What are you playing? (games)

[matmosphere]

Not for nothing but.....

I took a GIANT leap into the 2010s and got me a Raspberry Pi 3. Fixed it up and got 'some' ROMS loaded for SNES, NES, and various Arcade sims (Special thanks to Mike (Flanagan) for the big assist)

Ran into some issues with the Coleco and Intellivision ROMs but I am sure it will get sorted.

Still want to get Daphne onto the Retropie and run Dragon's Lair 

How well does everything run, any lagging during games? I have a Pi 3 set up as a Plex media server (which is great). But it is painfully slow, so I was worried it would be unbearable to try and play games on it.

I just set up a Raspberry Pi 4 and bought components to build an arcade stick, but I keep waffling on how to set it up. I read after buying it that retropi only works on the pi 3. Not sure I even need to run the whole retropi thing anyway, I just pretty much want something like those old multiplayer arcade games, like the Ninja Turtles ones or the Simpsons so that I can play them with my kids.

[midwayfair]

Man, that sounds awesome. Got any pics to push me over the edge?
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Are we still doing phrasing?

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[Willybomb]

I read after buying it that retropi only works on the pi 3

Retropie 4.6 works on RP4.  Those Ninja Turtle/Simpsons/X-men multiplayer games work fine on my RP3, although I haven't played multiplayer with it.

[thesmokingman]

on the pi4 you can get up to the dreamcast/n64 in emulation ... I run mine as overclocked as possible

[Govmnt_Lacky]

How well does everything run, any lagging during games? I have a Pi 3 set up as a Plex media server (which is great). But it is painfully slow, so I was worried it would be unbearable to try and play games on it.

From what I have seen, the NES, SNES, and Arcade games seem to work ok. The N64 stuff is very "laggy" but I am running a Pi 3 with normal clocking so that might explain it.

on the pi4 you can get up to the dreamcast/n64 in emulation ... I run mine as overclocked as possible

I'm guessing that overclocking my Pi 3 will not have the same effect as a Pi 4 but, this is my first dabble into the Raspberry Pi and I am liking what I have so far.

[matmosphere]

I read after buying it that retropi only works on the pi 3

Retropie 4.6 works on RP4.  Those Ninja Turtle/Simpsons/X-men multiplayer games work fine on my RP3, although I haven't played multiplayer with it.

Should have googled before posting. I just realized how long ago I looked into all of this.

[WonkoTheSane]

I played Wasteland 2 Director's Cut over the holidays, and I'm back to playing Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands.

[bantaxes]

While it's true that earlier versions like the Pi 3 have limitations, the Raspberry Pi 4 offers significantly improved performance, which should alleviate concerns about lagging during gameplay.