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Has Nintendo's handling of the SNES Classic convinced anyone else to build a Retro Pi
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A few posts pointing out the not too subtle piracy angle isn't a witch hunt. Your weed analogy doesn't work.
That's adorable.
And yeah, OP, I was convinced and bought a Pi last year as a result of the NES Classic.
IISANDERII
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Cheaper, way more games, way more functionality, many more options... Fuck yeah I'm loving my Raspberry Pi
Laws00
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I have the SD2SNES and it's significantly better. Still missing a few games though
https://gbatemp.net/review/sd2snes.188/
games not supported
nicoga3000
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GPD XD or GPD Win.
I'm in the process of placing my order. One and done.
I'm in the process of placing my order. One and done.
Z..
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Still don't get the appeal of retro pi... I just connect my laptop through HDMI. Do people not have laptops/desktops anymore these days or what?
I subscribe to this religion! 64 emulation sucks though...
I subscribe to this religion! 64 emulation sucks though...
ImBarryScott
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We all know that's not what's happening here
The cost of buying all the games and hardware would push the price up way above SNES Classic Mini costs.
Was this on a Pi 3?
Schucky Ducky
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Same. Earthbound alone costs over $200 to get an original SNES copy to rip.
Can one rip with Wii U VC ROM?
Robin64
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Correct answer.
Schucky Ducky
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I think so. But that would require you to buy a Wii U as well if you didn't have one, increasing the cost of this even more. Plus, there are games that aren't on the Wii U VC that are on SNES Classic, like Star Fox and Yoshi's Island.
I built one two weeks ago. Primarily for the SNES, but I migrated all of my NES, Gameboy and Genesis games over too. It was very easy and everything just kind of works. I heard things can get a bit more complicated with PSone and N64 games, but I always felt that was asking too much out of such a small and inexpensive machine.
Anyway, making a Retropie is highly recommended.
Anyway, making a Retropie is highly recommended.
Have you noticed any input lag that a poster mentioned above? What kind of controller are you using?
gingerbeardman
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Goodness no.
Orniletter
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More like """"No"""".
Yes.
I was very impressed with the picture quality it put out.
Not impressed with the input lag. It was very noticeable on twitchy 8 bit videogames. I am not sure how it compares to the NES classic, but I hated it. I fiddled with the settings but it never made it to a level that I wanted it to be.
Also they are a PITA to set up. If you like entering in commands lines and tinkering with settings like it is 1986 then this shit is for you. I am more of a plug and play guy myself.
I'm using the 8bitdo SNES controller. The lag is negligible for the most part (especially when you disable threaded video and plug the controller in), comparable to what you'd see with the NES Classic. It's probably most noticeable in Super Mario World. Still playable, but if you played the hell out of the SNES version, you'd know it was there.
I was never going to try to get a SNES classic. I knew that Nintendo would pull this shit again, so I didn't bother.I do like making weird things, though!
I made a few of these. One for myself and one for each of my brothers. It's just made of cardboard and card paper with a Pi Zero inside. My version has the USB port on the front because I have a converted USB SNES controller, but the others have a hardwired SNES controller hooked up to them.
Looks nice, what games did you buy for it?
OriginalPoe
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Yeah, see I wanted to buy one but Nintendo decided nah fam sorry.
SF2 is fair game as far as I'm concerned.
I have that controller too.
Brilliant controller. It feels perfect. Even the packaging was cool.
The lag is more from something to do with either the hardware or emulation being used on the Pi than it is from the controller. Because I could never get it to work reliably via BT and always plugged mine in.
Never tried it on the Switch or PC, but I have not heard serious complaints of lag on either so I think this is an issue with the Pi.
You need a lot of time and patience to get a Pi working right, unless you just buy one that is preloaded and those are usually ripoffs. I also don't know how well they work out of the box either.
Baron_Calamity
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I want to but my desire to make something and my ability to something nice are far apart. I'll probably just continue playing emulators on my pc or VC releases on my 2ds, Maybe someday I'll just buy a pi kit at Microcenter and slap one together.
Paper Mario
Luckily I have a buddy who is really good with this stuff and has configured multiple Pi's with tons of emulated games so I'll be ok in that regard.
Not only that, it is expensive and time consuming to track down all those games to buy. It probably costs quite a bit more to get those same games in cart form.
I am far from a guru when it's comes to this type of stuff and I had my Pi put together and running games in about two hours last year. There are so many resources available now that it's basically just like following instructions from Ikea lol.
Imagine a world in which a lot of us have been gaming for 20+ years and already own them?
hardcastlemccormick
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Took me about two hours to go from zero to Super Metroid. Most of that was download and writing to the SD card.
To answer the OP's question, yes. I had Super Metroid on my wii VC but didn't want to deal with the composite cables so I installed retropie, installed the one game and it went very well.
That is a very apt comparison. Getting a Pi working and fiddling with the settings is about as enjoyable as assembling IKEA furniture.
The best solution is to have a guy like drogg.
petethepanda
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I have a rp3 retropie setup, but there was a slight amount of input lag I could never get rid of and I just kind of gave up on tinkering. Single-handedly ruined it for me.
Somehow I was awake when news dropped of best buy having the SNES classic. Sadly I never had an opportunity for the NES classic.
Does anyone know of any retailer, China based or otherwise, Thats selling a fake version of the mini NES that looks the same, Has the same games, HDMI output, same size, etc.?
I'd love to go for the raspberry pi mini NES case but its...way too small to sit next to my SNES classic.
Does anyone know of any retailer, China based or otherwise, Thats selling a fake version of the mini NES that looks the same, Has the same games, HDMI output, same size, etc.?
I'd love to go for the raspberry pi mini NES case but its...way too small to sit next to my SNES classic.
jipewithin
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Yes, just plug it usb. Bluetooth works also but haven't tried that.
I had the same problem.
Ruined it for me.
Which is too bad because as I said the image quality was amazing. I loved the way the games looked on the tv.
BRocknRolla
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I was never totally sold on these "minis" to begin with, but yeah, the situation has inspired me to build a retro console.
is it, though?
I mean, isn't there pre-compiled pi images for any kind of use-case, that basically just involve putting the SD into your PC, running the installer, and putting it back into the pi?
Especially now that there's wifi, bluetooth and stuff built in. - previously you'd have to buy the proper dongle and download the drivers via the command line.
It's the beauty of the OS running exclusively from the SD card.
That also means you can always just backup your working and fully configured image to your PC, so you can just re-flash the SD again, when it eventually gets corrupted
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