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I got one of these as an emulation box because a retropi couldn't handle the N64 games I wanted to run, and for that purpose it's worked brilliantly. It's prett

I got one of these as an emulation box because a retropi couldn't handle the N64 games I wanted to run, and for that purpose it's worked brilliantly. It's pretty cool that it's x86-I plan to try and do some WINE gaming on it as well which isn't possible on, say, a retropi. I haven't tried the official images, but it runs fine with the standard Ubuntu image. Setup notes: http://blog.eamonnmr.com/2019/04/atomic-pi-emulation-setup-notes/ http://blog.eamonnmr.com/2019/04/atomic-pi-emulation-setup-n...

laumars 8y ago
WINE will run on the Pi albeit you need to run it on top of x86 emulator. I've seen examples using qemu but there are guides online using other tools too. I've not tried it myself but from what I've read it's still fast enough to run some Windows games. Obviously if you have an x86 box then that would be better suited. But the above is worth mentioning just in case anyone else should read your comment who doesn't have any besides a Raspberry Pi but still wants access to retro games for IBM-compatible machines.
- mkesper 8y ago
  Performance should totally suck when doing that, doesn't it?
  - laumars 8y ago
    You would expect so but I haven't tried it personally because I had a spare NUK laying around anyway. I think the real question is how old or recent are the games you're wanting to play? Games consoles would have to be emulated too and the Pi can still pull of some N64 and PS1 games.
    - EamonnMR 8y ago
      Some N64 games are too much for the Pi, which is why I got one of these things. I imagine other games from the 90s/very early 00s should run on it. Will probably update the post if/when I do.
      - laumars 8y ago
        > Some N64 games are too much for the Pi This is why I said "some" in previous post :) > Will probably update the post if/when I do. Please do. I'd be interested to know
CWuestefeld 8y ago
Does it have enough power to run reicast (the Dreamcast emulator)?
- EamonnMR 8y ago
  I was fighting with setting that up on my laptop but discovered that there was a PC port of Rez before got it working.

laumars 8y ago

WINE will run on the Pi albeit you need to run it on top of x86 emulator. I've seen examples using qemu but there are guides online using other tools too. I've not tried it myself but from what I've read it's still fast enough to run some Windows games. Obviously if you have an x86 box then that would be better suited. But the above is worth mentioning just in case anyone else should read your comment who doesn't have any besides a Raspberry Pi but still wants access to retro games for IBM-compatible machines.

mkesper 8y ago
Performance should totally suck when doing that, doesn't it?
- laumars 8y ago
  You would expect so but I haven't tried it personally because I had a spare NUK laying around anyway. I think the real question is how old or recent are the games you're wanting to play? Games consoles would have to be emulated too and the Pi can still pull of some N64 and PS1 games.
  - EamonnMR 8y ago
    Some N64 games are too much for the Pi, which is why I got one of these things. I imagine other games from the 90s/very early 00s should run on it. Will probably update the post if/when I do.
    - laumars 8y ago
      > Some N64 games are too much for the Pi This is why I said "some" in previous post :) > Will probably update the post if/when I do. Please do. I'd be interested to know

CWuestefeld 8y ago

Does it have enough power to run reicast (the Dreamcast emulator)?

EamonnMR 8y ago
I was fighting with setting that up on my laptop but discovered that there was a PC port of Rez before got it working.