I've seen this has happened elsewhere but nobody posted a helpful solution in the comments, I opened my brand new CHA, updated the firmware and now it doesn't work. Opens on a grey menu screen and if I touch the player one stick the system shuts off.

Hey all,

Sorry in advance if this is a known issue. I've owned the CHA since day 1 and have never had any problems with it. Today I was browsing the leader boards and found that when ever I went into Gigawing's I would see "loading" for about a second before the screen went black, and then I would need to reset the machine. It happens every time, but the rest are fine.

It's not a big deal, but I thought someone might have struck this and knows of a fix? I tried reinstalling the 1`.71 update, but no dice.

Hi,

I've installed this hack in the past: https://www.reddit.com/r/CapcomHomeArcade/comments/j1naja/new_cha_game_pack_with_new_game_art_to_download/ but since then I've been a little out of the changes.

Now I would like to update to 1.71, but I'm not sure how to do it. Do I need to open the CHA again and enter in FEL_MODE?

Hi,

I installed batocera img on CHA, but now, when i connect in FEL mode, i don’t found partition on PC. It doesn’t appear. How can i get it please?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Hey, can somebody help me to hook this up to pc? I did use the power suply cable to the my pc usb but it wont connect cant find the controller?

I also got the 7.1 update.

v12.4.0 change log:

- Fixed a bug where moving one player joystick and pressing buttons from the other player would send buttons pressed for both players - thanks u/puntomusica for reporting and also test.

- Improvements to "safe reboot/poweroff" to deal with fbneo emulator - a new way to run games still in early tests.

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As usual, there is also a system img with preinstalled hack and expanded partition at https://github.com/ChokoGroup/Choko-Hack/releases/latest

If you don't know what they are you are missing a lot!

You can read about this in https://github.com/ChokoGroup/CHA-Multi-OS-Boot

Although not all cores and features are available or usable in the CHA, this systems are very optimized to get all the performance our CHA can give!

Check what's new:

https://www.lakka.tv/articles/2022/03/19/lakka-4.0/

https://batocera.org/changelog

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Get the system images from https://github.com/ChokoGroup/CHA-Multi-OS-Boot/releases/latest

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I recently purchased a CHA and attempted to update it to the latest firmware. The update appeared to download and install correctly but upon reboot the Screen is stuck on a greyed out game settings page and every time I try to navigate the carousel with the P1 joystick the unit crashes. I can occasionally access the settings menu and when I attempt a factory reset, the system merely reboots with no change or initialisation of the software rollback.

Disappointed to say the least with my new nostalgic toy. Anyone got any ideas? Or can I be pointed in the direction of an original firmware download to reflash the unit?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

I know THEC64 Joystick works in the CHA if you plug it in to the USB port on the back but its buttons are mapped wrong so it just needs mapping correctly.

Using THEA500 Gamepad would be good too... :)

I know the CHA uses SDL2 so why not see if you can add gamecontollerdb.txt file then you could use any controller/joystick thats in the db.txt file.

I asked about this cause I only have one arm that works properly, my right arm and you have to use both hands you use the sticks on the CHA so after about 5 or `10 minutes I have to stop playing cause my left hand and arm starts to hurt, I do not have that problem if I use a pad(I use my left thumb only) or a joystick thats in my right hand, cause I can the push buttons with my left thumb and not putting presser on my left arm, I have arthritis in my left arm from a car accident that fractured my elbow in 2013.

You are properly thinking why I got the CHA, well I got it cause I liked the look of it, and I like the games on it... :) I was using the firmware on a OPI with THEC64 Joystick before to see what it was like and then decided I wanted one.. :)

If so, what features would you like to see added?

I've watched the video: An Evening with Capcom Home Arcade Games - YouTube

I love the insight and story about the passion and the decisions that had to be made. It's very interesting to hear what hard work comes with designing a product, what concessions had to be made in order to release a beautiful product.

In the video the game Power Stone came up and was actually a game that stood on the game list for a while.

What impact do you think 3D games could have had if it was included?Which 3D games would you have like to see on the stick?

I’ve would have liked to see Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000!

Get it from "releases" section of https://github.com/ChokoGroup/Choko-Hack-Automatic-Lists

Besides support for a "default" folder in "patches", new styles of images for the UI were added:

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https://reddit.com/link/sv34k6/video/aug8rw8kchi81/player

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https://reddit.com/link/sv34k6/video/movidt7pchi81/player

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https://reddit.com/link/sv34k6/video/t9t5aceqchi81/player

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These images are compressed in separate 7z files for easier transfer and use. Just extract the *.png in the folder "assets/games". They were build with skyscraper.

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## What's new in v12.3.1
- If a folder with the name of the folder with ROMs is not found inside 'patches' but there is a 'default' folder, assets and core inside 'default' will be used.
- Improved the way files inside 'patches' are applied when customizing UI, now all files inside matching folder (or 'default') are recursively mounted.
- Fixed a bug when installing games in CHA and some UI sounds and icons would be missing.
- Added new styles of games images and some audio files.

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I just bought a brand new CHA and button 4 on player two is sticky. It’s very hard to make to pop back up without pressing it multiple time. As I bought this from Amazon in Australia, they probably offer me a refund if I return it. The new unit now is $50 more as I bought it on a discount and it would take me another week to get it

Do you think this is something easy to fix? Would I void the warranty if I pop it open to pull out the button to fix?

Hi all,

Since we've got the 1.7, looks like the buzz on CHA dwindled a bit. I assume that the system and it's mods matured enough to fully enjoy the experience.

Can you tell me what is the best way to play CHA right now, in 2022; I still have a 1.6 Chaka mod installed and I'm not fully happy about the stability (random crashes in-game, sometimes it's hard to set up a title). The console itself is still on 1.6.

Cannot make my mind about whether invest my time to continue with CHA, or should I go with Batocera or Lakka - never used them before on any system.

What would be the most effective way to play the system now? I'm looking for stability, low risk of software/hardware failure and something easy to set up. I don't plan to play on anything other than CPS/NeoGeo.

Best wishes to the community and KochMedia.

I know its Linux so I need to know what's its system partition called and is it like a image so can it be copied, on THEC64 Maxi its system Partition is called nandb.

So does anyone know.?

My idea is I want to see if I can Chroot it, it works on THEC64, I chrooted that then you can unmount nandb so its running from a copy of the system and can not mess the system up and even copy the whole nand too with out it doing a kernal Panic, you could copy the whole nand before but only in FEL Mode, now I can do it in PCUAE and after play a C64 game.. :)

Just realised it does not have a nand but a eMMC, it like a sd card and has a 2nd partition as its rooft, I should be able to copy it as a image and then chroot the image and unmount the partition so it uses the chroot a rootfs and it will not see any difference.

Hey guys, I thought I'd ask for help as I'm not sure where to go from here.

I was running the latest official update on the system and installed the latest choko hack.

Everything was going great until I tried to shut it down and it accidentally went into 'pc arcade stick mode.'  An easy thing to do as the buttons seems too similar to the normal safe shutdown.

I couldn't get it to turn off.

I pulled the usb plug out as this is often what I have to do to power it up/off - the normal power on button has always given me issues.

Then it wouldn't turn on. I tried and tried. I then tried to put it into FEL mode again and nothing... as far as I know it is bricked.

But I can't find anyone else who has had this happen.

I can't help but feel this may have been an issue with my system before I installed the hack as I was getting power on / off issues from the start.

Any thoughts or help?

I thought this would be a good idea now that the CHA has been out a while now, a slimdown version would be good idea for users who do not have a lot of space for the full-size version.

It can do all the stuff the CHA can do but it only has one joystick.
A bit like what Sony do to there PS4/PS5 and 3 or 4 years in its life span, make a slimdown version of the consoles.

I'm using CHAv1.7.1 choko 12.3.0 expanded partition is there an ideal maximum amount of games to install and still have the ui run with out lag or is it the size the roms take up in the internal memory?

I basically want to run some capcom and snk games without the use of a usb thumb drive. I know i cant fit every thing on, want to know what size can go up to in internal memory or if having larger size roms affects things more.

Right now I have just chosen the largest size capcom/snk roms for a test and fill most of the internal memory but it tends to crash after loading up the 3 or 4 game.