Touhou Project Anbernic 353V Guide.md

Touhou Project Retroarch

Prerequisites

• A console running Retroarch
• Retroarch and the core NPIIKai emulator, already set up with BIOS and configuration file. More information on official guide.
• TH 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5

The settings are also valid when using the NPIIKai standalone emulator.

Method

1. Load the Retroarch (RA) core called Neko Project II KAI.

2. Open Retroarch Quick Menu after loading any game > Core Options > Core Settings > and set:

   • PC Model: PC-9801VM
   • CPU Base Clock: 2.4 MHz
   • Feature CPU: Intel 80386
   • CPU Clock Multiplier: 16
   • RAM Size: 13
   • Skipline Revisions: 255
   • Soundboard: PC9801-86

3. Restart the content.

N.B.: this configuration is specific to the Anbernic 353V.

If you try to play on a higher end computer or console, set the CPU Clock Multiplier to 40 and RAM Size also to 32, and then gradually decrease the CPU Clock Multiplier in case of frame drops , or slowdowns in general.

The minimum values are CPU 24 and RAM 13.

FAQs

• Black screen with a)> / The second chapter doesn't take my input.

  • you are not using NP2KAI, but NP2.

• Ghost fonts / I don't see the fonts

  • Optional files are missing, official guide tells you how to fix this annoying problem. Or play without fonts.

• The zip doesn't work!

  • unpack the zip and put the hdi file in the roms folder. In case you use Anbernic and similar the folder is called pc98