@Lolonois Good ideas!

Did you consider to use sshfs [1] for mounting the image/video folder from the main Pi into the PiZero2W? That way you don't need to maintain a cache at the PiZero2W.

I didn't consider sshfs, I started with the idea of a cache from the start to speed up the display. My thought is it will always be faster to read a file locally than over wi-fi, or spi. As a USB-peripheral there may be a low enough lag to skip the cache.

Another idea, albeit more complex, as the current setup assumes the Pi's can reach each other via wireless, right?

It does. However my first idea was to run the zero as a stand alone access point and only connect RetroPie to its network. (My router sits on top of my arcade cabinet so RetroPie is connected via Ethernet and doesn't need wi-fi to scrape or connect to) I didn't implement idea yet for speed to get it working in the first place and I figured that would be an edge use case at best.

You may also run the PiZero2W as USB-peripheral to the main Pi, connected via an straight USB-A to MicroUSB-B cable (and powered from the main Pi). With some configuration the PiZero2W is set into gadget mode

That's actually a great idea! I setup a a ZeroW to be a networked thumb drive to run my SLA 3D printers a long time ago and they're still running great. That would simplify wiring and power supplies.
Only problem in my case is lack of USB ports. I have an arcade deck, trackball, USB SSD, and a 4 port hub mounted to the front to allow plugging in other controllers like NES, SNES PSX ect. (With the USB keyboard and mouse dongle plugged into that). I don't have a free port without adding another hub or taking cables outside the cabinet.

@thelostsoul yes, you and @mitu can all make me feel bad for the liberal use of sudo when I shouldn't :) You're right, I don't need sudo. I might have originally saved the collection files in a folder where the pi user didn't have write permissions, so that was that! Or I might have just been lazy about it - also likely.

Yeah, there's no issue with the platform you use, by all means - though you can install RetroPie on a Linux machine as well! A Pi3 is certainly a viable option, though with the Pi4 and the Pi5 - and especially with you playing on a Linux PC and a Steam Deck - the systems it supported are slightly self-contained by now.

No worries, I'm thinking of some developments on the EmulationStation front and this was a fun input that I had not considered. When I get around to it and publish them here I'll tag you.

Cheers, have a great weekend!

@THRobinson ahhahaha, I also got new parts for mine, and are also in a box :D

Snatcher on the Sega CD takes place over Christmas as well. Although it only plays a minor but very fun role in the game

@kounabi22 Please don't post links to ROM sites.

@pigpen said in Retropie for pi5?:

@Shadow666 Everything runs slowly and the sound is very choppy with recalbox? Surely it can't be throttling the cpu

What games are you running? Everything runs great bar N64 atm with the 9.2 release on the site. If you have a patreon account you can get the latest beta where n64 runs better. They even have killer instint arcade version at full speed with Mame 2003.

I tested fbneo and they seem to be running a very old core, they are missing a lot of features which are on the official build.

Recalbox support seems to be focused on French which is a pain as it is not a language I am good at.

@Unknown All good. I should have been more specific, as this is a relative new and unknown feature on Yuzu. @mitu explained it a bit already. Currently Yuzu does what basically every emulator does and emulates the CPU in its entirety. That is very slow and the reason why we need powerful and modern computers to do this. Now the CPU on Switch is an ARM architecture and is very similar to what you find in an Android phone. What they can do is, instead emulating every CPU command, they can utilize what's already there and run parts of it native. They also call it "Project NICE" (not sure where the i comes from in NCE, but it sounds nice).

Here is my question: Does this apply to Raspberry Pi 5 with Linux as well or is it limited to Android devices? I don't know if these ARM architectures are similar enough. EDIT: I just looked up specs and the Switch CPU is an "ARM 4 Cortex-A57" and the Raspberry Pi 5 has an "Arm Cortex A76".

@RetroFreak89 I know this is a little late to the party - but there is a program called Exult, which is a recreation of the game engine that Ultima VII used - and there's a linux version of the source.

I haven't personally tried to build this on a Pi, but....

In theory, it could be done, and you could have a more 'native' running version.

I used Exult's windows builds many moons ago, and they were pretty stellar for usability and such. Many bugs were fixed, more modern systems are obviously supported, etc.

If all you want to do is play the game - this is a good way to go.

If you absolutely must have the original exe - then dosbox is likely the best way to go - maybe specfiically "dosbox pure".

Either way, google will get you to Exult or DosBox Pure..

Good luck, avatar!

Depends on the light gun setup I suppose. It is a niche extra, for example I use a dolphin bar with a wiimote, that's presumably a very different setup process to the sinden light gun

Has anyone noticed that Ocarina of Time Master Quest has the slow menu bug that the Vanilla Ocarina of Time used to have on lr-mupen64plus-next? Weirdly though the gliden64.custom.ini and mupen64plus.ini file doesn't have Ocarina of Time specific settings

@Ashpool said in Netplay on RetroPie Experiences?:

RetroArch will invisibly rewind

Netplay, rewind, runahead and preemptive frames are savestate-based features.

There's people all over Amazon, eBay, and Mercari selling them, too. Not saying it's right, just saying that it's not uncommon.

@hopwon said in projects:

@mitu I watched Jeff's video on the Pi5 and it looked to me like he could not get any PCI graphics card to work (yet) with the Pi5.

Hence my saying but weren't more succesful until now, having in mind that Pi5 support in Linux kernel is still early and things could change later on.