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    Pi Zero and Performance... Can anyone clear it up?

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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider @PhoenixJedi
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      @phoenixjedi It's not great. Unless you need the space, go with a Pi 3 instead of a Zero.

      📷 @obsidianspider

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        PhoenixJedi @obsidianspider
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        What about SNES, gba and gbc?

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          PhoenixJedi
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          Hey guys, I could really use a clarifcation on the SNES, GBA and GBC performance of the Zero W... Is it really abyssmal or is it playable?

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          • obsidianspiderO
            obsidianspider @PhoenixJedi
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            @phoenixjedi what are you trying to build?

            📷 @obsidianspider

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            • FlyingTomahawkF
              FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

              From my experience, NES and MegaDrive/Genesis work good. For the NES you might have to choose the lr-quicknes emulator though.
              I couldn't get the SNES to run smooth, no matter what settings, even overclock didn't do the trick.
              Can't say much about the Game Boy stuff since I don't use them.

              I ended up donating all my Pi Zero stuff to a forum member.
              Using a RPi 3 only now which has no problems to run them.

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                PhoenixJedi
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                Dang, the point of this was to get NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, Genesis and maybe FBA/MAME to work. Are you guys sure theres no way to make SNES stable on the Zero?

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                  twd Banned
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                  I run mame snes Neogeo Megadrive master system and amstrad with no issues with a pi zero , I don't play Nes games because when they came out I had an amiga, so cannot tell you how they run. But pizero is capable

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                    champrt78 @twd
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                    @twd what emulator do you use for mame, I'm using mame2000 and mostly no problems. For fba I use pifba, seems to run the best, once in a while need to switch it , some ROMs just don't play on pifba.

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                      MSP430
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                      SNES is fine but I prefer 720p over 1080p for better performance.

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                      • KN4THXK
                        KN4THX
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                        My pi zero runs snes perfectly fine with a standard PI 1/zero build

                        "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                          MSP430 @KN4THX
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                          @thedatacereal said in Pi Zero and Performance... Can anyone clear it up?:

                          My pi zero runs snes perfectly fine with a standard PI 1/zero build

                          This probably depends on the game and the personal "perfectly fine". Zelda 3 on SNES had < 45 fps in the starting area outside the house on 1080p. With 720p it has nearly 60 fps.

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