iam so fustrated im glad i saw this comment i went through like 3 sticks now i have to go buy another one thnk u for the info now i can finally get this up and running i didnt think it would be this hard!
thank you for making this tutorial, none of this is very complicated but putting all the steps together would have left me very confused without this guide. (:
Much appreciate the clear and concise details here man. Project lunar documentation and instructions, especially on youtube, is generally very poor. Good job!
Thanks got mostly there last night, you filled in the blanks! Can't get SegaCD to run though. Got master system, genesis and 32x all going strong! Looking forward to 1.1.
To get sega cd to work do this.. Rename the bios to these put them on your usb in RA system folder, put your converted CHD or bin/cue files in the roms/segacd folder, boot up RA go to settings tell it where the bios is, and your good to go.. Bios_CD_E.bin Bios_CD_J.bin Bios_CD_U.bin
The only things missing for me are: - USB OTG on back port just like Playstation Mini - Sega CD and 32X Support in the main UI Once those are done then I'll be in heaven.
A video showing how to customize settings on the RetroArch installed by Project Lunar would be welcomed ! Especially, video shaders and filters, they seem pretty difficult to change.
To exit back to the menu without seeing RA do this.... After you have configured your game pad go out of ES and go into the boot menu and select the left RA go into settings/input/hotkey binds and scroll down to Quit RA and select which button you want to use, then exit RA it will save on exit ive also set to press the hotkey twice to exit in case i accidently tap it.. all done.. hope this helps.
@@josedanlopez not sure why that is, my mode button is my exit button, I set it to press it twice to exit as the wife kept touching it 😂😂 hopefully you got it working..
@@T200026 Yeah, I'm going to keep messing around with it. I'm sure it's something super simple that I'm missing. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to make this easy for my wife to use!
Hi, first of all thanks for these videos, that first about Project Lunar and this one about ES in the mini. Very good tutorial Still I have one question: when using ES in the MD mini, did you notice any controller lag? Specially while pressing buttons for jump, shoot etc.
Thanks to Alan D. comment about BIOS files below, everything works well! Still 2 small issues for me: - The image of menus and games are slightly bigger than my TV screen, is there a way to resize the video output for it to fit my screen? - I'd love to activate FM sound for Sega Mark III games, is it possible to do that?
@@Restalgia Thanks, that works pretty well! Actually on my TV that over scan thing is called TV mode, I set it up in "Game mode" and it solved the problem indeed. :-) A few other things: - In the project_lunar etroarch etroarch-core-options.cfg file you can set the line genesis_plus_gx_ym2413 to "enabled" in order to have FM sound in compatible Mark III/Master System games. - In this same project_lunar etroarch etroarch-core-options.cfg file, you can set picodrive_input1 = "6 button pad" in order to have your Retrobit 6 buttons controller to work correctly with 32X games. - You can put your 32X CD games (for example Night Trap 32, Fahrenheit 32X, etc...) in the 32X rom folder instead of the SegaCD rom folder, this way you will be able to launch them and they will work correctly in 32X mode. - I've got an issue with the "Toggle CPU speed (1.344Ghz)" option on: it makes the console randomly reboot or sometimes freeze completely. I don't know if other people are having this issue too...? If I toggle it off everything works great, except for 32X games which are slightly lagging (at least Virtua Racing Deluxe). No big deal but too bad it's not stable with it toggled on...
So you absolutely, positive MUST have a flash drive in order to run the RetroArch emulators, even if you're only using a few of them? I was kind of hoping to keep add-ons out of the picture if at all possible.
Great work, thank you - I have a question if I may. The PS1 Mini also used a hack that required a USB stick inserting into port 2, many USB devices wouldn't work, something to do with power. Do all USB sticks work or do you have any certain ones you recommend for this?
that was a voltage limit on the ps mini, thats not the case with the mini genesis. if your planning on trying a hard drive maybe a powered hub would be best..
@@T200026 thanks Alan. Yeah that's right. I actually did a quick soldering job on the ps mini to resolve that problem. In regards to the MD, I'm probably just being greedy, I have done the Project Lunar mod and the 170mb seems like plenty - I have added most the games I wanted on it so I might just leave it be. Thanks for the reply.
Around 3:30 you mentioned it transfer the mod. Just need clarification. If I perform this ES installation, will it remove PL from the internal system itself (restoring it to default 42 games and nothing more)? UPDATE 12/31/19: Installed ES, works great. Some things to point out. 1.) Like Alan D. mentioned in the reply to this initial comment, make sure you sync with the flash drive plugged in. I forgot to do this at first and Project Lunar was acting wonky with the flash drive plugged in (always asking for the language when exiting a game and the Boot Menu and Retroarch did not appear on the game selection screen). After doing the sync, all is good. 2.) Project Lunar (stock UI) works completely fine when the flash drive is NOT plugged in (when not wanting to use ES at all). 3.) The retro-bit 8-button genesis controllers work seamlessly in ES as well as Project Lunar (stock UI). 4.) The Insignia 4-port USB travel hub (purchased from Best Buy for $14.99) works perfectly for connecting 2 controllers for 2-player play (since the 2nd controller port is not available due to the flash drive for ES). 5.) Here's something interesting: Project Lunar without the flash drive has its own save data (internally) whereas Project Lunar WITH the flash drive plugged in has save data of its own on the flash drive. For example, when using the stock UI's save feature when NOT having the flash drive has its own saves kept internally. So if you use PL with the flash drive plugged in, you won't see your save data if a game was saved when the flash drive was NOT plugged in. And vice versa - if you save a game in PL with the flash drive plugged in and then boot up PL without the flash drive, you won't see the save data. I really hope they'll be away to upload scraped info and boxart for the roms without using a wifi adapter on the console since I don't intend on buying one. Unless there is a way to do this that I'm not aware of. Thoughts???
It seems to have done that to mine. There no longer is a RA or PL game tab in the stock UI. I didn't try to put any Roms onto the stock UI via PL before doing the ES mod though.
Happened to me too yesterday in Lunar. Wonder if it's a problem with the emulation in Lunar currently. Also had Toy Story and Vectorman 2 crash on start up.
@@countwf295 I'll test it in ES when I get home but i can't think of any reason it wouldn't work with ES since the games are running on the genesis plus gx core, not the built in emulator
what cores do we need? all of them? does it have to be in *.SO or *.zip or is it the same? is there drivers to recognize xbox gamepad wired? thanks you for everything!!!!
Steve.. Curious if you can help getting a video on how to get 3DO, CDI, Sega Saturn, and Atari 5200, and other systems going.. like maybe where bios or whatever must be installed where to get the emulation going? Thanks for great videos!!
Great tutorial as always. Thank you! One question remains: If I do the initial mod from your other tutorial, is it possible to add the additional USB stick via OTG so that both controllers ports are usable?
Another question: If I understood, one of the Mini front USB ports will be used for the mounted USB storage To use 2 controllers is it possible to use an USB hub in the remaining front USB port?
If it's anything like the PS Classic, it should work, but will probably require a powered hub. If it doesn't work with an unpowered hub, try with powered before you determine it won't work. If it doesn't work, OTG would be the way to go.
I've had some awful luck with this project lunar. I did the install and had about 5mb of available space. My system crashed and I get an error 004 (I believe it was). So I went back to my pc, took off some ROMs, leaving 25MB on the Genesis mini. However now when I turn on the console I get nothing, a black screen. When I turn it off the red LED on the classic remains on. I need to disconnect the power. I'm at a complete loss here .
@@J5X7 I installed my back up and I'm running stock right now. I haven't revisited the project yet. What I'd like is to have the entire US library of Genesis games with the stock GUI running off USB. I dont know if its possible, but that's what I'd like. I like the stock menu and I'd like to preserve that look (but have all games).
it works fine, thanks for the great tutorial! Every Sega game runs fine on emulation station, however i can't get other systems to work (i've got all the cores). Any idea's?
hi there.tks for the great tutorial and tks for all the team that make this possible.i am trying to add Sega Cd games....they all appear on the list..but when i Launch the game they return to Emulation game list.i have all the cores.can you or anyone please help me.tks
If you’re using RetroArch , place them under RetroArch/System on your flash or SD. If you’re using some GameBoy Advance games , I’ve noticed the option when you bring up the RetroArch menu to enable bios
Ok so I have emulation station working but my GBA. GB, and SNES just seems to go back to the main menu of emulation station and I have the cores in place and when I go into Retroarch they work. Any idea how I can fix this?
@@IDCarlosC Same if you figure out let me know. I really want to play some SNES games even tho im a Sega Fan Boy. I foolishly traded my SNES for an Atari Jaguar back in the day an missed out..
When the FAQ doesn't go into detail why things like EmulationStation might not load and you cruise right passed the initial setup without a hiccup leaves people like me wondering why things like the OTG cable isn't working or why the setup formatted the USB but not actually load or read from it. I appreciate all your help otherwise but for anyone else that might be having issues what issues have you had and what did you do to fix it? I have a USB that got formatted properly but when running ES does nothing, also doesn't load from OTG.
When adding games for the SEGA cd into the roms folder, do they need to be in the bin/cue format? And do all the necessary bios need to also be placed in there as well?
Nevermind, watching your videos for how to load SEGA cd games onto the PlayStation classic worked for this too. Placing the bios files under retroarch/system folder and then converting the bin and cue files to chd and placing into the correct rom folder worked. Thanks so much for all the tutorials. You’ve been a big help many times over.
I have done this to my mini and it seems to work well. I am still trying to over clock it for some PSX and SNES stuff. I did uninstall and reset my machine back to factory because I wanted to test Hackchi. The installer for Hackchi failed said my machine had already been hacked and would not let me proceed. I thought this was interesting as the uninstall for Project Lunar doesn't truly appear completely reset to factory. This is unfortunate but I guess it is what it is.
@@bringbackthe80s61 i want Xmen and a few others like the arcade versions of sega games. Arcade version of Altered Beast would be cool. Tmnt I have on my SNES classic but I wouldnt mind the aracde one here and simpsons arcade as well. Along with the batman arcade game.
isn't there just an entire compressed file for all the cores. cos looking at the list, it's a bit confusing as to which ones are which, or what ones i need to download or do i just download every core that is listed under the megadrive Mini
I have it working easily with Nes and Snes, but like others have said with no one answering, with the stick plugged in it shows the stock menu always asking to select language everytime. When removing and rebooting it has all the games I added before doing it, wish I could leave it plugged in and have my current games list be present. Seems to be some lag on games too, just using a stock controller on Nes.
How do you get the Genesis Mini to recognize an Xbox One or PS4 controller? You said during the video it just recognizes it but it won't recognize anything but the controllers that came with it for me.
billythomas02 I'm having the same issue. Instead of prompting where to save the file, it opens the code up instead. I haven't been able to find any comments on the situation, or another link to download the mod. I spent the last 2 days looking for an answer, to no avail. Hopefully it gets figured out soon.
Just a quick question....whats the most say powerful game the MD mini is good for??? I know the SNES mini and NES mini play some arcade games, just curious on the power, thanks m8.
I thought I was missing a step but it turns out the USB drive I was using just wouldn't work. I could see it in Windows just fine and clean/format/partition it, but it just would not mount. Switched with another one and it worked right away.
Don't know why the 4 thumbs down,this was cut and dry. If you can't do what he showed then you just need to stay away from modding anything. I don't see Mame as an option in the emulators so I'm guessing it isn't supported?
Why emulate Genesis games under Emulation Station? Once you have the USB Formatted and recognized, wouldn't it make sense to just add them under Project Lunar menu? Then you have cover art and game info screen for each. Seems redundant. Can you please do a separate video explaining Retro Arch? Thank you for the great videos!!
It seems I can’t get games to load. I’ve copied all the cores. I have tried to load ATARI 7800 games, but they won’t. Press A only to go back to the same screen...
@Restalgia Can you help me out please. Tried uninstalling lunar but it just hangs and wont go any further. Hangs on the message "attempting to connect via SSH". Any help would be good. Cheers mate.
The best course of action is to join the discord (link in description) and post in the sega support section. The devs there will be able to get you all square.
Probably a dumb question but is there a sega saturn core for this? I'm not sure if I'm seeing it on the listing when clicking on the link. unless i'm just missing it. Thanks in advance
UGHJ My Hakchi screwed up my sega mini, I tried recovering it with Lunar but it says > Downloading payload from the Internet: Project_Lunar_Mod-1.0.5-342f0a7.tar.gz Waiting for FEL mode... (unplug system, power switch on, hold reset, plug system) **Remember the stock SEGA USB cable will NOT work!** FEL mode detected. Device: AWUSBFEX Transferring FES Executing FES Transferring uImage Transferring uInitrd Transferring custom uBoot Transferring env.bin Executing custom uBoot Waiting for reboot... ERROR: This device is not a Mega Drive or Genesis Mini. ABORTING INSTALLATION Installation did not complete successfully. Not sure what to do here.
Trying to get Emulation Station working with Project Eris is proving difficult. Tried SNES Cores via Libreto and KMFD, but each time I attempt launch a game it just goes back to the ROM list. Do you plan on making a video on ES on Eris?
i have a "Retro-Bit Official SEGA Mega Drive USB Controller 8-Button Arcade Pad for PC, Mac, Steam, RetroPie, Raspberry Pi - USB Port", and after i reconfigure as you on ES told the D-pad works the on menus but on games won't work, i just can´t move, on retro-arch menu i lose the D-pad too, any idea here?
anyone could do the original genesis mini rempa of buttons on ES? i could, but no button works like a HOTKEY. so i need turn off and turn on genesis mini to change the game...
How play games on Sega Mini from USB Storage on Lunar Project ? How use usb storage to sega mini with Lunar Project ? Where find instructions ? Modmyclassic site no give answer on this question.
After installing Emulation Station, Is it possible to use othe wired USB d-pads / joysticks controller's besides the mini? For example other consoles pads such as Playstation 3,4 or 3rd party like 8bitdo & Hori
Is it not possible to get ES to display the button names for the Sega controller - even on a SEGA MINI? Seems pretty stupid that it says A on the screen and you need to press C, and IMO it does not fit well with the Sega theme. I get that it's the same in retropie, but that's not a SEGA product.
Hi, is there a way to scrape for box art like on project Eris? Also, can we bulk add Sega genesis games to project lunar without having to tweak each game manually? Trying to add the full Sega genesis set but it’s take forever to do one by one. Thanks!
Why not make A A B B and C C? Why change the mapping so A is mapped to the C Button on the controller ? Why make it al wrong and confusing when playing games?
Because emulation station and retroarch are based off an snes style layout. When you play genesis, it changes the mapping for that console, so if in the menu you map for a genesis controller, then when you actually launch a genesis game, it won't play correctly.
I have a question.... for playstation one games... retroarch says to place BIOS files for improved performance... but on what folder in my thumbdrive do I place said BIOS files?
Games added easily. I added all that I desired (about 110) and have about 40mb of space left. Games are all playable but upon exiting a game to main menu I am getting E4 error codes and it freezes for a bit before reboot.....Hopefully a fix is in the next update
@crazycasey_77 I've only put 32x and genesis and SMS on mine for now, I might try others, I've put a 6 button sega control pad on, set the buttons and still see RA , spoils it seeing it must be a hot Key in RA maybe..
@crazycasey_77 ive sorted it, after you have configured your game pad go out of ES and go into the boot menu and select the left RA go into settings/input/hotkey binds and scroll down to Quit RA and select which button you want to use, then exit RA it will save on exit.. all done..
How do I add games to run on RetroArch? I'm wanting to play the Rockman X3 bootleg, but Lunar won't run it. I'm too dumb to figure out how to get it running in RetroArch...
9:19 Your button config is incorrect. Shoulder buttons should be mapped to X and Z, that is the only way to get the right button layout in 6-button games like Street Fighter II. I have the same controller. Check the docs: retropie.org.uk/docs/Mega-Drive-Genesis/
Anyone having problem with Super Mario RPG? Playing other FX games without problems but this one is going slow. Does anyone have some tips? New on this. Thx!
Restalgia I’m probably going to pick up a WiFi adapter so I can scrape, but it would be easy if someone already knew the file formatting required so I could just recreate it locally.
For those having USB issues setting up ES, I went through 4 USB sticks before finding one that worked. SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB works fine :-)
iam so fustrated im glad i saw this comment i went through like 3 sticks now i have to go buy another one thnk u for the info now i can finally get this up and running i didnt think it would be this hard!
Seems the ps classic is the same way
thank you for making this tutorial, none of this is very complicated but putting all the steps together would have left me very confused without this guide. (:
Much appreciate the clear and concise details here man. Project lunar documentation and instructions, especially on youtube, is generally very poor. Good job!
Your videos are so helpful and easy to follow. Thank you so much for these.
Thanks got mostly there last night, you filled in the blanks! Can't get SegaCD to run though. Got master system, genesis and 32x all going strong! Looking forward to 1.1.
Thank you for the guide! I am loving Battletoads Double Dragon on my mini :D
To get sega cd to work do this..
Rename the bios to these put them on your usb in RA system folder, put your converted CHD or bin/cue files in the roms/segacd folder, boot up RA go to settings tell it where the bios is, and your good to go..
Bios_CD_E.bin
Bios_CD_J.bin
Bios_CD_U.bin
I was asking why don't run the games but you answer my question 🤣🤣🤣 thanks dude
i cant seem to find the bios option in the settings of RA
@@peterhuynh3813 switch on, left RA / settings/directory/system/bios 👍
@@T200026 you're the real hero, have a medal🥇
@@peterhuynh3813 I do try 😄 hope it helps, as there isn't a lot of info about..
The only things missing for me are:
- USB OTG on back port just like Playstation Mini
- Sega CD and 32X Support in the main UI
Once those are done then I'll be in heaven.
Coming very soon!
OTG works
Don't forget Master System since the Genesis also had an add-on for Master System games.
@@Mr.Atari2600 Yep and SG1000 too. Great idea!
So no sega cd support yet?
A video showing how to customize settings on the RetroArch installed by Project Lunar would be welcomed !
Especially, video shaders and filters, they seem pretty difficult to change.
I agree!
Awesome job man!
great tutorial ...... thank you amigo
To exit back to the menu without seeing RA do this....
After you have configured your game pad go out of ES and go into the boot menu and select the left RA go into settings/input/hotkey binds and scroll down to Quit RA and select which button you want to use, then exit RA it will save on exit ive also set to press the hotkey twice to exit in case i accidently tap it.. all done.. hope this helps.
I also had to make MODE my "Start" button and START my "Select" button on ES. I dunno why that happens
@@josedanlopez not sure why that is, my mode button is my exit button, I set it to press it twice to exit as the wife kept touching it 😂😂 hopefully you got it working..
@@T200026 Yeah, I'm going to keep messing around with it. I'm sure it's something super simple that I'm missing. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to make this easy for my wife to use!
@@josedanlopez I'm using the sega 6 button plus mode/start button pad, there's no select button on mine..
Great tutorial. Quick question, how do you save/load game when you are playing in emulation station?
Hi, first of all thanks for these videos, that first about Project Lunar and this one about ES in the mini.
Very good tutorial
Still I have one question: when using ES in the MD mini, did you notice any controller lag?
Specially while pressing buttons for jump, shoot etc.
Thanks to Alan D. comment about BIOS files below, everything works well!
Still 2 small issues for me:
- The image of menus and games are slightly bigger than my TV screen, is there a way to resize the video output for it to fit my screen?
- I'd love to activate FM sound for Sega Mark III games, is it possible to do that?
Go into your tv settings and turn off over scan. That will fix the size issue
@@Restalgia Thanks, that works pretty well! Actually on my TV that over scan thing is called TV mode, I set it up in "Game mode" and it solved the problem indeed. :-)
A few other things:
- In the project_lunar
etroarch
etroarch-core-options.cfg file you can set the line genesis_plus_gx_ym2413 to "enabled" in order to have FM sound in compatible Mark III/Master System games.
- In this same project_lunar
etroarch
etroarch-core-options.cfg file, you can set picodrive_input1 = "6 button pad" in order to have your Retrobit 6 buttons controller to work correctly with 32X games.
- You can put your 32X CD games (for example Night Trap 32, Fahrenheit 32X, etc...) in the 32X rom folder instead of the SegaCD rom folder, this way you will be able to launch them and they will work correctly in 32X mode.
- I've got an issue with the "Toggle CPU speed (1.344Ghz)" option on: it makes the console randomly reboot or sometimes freeze completely. I don't know if other people are having this issue too...? If I toggle it off everything works great, except for 32X games which are slightly lagging (at least Virtua Racing Deluxe). No big deal but too bad it's not stable with it toggled on...
Great video God bless!
I'm gonna try mine.
can you use the external USB and have 2 players?
Did u find out?
So you absolutely, positive MUST have a flash drive in order to run the RetroArch emulators, even if you're only using a few of them? I was kind of hoping to keep add-ons out of the picture if at all possible.
With Hakchi you can add a few games to internal storage with no flash drive. You probably can with Lunar as well.
Great work, thank you - I have a question if I may. The PS1 Mini also used a hack that required a USB stick inserting into port 2, many USB devices wouldn't work, something to do with power. Do all USB sticks work or do you have any certain ones you recommend for this?
that was a voltage limit on the ps mini, thats not the case with the mini genesis. if your planning on trying a hard drive maybe a powered hub would be best..
@@T200026 thanks Alan. Yeah that's right. I actually did a quick soldering job on the ps mini to resolve that problem.
In regards to the MD, I'm probably just being greedy, I have done the Project Lunar mod and the 170mb seems like plenty - I have added most the games I wanted on it so I might just leave it be.
Thanks for the reply.
@
Restalgia Can you do one just for installing Retroarch?
Around 3:30 you mentioned it transfer the mod. Just need clarification. If I perform this ES installation, will it remove PL from the internal system itself (restoring it to default 42 games and nothing more)?
UPDATE 12/31/19: Installed ES, works great. Some things to point out.
1.) Like Alan D. mentioned in the reply to this initial comment, make sure you sync with the flash drive plugged in. I forgot to do this at first and Project Lunar was acting wonky with the flash drive plugged in (always asking for the language when exiting a game and the Boot Menu and Retroarch did not appear on the game selection screen). After doing the sync, all is good.
2.) Project Lunar (stock UI) works completely fine when the flash drive is NOT plugged in (when not wanting to use ES at all).
3.) The retro-bit 8-button genesis controllers work seamlessly in ES as well as Project Lunar (stock UI).
4.) The Insignia 4-port USB travel hub (purchased from Best Buy for $14.99) works perfectly for connecting 2 controllers for 2-player play (since the 2nd controller port is not available due to the flash drive for ES).
5.) Here's something interesting: Project Lunar without the flash drive has its own save data (internally) whereas Project Lunar WITH the flash drive plugged in has save data of its own on the flash drive. For example, when using the stock UI's save feature when NOT having the flash drive has its own saves kept internally. So if you use PL with the flash drive plugged in, you won't see your save data if a game was saved when the flash drive was NOT plugged in. And vice versa - if you save a game in PL with the flash drive plugged in and then boot up PL without the flash drive, you won't see the save data.
I really hope they'll be away to upload scraped info and boxart for the roms without using a wifi adapter on the console since I don't intend on buying one. Unless there is a way to do this that I'm not aware of. Thoughts???
It seems to have done that to mine. There no longer is a RA or PL game tab in the stock UI. I didn't try to put any Roms onto the stock UI via PL before doing the ES mod though.
@@trentondammann4377 after the ES instalation make sure you sync from your pc, that way it kept all the added games in lunar for me..
Thank you
Thanks for a useful and friendly tutorial. No thanks for the super annoying looping music though.
Awesome video thanks! Should I use the same folder for games for emu station and Retroarch?
Great video thanks was wondering on how to get this working. Now can you also have boxart for this as well?
Working in the best solution for boxart, so as soon as I've got an easy to follow system, I'll post a video :)
@@Restalgia thankyou so much for all your contributions. Now im going test the compatibility of some of the games like turtle hyperstone
Anyone that wants to disable kiosk mode in ES go into boot settings scroll down to the setting toggle kiosk mode via M2e or ES ..
Too bad there's no audio in TMNT hyperstone heist
Happened to me too yesterday in Lunar. Wonder if it's a problem with the emulation in Lunar currently. Also had Toy Story and Vectorman 2 crash on start up.
There should be audio if running that game in EmulationStation
@@Restalgia Do you personally have TMNT and Sonic 3 running with audio?
@@Restalgia Do you think these problems will be fixed in future updates?
@@countwf295 I'll test it in ES when I get home but i can't think of any reason it wouldn't work with ES since the games are running on the genesis plus gx core, not the built in emulator
how do i setup mega cd and 32x bios and games
what cores do we need? all of them? does it have to be in *.SO or *.zip or is it the same? is there drivers to recognize xbox gamepad wired?
thanks you for everything!!!!
They need to add sega saturn pleaseee!
Steve.. Curious if you can help getting a video on how to get 3DO, CDI, Sega Saturn, and Atari 5200, and other systems going.. like maybe where bios or whatever must be installed where to get the emulation going? Thanks for great videos!!
Great tutorial as always. Thank you!
One question remains:
If I do the initial mod from your other tutorial, is it possible to add the additional USB stick via OTG so that both controllers ports are usable?
I actually haven't tested it. Ut indent think the otg can pull the data from the stick yet. Otg is being used mostly for networking
@@Restalgia Fair enough. Thank you for your fast response. :)
Restalgia I have mine set up pulling data off OTG just fine, actually.
Why not a USB hub in port 2?
@@immortallix Theres a USB mod called TrueBlue which reccomends this, USB w/mod in slot 1, OTG in slot 2 for controllers
How do you get Sega Cd games run on Emulation station? Do you need the bios? Besides that it all runs well, the Genesis and 32x games.
Yes, the emulators require the BIOS files
Another question:
If I understood, one of the Mini front USB ports will be used for the mounted USB storage
To use 2 controllers is it possible to use an USB hub in the remaining front USB port?
im wondering the same thing! i want to play final fight two players
If it's anything like the PS Classic, it should work, but will probably require a powered hub. If it doesn't work with an unpowered hub, try with powered before you determine it won't work. If it doesn't work, OTG would be the way to go.
i used a hub and it works fine
I've had some awful luck with this project lunar. I did the install and had about 5mb of available space. My system crashed and I get an error 004 (I believe it was). So I went back to my pc, took off some ROMs, leaving 25MB on the Genesis mini. However now when I turn on the console I get nothing, a black screen. When I turn it off the red LED on the classic remains on. I need to disconnect the power. I'm at a complete loss here .
@@J5X7 I installed my back up and I'm running stock right now. I haven't revisited the project yet. What I'd like is to have the entire US library of Genesis games with the stock GUI running off USB. I dont know if its possible, but that's what I'd like. I like the stock menu and I'd like to preserve that look (but have all games).
it works fine, thanks for the great tutorial! Every Sega game runs fine on emulation station, however i can't get other systems to work (i've got all the cores). Any idea's?
Change config on ES maybe a bad core calling, sorry for my bad english
SNES ROMs won't play they show up but none will start
Pretty cool now can I use any size USB drive?
Is anyone else having a problem where emulation station will reset back to the main menu or just freeze up?
hi there.tks for the great tutorial and tks for all the team that make this possible.i am trying to add Sega Cd games....they all appear on the list..but when i Launch the game they return to Emulation game list.i have all the cores.can you or anyone please help me.tks
Where do I place the psx bios for emulation station? I can load games but get a message that no bios found so it uses the emulated bios instead
Is there a way to add Meta Data or box art to Emulation Station yet or is that coming down the road?
Or can we use ones we have already saved?
I'll be trying the otg with wireless adapter and downloading images straight onto the usb stick..
Can we get just a brief tutorial where to place bios? I have seen this question multiple times in the thread with no answer.
If you’re using RetroArch , place them under RetroArch/System on your flash or SD. If you’re using some GameBoy Advance games , I’ve noticed the option when you bring up the RetroArch menu to enable bios
Ok so I have emulation station working but my GBA. GB, and SNES just seems to go back to the main menu of emulation station and I have the cores in place and when I go into Retroarch they work. Any idea how I can fix this?
same here
@@IDCarlosC Same if you figure out let me know. I really want to play some SNES games even tho im a Sega Fan Boy. I foolishly traded my SNES for an Atari Jaguar back in the day an missed out..
i have tested 64 emulation and is very slow...the same for GBA
The cores still need heavy optimizing which will take time
32x was glitchy until I turned on the higher clock option..
@@T200026 don' t work for n64 ;slow with higher clock
Not tried N64 as there all on my other minis, just having sega on this one. They will get there with it, early days yet.. 👍
When the FAQ doesn't go into detail why things like EmulationStation might not load and you cruise right passed the initial setup without a hiccup leaves people like me wondering why things like the OTG cable isn't working or why the setup formatted the USB but not actually load or read from it.
I appreciate all your help otherwise but for anyone else that might be having issues what issues have you had and what did you do to fix it? I have a USB that got formatted properly but when running ES does nothing, also doesn't load from OTG.
When adding games for the SEGA cd into the roms folder, do they need to be in the bin/cue format? And do all the necessary bios need to also be placed in there as well?
Nevermind, watching your videos for how to load SEGA cd games onto the PlayStation classic worked for this too. Placing the bios files under retroarch/system folder and then converting the bin and cue files to chd and placing into the correct rom folder worked. Thanks so much for all the tutorials. You’ve been a big help many times over.
I have done this to my mini and it seems to work well. I am still trying to over clock it for some PSX and SNES stuff. I did uninstall and reset my machine back to factory because I wanted to test Hackchi. The installer for Hackchi failed said my machine had already been hacked and would not let me proceed. I thought this was interesting as the uninstall for Project Lunar doesn't truly appear completely reset to factory. This is unfortunate but I guess it is what it is.
No Mame yet :( I want Mame for my Sega Arcade games 😞😞
mame would be great. i want the original tmnt game from the arcades
@@bringbackthe80s61 i want Xmen and a few others like the arcade versions of sega games. Arcade version of Altered Beast would be cool. Tmnt I have on my SNES classic but I wouldnt mind the aracde one here and simpsons arcade as well. Along with the batman arcade game.
And Golden Axe revenge of the Death Adder. Never got it working on snes classic.
Mame is under retroarch cores. Mame plus or something like that.
@@Hawkins75-gamertag it's not. The cores are but not a folder that gives ES access to mame. FBA is but that's neo geo which isnt working well
isn't there just an entire compressed file for all the cores.
cos looking at the list, it's a bit confusing as to which ones are which, or what ones i need to download
or do i just download every core that is listed under the megadrive Mini
I have it working easily with Nes and Snes, but like others have said with no one answering, with the stick plugged in it shows the stock menu always asking to select language everytime. When removing and rebooting it has all the games I added before doing it, wish I could leave it plugged in and have my current games list be present. Seems to be some lag on games too, just using a stock controller on Nes.
How do you get the Genesis Mini to recognize an Xbox One or PS4 controller? You said during the video it just recognizes it but it won't recognize anything but the controllers that came with it for me.
i think it has to be wired
Hi Restalgia, does emulation have 720p quality
Need Help!!! Emulation Station is not responding when I try to download it to my PC. All I get is a screen full of weird writing.
billythomas02 I'm having the same issue. Instead of prompting where to save the file, it opens the code up instead.
I haven't been able to find any comments on the situation, or another link to download the mod.
I spent the last 2 days looking for an answer, to no avail.
Hopefully it gets figured out soon.
Same issue here , I’ve had luck just running RetroArch without EmulationStation though
Just a quick question....whats the most say powerful game the MD mini is good for??? I know the SNES mini and NES mini play some arcade games, just curious on the power, thanks m8.
The nes core is not working at all for me. I'd tried with all nes cores on the link.
same here!!
I thought I was missing a step but it turns out the USB drive I was using just wouldn't work. I could see it in Windows just fine and clean/format/partition it, but it just would not mount. Switched with another one and it worked right away.
Don't know why the 4 thumbs down,this was cut and dry. If you can't do what he showed then you just need to stay away from modding anything.
I don't see Mame as an option in the emulators so I'm guessing it isn't supported?
Why emulate Genesis games under Emulation Station? Once you have the USB Formatted and recognized, wouldn't it make sense to just add them under Project Lunar menu? Then you have cover art and game info screen for each. Seems redundant.
Can you please do a separate video explaining Retro Arch? Thank you for the great videos!!
You can chose which emulator you want to boot each game with, even from the stock UI. Change the emulator option when you add a game
It seems I can’t get games to load. I’ve copied all the cores. I have tried to load ATARI 7800 games, but they won’t. Press A only to go back to the same screen...
@Restalgia Can you help me out please. Tried uninstalling lunar but it just hangs and wont go any further. Hangs on the message "attempting to connect via SSH". Any help would be good. Cheers mate.
The best course of action is to join the discord (link in description) and post in the sega support section. The devs there will be able to get you all square.
Probably a dumb question but is there a sega saturn core for this? I'm not sure if I'm seeing it on the listing when clicking on the link. unless i'm just missing it. Thanks in advance
UGHJ
My Hakchi screwed up my sega mini, I tried recovering it with Lunar but it says >
Downloading payload from the Internet: Project_Lunar_Mod-1.0.5-342f0a7.tar.gz
Waiting for FEL mode... (unplug system, power switch on, hold reset, plug system)
**Remember the stock SEGA USB cable will NOT work!**
FEL mode detected. Device: AWUSBFEX
Transferring FES
Executing FES
Transferring uImage
Transferring uInitrd
Transferring custom uBoot
Transferring env.bin
Executing custom uBoot
Waiting for reboot...
ERROR: This device is not a Mega Drive or Genesis Mini.
ABORTING INSTALLATION
Installation did not complete successfully.
Not sure what to do here.
Trying to get Emulation Station working with Project Eris is proving difficult. Tried SNES Cores via Libreto and KMFD, but each time I attempt launch a game it just goes back to the ROM list. Do you plan on making a video on ES on Eris?
i have a "Retro-Bit Official SEGA Mega Drive USB Controller 8-Button Arcade Pad for PC, Mac, Steam, RetroPie, Raspberry Pi - USB Port", and after i reconfigure as you on ES told the D-pad works the on menus but on games won't work, i just can´t move, on retro-arch menu i lose the D-pad too, any idea here?
anyone could do the original genesis mini rempa of buttons on ES? i could, but no button works like a HOTKEY. so i need turn off and turn on genesis mini to change the game...
Why doesn't the mame folder appear? Where to put mame roms?
Need a tutorial for 32X and sega CD. Genesis works but cant get 32x working.
I thought emulation station would be like Big Box Mode on Launchbox is there something similar
Please i need help i accidentally deleted the folder project lunar with backup... please anyone can send me the download the folder Backup please...
Does anyone know how to get a xbox 360 controller to work in EmulationStation got motherfucker plugged in it wont detect it lol can anyone help
How play games on Sega Mini from USB Storage on Lunar Project ?
How use usb storage to sega mini with Lunar Project ?
Where find instructions ?
Modmyclassic site no give answer on this question.
After installing Emulation Station, Is it possible to use othe wired USB d-pads / joysticks controller's besides the mini? For example other consoles pads such as Playstation 3,4 or 3rd party like 8bitdo & Hori
Is there a list of compatible emulated system
Is it possible to use other USB controllers when having Emulationstation installed? such as PS3,4, Hori,Xbox360 etc..?
Is it not possible to get ES to display the button names for the Sega controller - even on a SEGA MINI? Seems pretty stupid that it says A on the screen and you need to press C, and IMO it does not fit well with the Sega theme. I get that it's the same in retropie, but that's not a SEGA product.
@Restalgia Have you tried emulation with the roms of nds or psp?
They are playable
? if so, the cores are compatible for them too? Thanks in advance!
Hi, is there a way to scrape for box art like on project Eris? Also, can we bulk add Sega genesis games to project lunar without having to tweak each game manually? Trying to add the full Sega genesis set but it’s take forever to do one by one. Thanks!
So since one of the usb ports are taken you cannot play 2 players with emulation station?
Why not make A A B B and C C? Why change the mapping so A is mapped to the C Button on the controller ? Why make it al wrong and confusing when playing games?
Because emulation station and retroarch are based off an snes style layout. When you play genesis, it changes the mapping for that console, so if in the menu you map for a genesis controller, then when you actually launch a genesis game, it won't play correctly.
My games won't load on ES I have the correct cores it just wont launch
I have a question.... for playstation one games... retroarch says to place BIOS files for improved performance... but on what folder in my thumbdrive do I place said BIOS files?
Hello. Can Emulation station run snes rom? I tryed but the rom won't launch.
Games added easily. I added all that I desired (about 110) and have about 40mb of space left. Games are all playable but upon exiting a game to main menu I am getting E4 error codes and it freezes for a bit before reboot.....Hopefully a fix is in the next update
What's the best way to come out of ES, Back to the menu, without seeing RA ?
answered above..
@crazycasey_77 I've only put 32x and genesis and SMS on mine for now, I might try others, I've put a 6 button sega control pad on, set the buttons and still see RA , spoils it seeing it must be a hot Key in RA maybe..
@crazycasey_77 ive sorted it, after you have configured your game pad go out of ES and go into the boot menu and select the left RA go into settings/input/hotkey binds and scroll down to Quit RA and select which button you want to use, then exit RA it will save on exit.. all done..
How do I add games to run on RetroArch? I'm wanting to play the Rockman X3 bootleg, but Lunar won't run it. I'm too dumb to figure out how to get it running in RetroArch...
Help!
I've added 32x games which work. But the Sega CD games won't start. does it take both Bin/Cue or do I only need one of the files?
Did you load up the BIOS files?
Yeah, NVM. I got it working now.
How do you add artwork?
stupid question, how did you get back to EmulationStation from the game?
9:19 Your button config is incorrect. Shoulder buttons should be mapped to X and Z, that is the only way to get the right button layout in 6-button games like Street Fighter II. I have the same controller. Check the docs: retropie.org.uk/docs/Mega-Drive-Genesis/
So then Project Lunar then runs off the USB after this?
How do I update the covers and game information on the mega drive mini emulation station?
Anyone having problem with Super Mario RPG? Playing other FX games without problems but this one is going slow. Does anyone have some tips? New on this. Thx!
trying to play a 32x game I launched retro arch but how do I access the folder to be able to put a rom in the retroarch folder?
Do I need to put BIOS files somewhere on my USB drive in order to run 32X and SegaCD games?
Funny the link didnt work to the mod. Dld the ES app, wont work. Gotta dl the mod from Lunar 😊
Maybe a no brainer, but how do I exit emulation station and go back to the boot menu without shutting the system off?
Does it have to be a USB 2.0 or 3.1 stick? Thanks.
Any idea how to get boxart and metadata working? I want to pretty it up!
Looking into solutions for this, and will make a video as soon as I have a good system
Restalgia I’m probably going to pick up a WiFi adapter so I can scrape, but it would be easy if someone already knew the file formatting required so I could just recreate it locally.
@@Restalgia any update on this? Would love to include box art on ES - it's the reason I have currently gone back to using the standard RA UI.