Best Raspberry Pi Cases in 2019

Addison

This article showed up in my news feed today and I thought to share here.

https://www.androidcentral.com/best-raspberry-pi-cases?amp

Some really nice ones that I haven't seen until now.

quicksilver

@Addison I see the case I use is on there (kintaro 9k snes case). It's great! Though I'm not sure what happened to kintaro. He was very active in the community offering support for his products and answering questions and then pretty much disappeared overnight.

Ranma

There can be only one!!

cyperghost

@Ranma Oh yeah! ;)

quicksilver

@Ranma just make sure to use @cyperghost script otherwise your pi's GPU is stuck at 250mhz!

Ranma

@quicksilver said in Best Raspberry Pi Cases in 2019:

@Ranma just make sure to use @cyperghost script otherwise your pi's GPU is stuck at 250mhz!

Wait - what's this now?

cyperghost

@Ranma The original Retroflag script enables UART and this slows down the Raspberry. I just saw that retroflag started to link to my fork.

Ranma

@cyperghost said in Best Raspberry Pi Cases in 2019:

@Ranma The original Retroflag script enables UART and this slows down the Raspberry. I just saw that retroflag started to link to my fork.

Wow, I did not know this. How do I remove the old script and install the new one? Thanks.

SgtJimmyRustles

@cyperghost

It's funny, I made a post recently about it on the retropie and sbcgaming subreddits just a day or two ago, and now you're getting retroflag linking to your script? It's kind of hilarious. Out of curiosity, I didn't see on their website they were linking to your script, so where was it at that you saw them referencing your code?

SgtJimmyRustles

@cyperghost

Nevermind, I see it now. It's on their actual github now.
Also, I know for a fact that it wasn't updated on 2/14/19 since I didn't see that post about the multi-switch until today after the threads were made on reddit.

mitu

@SgtJimmyRustles

Interested in Raspberry Pi Talk?
http://raspberrypie.club

Typo ?

SgtJimmyRustles

@mitu

Huh, guess that link doesn't work anymore. Oh well, I'll remove that one.

jamrom2

I own the Retroflag MegaPi Case. I wanted something in the order of a mini NES, and was going to buy one with the intent to gut it... until I found this and really liked the look of the design. It's sleek, well made and easy to setup. As far as heat, don't leave it on the carpet for long, the fan just isn't strong enough to exhaust the heat... as any laptop has the same issues. On a table or tv stand, it's fine. The look of the Sega MegaCD is really cool, especially with functioning buttons and on/off switch. It's a great idea and adds to the functionality of the case itself.

http://retroflag.com/MEGAPi-CASE-M.html

For $25 on Amazon, it was a steal. I also bouhght the NesPi Case+ just for show. It's also a very well made product and perfect for anyone looking for a true retro feel to their Retropie setup.

JR

SgtJimmyRustles

@jamrom2 said in Best Raspberry Pi Cases in 2019:

For $25 on Amazon, it was a steal. I also bouhght the NesPi Case+ just for show. It's also a very well made product and perfect for anyone looking for a true retro feel to their Retropie setup.

Same, I got the MegaPi case and it's honestly Retroflag's best work so far.

Ranma

Is there a giveaway sign that my Pi is running poorly with the original script? I ask because it seems to be running just fine and I haven't noticed any lags or anything. Also, if I just install Cyperghost's script will it just overwrite the original one I have installed? Ta!

quicksilver

@Ranma run a game, while the game is running ssh into your pi and at the terminal type:

vcgencmd measure_clock core

cyperghost

@Ranma Well I wrote the script because I was not satisfied how the one from retroflag works. If you press the reset button then it initiates a system reboot. This makes just no sense and will break metadata if you press power or reset during gameplay.... So the forked script terminates every running emulator and brings you back to ES. And if you press the reset button in ES main screen it just restarts ES without booting the whole system.
Furthermore the powerdown is much much faster without breaking metadata. About the UART thing ... some people reported problems as it was activated... it is just as @quicksilver said.

SgtJimmyRustles

@cyperghost said in Best Raspberry Pi Cases in 2019:

the whole system.
Furthermore the powerdown is much much faster without breaking metadata. About the UART thing ... some people reported problems as it was activated... it is just as @

I know it might be a sin to ask, but are you going to work on a recalbox/batocera one?

quicksilver

@Ranma I should add that the most games on the pi are not heavily GPU dependent. But if youre running N64/ Dreamcast games then there is a huge impact if it's locked to 250mhz.

cyperghost

@SgtJimmyRustles You sinner ;)

I know it might be a sin to ask, but are you going to work on a recalbox/batocera one?

Yes it would be possible without flaws. I know this because I ran the script a few times on XU4 Batocera build. So I strongly assume it would work for Raspberry, too. The python script for recalbox/batocera is easy to modify and should work flawless.