Issue with bsnes-hd beta on Retroid Pocket 5 (Widescreen not working)

RetroArch Android devices
#1

I’m having an issue with the Super Nintendo emulator, using the bsnes-hd beta core, on my Retroid Pocket 5. This core was the only one that could run the Super Mario World Widescreen ROM made by VitorVilela7 (https://github.com/VitorVilela7/wide-snes). However, after I reset my Retroid and reinstalled everything, this widescreen ROM stopped working.

The problem is not with the ROM itself, because it works on RetroArch on my PC. I have already tried installing previous versions of RetroArch on the Retroid, but it still doesn’t work. I also tested another widescreen ROM, this time for Super Metroid, and it didn’t work either.

Could someone please help me with this? Thank you.

#2

looks mostly okay here:

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Did you set the core options properly? Conversely, there’s a BSO file that will handle the settings for you here (along with some setup instructions): https://github.com/DerKoun/bsnes-hd/tree/master/pack/gamefixes/Super%20Metroid%20widescreen%20patch

#3

@hunterk

Yes, I configured everything correctly. I even thought the problem might be my Retroid, so I reset it, but it’s really not a configuration issue, since the ROMs are working normally on the PC emulator. It’s definitely some kind of issue on Android, when I click on the ROM, the screen just goes black.

#4

“I managed to fix it. For anyone who wants to know, the problem was simply a RetroArch update. The current version is 1.22.1, and the widescreen mode does not work at all on Android, at least on the Retroid Pocket. So I downloaded the Stable version 1.21.0 (https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.21.0/android ), and it worked perfectly without any additional configuration. Just posting this to help anyone who runs into the same issue.”

#5

Thanks for following up with your solution.

So, when you said they weren’t working, were they failing to load at all? or were they just not widescreen?

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