Build a Retro Gaming Console with an N100 Mini PC and Batocera v40

[@bizzarovision]

Best vid I've seen on setup. I did mine on a lenove m90q & this was seamless. Great job sir

[@chgilleland6969]

I ordered the S12 Pro N100 and a 256gb thumb drive a couple days ago and am going to take a shot at downloading Batocera and go through the ROM and BIO process to customize the games I want which seems to be the most complicated part of the whole process. I will admit I am a little nervous because this is unfamiliar territory. But YOLO, I will look up more videos to walk through it and figure it out.

[@MotownBatman]

Well Done Sir! I've been a Batocera Dork for a long time, It's Everything I Tried to get Linux to Do 20 Years Ago LOL I find a Bunch of eWaste from time to time, the Kiddos and I Tear it all down & Detail them like new, then see what it can play. Then Donate to a local family. New Sub; Dryden, Mich.

[@MrPatatSate]

Informative video! By pressing F1 while Batocera is running you can open internal file manager. There you can select connected drives to copy and paste games/bios. Please do more videos. Greetings from Germany.

[@udance4ever]

I find the internal file manager a bit clunky. I def prefer to access the SHARE remotely and/or terminal over ssh and use rsync and/or scp. but the file manager is another option of course!

[@Autos389]

Great video - you covered tons of detail. Impressed - keep the videos coming.

[@lucasliles9176]

Very nice tips!!! loved the vid, thanks very much for all this info.

[@udance4ever]

@24:00 dont forget you can set the defailt for GC to be 3x and set a game-specific resolution for Metroid Prime to be 2x and get the best of all worlds!

[@ArtisansAlliance]

Great tip!!! Thanks!!!

[@qldavis3005]

Which do you like better? Pi 5 or N100. I want to put something together to play Zelda games with my 10yr old daughter. This will be my first build. Hoping to play as new versions as possible.

[@Podawski]

Can we talk about the roms and bios on pv? Thanks a lot for the video. Makes my life way easier

[@chgilleland6969]

Your videos are very helpful. I’m trying to decide between a raspberry pi 5 and the N100. Are you going to do a comparison video between the two? Just from watching the individual videos you have on both devices it seems as though the N100 runs things like N64 and Game Cube games better. Would you agree?

[@ArtisansAlliance]

Thank you! The n100 is certainly more capable and out of the box comes more complete. N64 and especially GameCube are much better on the n100. N100 is less work overall to build a finished console. You can save a little bit of money with a raspberry pi 5 setup but it's not much. What the Pi has going for it is it's a project (if you're into that kind of thing). You have to put it all together, find or build a case, and make it your own. If you're looking for even more power, at about twice the price of an n100 the Beelink SER 5 pro/max are really good. They are an AMD chip and will get you into PS3 and Xbox 360 if that's your thing.

[@damightyshabba439]

As much as I love the Raspberry Pi Series (I have a few)... I have ONE N100 - that totally out performs them out of the box. YES - if you're a tinkerer and like messing around, maybe the Pi is for you. If you want a PC that works from unboxing... N100 - in my case S12. Pi's are great for learning / projects. But S12's are day to day.

[@frankquinol]

@@damightyshabba439how do arcade systems perform on the n100s - Atomisware, Model 1-3, Naomi and Dreamcast? I recently got into the pi4 and these systems don’t feel like they are running at their best. I’m considering the n100. Thanks

[@damightyshabba439]

@@frankquinol OK, right NOW, you're asking the wrong guy - I have only used the N100 for basic - very basic - gaming. However I did a lot of research prior to purchase and saw this unit running xbox360 games and above at full pelt. I have to clarify, mine is a Beelink N100 S12 PRO, 16GB DDR4, 500GB Nvme... so its a bit quicker and fast off its feet than the lower models. As mentioned, I do Like the Pi's... but for the money... I'd be taking a couple more N100's.... Gonna get Xmas out of the way, then I'll try a few "proper games". I have no doubt console emulation won't be a problem, my crap configurations may be!!!!

[@det0nator]

Up to what emulators can Batocera support on an N100 cpu?

[@shawnwade302]

Cool video. Have you ever tried launch box/big box?

[@ArtisansAlliance]

Not yet, but it's on my to-do list!

[@lionm8699]

Does this play n64 games well like quake 1,2

[@FinnMcCool-b3e]

Couldn't you skip flashing thumb drive and just flash the SSD from windows?

[@chevy16001]

I wondered the same seems a bit redundent... but maybe he'd already installed the ssd in mini so that keeps you from having to install in tower then mini maybe

[@xtremed13]

Can you help with the Rom info anyway to contact and speak

[@phychmasher]

Go for the n97 with DDR5 and save money buying a Gamesir Nova Lite controller for a better overall experience.