Homebrew Emulator Archive of old versions of RetroArch Wii (RA-Wii)

[SaulFabre]

So in the last days i was trying hard to find and archive some good old versions of official LibRetro's RetroArch Wii (which is the multi-system emulator RetroArch ported to Nintendo Wii).

Since i noticed that newer versions of vanilla RetroArch Wii are now "trash", "useless", "broken", "garbage", "junk", etc... I decided to pick up by myself most old versions of RA Wii.

Special thanks goes to my friends @RunningSnakes and @rogerioronin (from the Brazilian blog MundoWiiHACK) for having stored these old versions, which these have the luck of having them archived anywhere on the Internet, since on the Libretro Buildbot they don't have these old versions anymore.
Also thanks to the archiving websites Internet Archive and Wayback Machine for having some old versions archived on the net.

If you want to check these old versions, download and try them on your Wii, here's a folder with these: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TVHDMOqsJIpRcyNO3D-Pd8z3KzvxL_Jw
A mirror link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/fa47ygavs06s3

Enjoy!!!

saulfabreg - @SaulFabre

 

[RunningSnakes]

Excellent @SaulFabre

Having this RA-Wii repository available will be very useful to others. I know many of these were very hard to hunt down and thought some were lost in time.

Thanks my friend.

 

[freda]

I've tested the last 2 RA from the official release but HID USB controllers seem don't work on them. Do HID work on older versions?

 

[SaulFabre]

I've tested the last 2 RA from the official release but HID USB controllers seem don't work on them. Do HID work on older versions?

@freda I don't know.
Maybe my friends know if HID USB controllers work?
Maybe you need to try RA-HEXAECO (RetroArch Wii mod made by SuperrSonic)?

 

[JuanMena]

There's the "official" site, ain't it?
Oh! I see...

Since i noticed that newer versions of vanilla RetroArch Wii are now "trash", "useless", "broken", "garbage", "junk", etc... I decided to pick up by myself most old versions of RA Wii.

@SaulFabre
Here's another site with couple old versions.
https://wii.scenebeta.com/noticia/retroarch-wii

It requires registration to download as download links are available for users only, but you can use my Username and Password if required.
Just ask and I'll let you know which are

 

[SaulFabre]

@SaulFabre
Here's another site with couple old versions.
https://wii.scenebeta.com/noticia/retroarch-wii

It requires registration to download as download links are available for users only, but you can use my Username and Password if required.
Just ask and I'll let you know which are

Thanks for telling me where i can find more
But i already have a Wii.SceneBeta.com account, but anyways thanks

 

[JuanMena]

Thanks for telling me where i can find more
But i already have a Wii.SceneBeta.com account, but anyways thanks

cool!
Scenebeta sucks nowadays

 

[SaulFabre]

Uploaded RetroArch Wii v1.4.0 (taken from Wii.SceneBeta.com (thanks to @JuanMena for telling me)).

 

[SaulFabre]

Added mirror link to MediaFire folder if you can't access to Google Drive folder.

 

[SaulFabre]

Added RetroArch Wii v1.10.1 which is "confirmed" that should work again for Wii users since the Libretro team "rebooted" to RA Wii official development after so a long time.

 

[Tsuyoshi]

Added RetroArch Wii v1.10.1 which is "confirmed" that should work again for Wii users since the Libretro team "rebooted" to RA Wii official development after so a long time.

Doesn't work for me. Won't even load at all.

 

[SaulFabre]

Doesn't work for me. Won't even load at all.

The meta.xml is still corrupted, even with latest releases.
Please edit the meta.xml with Notepad and replace all its text with this fixed meta.xml: (for RA Wii 1.10.1)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
<name>RetroArch Wii</name>
<coder>Libretro</coder>
<version>1.10.1</version>
<release_date>20210305</release_date>
<short_description>cross-platform</short_description>
<long_description>A port of RetroArch to the GameCube/Wii.</long_description>
<ahb_access/>
<no_ios_reload/>
</app>

Then save the changes made to the meta.xml and see if this work for you.

Hope this help

 

[Tsuyoshi]

The meta.xml is still corrupted, even with latest releases.
Please edit the meta.xml with Notepad and replace all its text with this fixed meta.xml:

Then save the changes made to the meta.xml and see if this work for you.

That didn't work. I'm not sure, but it seemed like it took a few more seconds before it returned to the homebrew loader. If you have any other suggestions, I would be eager to try them.

 

[JuanMena]

Yeah... about 1.10.1

Tested it yesterday while phone was charging:
FBalpha core doesn't work
GENESISPLUSGX core doesn't work.
GPSP core doesn't work.
MAME2010 core doesn't work with some roms.
SNES9X/SNES9X 2002/SNES9X 2005 has issues.

 

[Tsuyoshi]

Yeah... about 1.10.1

Tested it yesterday while phone was charging

But it does otherwise work for you? I wonder why it won't work for me.

 

[JuanMena]

But it does otherwise work for you? I wonder why it won't work for me.

I'm not sure what you mean by "otherwise it works for you?" as the answer is literally trivial.

Yes it works but no it doesn't.

 

[DominoBright]

I'm not sure what you mean by "otherwise it works for you?" as the answer is literally trivial.

Yes it works but no it doesn't.

I think they meant RetroArch itself, as in they couldn't get it to load but you did and can even play some stuff on it.

 

[JuanMena]

I think they meant RetroArch itself, as in they couldn't get it to load but you did and can even play some stuff on it.

ah, sorry.
I'm a wizard, Harry.
Woosh! RetroArch works

 

[Tsuyoshi]

That didn't work. I'm not sure, but it seemed like it took a few more seconds before it returned to the homebrew loader. If you have any other suggestions, I would be eager to try them.

Well, the only thing I could think to try was to plug in an SD card, as some homebrew only supports that, and not the USB drive that I usually use. When I did that, the system froze on a black screen. So I figured I was on the right track, and copied Retroarch onto the SD card. That did the trick. It won't load from a USB drive.

 

[RunningSnakes]

@Tsuyoshi

Are you booting RA from forwarder channel or through Homebrew Channel?