Any of you guys have experience using a Raspberry Pi for an emulator hub? I just bought a kit off amazon plus a USB NES and SNES controller. Looks like a simple enough project.. http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-y...-retro-game-console-498561192#ifrndnlocgoogle https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspb...8472&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=raspberry+pi&psc=1
Is there any benefit to this over using an emulator on a laptop or pc? I've always been interested in pi, but I don't quite understand its application.
Well Pi's come with an HDMI output - so you can just put this small box by your TV, hook up, and go. Much more fun than playing on my laptop or PC monitor or having to hook/unhook my computer to my TV. The Pi basically becomes it's own console. And since it's cheap, I don't mind if that is it's only application. By the way, I did the project in the OP and it works great. So now I have all the SNES and NES games loaded.
Nice. I already got it loaded with all SNES/NES games. I just cant get N64 to run smooth on the Pi2. I went into the retropie own overclock settings to set it to "Pi2 preset" hoping that would do it, but still not really. That said, the SNES/NES games (the roms that arent corrupt) run awesome. I just want to get MAME on there too.
damn. I figured that might be the case but also hoped there might be enough there. Thankfully N64 was more of a 'nice to have'...i still have my actual system.
i've always had problems with my 64 emulators. whether on the psp, or my computer. which sucks because i really wanted to play those more than nes and snes.
no doubt. i've tried to use a ds4 and an xbox360 controller on the old games, and it doesn't feel right at all.
Hey guys. I bought this back in October: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TCO5AF0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage Could not get it to work. Followed the steps that came with the package. Installed roms on it and everything. Could never get the controllers / games to work. Anyone experienced want to help me out? I'm decent at tech stuff, but I couldn't figure this thing out.
Yea no idea with the preloaded stuff. I would buy a new memory card and start with the OP and do it from scratch and see if it works that way. Although I used a Pi2, which is slightly better. But yours should run the old systems just fine i would think.