Tell me about what you have working on retropie that is awesome!

[garrz32]

[Baseley09]

I need to get involved in this want to go the rgbpi route. Where do i start, just buy a pi3 and download the retropi os?

[speedlolita]

One of these for MAME could be nice. I don't want to give in to console emulation yet...

[QualityChimp]

I need to get involved in this want to go the rgbpi route. Where do i start, just buy a pi3 and download the retropi os?

@Somebody on here needs to write a guide for everybody else's benefit.

[samanosuke]

Is there a universal controller available, kind of a one size fits all?

I would’ve thought one of those 8bitdo NES/SNES/DualShock mongrel-looking wireless controllers would do for most non-fighting games (should be using a stick for those anyhoo)? If you want one on the cheap then Retro Gamer are giving them away free with a year’s subscription.

[Escape-To-88]

@Somebody on here needs to write a guide for everybody else's benefit.

There are hundreds on youtube mate.

[QualityChimp]

There are hundreds on youtube mate.

Just trying to get the new forum superhacker to pull his weight, mate!

[Colin]

It's literally all here -

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation

[Escape-To-88]

Just trying to get the new forum superhacker to pull his weight, mate!

Ah yes. Carry on

[BigDeadFreak]

Some 3D PS1 stuff works fine but with others there's a bit of slowdown. Tekken 3 is working perfectly but Ridge Racer slows down when there's too many cars on screen.

There is also a bit of lag which doesn't seem to matter in a lot of games but it makes stuff like Battle Garegga unplayable. I'm using a Saturn pad with a USB converter so I don't know if that causes the lag? I have read that it's a problem with Retropie in general.

I haven't managed to get any CPSIII games working so I'll have to give that at try.

Naomi and Saturn are non-starters which is a shame as I miss Die Hard Arcade. Basically any 3D arcade games seem beyond the Pi.

[QualityChimp]

It's literally all here -

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation

Ah that's excellent work


at driving a traffic away to somebody else's site.

[Colin]

They'd have to be here to know I'd said it.

[Colin]

Some 3D PS1 stuff works fine but with others there's a bit of slowdown. Tekken 3 is working perfectly but Ridge Racer slows down when there's too many cars on screen.

There is also a bit of lag which doesn't seem to matter in a lot of games but it makes stuff like Battle Garegga unplayable. I'm using a Saturn pad with a USB converter so I don't know if that causes the lag? I have read that it's a problem with Retropie in general.

I haven't managed to get any CPSIII games working so I'll have to give that at try.

Naomi and Saturn are non-starters which is a shame as I miss Die Hard Arcade. Basically any 3D arcade games seem beyond the Pi.

It's a shame, as when I loaded up N64 Mario last night I thought it looked lovely. Didn't have the amp on last night and just tried it today and found the sound is really glitchy and there's bouts of slowdown. Weirdly I don't think it's going to stop me playing it though.

EDIT: Ooooft! Yes it will, I'll stick with 2D.

[BigDeadFreak]

EDIT: Ooooft! Yes it will, I'll stick with 2D.

I gave Bangai-O a go thinking it would be OK as it is 2D but it was unplayable.

As I said, most PS1 is fine and I'm sure stuff like FFVII would be alright as a little bit of slowdown wouldn't hurt it. It's the faster, twitch games in which it causes problems.

[Leon Retro]

It's a shame, as when I loaded up N64 Mario last night I thought it looked lovely. Didn't have the amp on last night and just tried it today and found the sound is really glitchy and there's bouts of slowdown.

I was playing F-Zero X - and it runs well enough to be playable on the Pi. But N64 emulation has always felt quite broken, so most games are unplayable on the Pi. It would be a big shame if there were loads of great N64 games.

It would seem like a miracle if someone managed to create an N64 emulator that ran games perfectly. I think N64 emulation has been around for nearly 20 years now - and it's still in a bad state. Mario 64 is the only game I've seen emulated really well on a PC.