/vr/ - Retro Games

RPi2 owner here. It's pretty much my favorite device ever. Combined with the 8BitDo SNES30 Gamepad, it's an excellent retro machine.

Atari, NES, SMS, SNES, Genesis, Neo-Geo, Turbografx, earlier MAME, and GB/GBC/GBA run excellently for the most part. The number of games I could not get working perfectly I can count on one hand. N64 isn't where it should be but we should be seeing some great improvements if the Pi 4 is noticeably more powerful. Most PS1 games seem to run decently, but there is more input lag compared to the other systems.

Playing through pic related for the umpteenth time on my Pi currently. Incredibly low lag, runs and sounds great, and feels like I'm playing on a real SNES controller with the 8BitDo.

Get one! Emulation """purists""" might tell you that the emulators are garbage or something, but I really can't tell any difference between the Pi and PC when I'm playing NES or SNES. In fact, once you have it all set up, the RPi is a superior experience because of the nice front end and lack of dealing with Windows.