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      stereodark
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      I wasted a couple of hours on it yesterday. No luck.
      First of all the most basic stuff don't work well on the ASUS OS they offer now.
      I had to fix apt-get as well as locale settings and ntp. After having a decently working OS I first I tried to force the __platform variable of the Retropie manual installation script to all the default options and I had no success.
      Then I went for pi2 as it is at least a similar architecture 32bit, installation went through with missing dependencies and so I tried to compile EmulationStation manually. After wasting a couple of hours on that I discovered I had to compile libSDL with special options, which I did, but still compilation of EmulationStation failed.
      I learned a lot and I would have to wipe the OS and redo all the steps manually, however no time in the next few days. Honestly it's a pain, I wouldn't recommend getting this Asus board for this purpose at this stage. I got it just because it was a super promo deal at 35€ with a cheap plastic case, but the pi3 would have been a wiser choice in the end.
      If retropie adds the Support I'll be happy to donate a bunch of money to save another half day of work :)

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        backstander @stereodark
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        @stereodark
        It's good to learn new things!

        If retropie adds the Support I'll be happy to donate a bunch of money to save another half day of work :)

        Maybe you should purchase one for BuZz and donate a bunch of money ;-)
        If he actually had one to "tinker" on, I could see the odds of RetroPie getting ported to ASUS Tinker Board being greatly increased!

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          Capt_MorganCreek @stereodark
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          @stereodark Thanks for your heads up! Honestly I'm surprised Asus software us that bad, I think a good software base is one of the most important steps to build a healthy community.

          RetroPie64 - My Nintendo 64 conversion: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/55927

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            Charononus
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            This is too bad, I'm going to buy another pi or tinker board next month and this was a big consideration. I was hoping that the increased power would have let some of the emulators run without overclocking.

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              BuZz administrators
              last edited by BuZz

              Note I have one of these boards now (Thanks to ASUS for offering/sending one) , so will be looking into compatibility with RetroPie on it in the near future.

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                edmaul69 @BuZz
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                @BuZz this is awesome news. I hope it works out. I really want to upgrade.

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                  Rotarum @BuZz
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                  @BuZz Please share the results :))

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                    Normohl
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                    @BuZz interested to see how it turns out!

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                      Rotarum
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                      Hi BuZz,

                      did you get it work with RetroPie ?? :)

                      And is it much faster than PI 3 ?

                      If yes i will buy one...

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                        BuZz administrators @Rotarum
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                        @Rotarum I will update when I have news. There is no timeline for this.

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                          Rotarum @BuZz
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                          @BuZz ok Thanks :) Hopefully you can test it soon when you have time...

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                            Jake
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                            ASUS announced yesterday they are now selling the tinker board in North America ...

                            http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/asus-releases-tinker-board-single-board-computer-in-north-america/

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                              memothejanitor
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                              Hi all, I just received my Tinker Board.

                              Tinker OS is pretty much the only OS that booted right off the bat. Tinker Board is certainly faster than the Pi, however I am not sure how much that matters to some of us.

                              I will do some testing and report back.

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                                hannibal
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                                hey guys. just joined that community. Bought a Pi3 a week ago. loved it so much went to buy another today and bought the tinkerboard instead. found a video of someone getting retroarch to work anyone have any luck finding out he did it?

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                                  memothejanitor
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                                  I think ETA Prime has a video on it. Search it on YouTube. It is buggy, though. I don't assume we'll be able to use the Tinker Board anytime soon.

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                                    KryPtAlIvIaN
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                                    I bought one yesterday, and managed to get retroarch on it. I like it alot, but the image is still in beta and has issues. Once it gets hardware acceleration, I think things will run alot better then.

                                    I also compiled Mednafen multi emulator and it runs a little better.

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                                      hannibal @KryPtAlIvIaN
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                                      @KryPtAlIvIaN how did you get retroarch to work? Any videos you watched on how to make it work? Or did you put one on youtube?

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                                        hannibal @memothejanitor
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                                        @memothejanitor yeah I think I watched that video but he is just showing how the roms are playing. He doesn't explain how he got arch to work..... I don't think

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                                          mab1376
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                                          Has anyone tried the retropie image on the tinker board? does it boot at all?

                                          does this work? https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroPie-Ubuntu-16.04-LTS-x86-Flavor

                                          is tinker OS debian based as well?

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                                          • BuZzB
                                            BuZz administrators @mab1376
                                            last edited by

                                            @mab1376 no. tinker board will require code changes.

                                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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