raspberry pi 3 as an emulator?

aardvark · 27 Apr 2016 at 17:38

anybody tried using a raspberry pi 3 for emulation.

I just started looking at it and wondered what the best way to do it is.
Most people seem to be using retropie.

just wondering if anyone has any tips and what i would need?

thanks

aardvark · 28 Apr 2016 at 11:20

sounds cool - is there anything i need to know? - reading about it and it all looks deceptively simple!!

aardvark · 29 Apr 2016 at 09:33

well, ordered one with a box and power supply - i guess i'll see what happens.

I'm amazed how cheap it was and how powerful they look to be!

aardvark · 4 May 2016 at 23:33

got it last night - still figuring it out but its looking good.
Damn scraping takes a long time and seems to stop when the sreensaver comes on.
Haven't figured out how to use screen filters yet.

aardvark · 7 May 2016 at 10:51

Anyone know what the best arcade emulator to use is?? there are a lot of choices:
mame4all
lr-imame4all
lr-mame2003
lr-mame2010
advmame-.94
advmame-1.4
pifba
lr-fba
lr-fba-next
gngeopi

aardvark · 11 May 2016 at 13:08

i'm getting there, slowly - using advmame since its a modern set (.106).
gngeo is a bit fiddly and i'll have to modify it to get my xbox controller to work.

Had to go back to the carbon theme as the simple theme was crashing - its a shame because it looked great with those background pictures.