Does anyone here do their gaming on an SBC or hardware emulation machine? I’m considering trying to start an instance for these machines and am curious if there’s much desire

  • @piratekingdan
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    51 year ago

    I’m really into these machines, particularly Anbernic and Retroid. I’m already in the linked group and on the Retro Handhelds Discord. Hoping to see content here!

    • Eggyhead
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      21 year ago

      I just made a magazine for Retroid devices on Kbin. I’m going around looking for people who might be interested in joining.

      @retroid

      • Gorbatron5000
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        11 year ago

        I’m interested in joining, the retroid link you posted is giving me a 404 though

  • pancakesyrupyum
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    21 year ago

    Pi 3B+ and RG351V here reporting in. They’re decent, although I think a Steam Deck with dock and desktop PC ran like a HTPC to your TV are probably a better setup if you’re willing to put more time into it.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    I have to admit every time I see one I really get the urge to buy one. But personally I prefer buying older systems and putting emulators on them. The PSP is a classic for instance.

    • kratoz29
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      11 year ago

      I don’t know if be happy or be sad for you, but one thing I know, you can’t own only one!

  • @fsk
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    11 year ago

    I have an Anbernic RG351MP. It’s nice. I use it on the subway when commuting. That’s already 2 years old. If you were buying new, I’d get one of the current models.

    There already is SBC [email protected].

    • @TwistedPear
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      11 year ago

      I used to run entire tournaments off of sbc’s, actually. I used an Odroid N2 at the time.

      We ran two different tourneys: one where each match is a different fighting game, and a more generalized tournament with a broad amount of genres. It’s a fun use case for them.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    I use RG280V for games up to PS1 and my Phone with telescopic controller for harder to run games.

  • @TigerClawTV
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    11 year ago

    I had a pi2 years ago that broke. I got out of that when emulation handhelds got big. The pi is way to expensive now but I have considered getting one of the cheaper knock offs.

  • @tomkatt
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    1 year ago

    I do a lot of emulation and gaming currently on three portable devices:

    • Powkiddy X55 - 8, 16, and 32 bit, plus various ports like Doom, Duke Nukem, Fallout, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, others.
    • 2DS XL - NDS and 3DS. Some GBA and 8/16 bit, but the Powkiddy took over a lot of that.
    • Samsung Tab S7 FE tablet - Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, and native Android games and ports.

    I’m surprised how much mileage I get out of these devices, and how little I turn on my gaming PC these days.

  • @GustavoM
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    11 year ago

    I managed to beat Cyberpunk on my rpi 4 (Thanks to GeforceNOW), so eeeeeehhhh they are doable.

  • LazaroFlim
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    1 year ago

    I have an OrangePi Zero 2 setup as a console under my TV. The zero 3 just came out and it $15. Does all 16 bit consoles, can run Linux or android (android works better for emulator)

    Anyways I’ll join if you make a !SBCgaming or something like that.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      So there’s this one which isn’t super active but I’ve been trying to drop shit in it every now and then