I’m kinda new here. So my problem is this: I installed various runners in Lutris so I can play old roms. I tried Mupen64 Plus for Nintendo 64 Games, and DGen for Sega Genesis games. I tried several games and although they run well, I can’t for the life of me figure out HOW to get to the menus where I can remap controls, configure graphics and sound and whatnot. I mainly need to remap the controls. While running a game I tried left clicking, right clicking, middle clicking, pressing F1 to F12, I try to run the games windowed to see if maybe there’s a drop down menu that you can’t get to while in full-screen, If I right click on a game and select “configure”, the only options I get are “Game Info, Game Options, Runner Options and System Options”, none of which offer ANY control mapping options. I can’t even change from rumble pak to memory pak in the Mupen 64 emulator so I can’t save my progress in games. I’ve googled and googled and googled and googled the problem but I just can’t find anything on this. Maybe it’s very simple and I’m just stupid, but I’m tearing my hair out trying to figure this out and my brain is about to explode! (and please, no terminal stuff please, I HATE having to use terminal, I need to SEE where I am and what I’m doing, not read a bunch of text or type a bunch of stuff I don’t know)
I don’t currently have any N64 stuff setup in Lutris, so I can’t comment much here. but apparently if you like the popular Windows ‘Project64’ that’s probably a option through Wine from a quick read online and will give you a easy-to-use GUI which you seem to really want.
there is even RetroArch but I personally am not much of a fan of this as it’s a bit bloated as I prefer to avoid that if possible.
also, it’s been years since I last messed with it, but a while ago I setup the fancy graphics version of Mario64 (N64 game) (i.e. Super Mario 64 HD Texture Pack V1.5 (2017-09-17) ) on Dolphin emulator, which I ‘think’ I just used the Windows version through Wine.
this should give you a general idea on what to try as if there is no easy-to-use native Linux emulator, off the top of my head, I would say there is a good chance the Windows version of emulators for N64/SNES etc etc will probably work on Linux through Wine.
EDIT (Feb 27th 2025): I suggest the Mors Games PC Port (i.e. Manual Building Guide · MorsGames/sm64plus Wiki · GitHub ; both native Linux and Windows ports work on Linux) instead of Dolphin emulated one. the HD pack (i.e. https://evilgames.eu/texture-packs/files/sm64-reloaded-v2.5.0-pc-hd.zip ) works on that version to etc and the PC port has better control over Mario and 60fps (game is originally 30fps) etc.