02-23-2017, 11:02 AM
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#241
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Or if one already has a Classic.
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True, but you're not exactly going to be able to play most SNES or Genesis games with only a two button controller, so money will still need to be spent on upgrading those
Also, amusingly, you will get more accurate NES emulation from an RP3 with Retropie than you will with the NES Classic
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.ca/2...s-classic.html
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03-11-2017, 09:44 AM
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#242
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Franchise Player
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I'm officially giving up on the NES mini, gonna build a Pi kit. Would it be best to go with a 128gb sd card? If anyone knows where to get retropie and software or has any other advice related to a build please send me a pm.
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03-11-2017, 11:52 AM
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#243
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I'm officially giving up on the NES mini, gonna build a Pi kit. Would it be best to go with a 128gb sd card? If anyone knows where to get retropie and software or has any other advice related to a build please send me a pm.
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Order the canakit from Amazon. Get the 8bitdo snes controller from Bestbuy. Retropie off their website. Someone posted a good link to games earlier in the thread. Make sure you have a USB keyboard. I set it up using the controller but a cheap USB keyboard would have made life so much easier.
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03-11-2017, 12:09 PM
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#244
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Order the canakit from Amazon. Get the 8bitdo snes controller from Bestbuy. Retropie off their website. Someone posted a good link to games earlier in the thread. Make sure you have a USB keyboard. I set it up using the controller but a cheap USB keyboard would have made life so much easier.
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Would this work in lieu of the canakit?
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX62267
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03-11-2017, 01:41 PM
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#245
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
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Yep, nearly the exact same thing (just a clear case instead) and you get a keyboard. Canakit you get a 32gb SD vs 16gb but I didn't want to mess with the preloaded stuff on there so I got another SD to use for Retropie.
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03-11-2017, 02:02 PM
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#246
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Yep, nearly the exact same thing (just a clear case instead) and you get a keyboard. Canakit you get a 32gb SD vs 16gb but I didn't want to mess with the preloaded stuff on there so I got another SD to use for Retropie.
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How much space do the games take up?
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03-11-2017, 02:36 PM
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#247
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
How much space do the games take up?
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NES games average 100kb, SNES 2mb, and N64 15mb.
Retropie extracted is about 1GB I think.
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03-11-2017, 02:52 PM
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#248
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
NES games average 100kb, SNES 2mb, and N64 15mb.
Retropie extracted is about 1GB I think.
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I've read that the micro SD cards can sometimes become corrupted and lose everything meaning you would need to restart the whole process, is it possible to backup the SD card? Or if I wanted to make 2 of these could I just do the whole process once and just copy the finished SD card and put it in a new Pi? (I'm a total noob to this stuff in case it isn't brutally obvious lol)
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03-11-2017, 05:44 PM
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#249
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I've read that the micro SD cards can sometimes become corrupted and lose everything meaning you would need to restart the whole process, is it possible to backup the SD card? Or if I wanted to make 2 of these could I just do the whole process once and just copy the finished SD card and put it in a new Pi? (I'm a total noob to this stuff in case it isn't brutally obvious lol)
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I don't see why not but you could just keep the zipped or unzipped game roms stored in a folder on your PC if you have the space in case you needed to create a new microSD someday.
Now that I think about it more you'll use a usb thumb drive to transfer the roms to the Pi. There are other ways, but this is what I did https://github.com/retropie/retropie...nsferring-Roms
Not much point in having a backup of Retropie as you'd probably want the latest update anyways
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03-12-2017, 05:10 PM
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#250
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Franchise Player
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I picked up a kit and have everything running but I can't any audio, anyone else have to deal with this issue?
Edit: fixed the issue and retropie is amazing!
Last edited by iggy_oi; 03-13-2017 at 10:15 AM.
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04-19-2017, 10:18 AM
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#251
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Lots of rumours about an SNES Mini coming. What games should be on it?
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04-19-2017, 10:23 AM
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#252
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Lots of rumours about an SNES Mini coming. What games should be on it?
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Super Mario World
Super Mario RPG
Kirby's Dream Course
Mario Kart
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04-19-2017, 10:25 AM
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#253
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Super Metroid, Link to the Past, Mario Kart, Secret of Mana, The Star Wars games, Pilotwings, Mario World, Every FF game and Chrono Trigger...uhm, Super Castlevania, Contra 3, Donkey Kong Country, Earthbound....
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04-19-2017, 10:26 AM
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#254
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, LOZ Link to the Past, Mario Kart, Final Fantasy 2 & 3, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Sim City, F Zero, Star Fox, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid.
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04-19-2017, 10:26 AM
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#255
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Street Fighter II
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04-19-2017, 10:30 AM
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#256
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I'd be more excited for that system than I am for my NES Mini. SNES was more memorable than NES for my childhood.
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04-19-2017, 10:40 AM
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#257
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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My raspberry pi box already has all of those games
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04-19-2017, 10:42 AM
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#258
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Lots of rumours about an SNES Mini coming. What games should be on it?
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It is much easier to build a retropie and put any SNES Games you want on it. I understand the nostalgia part of these buys but for how difficult it was to get the NES Mini, I would much rather just build my own and have a better selection.
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04-19-2017, 11:19 AM
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#259
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Franchise Player
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Cool Spot.
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04-19-2017, 11:48 AM
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#260
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Lots of rumours about an SNES Mini coming. What games should be on it?
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So they kill the NES mini after a few months and no availability just to release a SNES? That seems strange, even for Nintendo.
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