I've been really wanting to get one of these. It'd certainly reduce the clutter on my desk and make playing retro games a bit easier. I'm just kinda curious about the controller situation. I assume it isn't be compatible with the Gamecube USB adapter (at least, not from what I've seen)? I already have 4 GC controllers, so it'd be a whole lot cheaper than going out and buying 4 360 controllers.
Im starting to think that Lakka is a better solution for the Raspberry Pi!?
Is there any shorcut button for when using the pad to exit a game etc?
Am i right in think that the colour square that keeps appearing in the top right corner is warning of not enough juice from the PSU???, if so this is strange as i got a USB plug from amazon which is rated 5v and 2.1 amp which though should have been enough??
Lakka is much easier to set up and controllers are literally plug and play but last time i checked it didn't have GBA, N64 or PS1 stuff working on the Pi 1. I'm not sure on the Pi 2. It also had issues running SNES stuff at full speed and doesn't have the range of systems available that RetroPie has. It uses OpenELEC behind the scenes so it has more overhead than Linux. It's always getting Nightly Builds so who knows if the situation has changed for Lakka on the Pi 2. Having said that Lakka works on other boards besides the Pi so you may have more luck on a ODROID or something.
Awesome thread.
So what's the emulation like for N64/PSX? Is it full speed or are there any issues?
Close to 60fps on the Pi 2 but with ocasional slowdown for N64. Floob has some videos on his channel. PS1 stuff worked even on the Pi 1 not sure about its performance on the Pi 2.
I personally dont run either of those 2 systems. I might give PS1 a shot later on.
Close to 60fps on the Pi 2 but with ocasional slowdown for N64. Floob has some videos on his channel. PS1 stuff worked even on the Pi 1 not sure about its performance on the Pi 2.
I personally dont run either of those 2 systems. I might give PS1 a shot later on.
How well do CRT filters and the like perform on the Pi 2?
Really???. Have you tried F-Zero X or WaveRace, they ran like 10fps when i tired them
Currently waiting for Ignition...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1717505434/ignition-a-social-retro-gaming-os-for-the-raspberr
Looks great will keep an eye out. The beauty of the Pi is you can have that OS on another microSD card and just do a quick swap.
So I've always been interested in the Pi and doing an emulator set up. But my main concern is wires. Is this set up feasible at all:
- RetroPie/emulators installed on Raspberry Pi 2
- ROMs stored on a NAS, wirelessly
- Also use the aforementioned NAS for save states
I'll probably end up taping the Pi on the back of my TV or something.
Wondering if I should just wait out for the Intel Compute Stick.
For someone not familiar with a raspberry system, is this hard to set up?
And as I understand, SNES emulation would work flawlessly on a Pi 2? Could I use a cheap USB SNES controller?
Yes you can use a cheap SNES usb controller , even those cheapo $2-$5 stuff on ebay. Its what i use.
This is easy to setup if you follow tutorials on Floobs youtube channel in the OP or my instructions. A video might be easier to follow so you can see what he is doing.
Yep SNES works flawlessly on the Pi 2. It worked on the Pi 1 too but had sound issues (distorted sound) with alot of games but its fixed for the Pi 2.
Afaik it's mame 0,37 so insanely oldIs bsnes performance (retroarch) available for this at all?. How does Mame run and is it based on a really old Rom set?
I also can't see an option to edit button short cuts for stuff like exiting a game, is this possible at all?
Is there a guide anywhere or does anyone know the steps needed to manual add new emulators to RetroPie? I want to add the SNES emulator snes9x-next as the pre-installed snes emulators dont have great aduio
Thanks, I just ordered one and will give this a try.
Edit: Seems to work now. Only problem I have now is that I can't exit a game with the controller.
I originally had the reset button on the console do that, but someone wrote a script where you could hold all the buttons down at once to get back to the menu... I will see if I can find it
I have an NES chassis (saved from a flood damaged system) and am using retropi and wiring it through the GPIO with an opto-isolators to use the original controllers. The power and reset buttons are all wired to the pi as well It is a neat little tinkering project. Outside of using a blue LED in the front (on purpose), you can't see anything from the outside that makes it look different than the original. I even kept the mono audio and composite out the same. I mounted a powered USB hub inside to handle the pi, but I didn't go as far as using the original NES power adapter.
I will try and get some pictures together later, although it just looks like an NES
I have an NES chassis (saved from a flood damaged system) and am using retropi and wiring it through the GPIO with an opto-isolators to use the original controllers. The power and reset buttons are all wired to the pi as well It is a neat little tinkering project. Outside of using a blue LED in the front (on purpose), you can't see anything from the outside that makes it look different than the original. I even kept the mono audio and composite out the same. I mounted a powered USB hub inside to handle the pi, but I didn't go as far as using the original NES power adapter.
I will try and get some pictures together later, although it just looks like an NES.
I originally had the reset button on the console do that, but someone wrote a script where you could hold all the buttons down at once to get back to the menu... I will see if I can find it
I've read something about pressing start+select, but it doesn't work. If you can get the press all buttons thing running let me know how you did it.
Other question: Since I can't exit a game, is it safe to just pull the power plug to turn the device off?
While not ideal the ESC button on a keyboard exits a game, if you got one lying around use that for now while Mihos gets back to us. Reason i use a powerpoint remote is one of the buttons is essentially an ESC button. I am curious about a solution that is just button presses on a pad. I think if you use a 360 pad the home button might exit games?
You can pull the plug out of the Pi aswell.
Got it working now with one of Floob's turorials. I can now press start+select to exit a game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBloKEbBRAU
If it can't output 240p RGB, what's the point?
All those systems will look horrible on a modern 1080p HDMI display.