pop firmware in settings
@@HistoryandReviews Last I checked popsloader doesn't actually work in adrenaline. That did work for the PSP though.
Edit: I just looked it up and the Vita has a different version of POPS that's incompatible with PSP POPS so it will never work.
@@chronossage I know for a fact I changed it in one of the menus. Been trying to replicate what I did 2 weeks ago for the past 3 hours.
It’s either in the Adrenaline menu (open adrenaline once it loads hold the home button until the adrenaline settings appear) or once adrenaline loads hit the select button
I had to change it to play Musashi and Rugrats search for Reptar
The Vita has the power for fast forwarding? Which games and which systems?
If that's true, I'm really hyped lol
Just got my Vita today, I'm so excited for digging deep into Retroarch. Awesome video!
Hope you enjoy it!
Hi Retro Games! I am loving your content! I would love to hear more about the handheld capabilities of playing multi-player over Wi-Fi. I have the feeling this could be very easily achieved with the vita but I cannot really find anything about it. Thanks for the great videos!
Awesome tutorial like always ... thanks 🦾
Best tutorial on UA-cam for sure!
Amazing work, man. Congrats! 😀👍
Fabulous video as always and you explained everything so well. This is only way to emulate 8 and 16 bit systems well on Vita. Stand-alone apps don’t quite cut it. Looking forward to your N64 video.
Your tutorials are top tier, thank you! My 2c on a couple choices - 1) using L1 as a hotkey means you can't use it in Metroid, presumably any game that uses it though. 2) I found I had to turn off 2xfilter for super metroid and DKC 2 which were both running around 40 & 50fps otherwise. However on gba games like Metroid zero mission it ran perfect and looked amazing! Thanks again!
Thanks for this! I've had Retroarch installed on the Vita for awhile but never knew about the video filters or thumbnails you could add.
This video was awesome, it helped me pull my thumb and actually go through the setup processes, Thanks!
Thanks to this video and the written guide I was able to setup RetroArch on my PSVITA OLED.
This guide is incredible! The only thing, I'm sticking with the original UI. Thank you so much
yikes
Wow, I thought I knew everything, but you showed me a few more tricks! Thanks!!!
I found that using the L key as the hotkey was causing an issue in game where I needed to hold the L key (it was a GBA title). It would accepted the input and you would see movement on the character, but it wouldn't hold the action that was needed. I ended up having to change the hotkey, and once that was changed everything worked correctly in game. Great Video!
Great guide. Especially appreciate going through all the little settings that make a huge difference 👍👍👍
Hey Daniel. I hope you are in good health. I recently got a PS Vita. I have a question: Is it necessary to download the games from other places other than the vita? Also, many games are not available on the PKG like Shrek, Ghost Rider and more. Can this be fixed? Thank you.
I'm very happy to have found you. This channel is great and I recently got a nodded ps vita.. But I had no idea about how to make sense a of all these directories and extra apps xD
One thing I would recommend is getting a "overclock" plugin even for RetroArch as for one thing it makes the higher accuracy SNES9x 2010 core run at nearly full speed in a lot of titles plus some of the newer Homebrew ports either straight up need an OC to reach full speed or it helps prevent frame rate drops and helps with general smoothness. It's also handy for some native titles as well like the Jak and Daxter collection that can have frame rate issues.
This video saved my life. I NEVER would've thought that the Vita would be as alive as it is today. I've always loved the Vita to death, and I'm so so so so so glad that I can now use it for what I've always wanted to use it for!
where did you get your bios from? i cant find any
Good lord! I was thinking about experimenting with Retroarch on my Vita last week and now this! Thank you for your amazing content! I ordered an RG351V thanks to you last month I have enjoyed it a lot so far.
Happy to be of help!
@@RetroGameCorps Yaya
Like the approach of trying to optimizing RetroArch for Vita, rather than going back and forth between emulators. Thanks for your stellar efforts here!
Tt
Perfect !!!!!
Thanks for the clear explanation !!!
Thx again
My Friend... you are such nice human being. The info and details you give is very helpful. Thanx mate. I will subscribe. )
You hit on all the points as to why I prefer Retroarch on my Vita. Great tutorial! I learned a few things on RA. Vita + RA is the best platform to run retro up to 16 bit IMO
Glad you enjoyed it!
Someone told me I should emulate PSX through Adrenaline not Retro Arch. Is this something I should consider? I been emulating PSX through retro arch and love the settings and hotkeys I have set up. Digimon world 2003 does studder a tiny bit sometimes but I havent messed with a ton of settings really.
@@nicksauto9737 Adrenaline uses the built in PSP (and as a result, PS1) emulation in the Vita itself. As a result it has near perfect compatibility. Honestly it is just dealers choice. I personally use Adrenaline with EBOOTs
I couldn’t find the “Bios” files that you mentioned. I did see the file names on your online instruction guide though.
Same
same here
I couldn't find the bios either 😕
There in that data files guy's 🤣🤣. Simply unzipped to new folder then search folders for the exact. Bin files etc.
@@X862go except they aren't. Searched the data zip file nothing there.
Really, your videos are so good, so well explained, it makes almost too easy to set up stuff, thank you so much!!
You got me to switch and Im well happy, tried before and never got it working right. This got me enjoying it as it should be.. Many thanks
Very good explanation. You can start using shaders if you install and configure the piglet version of Retroarch, no need of using filters anymore and the performance also improves.
Best tutorial about RetroArch for the PS Vita, thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Best guide videos I've ever saw.. Not only this one every single video. Thanks, man!!!
Who gave this great video dislikes? This Is by far the best retro channel on UA-cam. Don't disrespect my man!
I'm still searching for that elusive 100% liked video :)
where do i get the bios from?
github.com/archtaurus/RetroPieBIOS/tree/master/BIOS search here
Nice video Russ. I find that I am at the point where I own enough of these things that I am better off just using my 351V for my retro games and letting the Vita and 3DS focus strictly on their own game libraries.
I think that's totally fair. I'm getting to that point too, where certain devices are becoming dedicated to one specific console/platform.
I have this mindset too. But I also find sometimes I just want to take 1 device with me. And I find I prefer that to be the vita since I have access to retroarch and psp/vita games
@@anthonykearney608 That is fine. I wish we had a streamlined way to manage save game files and save states across multiple devices.
@@anthonykearney608 my test is which device I grab when heading off to bed, to sneak in a few minutes before passing out. The Vita is my choice most of the time, unless I am going to play DS (RG351V) or GBA (RGB10).
I have 2 vita's and a 3ds. I use one vita for it's own library and I use the other for psp, ps1 and retroarch. My 3ds is for 3ds and ds games. I've been actually looking for a video detailing how to set up arcade games for retroarch though
Excellent guide many thanks 👍
Just a quick note; when I was going through this tutorial, nowhere does it say that you have to hit 'start' in vitashell and change the directory of 'memory card' to 'sd2vita', otherwise when you connect your Vita to your PC, windows explorer only reads the default 8GB Vita memory card. Hope this helps!
USEFUL TIP: I had an issue where RetroArch wouldn't recognize certain NES and SNES games, so it wouldn't add them to the playlist. This has to do with the way RetroArch checks for good roms or whatever, but as it turns out, that doesn't mean it can't run the games. It only doesn't add them to the playlist, but you can still run them manually.
To do this, you just load the game rom manually from the first button of the menu. Navigate to the folder you put them on and voilá. Yeah, you will have to do this every time you want to play the game, but at least you can play it!
ideed this was a good tip! is there perhaps a way to make these perky games display on the damned playlist??? That would put me in a positionquite more confortable!!! i have no idea why they are glitching like that.
@@HelenoPaiva I couldn't figure out a way, I guess you could try downloading different rooms for the same game and see if one of them works. The only "solutions" I found involved messing with RetroArchs code, but that was way too complicated for me. I have just been booting them up manually, there's only so much time I could rip my hair out trying to get this to work lol
Hey boss. Where are you downloading your roms?
@@fisterr8363 bigger question is where do they get the games from cause I just want a good short list not thousands that ill never get to lol
I rarely leave comments, but you make the best guides on the Vita so far.
Thanks to you, I've been able to hack two of my Vitas and get RetroArch, Adrenaline, and everything else set up for both.
Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for all you do!
It's much appreciated!
brilliant, love your videos!
Great video! I don't like how Retroarch is set up, it's a confusing mess, and it can be buggy at times. I was just about to give up on it, but I started over from scratch and following your guide I'm finally becoming accustomed to it. Thank you!
Wow, as the dust was stacking onto my PS VITA, the whole content convinced me to rub off the dust and jailbreak my PS VITA. I immédiately order the stuff required and do It !
How and where
So stoked for my Sd card and sd2vita adapter to come in. Was thinking of buying a Anbernic device then I stumbled upon your Vita guides and remembered I had a Vita laying in my drawer collecting dust!
Update: got everything set up, been loving my vita like never before! Should have modded it a long time ago
anberlin?
The best RetroArch guide on UA-cam. This channel will grow fast 👌👌
Your style is so pragmatic, yet casual and fun.
I played this a second time in the background just for the feel goods.
Awesome man!
Perfect timing. Just got a Vita from an eBay auction for $80
That's a great price!
@@RetroGameCorps it’s from a Japanese seller and has a lot of them listed for cheap and in good shape.
@@TVCColin you know the name of the seller I haven't seen anything below 130 lately thank you in advance
I’m not the guy, but I got mine from a seller called lucky eight trading. It was a 2000 model.
@@Shyverin that guy is pretty legit. I have bought a few from him...
Hi I'm stuck at moving the retroarch folder over to the data folder. When I run retroarch and quit..
There is no data>retroarch>system folder
What do I do ?
im having the same issue
Very in-depth man, very informative!!!! Keep it up!!!!
Superb guide, and I'm now all set. Fantastic.
I'm kind of lost at the bios files part. You briefly mention them and they are nowhere to be found in the description, i checked the written guide and can't find where to download them anywhere.
Also when I scan the directory for the roms, nothing happens, I don't get a separate row like for the nes like you have.
I like turtles.
same here, where do you find them?
I still remember when I saw your video regarding the Vita as a great Sony machine, and I remember writing that there were additional ways to make retroarch cores run better, and I'm very happy for you, you got to go farther than other vita enthusiasts on UA-cam and can't wait to see you cover the minefield that is N64 on the vita.It's not perfect but, uh, at least SM64 looks really nice on it. Also there's the mod for overclocking the vita during game sessions and at hight to max performance for me some N64 games run a bit better, and starfox for SNES runs better, it's not a constant 60 fps, and dips hard, but the stuttering is way less than normal, so if you haven't played with that, that is an interesting mod to experiment certain games with. Cheers!
Thanks, yeah it's been quite a journey. I was always impressed by this device and its Sony content, but it took a while to really get RetroArch running. It doesn't hurt that the latest 1.9.4 RA is much more stable than in December when I started!
thanks for the amazing tutorial
Great guide, thanks!
there is not a system folder on the computer after I connect to usb open, data, retroarch, and its missing system
Same
Sane
Try running the retroarch first. Then maybe it will show the system files
Thanks for the video. Figuring out how to use shaders makes retro games look gorgeous on the vita.
I still can't get FF4 on the gba to run smoothly with retroarch though
Tried an overclock plugin yet? There are a few to choose from & are easy to install via Autoplugins 2. Lolicon OCs the Vita up to 500 MHz vs stock 333MHz.
@@TexasHollowEarth Will overclocking automatically improve performance? GBA doesn't run too well.
Forgive me if I missed this step, but I'm having some issues with certain PS1 games on RetroArch. I couldn't get backups of my personal copies of _Driver 2: Back on The Streets_ and _GTA London_ to work in Adrenaline, so I copied the BIN files to my ROMs folder and used RetroArch to play them. Everything was going fine until my official Vita memory card corrupted. I've restored an old backup of my memory card and recreated RetroArch on my SD2Vita. But whenever I try to swap discs on _Driver 2_ or swap between _GTA London_ and _GTA1,_ RetroArch gets an error message and crashes. And for some reason, the option to Hold Select to bring up the menu during gameplay is missing. Any suggestions?
WOW. THOUSAND THANKS!! I've been looking this tutorial for months!
You're welcome!
WHere can i download those bios files? @Retrogamecorps
the XMB layout for me doesn't looks like yours for some reason. It doesn't have the horizontal cross bar and shows only the text and the current vertical section that I'm on
Same
Awesome work, thank you.
Bro honestly I love your videos, I recently got interested in getting the rg351 but after getting lost in all the options in your videos I think I'm gunna just save money and dust of my vita! Lots of inspiration in your videos and they're all really well done 👍
Where do I find the bios files?
I'm confused, where do you get the bios files?
did you find them? i´m lost here...
I got mine by typing Bios files for retro games consoles, then went to an Archive site that showed up
Great video man 👌
WOW! Thank you. This was so easy to setup with your video. Thank you so much for your time.
Please help : After Installing Retroarch and Quiting for the first time I cant find my system file and many other files I see in the video. Is that important did I miss a step?
I'm having the same problem
I figured it out, in Vitashell, hit start and switch the USB device to sd2vita
Great video! But to have Yoshi's island running at close to 60fps, I have to use snes9x 2005 (non-plus), and even 2002 if I want to run the normal2x filter. I wonder why it runs better for you.
Same here
After learning all the tricks you showed in the vid, it has made emulation on the psvita a whole new experience, and now with the knowledge I can carry that onto other devices when setting up retroarch :)
Awesome video, Thanks mate
Hi, Where can I get the Bios files? Thanks
lol, I asked the same question. Thought I was being dumb, haha. I hope we find out soon as Im stuck now.....
@@JesusIsKing373 idk for this one but for PS1 emul for example, everything is legal except roms and BIOS, you need to find it by yourself on the dark path of the internet
@@chl6916 does anyone have a link to the listed bios files he required on the video. im stuck on this part! thank you
I just highlighted the text, and right clicked. And there should be a search option for some of them at least, hope this helps.
Bios and cores link please!! Or where to find them.. I’m stuck there. Thanks in advance
Did u ever find it I’m stuck on tht as well
? Cores are in the data zip that accompanies the RetroArch vpk.... it gets updated with each new RetroArch version.... No brainer.
No 2: Use a fucking search engine for bioses man..... Bioses are copyrighted & not readily available. Just put your effort into searching instead of begging/baiting.
No 3: I'm NOT overreacting. You are lazy or dishonest.
you'll have to search for them yourselves there's a wiki dedicated for cores and you'll just have to download each of them.
Did you find them? Let me know if you need help still.
@@TexasHollowEarth I mean you kinda are I didn’t even know wtf a bio file was and I didn’t even know you had to just go and find them he didn’t specify neither does his write guide
Thanks for making this video. Cleaned up my retroarch pretty well and added the filters. I'm DRok17, so I was pretty aware of RetroBuilder lol. Thanks again
SOOOO helpful!! I’m a relatively new subscriber and am really digging your content. I just got back into using my vita and have always found retroarch to be frustrating to use (mainly on my GPD XD plus…). This video covered almost all of those painstaking points in how they relate to the vita, so THANK YOU!!
Awesome, happy to help! I recently got a GPD XD+, need to start working on guides for it.
@@RetroGameCorps awesome man! great device, but pricey as you know... my main issues with retroarch on that device are related to the keymapping. if you take a dive into making some guides for it, that one would be greatly appreciated!
Nice video, the Vita is impressive but to get to this stage it does take a lot of hard work. Probably just about worth it.
probably already answered but where do i get the BIOS files from ??
I found the list of bios from the written guide, but I couldn't find the link to download them either.
@@ChristopherLKL I just copied it into google and searched each one individually.
Same issue here
Hi ! Very cool video ! You gave me the impulse to update my RetroArch on vita when I saw Yoshi island running at 60 fps in your videos.Sadly,it still run at 40 fps (like every super fx games) even with the update on my vita,did you have do an extra layer of configuration you doesn’t show on your video (overclock…) ?
Finally been waiting for this guide thank you!
Hope you enjoy!
data --> retroarch folder -->no system folder help pls lol
I"m in the same boat. Retro arch isn't dumping the new files after I reconnect to vita shell after first running retro and quitting.
Try going into Vitashell, hit start and switch USB device to sd2vita.
No offense or anything, love your channel, but this video perfectly demonstrates why I both sort of respect but mostly hate retroarch. Jack of all trades, master of none. UI is a unintuitive headache for me to navigate, making setup for each emulator a chore. Always get errors for some silly reason because you didn't setup something perfectly. Works great IF you set it up correctly but getting there is such a huge pain in the ass.
Yep, totally agree with you Rob. The app has been in dire need of a real UI overhaul for many years now. They're in a weird spot where they set up the interface imperfectly, but they're so deep down the rabbit hole that they may not ever recover. It took me nine months of tinkering with the interface on various systems to get to the level of knowledge I have today, and I'm by no means a pro. At that point it's not the fault of the user, but of the system.
💯💯 saved me the typing 🙋♂️
Thanks for the video! Following this made RetroArch become a way more bearable experience, and it seems that in the last couple updates they fixed a lot of stuff, the only issues I've found from the little I tested were that turning on that filter option made the sound get crackly and, I've noticed a little bit of screen tearing in some games.
hey, do you know where you get the game files that he is using at 5:20?
@@bobbyboi8208 Ah, those are roms, it's not too difficult to find them, although, I'm not sure if I can share these here
@@ParanoidThalyyMVS Thats perfect, thanks for the fast response! I scrolled through all the comments to no avial
@@bobbyboi8208 Ah no worries, I'm glad I was able to help. :)
I am saving this video for later Thanks
This is piss poor tutorial. Seems like your cutting steps and not exactly showing everything. video is all distorted and the instructions are not exactly clear. Where did you even manage to get the games files or what are the extensions of the game files?
After watching the video the tutorial was basically perfect. Everything is explained clearly and done step by step. Any video distortion is on your side but the video runs perfectly on my end. Some settings in retroarch have been moved around a bit since this video released but all it takes is a little effort on your part to READ and they aren't too hard to find.
You either source the games and bios files from your own personal copies OR do what most of us probably did and use good old Google to find a site that hosts them. The written guide on his site explains exactly what file extension you need and any specific naming conventions for them you need to follow.
It's illegal to distribute roms so he's obviously not going to link to exactly where you get them. That should have been extremely obvious. I personally use Vimms Lair.
This is what I was waiting for 👍💪
Happy to provide!
@@RetroGameCorps I've done it today works perfect 👌
@@jacu27 awesome!
need small help didn't see before I did something wrong after scan directory to add games , suspossed to be on the right list of games to every each system , i haven't got it for some reason , always need to load games by load content , really don't know why ? to be fair ive scanned like 10 differnet folder with games and i see on the left down corner system see my games but after that last icon on the left is retroarch icon :(
Ok coppied again 7z folder is working now 😍
MANY MANY THANKS! With this i've really improved my experience with Retroarch on Vita!
Just a few question: still no shaders? And how about multiplayer: is it possible to make a crossplatform multiplayer?
This is a great video, any updates in the last year though ?
great video thanks so much!
Do you need an sd card in order to install Retroark? I only have the memory card.
EDIT: Nevermind I got it to work without the sd card, finally a good UA-cam channel that thorouly and clearly explains instructions, making it easier to follow through.
nice man! Help me a lot.
super helpful thank bro.
Love your work! You have done an immense service to us old school gamers.
I have a question for you. I am playing around in the MAME world at the moment but am not to keen on getting these huge ROMsets for each release of MAME. I really only want to play a select few ROMs from those old days. Is there a way to update or fix just individual ROMs to work on a given MAME set?
You can just drop in individual games. Look for "non-merged" romsets, and then pull the individual .zip files from there. By virtue of being non-merged, all of the necessary files are contained in each zip file, so they are plug and play.
thanks so much I alsways hated retroarch but it's just because nobody takes the time to make very clear step by step instructions like you have.
Great video! BTW I can't help but notice that you have PS2 games installed on your vita as well. will you be doing a tutorial on how to do that too? Thank you
This guide was amazing, thank you very much
I like to switch between Retroarch on Vita and Wii. I do this because the Wii can output a 240p 15KHz signal that looks beautiful on a CRT or through an upscaler like the RetroTINK 5X. Make sure the Vitas SDcard is formatted to FAT32 and point the Retroarch savefile directory to the SDCard. When switching to the Wii, turn off the Vita, extract the SDcard, and insert it to the USB port on the Wii. Run Retroarch on the Wii and continue your progress where you left off. When done, insert the SDcard back to the Vita and continue playing portably.
Hello.
Where can I find the BIOS and games from this tutorial? I can seem to find a link for anything. Thanks
Thank you for this guide and the jailbreak guide, worked great!
only question is... why is my box art smaller than yours and smaller than screenshot on left? Not a dealbreaker but your screen just looks so clean!
I just got my moded vita and I LOVE IT