>RetroPie hasn't been updated in 4 years>all its emulators are extremely out of date, some of which nearing 10 years old>half the emulators can't even be installed because it tries to download them from dead linksWhat's currently the best distro to put on a Pi for CRT gaming? Batocera?
I'm gonna flash Batocera, Recalbox, and Lakka, and see how they compare.
>>12376262With Lakka I had frequent micro-stutters on all emulators when I tried its CRT image last year. Batocera had stretched out picture with the composite out even when I followed all the instructions on the wiki. In the end I'm still using RetroPie, even though the SD card I installed it on flipped to read-only mode, so I have to use USB storage now. When the card dies I'll try something else again.
>>12376307>Batocera had stretched out picture with the composite out even when I followed all the instructions on the wikiHow did you get composite out working? The wiki says it uses Wayland now which doesn't support composite.
>>12376310Don't remember, maybe an old version. Maybe I'm confusing it with Recalbox actually, sorry.
>>12376262any rolling releaseconfigure that shit yourself and never worry about outdated RA cores
>>12376262>>all its emulators are extremely out of date, some of which nearing 10 years old>turn raspi4 on>boot a game>plays just finewhat is the problem?you don't update something just for the sake of it.has the snes or genesis received updates lately? no. and they work just fine too.
>>12376262Recalbox. The current public build is kinda out of date, but they've been prepping for a big release for a while now. I use a cheap VGA666 hat with a pi4 and recalbox was the easiest by far to get working correctly.
batocera has been the best i've used
Isn't retropie just emulationstation running on top of ubuntu-minimal? Just use a compatible distro and install the latest retroarch.
>>12376682>has the snes or genesis received updates lately?Imagine being this disingenuous. PS1, Saturn, N64, et cetera have seen a host of improvements since
>>12377668>>12376682Dreamcast too. Not to mention half the apt sources being dead (if it even is using apt) is kind of an issue.
>>12377668huh?your ps1, saturn and n64 connect to the internet and receive updates?of course not!
>>12376262Maybe this defeats the purpose but you can buy preloaded SDs on Amazon that have an OS, frontend, a well curated romset with pre-scraped artwork and an attractive theme for like $60-$70. I helped tech illiterate friend set one up and put it in a nice case and I was kinda jelly ngl that he had a complete system that ‘just worked’ for less than $150 and an hour of setup.
>>12376297I started with Lakka and it's just stuck on the flower boot screen. It simply does not work. Will try Recalbox next.
>>12377809Recalbox just werks. Let's test some N64 and Saturn.
>>12377918For some reason on recallbox the actual Retroarch aspect ratio is all screwed up. The games themselves run at a normal aspect ratio though. Radiant Silvergun is now actually kind of playable now since the packages are way newer than Retropie's.
>recalbox has no DS coreffs
I tried to update my pie a few weeks back lmao I think I had buster 3.7 on my machine. I updated all packages and couldnt access any of the pie menus. Could play games. But I wanted to access menus. So I plugged a keyboard into it then updated it again in the command trying to fix it and just completely fucked it up. It wouldn't even play games at this point. So I had to reflash a new image and use a separate sd card for the epprom fix. Then it would finally load up. Before rhe epprom fix it wouldn't load any new images. Flashed the last buster image. Idk if there is a better retro pie to use but it plays ps1 really well gba nes master system snes genesis sega cd tg16 thats all I care about now glad I fixed it. I was gonna try recall box on the raspberry pie image flasher but felt id just use retro pie. there is a new retro pie image after buster 3.8 which is what I got new. Anyways a good lesson for me. Dont fix it if it ain't broke frens. I think alot of the repositories are down idk. i got a raspberry pie 4. im sure there is a better image i could be using but fuck it dude
>Lakka doesn't boot>Batocera doesn't use X11 anymore>Recalbox is immutableshit with weird aspect ratio crap and no installable coresRetroPie is old garbage but if it were updated it'd clear the house.
>>12376262Don't game on the pi, stream your games with sunshine / moonlight stack from your desktop.
>>12378469Does it work with 240p?
>>12377751>n64 connect to the internet and receive updates?Mine does
>>12378559Not an N64.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbyP7y5z80
Just install RetroArch on the stock OS? I don't get the need for all these special purpose distros.
>>12378570I'm not a sysadmin, so I don't know how to set up an xserver that automatically logs in and opens Retroarch.
>>12376682>comparing dedicated gaming hardware VS software that merely mimics said hardware with varying levels of accuracy(You) disingenuous nigga
>>12378576Maybe a mistaar is more up your speed.
>>12378602>spend 900 dollars instead of using the Raspberry Pi you already ownIt would be more worth my while to buy the actual consoles being emulated.
>>12378576starting X and RetroArch on login in is easythe autologin after boot part might be the trickiest part depending on distro and init system
>>12378476yeah you can stream 240p to a CRT.Moonlight just streams whatever res the host renders.real no bullshit retro feeling 240p though? need CRT Emudriver (AMD gpu if you have an external one otherwise I don't think I'd personally bother but you can try) -> VGA -> SCART/component.no Emudriver? render low-res with a downscaler or use Pi composite out main problem is not Moonlight but getting 15kHz. wired LAN = playable, WiFi = laggytruly nothing like outputting straight from host though. good luck. It's definitely a bit of a project.
>>12378843Thanks anon. Are you saying don't bother if you have an Nvidia GPU?> t. clueless
>>12378469>>12378476>>12378843>>12379782It really depends on what you're playing. I wouldn't bother with anything less than a Pi 4 for emudriver especially if 3d games are being played.
>expecting continual updates or even for a final image to be left in a functional state when dealing with SBC'sSorry you had to learn the hard way, but this is how it usually goes with SBC's. Outside of official Ubuntu and Android images, the majority of alternate images for SBC's eventually get abandoned and it's a complete gamble if the last one available is actually working or if they abandoned it in a broken state.This is because SBC's are hobby boards for people to mess around with for a year or two, they aren't designed for long-term use. If you didn't save a copy of the good image you had, then you are SOL.
>>12378636>>12378570Yeah screw it I'll just do this. Autologin and launching X seems easy
>>12381131Ok so the libretro blokes have compiled literally zero cores for aarch64 Linux, which means I get to compile all the emulators myself, yay!
>>12381517Well I compiled mupen64plus-libretro-nx, I think. Don't know where it installed though.
>>12376262Retropie was a novelty back in the day but there's so many better options now I think most people lost interest, it was cool when Pis were cheap but now they're not even close to cheap so I think only people who just have one lying around would run it. Cyclone V MiSTer Clones are cheaper than a Pi5 going for like $180 on ebay and work a million times better. I paid like $500 for the original Terasic board back in the day before they had the clones and even for that much it felt worth it to never have to go back to the laggy emulation the Pi can provide, there's absolutely no reason to buy a Pi for a retro box with affordable MiSTer clones.If you don't want to do this just do what >>12376973 said, this is the way. Install ubuntu-minimal on your pi, install Retroarch, configure retroarch to boot at launch and you're all set. You might have to do some extra steps to get composite set up, I'm not sure if ubuntu natively supports it like Raspian does, but its worth it so you don't have to rely on pre-configured images getting updated anymore.
>>12381552>Install ubuntuNo way fag.
>>12381602you already did when you installed Retropie, fag.
>>12381619Retropie is based directly on Debian (or Raspbian, rather)
I have a Pi3, is this a good canditate for a Retropie install?
>>12381627Correct. I'm guessing you will go through backports hell getting all the utils you'll probably need to compile the emulators / retro arch cores yourself though.>>12381671As long as you don't go beyond emulating the 16bit era (anything past SNES/megadrive or GBA games) that should be fine as has been my experience. N64 emu is dog shit in general and that is no different on the Pi. Ive gotten PS1 games barely running on a 3.
>>12381517>>12381539sp must pay for his crimes
>>12381767Who?
>>12381517>libretro blokes have compiled literally zero cores for aarch64 LinuxI thought you were kidding, but no, they only build ones for 32-bit ARM and Android. There are some 3rd-party repos, but they are built for specific devices.I hope you don't mean to emulate every system under the sun, because even with helper scripts it's gonna take a while.
>>12378570>Just install RetroArch on the stock OS? I don't get the need for all these special purpose distros.Yup! Still get updates all the time too!
>>12378570Libretro haven't compiled any cores for Raspberry Pi.
>>12376262I use Lakka composite build. It has been updated very recently and the performance is mostly good.
>>12384341The stock Pie OS gets updates every week. Noo need for other bullshit making it complicated.
>>12384654>The stock Pie OS gets updates every weekThe cores get updated but it's still on an 8yo kernel with 8yo Mesa
>>12384845The same way Windows 11 runs on Windows 95 cause it has "windows" ? Lol
>>12385035huh
>>12384845Retropie is on an 8yo kernel with 8yo mesa, but Raspbian is on Debian 13 now.
>>12385035windows user tries not to be technoretarded challenge (impossible)
>>12376262>always wanted to play emulators on a compact box that can be taken around>2016 I buy a raspberry pi 3b kit>after an entire day, finally finish installing retropie>constant crashes>find out the included charger isn't powerful enough>charger arrives a few weeks later>try again>noticeable and game-ruining input lag>cores for systems past SNES run like shit>need to connect a keyboard edit the .ini fileended up scrapping that project and just using my pi as a DreamPi modem
>>12385303Yeah, I never understood why everyone was so eager to get a SBC for emulation."I've got a perfectly functional PC, better go buy something with a fraction of the power to emulate with. Should I get a SFF PC so I can use the same OS and emulators I'm familiar with? No, better get an SBC that requires it's own special snowflake versions of Ubuntu and Android. This is gonna be so cool!"SBC's are for tinkering and hobby-work, they weren't designed for serious applications.
>>12385505>I never understood why everyone was so eager to get a SBC for emulationIt plugs into a CRT telly
>>12385505you can't shitpost while playing at the same time.you can just bag a sbc and take it elsewhere easily.it's a pita to set up a pc to output 240p to a crt tv while setting a raspi is as easy as copying some shit to the sd card and maybe change a couple config files.separate device also means you can still use the other if one of them breaks.
>>12385128Yerrrrp. Stock RP OS for the win.
>>12376769Same, but I run it on a micro x86 computer.
>>12387454Nice. How does it fare for past 16bit for you?
>>12387458Nta, but it depends on specs and config.
for me it's a beechink with batocera
>>12391032No composite out tho
