RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    Collectors, how big is your stash of Pi games?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Discussion and Gaming
    collections
    27 Posts 11 Posters 5.2k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • BobHarrisB
      BobHarris @VictimRLSH
      last edited by BobHarris

      @VictimRLSH What do you use to be able to read the docs/manuals? I use a pdf viewer app in kodi. It would be nicer if you could switch to the manual midgame.
      Also the pdf viewer I use often has trouble reading downloaded manuals; I have to extract the pdf to jpegs and then convert them into a pdf again..that way I never have any issues. But it's quite a bit of work.

      Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

      V 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • V
        VictimRLSH @BobHarris
        last edited by

        @BobHarris I just use the pdf viewer built into Raspbian, as I have installed the full desktop. I agree, it would be great to switch between the manual and/or FAQ and the game.

        System Config: Retropie 4.4 with full desktop, RPi 3B, 256gb SD, 5v 2.1A 5,200 mAH USB battery. EasyMSX controller mounted with Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4 (non touch). Also running 4.6 on a 4gb Pi 4 serving as my primary desktop computer now.

        sirhenrythe5thS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • sirhenrythe5thS
          sirhenrythe5th @VictimRLSH
          last edited by sirhenrythe5th

          150 NEOGEO
          222 PSX
          100 NES
          100 PC-Engine (including CD Images)
          150 Megadrive (including 32x)
          85 SEGA CD
          35 ScummVM
          30 MS DOS
          1331 Mame 😊
          350 SNES
          200 GBA

          All that on a 200GB MicroSD Card, i like the idea of having all in a small System without external HDDS.

          -- Retro-Achievements Username: SirALX --
          RetroRatio: 1.88
          Started Games beaten: 2,47%
          Site Rank: 4382/93743 ranked users (TOP 4.76%)
          Last seen in [The Legend of Zelda: Lost in Time (HACK) [N64], exploring Hyrule at Night]

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • shavecatS
            shavecat
            last edited by shavecat

            Openbor 98
            Virtual Boy 23
            Snes 783
            SnesCd(fans) 53
            Sneshack 41
            Sg1000 75
            SuperFamicom 82
            MegadriveHacks 183
            SegaCd 160
            Sega32x 35
            Scumvm 202
            ResidualVM 3
            Psx 878
            Psp+Minis 211
            Ports 30
            Pc engine 410
            Pc games 7362(not sure here...)
            Neshacks 47
            Nes 819
            Nds 165
            N64 336
            MegaDrive 751
            SegaMastersystem 319
            Gbc 533
            Gba 873
            GameGear 368
            G&W 56
            Dreamcast 130
            Daphne 14
            Lynx 40
            Arcade 2361
            AmigaCD 96
            Amiga 3404

            128gb SDcard & HDD 1T
            Usually dont play much,
            just travel them and getting tired from that ;)...

            thelostsoulT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
            • thelostsoulT
              thelostsoul @shavecat
              last edited by

              @shavecat Holy Broly!

              📜 RE/SET: 100 SNES Games for your RetroPie, 🎁 Share your hidden gems and insider tips

              shavecatS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • shavecatS
                shavecat @thelostsoul
                last edited by

                @thelostsoul
                Yeha all sorts with gamelist and videos snaps (didnt sleep a year cause of that shit ;) )

                sirhenrythe5thS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • sirhenrythe5thS
                  sirhenrythe5th @shavecat
                  last edited by

                  @shavecat i also spent a lot of time to search nice Artworks/Flyers for each game without scraping.
                  Was worth the work.
                  A lot of stuff you collected! 😮👍
                  I reduced my collection to those games i really like, full romsets would include too much Trash for me.

                  -- Retro-Achievements Username: SirALX --
                  RetroRatio: 1.88
                  Started Games beaten: 2,47%
                  Site Rank: 4382/93743 ranked users (TOP 4.76%)
                  Last seen in [The Legend of Zelda: Lost in Time (HACK) [N64], exploring Hyrule at Night]

                  shavecatS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • shavecatS
                    shavecat @sirhenrythe5th
                    last edited by

                    @sirhenrythe5th
                    yeha crazy time spent ;)
                    and not really dont have any duplicates or games that are not working...
                    but yeha lots of trash haha

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • thelostsoulT
                      thelostsoul
                      last edited by

                      @shavecat I often try to only have 1 or 2 versions in my collection, depending how different they are. But there are some exceptions. I bet you have all versions of Earthworm Jim and Street Fighter 2 included? What is your controller setup? I use SNES gamepad for almost anything, besides Arcade games. They are played with an Arcade stick. Alone this difference is sometimes a reason to include "duplicates". Sadly, no other input device here (besides mini keyboard/mouse for starting some computer games). The amount of games you have included is insane! Just a question, are a descendant to Kefka or somehow related to him?^^

                      In general, I would be interested in the decisions and reasoning on one version over the another version of a game. Obviously this applies only to curated list of less games. I am also interested in the hacks you all included. (Maybe on a different thread? I mean, there are a lot of related threads.)

                      📜 RE/SET: 100 SNES Games for your RetroPie, 🎁 Share your hidden gems and insider tips

                      shavecatS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • shavecatS
                        shavecat @thelostsoul
                        last edited by

                        @thelostsoul
                        duplicates sure but in different consoles (sega32x,snes,segacd) and so but not double games in the same folder...
                        controller ps3 (dualshock 3 ) and 1 arcade stick (pretty lame) mini keyboard/mouse also the same.
                        thanks a lot love too share what i collect ;)

                        descendant to Kefka ? who is that haha (guess not ...)
                        Sure about the hacks the are so many its crazy so i have the best that i found and couples more (with snaps videos and all), sure tell me where .

                        thelostsoulT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • thelostsoulT
                          thelostsoul @shavecat
                          last edited by

                          @shavecat said in Collectors, how big is your stash of Pi games?:

                          descendant to Kefka ? who is that haha (guess not ...)

                          Too late. ;-)
                          Kefka is one of the most memorable villains in the Final Fantasy history or even in the whole jrpg culture ever. He looks a bit strange and he is completely insane megalomaniac, taking over the world (yeah sounds cliche). The game is Final Fantasy VI. :-)

                          Sure about the hacks the are so many its crazy so i have the best that i found and couples more (with snaps videos and all), sure tell me where .

                          Existing popular threads are here, if you not already know them:
                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7295/best-rom-hacks
                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8792/big-rom-hacks-homebrew-thread
                          I am in the process of adding more hacks currently, can't stop it, i am addicted. Will post there again.

                          📜 RE/SET: 100 SNES Games for your RetroPie, 🎁 Share your hidden gems and insider tips

                          shavecatS 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • shavecatS
                            shavecat @thelostsoul
                            last edited by

                            @thelostsoul
                            ohhh shit ff VI im getting old ... haha.
                            sure i will check it there :)

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • hansolo77H
                              hansolo77
                              last edited by

                              I'm expanding right now. I'm bit with the hoarder bug. You should see my gaming PC. Not only does it have all these, but also games that aren't playable on the Pi.

                              Atari 2600 - 474
                              Atari 2600 Hacks - 12
                              Atari 7800 - 66
                              Atari Lynx - 84
                              Coleco - 159
                              FBA - 1740
                              FDS - 270
                              FDS Hacks - 11
                              Game Gear - 377
                              Game Boy - 1086
                              Game Boy Hacks - 33
                              Game Boy Advance - 1675
                              Game Boy Advance Hacks - 27
                              Game Boy Color - 962
                              Game Boy Color Hacks - 13
                              Sega Genesis - 1023
                              Sega Genesis Hacks - 48
                              MAME - 2707
                              Sega Master System - 372
                              Sega Master System Hacks - 10
                              Nintendo 64 - 302
                              Nintendo 64 Hacks - 9
                              Neo-Geo - 143
                              Nintendo - 1673
                              Nintendo Hacks - 215
                              NegoGeo Pocket - 10
                              NeoGeo Pocket Color - 76
                              PC Engine - 307
                              PC Engine Hacks - 1
                              "Ports" - 16
                              Playstation - 1447 (includes hacked Japan->English)
                              Sega 32X - 36
                              Sega 32X Hacks - 1
                              SG-1000 - 92
                              Super NES - 1828
                              Super NES Hacks - 160
                              Vectrex - 44
                              Virtual Boy - 26
                              Wonderswan - 110
                              Wonderswan Color - 91
                              Infocom - 3

                              Total: 17,854 (According to the "All Games" Filter).

                              I actually have more I'm working on scraping and adding right now. I have a full Game&Watch collection, and a SegaCD collection I'm working on. I also have a full NintendoDS and PSP collection to go through. Only THEN can I relax and start deciding what I want next. I know I'd like to get some DOS games, and then work on some Dreamcast. A buddy of mine from work has some PCE-CD games I'd like to play. There's also stuff like Amiga and ZXSpectrum I have no experience with. And once I figure out how to make it work, I'm going to be adding a collection of Atari 800 and Atari ST games (the 2 systems I had growing up with) too.

                              Who's Scruffy Looking?

                              R 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                              • R
                                Rastan80 @hansolo77
                                last edited by

                                @hansolo77
                                Atari 2600 - 648
                                Atari - 7800
                                lynx - 76
                                Wonder Swan Color - 84
                                PC - 274
                                Turbo Grafx 16 - 94
                                Turbo Grafx Cd - 5
                                Super Grafx - 5
                                Nintendo Game and Watch - 55
                                Virtual Boy - 24
                                Game Boy - 565
                                Game Boy Hacks - 19
                                Game Boy Color - 535
                                Game Boy Advance - 1022
                                Game Boy Advance Hacks - 26
                                Nintendo DS - 181
                                Nintendo - 791
                                Nintendo Hacks - 6
                                Super Nintendo - 787
                                Super Nintendo Hacks - 37
                                N64 - 293
                                Game Gear - 249
                                Game Gear Hacks- 4
                                SG-1000 - 68
                                Deamcast - 8
                                Sega Master System - 281
                                Sega Mega Drive - 784
                                Sega Genesis Hacks - 192
                                Sega 32x - 32
                                Sega - 13
                                Neo Geo Pocket - 40
                                Neo Geo - 146
                                Minis - 293
                                Playstaion 1 - 67
                                Arcade Classics / MAME - 2361
                                Daphine - 3
                                Light Gun - 41
                                Commodore 64 - 147
                                CPC - 3277
                                MSX - 567
                                MSX 2 - 83
                                PC Games - 95
                                Scumm VM - 13

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • simpleethatS
                                  simpleethat
                                  last edited by

                                  Wow, I thought I was excessive. I do try to keep it to things that are in English (although some of the really early stuff I don't worry as it really doesn't matter) but on my primary build I have:
                                  Atari 2600: 505
                                  Game & Watch: 59
                                  SG-1000: 83
                                  NES: 1031
                                  Atari 7800: 57
                                  Master System: 264
                                  TurboGrafx 16: 94
                                  Genesis: 763
                                  Game Boy: 609
                                  TurboGrafx CD: 45
                                  Lynx: 75
                                  NeoGeo: 137
                                  Game Gear: 257
                                  SNES: 780
                                  Sega CD: 113
                                  Sega 32X: 33
                                  Playstation 1: 1140
                                  Game Boy Color: 532
                                  NeoGeo Pocket Color: 42
                                  Game Boy Advance: 1017
                                  According to All Games collection: 7636

                                  I do also have both Sega & Nintendo exclusive builds but their collections are the same as their respective systems above. I think when I get moved I will finally start heavily into my Odroid build for Dreamcast, 64, NDS, PSP, etc and at some point I would like to add some MAME stuff or do an arcade standalone build. On my NAS I keep basically full ROM sets for everything I can find... the compulsion is kind of ridiculous.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • RanmaR
                                    Ranma @ballboff
                                    last edited by

                                    @ballboff said in Collectors, how big is your stash of Pi games?:

                                    I don't see the point of this. Scrolling through that many games isn't fun. Take the gamecube for instance, out of the 600 games released, there are only say bout 5 or 6 that are playable.

                                    Wait, what? 5 or 6 playable games on the GC? Er no!

                                    However I do agree that having too many on the Pi is a pain. I've tried to hand curate my collection down to a more reasonable 64GB, and personally I think that's a good limit for the Pi. Any more and it's overkill for me, plus it slows Emulationstation down too. I'm currently trying to manually curate my MAME collection and it is proving hard work, but it has to be done. There are too many obscure puzzle games and mahjong games, clones and many other games that don't work and will never work on the Pi. They have to go. I've got it down to about 1700 right now and I think I'm nearly done. Hope I am anyway! Be nice to just download a finished set but everywhere you look it's complete set or nothing.

                                    I do support the idea of going much further with a more focused setup, say a few dozen titles for each system comprised of games that you know you'll want to play, but I do like the discover-ability of having a nice large MAME set. Like for example, this morning in fact I discovered a marvellous 1983 game I'd never played or even heard of before and it is truly superb - Blaster. Rather than feeling like a retro game it plays more like a modern take on a retro game. Absolutely superb gameplay, and without a good set I would never have found it.

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • First post
                                      Last post

                                    Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                                    Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.