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Just bought a mini PC which will arrive tomorrow. It’s an Epson ST170E and is similar in size to a Lenovo Tiny. It has an i5 4320m(2.7GHz) and can take up to 2x8GB RAM. The cool bit is that there are two SATA ports and space for two 2.5” drives so I can also use it as a NAS.
Looking forward to using RetroArch on it!
I’m sick of emulation on consoles so far. RetroArch crashes my PS3 if I load a troublesome ROM, forcing a hard shutdown and subsequent HDD scan. 3DS and Wii-U also go down hard when they crash. I haven’t had a good experience since the OG Xbox. My other option so far has been my HDMI stick PC which is not powerful(1.4GHz Atom, 2GB RAM! Windows 10 Home!!) so this will be a breath of fresh air. And it only cost £90 with Windows 10 Pro.
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I briefly tried the Wii but it’s 480p and I couldn’t get my USB Saturn pads to work. PS3 is great in that regard because it supports USB stuff natively, but the random crashes did me in. RetroArch crashing on PC never brings the entire thing down, just the program itself. It’s caused by my rom set but that brings up another issue - the cores for console versions of RetroArch lag behind PC a fair bit. My rom set is around three years old but it’s still newer than the PS3 port of FBA.
Anyway, I’m going to look into a front end. I like those cool ones with the game artwork and stuff.
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Originally posted by randombs View PostAnyway, I’m going to look into a front end. I like those cool ones with the game artwork and stuff.
Originally posted by randombs View Post
I’m sick of emulation on consoles so far..
Originally posted by Arashikage View PostI've never had any trouble on the OG Wii, all the emulators run pretty much perfectly. Retroarch however is fiddly to use in my experience, plus I can't seem to get a proper 240p picture on my Trinitron unlike all the other emus.Last edited by Escape-To-88; 23-08-2019, 17:44.3DS FC (updated 2015): 0447-8108-3129
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I found myself getting caught up in the MD Mini hype and it motivated me to sort this PC out properly.
I'm using Launchbox with RetroArch. CRT shaders to die for, all my controllers just work, and the Mayflash Magic-NS means I can use the same DS4 on both Switch and PC without re-syncing. Sega Rally Plus running at full speed with analogue steering is a dream.
Originally posted by Escape-To-88 View PostBigbox (via Launchbox) is decent. For something more arcade-like/simple try Attract Mode.
BigBox was ridiculously slow but it's calmed down now, especially after installing the Unified theme. The City Hunter one is gorgeous but it chugged horribly. I'll try it again to see if BigBox was just busy with other stuff at the time.
There's been a lot of faffing around but just with downloading images and organising systems. I've disabled a lot of the unnecessary imagery and movies but I really love the game details and boxes/screenshots which help with the nostalgia.
One thing I want to do is get rid of games I don't play. There are so many and I bery rarely play anything I didn't play before.
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I have a Mister, only tried Megadrive (Excellent), Arcade Cores (Excellent) & NES (Excellent).
It was quite hard finding & ordering all of the bits but really quite easy to setup once assembled. I wouldn't recommend a 3D printed case though, looks really ugly. Go for a really nice looking metal or perspex case instead like this LINK
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