Latest Lakka Release On Raspberry Pi 4 Showcases Great Retro Gaming (hothardware.com) 11
MojoKid writes: Lakka with RetroArch is one of the most comprehensive open-source retro-gaming console front ends available, with support for a wide array of single-board computers and multiple operating systems. Although the more powerful Raspberry Pi 4 was released months ago, the developers of Lakka had a number of bugs to contend with that prevented an official stable release, until yesterday. Lakka 2.3 (with RetroArch 1.7.8) is available now though, and it appears to leverage the additional horsepower of the Pi 4 quite well. It's even able to play some of the more demanding Sega Dreamcast and Saturn games -- among many other retro-consoles, like the Atari 2600, SuperNES, and many others. In addition to the Pi 4, this latest Lakka release also adds support for the ROCKPro64 and incorporates a wide range of bug fixes and feature enhancements.
I appreciate the effort.... (Score:2)
I appreciate the effort, but the PI just doesn't have it where it counts for game emulation.
If it can't at least run N64 it is still too underpowered.
The PI lacks a decent video chip for Open GL.
For now, I will stick with 10-year old computers and laptops with NIVIDA GPUs that can emulate a wider range of games on the arcade.
And remember boys and girls, "Better emulate, than never!"
Re: I appreciate the effort.... (Score:3, Informative)
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Per TFA and alluded to in TFS, the Raspberry Pi 4 runs N64, PSP, and Dreamcast cores at fullspeed.
At what resolution and for how long before thermal throttling?
Along with other less intensive cores that were expected to run great.
With CRT shaders?
I certainly agree with your sentiment, but even per the Lakka FAQ: if you already have something that youÃ(TM)re happy with, this project is not for you.
Best cheap SBC retro currently is Batocera beta on Odriod N2.
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With CRT shaders?
The Pi has composite out - plug it into an old CRT TV!
I'm European, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
(Explaining the joke:
on our side of the world we had the SCART/Peritel standard that was able to feed direct RGB signal to our CRT TVs, getting much better colour and definiting than the smudge that you got when plugging your NTSC composite cable - or worse your RF unit.
All console by SEGA supported RB natively)
(Now for the record: it *is* possible to get a SCART signal out of a Pi [retrorgb.com] using a slightly less well documented mode, but you will need to repurpose quite a few of the GPIO pins losing some possibility
Re: I appreciate the effort.... (Score:2)
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Hey, the Raspberry Pi isn't the best machine for emulation, but it IS inexpensive. Having the option to play a lot of games on a $35 nearly-disposable computer is a GOOD thing. And it can also work as a nice HTPC.
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Hey, the Raspberry Pi isn't the best machine for emulation, but it IS inexpensive.
When RPi started out it was an outlier. Today there are a ton of inexpensive options many with far better specs and far better designed than RPi.
Having the option to play a lot of games on a $35 nearly-disposable computer is a GOOD thing. And it can also work as a nice HTPC.
RPi4 /w 2GB ram is $50. Odriod N2 /w 2GB ram is $60. There is no universe in which selecting RPi4 for an HTPC is a good idea.
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The Raspberry PI 3 B+ runs N64 too.
You just don't have it setup right because it requires a bit of doing.
Run with Mupen and set default emulator for individual ROMs (there is no one that works for all)
Overclock the ARM frequency
In my config.txt I use:
arm_freq=1300
gpu_freq=500
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
over_voltage=2
sdram_over_voltage=2
What about retro pi? (Score:2)
The devil you know....
Was the pi4 in the stock case? (Score:1)
Did it melt? Did they find a USB C power supply that works with it, due to the screwed up USB C implementation on the board?