The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!

[saccublenda]

@dobsonatorx Lakka nightly that support Pi4 have been around for some weeks. Just google for them.

[Bearwynn]

@dobsonatorx literally just search Lakka raspberry pi 4

[mat]

Can you add games to Lakka via USB stick like RetroPie?

[Barcrest]

@mat It is pretty easy to set up but no fancy interface like you have on retropie. Pick a core (Emulator) then load a rom. The latest version does work ok.

[Bearwynn]

@mat haven't given it a go, but you can just transfer directly from drag and drop from your PC

[KN4THX]

Today I realized how far things have come and how long it has been since my RPi days started. I was cleaning out my entertainment shelves and found my retired Pi 1 B+ in the back covered in dust, still having the bluetooth and wifi dongles plugged in along with the powered Pi Hut hub next to it. I've had terrarium cams, media centers, retro gaming, and now possibly a permanent tv desktop pc box.

It has been a fun adventure and the Pi 4 seems like the next big chapter in possibilities. I haven't had much tinker time with school and work and am glad that RetroPie hasn't released the Pi 4 optimized package/image yet or I might not study well for my last exams :)

I am curious about one thing though. When RetroPie does an update (and this one might be considered a full upgrade?) do the devs wait for the emulators to be optimized for the hardware or is it released with whatever state the emulators exist at the time?

[Bearwynn]

@KN4THX that's a good question.

I believe that each core of libretro is worked on by different teams and they'll probably wait to release until the major cores are all ready to be released at once.

They probably assume you'd go elsewhere to places like Lakka in the meantime, which have the basic functionality.

I'm not sure however and I don't speak for them

[KN4THX]

@Bearwynn I am in no hurry :) It was just a curiosity that was sparked by the excitement of the users. I recently started following the changes on GitHub to learn some new things and follow along but realized I wasn't even sure what emulators were still active,etc. As far as Lakka, I am happy reading about others' experiences for now and seeing the progress posted by them. In one more week I'll be exam-free and can devote some tinker time until January classes :O)

[Bearwynn]

@KN4THX cool cool :) keeping an eye on GitHub is a good idea and you can definitely gain a sense of progress on there to a degree.

Hope your exams go well so you can relax and play some nice retro games :) hopefully retropie will be out by then so you can reward yourself.

[KN4THX]

@Bearwynn Me too! I've also been reading about the Sinden light guns and am hoping those turn out to have as much awesomeness as they seem to. I have been dying to play Duck Hunt with the Clay's :) Do you have a most anticipated optimized system for the Pi 4?

[Bearwynn]

@KN4THX what do you mean by most anticipated system?
I have the 4GB pi 4 if that's what you mean.

Also to anyone who would find this interesting, I'm playing conkers bad fur day at full speed with a 1.75GHz overclock and a 600MHz overclock on the GPU.

This is on an unoptimised build so that should give you some indication as to just how powerful this new hardware is.

EDIT: there is a slight slowdown when there is about three enemies in the screen but this is still a significant improvement

[KN4THX]

@Bearwynn I apologize, I meant most anticipated optimized emulator :)

[zefolhadela]

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[Bearwynn]

@KN4THX of for sure that's N64 and Dreamcast, this are the consoles I grew up with and I'd just love to relive them in their full glory. How about you?

[Barcrest]

@KN4THX Dreamcast, N64 and Hopefully Saturn would be nice. That is as much as we can hope for, everything older already runs acceptable on my 3b+ Would be nice if some newer mame stuff works which I am guessing it will. I have basically switched to a SFF PC now because that runs everything but the work involved with that is setting everything up.

[jrb555]

I remember some arcade games performing slightly better from Raspberry Pi 3b to RPi 3b+.
Not many, but I think it shows that the 4b will definitely be capable of much better Arcade game performance.

PSP ran seemingly fine with 2D games on the RPi 3b+ as well (on Lakka, not RetroPie) but totally ruined when it had to play FMVs or 3D games. I saw quite decent 3D PPSSPP (Lakka) performance in a youtube vid the other day!

[Darksavior]

NM I read it wrong.

[Bearwynn]

I'd like to add that while I had the game's running as good as my previous posts said, they are unstable and won't run for long. They were also all at the lowest possible graphical settings.

I just thought I should add this so my earlier posts don't get too many hopes up

[t3hyoshi]

@Barcrest As far as I know, Dreamcast is fairly smooth. As for Saturn emulation - the boot animation is somewhat smooth, but when playing Daytona USA, we're back below the game's 20ish fps and there's no sound due to how slow it seems to run.

Mind you, this is all on Lakka's Yabause core on a RasPi4b 4GB. I think with a tweak or two, Yaba Sanshiro should be able to be ported over and replace Yabause in both Lakka and Retropie.

[Barcrest]

@t3hyoshi said in The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here!!:

Yaba Sanshiro

Yaba Sanshiro is the one I am holding out hope for. I think this is what is used on the Odroid Xu4 port of retropie.