The Raspberry Pi and Retropie discussion thread

[The Raspberry Pi and Retropie discussion thread]

i had the famicom version of those for a while, they were nice, though I am one of those people that have a joystick problem, as I am always trying to find yet another one so I tried something else but had sold the 8bitdo and then got rid of that something else and got something that was super awesome but it was 2.4 ghz so required a dongle and fell asleep too easy, then got my basic wired logitech which I have had for a month and its good but already looking at options

 

im like a guitar guy or a computer keyboard guy but with controllers, so I try not to chime in too much, my wife says I have a mental condition about them 

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

1 hour ago, OverMuch said:

I like the cut of your jib.

Whats a jib

[The Raspberry Pi and Retropie discussion thread]

Get a 3b+ they haven't updated retropi for 4 yet and everything else is going to be old or cause more confusion

 

The retro pi website has good instructions

[The Raspberry Pi and Retropie discussion thread]

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*Is there any quality difference in function and gameplay for those emulators mentioned above between a PC setup and a RetroPie setup?

Rasberry pi is a PC, its not a intel / windows pc, its an arm / linux pc but in the grand scheme of things its no different than plugging in a laptop to a tv (smart or not)

 

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*What would be the best space efficient controller or controllers setup to get to be able to play Atari, Atari 800 & Intellivision along with most Mame games?

Personal preference, I just use a modern gamepad. 

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*I see that there are some sites that keep popping up when I search this stuff that sell RetroPie/Raspberry Pi boxes and/or PC drives "all set up and configured with emulators and thousands of ROMs that are just about ready to plug and play". I don't mind spending a bit more to get a plug and play setup ready to go. Has anyone done this before and had a good experience and if so, which are the most reputable places to purchase such a system?

Yea that breaks all sorts of copyright and legal stuff which is why they look like a game of whack a mole, its probably fine, but its being sold from a shady dealer, good luck

 

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*For these very old gaming systems, is a lot of updating of the Retropie/Emulators/Roms very necessary or can I expect mostly smooth sailing once I have a setup ready to go?

no, usually once you have the system setup and working you don't have to touch it .. now getting it to that point may make you want to hate life cause its a single board linux computer with a volatile software history and everyone one and their brother writing "advice" about it which was outdated the next day. That being said its calmed down a lot with the release of the model 3 boards so anything semi modern in helpful articles should be fine (but then the pi foundation release the 4 which is basicly incompatible with every freaking thing to date ... good job guys) 

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

don't support them at all and they won't have the chance to screw up

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12 hours ago, digdugnate said:

well, if you really want to experience TOMORROW, TODAY, Atari Vault is a dollar on Fanatical.

 

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/atari-vault

I wouldnt give them a dollar

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

16 hours ago, Agillig said:

LOL.  Werner's making a list, and checking it twice!  For those of you not on his scumbag list, what's your excuse?  But yeah, I'll double down on my scum baggery.  In spite of COVID 19, Polymega is shipping units to beta testers.   The virus is absolutely a very convenient excuse to cover Atari's incompetence.   They've been stalling for time since the get go, and this pandemic gives them a blank check to drag it out indefinitely.  

Yea Polymega is shipping, I have been getting circuit boards out of china since mid February, these assbags have pretty much said "virus" and and ran 

[Rob Hubbard on the Atari 8-bit]

I prefer pokey sound and like listening to chiptune music on my atari, but compared to the sid, it really is a inferior chip in regards to music. I mean the sour sound of a out of tune honkey tonk piano does start to grate.

[Now open ... Osgeld's Mod Shop]

dunno about those, I bought a bag like 4 years ago

[New Coleco RGB board?]

I have always used 100 to 220 uF for video outputs, with the defaults typically being 100uF, course not with coleco and RGB and not generic op-amps but yes 47 in general seems quite low just for ntsc

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

mmm corn

[How to remove yellowing from an old Atari case]

yes I much prefer the immersed in liquid methods than paste with snot and wrap in plastic, I have had slow results, but in the decade I have been doing it, never a botched result here in the TN sun  

 

I will add, stirring the mixture on a schedule helps a lot if you are using oxyclean type detergents (and for me  that and standard grade drugstore peroxide helps much more than strong peroxide and not much else) 

[Coming Soon! Drop in tactile switch controller boards]

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

is nintendo even in the same market segment at this point

[Video Problem / RIOT?]

riot chips are exposed directly to the real world though the cart slot and joystick ports and thus make them prone

 

in my limited sampling of only 100ish dead atari's I actually find dead

 

1. No Problem Found / user error / dirty contacts 
2. CPU
3. RIOT
4. TIA

 

and I do not think I have ever found a machine with 2 chips dead at once from the wild unopened, but its 1970's tech luck will vary 

[Coming Soon! Drop in tactile switch controller boards]

I have some work to do 

 

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

1 hour ago, Agillig said:

Well, everyone can relax.   The reason those 35 year old games didn't run right is because the Atari VCS is no where close to being finished.   Ummm...yay?

 

 

I had a 120mhz candybar phone with windows CE that could run NES games over a decade ago

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On 2/20/2020 at 7:41 PM, CPUWIZ said:

 

LOL, good luck.  I see people pay $200 left and right for sticks. 

yes I see dumb people do stupid crap all the time, 200$ for anything on the 7800 is quite silly considering the library 

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Asteroids, giant ass rock floating in space

 

UH DURH I am going to make a spin off where you blow up shit on planets, that's never been done

 

god help us all 

[XT/AT Keyboard To USB Converter]

interesting question that would change the history of the world, do you have a USB or ps/2 mouse - keyboard converter that goes to ADB, you could print money with that 

 

I have made a few but talking to ADB devices is much simpler than talking to ADB host's ... crack that nut 100% and its free money

[Free + postage Telephone line simulator]

This is a box that simulates the voltages, dialtone and ringing of a USA POTS (plain old telephone system) so you can connect various telephone devices, including a fax-modem without a land line just incase you ever want to modem connect 2 machines and cant find serial cables to direct connect them ... comes with instructions, box, and power supply

 

free, pay postage, paypal only

 

 

[FREE older PCs (no hard drives)]

these still lingering? Ill take the mobo's

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

3 hours ago, Tonytgd said:

Am I allowed to do anything 

yea, keep up

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

Heh it was a legit question that virus is shutting down factories left and right to help keep it spreading and in response they say "shut up someone held one a month ago"

[New Atari Console that Ataribox?]

3 hours ago, frankodragon said:

Here we go:  

 

The post that started it all.

please notice the date of said post, how freakin long does it take to shove a puter in a bawx?