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Retrogaming on the Raspberry Pi

Pi Retrogaming

Retrogaming on the Raspberry Pi

What can you emulate

Pi Version	Console
1	Turbo Grafx 15
1 overclocked, Zero, 2	NES, Turbo Grafx 16, Genesis, SNES1, GBA
22, 3	8-bit, 16-bit, N643, PS1

• 1 - Games with special chips may run poorly. 2 - I don't own a Pi 2 so I'm just going by what the internet says. 3 - N64 emulation, generally, runs poorly.

Controllers

I've used with success:

• PS2 Dualshock with USB adapter
• PS3 over bluetooth
• Xbox 360 with USB dongle (knockoff from Amazon)

Note that for the 360 controller, the A, B buttons are swapped and also the X, Y buttons. Microsoft strikes again.

Distros

There is Retropie and there's Lakka. I personally like Lakka for the fast bootup, consistent UI (Playstation Ribbon) and ease of use. Retropie, however, is much more popular. Maybe it's due to it being older and supporting much more consoles and even older computers.