The Raspberry Pi 4 Is A Gaming Beast

The Raspberry Pi 4 came out last year and I decided to pick one up when it came out. The only problem is it wasn't supported at the time since it was so new. Now a lot of the emulation scene is starting to catch up with Retropie now making an image for it showing just how strong the Raspberry Pi 4 really is.
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[@Sarato]

That case makes it look like a high end router.

[@Matanumi]

That's because it is (Wait what?)

[@Sarato]

@@Matanumi Yes, I do know you actually can turn a Pi into a router. =)

[@ThtOtherJess]

My friend uses her pi as a router, tbh I’m pretty sure that’s why the case has all ports in the back. Gaming specific cases will usually have 1-2 ports up front

[@matttran7161]

Not without an excessive amount of antenna lol

[@bitwize]

Or a kickstarter console. Except you get more legitimate gaming out of a Raspberry Pi 4 than most kickstarter consoles. lolcolecochameleon

[@aaronbooth200]

I have been waiting for the community to catch up. Picking one of these up now for my arcade cabinet! Thanks!

[@m2pt5]

I like the daughterboard included with the case, moving all the jacks to the same side is a great idea.

[@SteelSkin667]

It would be even better if it adapted at least one of the HDMI ports to a full-size one for convenience. I wonder why they didn't think of that.

[@alvallac2171]

*case. Moving (to fix your comma splice run-on)

[@SteelSkin667]

@@alvallac2171 Hey at least he used a comma there are some people out there who would have made it a long uninterrupted string of words without any punctuation whatsoever

[@dovic2293]

this is youtube not school......

[@jangobango2847]

@@SteelSkin667 loool

[@veganjackbauer2154]

CLICKBAIT, there was no raspberry pies in this video

[@veganjackbauer2154]

:)

[@s1mple.br4nch]

Beautiful. Just beatiful.

[@IcoKirov]

the pie is a lie

[@yoppindia]

🍮

[@IcoKirov]

@@inputfunny whoosh

[@skins4thewin]

Considering this comes with a breakout board, they SHOULD have had it break out to full sized HDMI ports. That would have made a lot of sense and is a bit of a missed opportunity there I think.

[@KageShi]

The V2 of the board does just that and omits the composite video output.

[@gabrielbarbosa2111]

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[@KageShi]

@@gabrielbarbosa2111 Are you having a stroke there hand?

[@gdoubleu8045]

PPSSPP has some great upscaling options, genuinely looks GREAT if you set HD resolutions with higher frame rates. I don't know how much the RP4 can handle though.

[@Scorpulette]

I appreciate that you detail the specs, pointing to the related areas! It's like watching a HSN hand model for technology!

[@Brick_Eater_]

Can't wait for them to drop a Wii/PS3 level computer for 2 bucks in 5 months

[@Balthazar2242]

Wii and PS3 aren't really comparable. 😅

[@Brick_Eater_]

@@Balthazar2242 still

[@Gtnl1986]

I'm not sure but I think I saw an NUC 11 emulate a ps3 , and im sure it was able to emulate a wii

[@andreadangelo2299]

Doesn't it already have much betyer rsm that that generation? If they did a version with gpu like the jetson nano it would be possible

[@pepito3596]

1 more month

[@PseudoPseudoDionysius]

A lot of people seem to like the Argon, which seems great, but if you're looking for a case that's a little smaller and/or a little cheaper, the Flirc case is a fantastic choice: it passively cools the SoC through the aluminum body really well. I haven't tried RetroPi yet but I run multiple full Linux operating systems on it overclocked, using as a desktop, and it stays well within safe temperature ranges. Thanks for the video John! Great to see more Pi content.

[@andymoreno1847]

This is spooky, SpawnWave, I was literally just debating last night whether to buy raspberry pi. And this video comes out today! It's a sign!

[@DaVidKid1877]

Dude buy a odroid xu4 its way better and still runs retropie. eBay has fully loaded systems.

[@ProtoPropski]

@@DaVidKid1877 Yeah, but not everyone has the money for an Odroid vs a Raspberry Pi 4

[@kentatakao6863]

It is only 15 dollars more, and well worth the extra 15 bucks.

[@andymoreno1847]

@@DaVidKid1877 thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out! This would be my first micro computer(?) So I'll have to check out other options! Especially if it's not much difference moneywise

[@radicaldreamer]

My raspberry pi 4 model b just arrived the morning this video came out. I am still waiting on an SD card for retropie but here's a tip for rpi3 and maybe 4: If you have choppy video go to raspi-config/advanced options/resolution and manually choose one of the options in there. CEA mode 3 or 4 always works best for me.

[@VAGGY8TH]

I have paced the room in contemplation. You have sold it to me. THANKS!

[@DJizLurch]

Appreciate your time and effort on this video. It was easy to follow and had some good information in it!

[@danyboy1477]

just bought this kit. I was tired of my old rpi1.

[@heisenbergwhite00]

Been playing redream on my cellphone, it's a great emulator.

[@-Clueless-]

Your light location makes your eyes look terrifying.

[@IERServer]

Happened with the previous tear down as well but fsr no one (at least I saw no top comments mentioning it) talked about it.

[@cyberking158]

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[@ssshlurrpp8613]

he looks sad

[@kevinmencer3782]

It makes him look like a Sith.

[@stokeseta7107]

Still looks awesome, terrifying yes, but awesome

[@anelementfox]

I really love these videos of tech at the core, now this is what I subbed for.

[@SoapinTrucker]

It was about 30 years ago when I got my first PC! ( *_I got my first "computer" in 1983, the Sinclair ZX81._* ). Looking back, thinking of the specs on my 386 that cost me $1,600 USED, and now looking at the Raspberry Pi 4, I'm just dumbfounded!!!!! WOW, look where we have been!!!! Look where we are!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think about where we'll be in another 30 years!!!!! Well, I'll be pushing up Daisies, but you youngins will have stuff that we can't comprehend at the moment! Think about that! BE READY Youngins, be ready to invest in technology, and get involved with technology! *You'll do well Grasshopper! :)* ...

[@ArtumTsumia]

I've been considering picking up a Raspberry Pi for handling the "always on" elements of my network. It's a pretty good little computer and the hooking it up to the TV for a more lightweight solution than a full PC when it comes to handling media and emulation as well. A project I should look into a bit more.

[@richardwicks4190]

They use under 10 watts, and are fully capable of being used as a desktop, although web browsing is a little painful but only because web browsers are so bloated. I'd recommend a FLIRC case - the entire case is the heat sink. It's impossible to over-heat them. I'd also recommend at least 2GB, but you can get by with 1GB. I did ffmpeg transcoding of bunch of 720p files on my pi just to test it, the case got toasty, but you could handle it. I think 54C was max. You need more than 1GB to transcode files over 720p, probably 4. You really don't want to do transcoding on a PI, but it's interesting it can do it.

[@iamstanley4356]

I am so happy to be subscribed to you for all these years . We grew up together in the same school btw . Youre awesome !

[@meetmeinthegame403]

Extremely nice form factor and information delivery. Well done.

[@eclecticgamerdx9140]

"The PS1 version is the one pretty much everyone played" *Cries in N64*

[@surmanator89]

I just dusted off my N64 and tried playing Jet Force Gemini on a 55" HD tv. The resolution said no.

[@Loundsify]

PS1 had music, the N64 had what snippets of songs and not even the full library.

[@eclecticgamerdx9140]

@@Loundsify I actually don't remember, haven't played it on N64 since I was a kid

[@ohnoitschris]

@@Loundsify super compressed snippets, at that It was bad

[@no1philosopher]

Same with a lot of multi-platform games, like THPS. N64 was just a nasty bowl of soggy textures. The only great titles it had were exclusives, two handfuls at best then a bunch of wrestling games :/

[@pupil2720]

I use MiSTer for most of my retro gaming pre fifth gen, but for everything after, ODEs on original hardware are my go to. Pi 4 is certainly way easier on the wallet though. not just in initial price but also in electric bill!

[@Gatsu3D2A]

love the video, you got yourself another subscriber. Ive been doing a lot of cabinet mods with pi's so your videos are very helpful.

[@TonyDrecaps]

Great video and case recommendation! I cant even imagine what the next raspberry pie will be capable of

[@JayzenFreeze]

Dreamcast still has my favorite startup music ever. I couldnt stop playing when I got one. Code veronica

[@antonnym214]

I like the styling on the case. It looks like a Cybertruck. At first, I wondered what the Sidecar board was for, but then you explained it nicely. Turns the ports 90° so they go out the back. Well done! My go-to game, my reason for existing, is Mario Kart 64. Any idea how that runs? P.S. Thank you! Nice to hear it runs quiet, as I am autistic and that is an issue for me.

[@adamjacksonmedia]

I love the amount of details about the Raspberry Pi is in this video. Fantastic.

[@coreymarch9428]

I'm happy with my playstation classic which can play dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PSP,and DS games fairly well.

[@scooter4196]

Just a suggestion, in case you didn't, you will want to overclock the memory as well. When you overclock your GPU, it's severely limited by the frequency of the ram because it's a shared pool with the CPU.

[@Cyrus_Nagisa]

Retro pie is out but keep in mind it's still being worked on, the video drivers need work, and they can get more performance out of the pie4 then they are getting now

[@TyWashdaddy]

Good that you are helping expose more people to the raspberry pi. I'm in the process of using mine to make a duel screen bartop arcade.

[@RAXtheGREAT]

Yup, def building one of these!

[@andreamitchell4758]

i will say it is impressive to see redream and ppsspp running so well on a broadcom chipset

[@andreamitchell4758]

Upon finally getting my hands on this POS I have to change my mind it absolutely SUCKS the emulation is still complete trash on the PI , I get better emulation on my 2015 fire 7 tablet that I paid $20 for 7 years ago and that has a screen and battery ( also comes with a housing and a power supply/charger too) even N64 SUCKS on the pi4 and the fire 7 kicks its ass maybe next time Eben this board is still just as useless as the first one.

[@711_skiddlz]

@@andreamitchell4758 How much ram did you get? I imagine 1gb wouldn't be that great for emulating, 2gb could handle it better overclocked (like the vid mentioned) but I think 4gb would be ideal

[@andreamitchell4758]

@@711_skiddlz I got 2GB I just recently got the official power supply which has definitely helped things I think but I need to do more testing , but before I was using a power supply that was up to spec , Huawei nexus 6p charger that uses a C to C cable it seemed to work , no complaints about low power but a lot of the time the wifi was not working and on some boots there would be no sound now that I have the official power supply so far the wifi has been working but I need to do more reboots, now that I have the official power supply I will try overclocking to see if I get better n64 performance

[@BlackWeeeb]

5:35 reminds me of the SA2 chao lobby. Shouts out to all the sonic fans out there

[@justinlangley1056]

I just picked one of these up so I can build an open source firewall / DNS sinkhole with pfsense, which I plan to run 24/7 on my home network. I would recommend the flirc cases. They're a really nice all metal design, and if you really still wanted access to the GPIO pins you can solder on a ribbon cable, the case has room to feed it through. The flirc case on the 3 was really nice, too. Also the perfect case if you don't plan to use GPIO pins as well. Also, I know this information is hard to find, but if you're looking for heatsinks try to find these sizes: CPU: 14mm x 14mm x 4mm GPU: 15mm x 10mm x 4mm USB Controller: 9mm x 9mm x 4mm Ethernet Controller: 7mm x 7mm x 4mm

[@8bitsamurai6]

Diggin the case might get this one for my project. Awesome vid as always Spawn. I would just make the back the front since the power button is there anyways.

[@devilmikey00]

The retroflag nespi case is probably my favorite. Front usb, ssd tray and it looks like a cute little mini nes. Inferior cooling compared to this but not enough to worry about or come anywhere near the throttle point while OC'd.

[@sergiozamorano6413]

Very powerful retroconsole 👏

[@ivanvargas2425]

This in a arcade 1 up is going to be sick.

[@pr3st00]

This case is so beautiful..... loved it!

[@user-ti6us2br4x]

I like how frinedly you are and how many random shoutouts you give!!

[@ViolentDetour]

Love the ETA Prime shout-out! Watch his channel a lot for tutorials.

[@5.0truck]

He's the go to dude when it comes to emulation devices

[@Hijynx87]

@@5.0truck One of them.

[@matchesmalone79]

Just got the newest 64gb microsd image off of arcade punks with the official retropie yesterday... dreamcast is running a lot better on pi4 now, was having a few issues with the unofficial builds.

[@matchesmalone79]

Wolfanoz 64gb image to be exact

[@shogunfox7141]

Why is the audio skipping like crazy on the N64 games? Seems to be playing fine but the audio was fuzzed up. Is there certain core I need to use for them?

[@maxhay9098]

Good content, my dude, I might try this with my Pi

[@Anthony-qt8wv]

Thanks for the video! I have 2 Raspb 4's with the Flirc case and wanted to overclock it but have no idea what a good overclock would be for it. I guess i'll get 2 of the cases you have and give that a try!

[@Namevah]

I've been interested in upgrading to a Pi 4, so I'm happy to hear the emulation for consoles that the previous Pi couldn't handle is coming along well. I'll probably wait until N64 emulation is better, but by then hopefully the price for the hardware has dropped a little more.

[@chrislukes9037]

Yeah disappointed that n64 emulation is so crummy -- Dreamcast is a more advanced system! Many n64 games are just unplayable on my Pi 3B+ and I've just started exploring options to optimize by tweaking settings, overclocking, etc. I haven't exhausted options with the 3B+ yet, but after seeing only limited gains so far, I had considered upgrading to a 4 -- this is telling me to hold off.

[@suburbia2050]

The reason why the N64 versions are poor (ie requiring brute force power to emulate) is because the N64 hardware itself was poorly designed (a sign of stressed product rushed to market), most emulators particularly with protected IPs are reverse engineered and N64 has been notoriously complicated to figure out.

[@lowkeylowkey1000]

Watch out for older variants. Revision 1.2 came out around Dec 2019 and that revision would give the user the option to use a power through put usc-c hub to both power the pi and to use for data transfer. There is no visible way for your device to be known to be an older model until you boot it up and look. Sadly the manufacturer is 100% to blame as you may have been solda defective product...and they truly didn't care, but instead took measures to hide this fact which can cause damage to to the unit in older revisions. But can do damage to whatever it is plugged into or has into it. Possibly even a fire, depending on usage.

[@Slender_Man_186]

Ok so I have no clue about any of this, i got one for Christmas, I think it’s the Raspberry Pi Retro Pi Emulation Station. I’m mostly just trying to figure out if and how I can emulate DS games.

[@lowkeylowkey1000]

@@Slender_Man_186 My comment was a year ago and I don't usually go that far back to understand what I was talking about. But I can tell you that without knowing what device you have specifically. Nobody will help you. There are to many combinations to randomly give advice. So make a video and show any names or numbers etc. Describing it may help. Where you bought it and does it still have an active site, like an amazon page? I'm not an expert either. But it doesn't hurt me to look up something if you provide more info. Take into consideration, Pi machines are hobby computers. Its not a typical windows computer. Everything is an uphill battle. So you learning is more applicable to use it the way you want to.

[@boothy128]

Liking the new background Feels fresher

[@agentorange8530]

That's a cool case. Need one like that for the MiSTer

[@Teddyrific]

Now all we need is the Gamecube on Pi and it’s game over

[@Scisca1a2a]

The moment Raspberry gets good PS2 emulation is going to be a gamechanger for me

[@marccaselle8108]

I'm just waiting for it to be able to run 3DO, Sega Dreamcast, and Atari Jaguar.

[@Mr.M1STER]

A little while back I bought the Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ I think that was the full title and I got it set up to run retropie. Very easy to do as there are many good tutorials online so anyone can do it if they put their mind to it. Even though mine came with heatsinks, the processor gets VERY hot so just don't put your finger near the processor after playing games even for 30 mins.

[@luciousthomas6141]

Good stuff Spawn! This is what makes you Spawn Wave! I'm thinking about doing this for the GBA myself! ETA Prime is a great channel as well! 👌 Good shout out!

[@GoatPirate420]

He turned a broken DS into gba imma try that

[@NunchuckOmega]

5:32 Spawn is a sith lord

[@neomimzyneomimzy5095]

nice ;-)

[@josheager648]

Darth spawn the powerful

[@unknownfaceyt9934]

Me: meh I can just 3D print a case That case : I am full alluminium Me: get on my pc and ordered one

[@ronaldorivers236]

I was thinking the same, just 3D print some case with vents for cooling then he says the case is made of aluminum and the whole case is used for cooling, the only thing cooler would be if it were aerospace aluminum.

[@allenslucher8555]

Freakin love mine all set up! Got a 4gb CanaKit last week, love the flexibility with this new board! Overclocked and running super cool! Raspbian XP is so awesome with media DRM already unlocked and ready(also comes pre-overclocked to 2.0 but I took it up to 2.147 GHz for the CPU and 700 MHz for the GPU...)

[@muxallopeniot9194]

Great Video! That is a sweet case for it. You should do a whole raspberry pi 4 series. I would watch it.

[@dekuskrub2154]

Bruh, I literally just finished up installing Retropie on my Pi 4. I even have the same Argon One case.

[@semen_.dem0n526]

Watch KZbin with the pi

[@ryangiesbers]

Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.

[@drumboarder1]

@@ryangiesbers I imagine searching "n64 roms" or "ps1 roms" would yield some results but coolroms is where I got roms in the past I just don't know if it's been shut down since

[@luissantiago5163]

Yeah these always sounded great. When I get a computer I'll definitely do emulators. Sounds amazing

[@ptowngower8778]

You already have a computer depending on what phone you have I have the note 9 I can play anything from nes to ps2 on my phone I can play God of war at 2k resolution with no lag I can play 3ds roms as well I can play any gamecube and wii games

[@Bruh-vr4ew]

Preston Gower it’s not exactly ideal though on a phone

[@luissantiago5163]

@@Bruh-vr4ew yeah I found playing anything on a phone to just be bad. That's just my personal experience though.

[@harrylane4]

@@luissantiago5163 even when they run perfectly, I just don't like not having buttons. Games like Kirby canvas curse are great on a phone though

[@ptowngower8778]

@@harrylane4 that's why you go get a bluetooth controller I have the 8bitdo controller I can hold my note 9 and the controller at the same time

[@heiimkai5722]

I'm doing this a school project rn. It's really cool!

[@johnodaz1273]

Nice TechWave video Jon(SW). The Raspberry Pi 4 is an awesome piece of Kit. You can do so much with this little Monster of a Machine and the Price is Top Notch aswell.

[@credzcribb7439]

Been following ETA PRIME for years that man is literally THE G.O.A.T !!!!!!!!

[@sircoynie]

Virtualman 512GB is the image of all images!

[@crystalchaos462]

I just bought a 4Gb Pi 4 with the same case. Funny how this video shows up now in my recommended. Can't wait until it gets here!

[@martinaurik2189]

That case tops it off nicely👍🏻

[@0865Wark]

I recommend setting your hdmi output to 82 to have 1080p. This way, N64 games are more than playable (tested with Batocera on Golden Eye, default clock settings).

[@ryangiesbers]

Hey dude. I’m brand new to trying to acquire roms to transfer to an emulator. I figured my best bet was to surf the comments and ask around, considering I’ve had trouble getting straight forward info on where to get them. A little point in the right direction would be much appreciated..cheers.

[@andreamitchell4758]

N64 performance is pure trash and I am also using it with Batocera, , it is not even worth using at all it is so bad and this is with a pre made image from someone who claims to be a professional at setting up these OS's on these things, I can not even believe just how bad the pi 4 is a t EVERYTHING I have a 7 year old amazon fire 7 I got for $20 on sale and it blows the pi 4 out of the water this is one of the WORST devices I have ever used for N64 emulation I haven't even bothered to try DC or PSP , I can play mystical ninja on my 2015 fire 7 no problem , with the pi 4 it crashes the whole system and needs to be rebooted , other games all run pretty trash too I waited till it was out over a year ,people said oh there are finally good emulators for it now BULLSHIT , it's hot garbage , and the WIFI is trash too like every other pi not worth the time effort or money

[@petervansan1054]

Sadly still can't do ps2 emulation.... I wish it could so I can make ps2 handheld

[@AnimeGamerCorner]

Check out the gpd win max it can play ps2 portable but the price is on the high side

[@gustavosoto4607]

Even ps2 emulation on a PC is not stable. There's lots of games that haven't been able to be emulated to its fullest. For example Hot Shots Golf Fore. Your expectations are very far away with the pi4. Like others mentioned look for a GPD Win Max, or an used laptop.

[@ThePeacePlant]

It's called a Playstation Vita. It can emulate PS2. There's videos on KZbin on how to jailbreak it and install emulators on it

[@petervansan1054]

@@gustavosoto4607 that's not a "portable" solution. Honestly though, snapdragon is powerful a lot or maybe amd cpu but only as a console, no keyboard...

[@jeremyroberts8822]

Gustavo Soto Peralta why is ps2 emulation such a difficult thing even on PC? I knew the PS3 is hard af to emulate but I didn’t know the ps2 had the same problem is it because of the unique internal architecture in comparison to other systems?

[@1anre]

Wow. Can’t believe those massive Dreamcast & N64 boxes can simply be reinvigorated with this small PCB board. But supporting hardware to get it up and running should be interesting.

[@eagleclaw4732]

cool to see eta prime he is a really helpful guy with this stuff

[@RiderNexus]

Looking forward to the day where Sega makes the DreamCast Mini a thing

[@CommodoreFan64]

That would be nice, but personally I would love to see a mini Game Gear with built in Master System games as well with the same curves as the Game Gear, just slimmer, and a rechargeable battery, and not shaped like the ugly AF AT@Games SEGA Portables where.

[@RiderNexus]

@@CommodoreFan64 A Master System Mini would be great Now Game Gear? That would be my jam One can only hope for Saturn, but that requires Black Magic

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@RiderNexus Yeah SEGA Saturn would be awesome, but some black magic indeed would be needed to bring that back.

[@DaVidKid1877]

It's called the Odroid xu4. Dreamcast plays like a dream on that and yes pun intended lol.

[@vagamer522]

If so they need to put in MVC2 on it, because with how pricey buying a dreamcast (perfect port) version of it

[@hosseynnajafi718]

"The Raspberry Pi 4 Is A Gaming Beast" *proceeds to play PSP*

[@jasonw7476]

Well, at he isn't playing a Jaguar CD. "Where did YOU learn to Pi?" 😁

[@jwj011576]

This video makes me want to pick up one even more

[@jcspaziano]

That case is...rad as hell

[@oscarcamey8]

Do you recommend the starter kit for this or getting the 4 gig one with the case you got and over clock it? I wanna buy it but have to through amazon cuz best buy has the 2gb only

[@suburbia2050]

I doubt anything in retropie would use 4GB worth of memory!! 2GB is more than enough.

[@oscarcamey8]

@@suburbia2050 thank you! I appreciate the reply

[@suburbia2050]

@@oscarcamey8 remember most of these retro consoles had memory in the MBs. Obviously you need to consider the Raspbian OS and retropie app running but still 1GB is plenty but 2GB gives a nice safety margin and doesn't cost much more.

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

Odroid XU4 still stomps the pi4 for every game emulator you mentioned here. Why not test and compare. I'm sure your audience would love to see the comparison.

[@mpholicx2]

Please and Thank you. Definitely

[@DaVidKid1877]

Hell yeah that's all I use lol.

[@bmx7596]

Isn't the XU4 like 5 times more expensive?

[@JohnnySuarez1982]

@@bmx7596 4

[@MobileDecay]

If you're looking in the same price range the Atomic pi will crap on the pi 4. It's x86 so you can install whatever you want.

[@TheMcs2000a]

Love the shirt! My first arcade game.

[@karstenschrauber4890]

I loved Jack Ryan Radio on the Dreamcast.

[@ihateyoutube772]

Bruh. Anybody else find themselves staring at the reflection of the lights in his glasses? Looked like he was wearing colored contact lenses

[@matchesmalone79]

It looks pretty sweet when it lines up right. I think jon should invest in some white contacts... It's a good look on him lol

[@twodumbcats390]

John is turning into Spawn

[@beckett29]

I want to see cyberpunk 2077 on this thing 😂

[@ryancowie939]

Awesome video buddy

[@Kholaslittlespot1]

Looking forward to mine arriving. I'm planning on playing with some RFID stuff, Retro gaming, Kodi & Plex, maybe a Pihole DNS adblocker. I'm still looking closely at the Nvidia Jetson, though. Still, the specs on this are amazing for the price.

[@jaystapes3086]

I wonder with all the Nintendo 64/Wii leaks, the N64 emulation will finally be solved..It's weird that PS1 and PSP games run perfect but an older system like N64 has always struggled on emulating.

[@EchoWinters]

N64, and ps2 were both very complicated systems that developers had a hard time getting good performance natively. Bring that over to emulation and it becomes 10x as hard.

[@retrosoul8770]

@@EchoWinters Yep, it's because those systems were poorly designed, the more poorly constructed the architecture is, the more difficult the game programming and emulation becomes. The only difference is, the Ps2 (and 3) were intentionally designed that way, which is sad on Ken Kutaragi's part. A balanced, efficient system motherboard/chipset is always superior like the Ps1, Dreamcast, Gamecube and their emulation reflects that.

[@_Banjo_]

I'm wondering how Retropi handles this, thanks i haven't looked into this for years. Recently homebrewed my WiiU and have to say this is the ultimate emulator console

[@Cadency]

how well does it play gamecube games?

[@NobleRaider2747]

@@Cadency very well, i played through resident evil code veronica x on it

[@kevboard]

@@Cadency GameCube games run natively, so they pretty much all run 100% perfectly. I think some tiny percentage of games have issues running tho.

[@niespeludo]

What do you use for Arcade emulation? Do you play shmups?

[@NobleRaider2747]

@@niespeludo I haven't tried arcade emulation on my Switch, but I have tried emulating Dreamcast games, starting with MvC2, and the only way I could get a playable framerate (which still stuttered and shit) was by overclocking my Switch to max performance settings. I have started playing through Persona 3 Portable on PPSSPP though, and lemme tell you, it runs like a dream.

[@loudassvictor]

I got unreasonably excited about that ETA Prime plug.

[@GtsAntoni1]

Might get this to have a tinker with. Been delighted with my 3b+, done so many projects and it's been an amazing little device. It's not done anything for a while as I'm so happy with DietPi running PiHole and Docker. The Argon One M.2 makes the pi4 incredibly appealing; you can boot from an m.2 drive, and get 2x full size HDMI ports.

[@Alexithymiander]

Can we all just please take a second or two to appreciate this man's beard.

[@bloodhoug82]

No

[@djd-cepticon7215]

Bought one and will he throwing in my Arcade 1Up

[@STLMTB]

good luck with input lag. Old school games that need precise and lightning fast input are terrible with the rpie. I tried to use for my mame cabinet and had to go with a small form factor PC because the input lag was terrible with a rasberry pi.

[@frezieduh3457]

i dont really have a use case for these but ive been following Pi for years just cause i think its so cool and what little kid dream on the go tiny computer setups you can build. like with portable monitors and stuff

[@TehJellyLord]

I really want one of these. It’ll probably be the next thing I buy as soon as I can after I get my new VR headset and PS5 this holiday. Idk why but I always have an affinity for smaller products. It just feels so satisfying to me being able to have a quality piece of tech that is just microscopic lol. Plus it looks very useful. I don’t think I need it since I have a gaming computer and plenty of consoles, but it would just be neat.

[@kdc300z]

My attention span only made it through 5 minutes.

[@TheBriz_]

I speed up my videos. You should too. LOL

[@fuentesjuanjose90]

Well my jailbroken backwards compatible ps3 is a beast and I'm surprised is still working on me lol.

[@SamuelOliveira-ji2st]

Lucky you

[@Kain652]

Weird flex, but okay.

[@mandc20022]

My bc ps3 has ylod

[@pointybits6496]

Kool

[@mrbisco]

This video caused the case to go OOS. good job!

[@war1231]

I used mines to build a NAS kit. Works Great!

[@edurevelfood]

I'm still missing any of these tiny PCs to properly run Saturn

[@formerlycringe]

E G Saturn emulation is a very hard thing to do. The Saturn had a dual core CPU and was a very advanced console for its time.

[@elimalinsky7069]

@@formerlycringe Actually it had 3 CPUs and 2 GPUs. It used quads as primitives instead of triangles and had other weird architectural choices. The 3D capabilities were an afterthought as Sega still believed 2D games were the future.

[@mowaly64]

@@formerlycringe what diffrent between rassberry pie 3 and 4

[@NexXxus86]

gen a Intel Nuc.

[@NexXxus86]

@@mowaly64 pi4 has USB 3.0, two micro HDMI, more RAM, and is overall faster.

[@Lumalee_Jay]

I’ll be the one to say it: As of when I’m typing this, Spawn Wave has 420K subscribers.

[@gravebructer4881]

429k* now anyways

[@TynologyGaming]

I love my 3b+! Need to pick up a 4 now

[@nwo2cool]

I wouldn’t recommend getting the Pi 4. It has too many screen tearing. I preferred getting Odroid XU4 or Odroid N2+.

[@bigemugamer]

I have a Pi 3b+ inside the nescase+ and I love it, now I want a case that works the same as the nescase+, looks like a PS2, but made for the future Pi 5c++ that runs PS2, Dreamcast and Game Cube with damn near flawless gameplay =D And don't get me started, we BOTH know it WILL happen someday soon. ;)

[@Metalpug79]

Man, I wish SEGA would start porting Dreamcast games to the Switch already... do you not like money, Sega?!

[@artate92]

Theres a lot of thing i wish happened with the switch already . The switch is amazing dont get me wrong but theres so much more that can be done.

[@dmace81]

Same with more Sega cd games. I know they have night trap and double switch but id love snatcher sonic cd, and popful mail. Hell even bug blasters. It's a guilty pleasure. Lol

[@artate92]

Nintendo sega and a bunch of devs "dont like money". The switch is a letdown and an accomplishment at the same time. My wiiu has way more content on it than is even possible to obtain on the more " elite" switch Cant even send a message to tbe people on your friends list on switch smh

[@Metalpug79]

Sai Yan are you sure that you think the Switch is amazing? Because it doesn’t really sound like that’s what you feel haha Well, sorry to hear you’re having such a lackluster time with it, but I guess not everyone is gonna have the same experience with a console 🤷‍♂️

[@artate92]

@@Metalpug79 i do like it. You can like something but still realize they arent trying that hard.its the only "current gen" console i use. Its like year 3 or 4 i think, and a lot hasnt been done. The success is causing them to get comfortable in my opinion. You cant tell me this thing is better than wiiu in terms of amount of content. I can turn on my wiiu and access all the classics almost for example. Its 2020 theres certain things that should just be expected at this point.

[@steelcityhero1994]

There is now an 8GB ram model. Im probably going to try it out.

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

If you are just using emulation 8 gb isna waste of money honestly

[@steelcityhero1994]

@@AlwaysBolttheBird Not sure what Ill use it for but the cost seems worth it to have the extra memory.

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

@@steelcityhero1994 I mean completely up to you. If you think you may use it for something else then totally get the more memory but for me I would rather use the saved money for a case or something. Also remember that you need the 64 bit version of the OS and it was having issues with some things I don't know if it's super stable right now

[@gohan4585]

You had me at Jet grind radio.

[@StormyDoesVR]

Love that he got a kit that didn't upsize the hdmi ports but the case in the links does XD