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
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.
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!
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!
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.
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 !!!!!!
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?
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 problem I’m having is when I scan Directory none of the systems or the games pop up on the side I can play the games but I would have to find them manually what am o doing wrong
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 ?
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
Could you please help me out i have been trying to play street fighter the movie on my ps vita i have tried changing the settings on mame 2003 and on fbneo it loads but it is very slow i dont know what settings to use on it
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 ^^
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 followed this guide and everything worked fine until this morning when I go to launch Pokemon Silver and my save file is gone. Granted I only played for like 5 minutes so I didn't lose anything but that's never happened on my 3DS... Can you not save games with RetroArch? That seems like a silly question but the very first time I run a game, save it and then launch it later and there's no save file...
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
I had the same problem at first. I simply tried again. I deleted the installed RetroArch.vpk, redownloaded it, reinstalled, launched it, and surprisingly second time was the charm!
Bro I need HELP there seems to be a few things missing when I load retro arch and I don’t know where I’m going wrong. I uninstalled and reinstalled and still missing some stuff
After scanning the same ROMS folder directory in ux0:/, no systems show up at all on the XMB. Has anyone found a way to get this to actually work? Attempting this on a PSTV. Also, when I manually find a ROM no box art comes up either, followed your instruction exactly.
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!
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.
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
Mine gets stuck on "extracting assets" and doesn't show the percentage. Is that normal??
Same, did you ever figure it out?
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?
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
Thank you so much you’re the only one that explained this so well with all the steps thank you so much!
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 😂
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
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.
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
great video i can now finally play old gen games on the vita without them crashing
I'm highly confused how do you get the Roms what are cores how do you look Roms upload at once 😢😢😢
My vita is stuck on ‘extracting assets.zip’
It doesn’t provide a percentage it just sits there.
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
09:26 my ux0 folder doesnt show up in scan directory
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
hey why do i get an error when I try to use netplay? i can't start netplay or connect to someone else
8:39 menu option in user interface no longer there
I have a process and disability and your video was very easy to Follow thank you so much
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 really like your videos blaine thank you so much for these tutorials
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.
Updating cheats takes forever way more then 45 mins
yeah, took me about 2hrs to update
No Judgements
Imagine cheating
7:50 This step is no more needed on newer RetroArch versions, rigth? or
I never get the separated games list when scanning the entire directory and I don't know why.
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.
I Followed every step but when i select XMB it does not show up like yours, i must be missing something
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 !!!!!!
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?
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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.
hey blaine, i have this error when im installing the retroarch Error 0xF0030000, why is that?
The problem I’m having is when I scan Directory none of the systems or the games pop up on the side I can play the games but I would have to find them manually what am o doing wrong
I think my problem is I have the games in roms then another folder naming the game then the actual rom in that folder
@@julianf147 did you get it to work? im having a similar issue
@@averyjordan7858 yes you have to manually select the game and it will play
Any luck that now you've found a fix for the directories not showing up?
@@Alex-CA I did find a fix I used Wi-Fi and everything Popped into place
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
hi, how to set the same core for an entire directory folder ? please
thx you
very simple with your help , best video on the topic
Thanks a lot, thanks for your video I finally managed to scan the roms.
I keep getting Error 0xFFFFFFFF when i try to install RetroArch , the data folder and everything is installed
How come for me the color isn’t blue? And when I click on electric blue it’s a dark gray color instead?
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
ive only modded ds in the past so this is new for me and i appreciate the steps how u do it thank u
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
great video as always! Thank you!
Great video man.
Thank you sir for sharing this tutorial
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 ?
Is this just a process of replacing old files if I was to try an update my current version of Retroarch?
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 have a problem when i scan for games nothing gets added
my files keep going to uma0: this is making anything 6:00 on not possible i think, any suggestions?
Great video thanks so much!
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
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
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
Hi, how much are the RetroArch consoles? For example Atari, PS1, PS2 etc...
Thanks!
Great tutorial !!!, thank`s a lot :)
My vita is not connecting via usb to pc. Pc reads it opens it but its empty..
When I change the "theme" and restart the app gives me the error C2-12828-1 😢
it still say missing assets even though I followed this thoroughly
Подписан))
RetroArch один из самых стабильных эмуляторов на PS Vita
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.
Thank you so much for your time
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.
hi, many roms in .cdi format are slowed down and with delayed audio. Do you know the correct settings to avoid this problem? thanks
Where can I download the rooms of all retro games??
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
When trying to paste files in vitashell I get error 0xffffffec when it gets around 13%. Can anyone help?
What is bios files? And where do u get bios files from?
what song was played during the "loading up the games" segment?
Could you please help me out i have been trying to play street fighter the movie on my ps vita i have tried changing the settings on mame 2003 and on fbneo it loads but it is very slow i dont know what settings to use on it
You should make a upgrading your storage guide
How come I'm missing the menu option? Thought I was crazy when I kept searching for it.
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 ^^
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 followed this guide and everything worked fine until this morning when I go to launch Pokemon Silver and my save file is gone. Granted I only played for like 5 minutes so I didn't lose anything but that's never happened on my 3DS... Can you not save games with RetroArch? That seems like a silly question but the very first time I run a game, save it and then launch it later and there's no save file...
Did you figure it out or should I tell you ?
L+R+Start+select. Enjoy
Hi, how do I connect my pstv to pc? Does it use the same data transfer cable as ps vita?
the last bit doesn't work for me unfortunately. any help?
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
Took me around 3 hours and I finished Deadpool 2 in between when I update Cheats lol
Out of curiosity does anyone know what site blaine is using for these Roms or is there a reliable site I can use?
thanks you helped me
i tried loading up ps1 games onto this but it says the BIOs are missing then crash. can you help me with this?
where did you get the rom folder from?
Not working for me, retorarch is not recognizing the roms I downloaded
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
How to full screen while playing games in retroarch?
I get error 0xffffffff. How do I fix that?
I had the same problem at first. I simply tried again. I deleted the installed RetroArch.vpk, redownloaded it, reinstalled, launched it, and surprisingly second time was the charm!
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
9:46 i do not have a ROMS folder
Bro I need HELP there seems to be a few things missing when I load retro arch and I don’t know where I’m going wrong. I uninstalled and reinstalled and still missing some stuff
My extracting assets thing doesn’t have a percentage it just says Extracting assets
I have no folder in ux0 that says retro arch data
Everytime i try to extract the retroarch vpk file it says error each time!! Error:0xFFFFFFFF any help??
I'm currently still trying to extract the file in the retroarch folder!! I need help
Anyone else get an error when connecting ps vita to PC? I can’t move forward.
Thanks old man
After scanning the same ROMS folder directory in ux0:/, no systems show up at all on the XMB. Has anyone found a way to get this to actually work? Attempting this on a PSTV.
Also, when I manually find a ROM no box art comes up either, followed your instruction exactly.
I had the same problem but it’s because it is in your old folder the vita memory card I don’t know why