Metal Ghost Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Hi all! So I’ve just recently decided to try my hand at emulation for the first time ever. I figured that getting a Raspberry Pi and setting it up as a retro game console would be a fun project to work on this fall. And so far it has! Diving into a lot of tinkering and areas that I’m not really used to, but overall it’s been a fun experience so far. So, I am Running RetroPie Version 4.6 (rpi4 - running on Raspbian GNU/Linus 10 (buster)) on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB memory. Basically, I was wondering if anyone on AA has had any experience with running any Dreamcast or Saturn emulators on a Pi 4 via Retropie and how well it’s worked. I’ve done a bunch of research and from what I understand the user really needs to overclock to make the experience useable. But if even then it’s pretty subpar, then honestly I really don’t even want to bother. Really appreciate any insights you all might have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Dunno about the Raspberry Pi, but on a Windows PC, I found Saturn emulation to be extremely lacking. Never bothered with DC, easier just to burn discs ¬_¬ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I topped out at PS1 when I set up my Pi4 back in June, but I know ETA Prime on youtube has a lot of videos on the subject. From what I saw, Dreamcast emulated pretty well in most cases but Saturn was more miss than hit. For now, a decent mid-tier PC is still the minimum for Saturn emulation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks! Yea, I need to go back and check out more of the ETA Prime videos. I’ve checked out a bit and they seem great so far. I was really hoping to hear that DC and Saturn was viable on a Pi, but figured that may not be the case Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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