Is this coming to the Pi 5?
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I bought a Pi 5 because I remember having a Pi 3 years ago and wanted something to play at work. However there is no version for the Pi 5 on the download page :/ Is it coming soon? Otherwise I'll just send it back and buy a Steam Deck instead.
Thanks.
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@scaramoosh
The only option you have for now is to do a manual instillation on top of Raspberry PI OS Bookworm lite. But, if you can buy a Steamdeck then better choose this, is more stronger than a Pi5. -
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@scaramoosh if you are in a hurry for something. Best to get a steam deck. There is no ETA for a official release for Retropie.
As said you can manually install it. But there are things that are not 100% right now and will take time and work to get it there. Most are working fine. Just not all
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Ok thanks for the replies, I didn't realise it wasn't supported, I just assumed it would be because it's a Raspberry Pi. I'll send it back and just order a Steam Deck, I was hoping not to spend so much money and why I bought one of these.... But oh well.
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@scaramoosh I don't see why the alternative to a RPI 5 would be a Steam Deck - why don't you get a RPI 4 or 3 ?
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@mitu Cause I was watching a video of the 5 and it's much more powerful for 3D emulation than the 4 and when I had the 3 it struggled even with N64. I just didn't realise he wasn't using Retropie to emulate and I just want something easy I can use with a controller while sitting bored at work.
I ordered a Steam Deck now anyways and opened up a returned on Amazon.
A shame the Pi 5 doesn't seem to have the support the others have, but I did see lots of video thumbs on Youtube of people saying it sucks so maybe I should have watched one of those before ordering.
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@scaramoosh you do realize the pi5 has only been out a short while. The dev don't get it earlier then the rest of us. They got them when we did.
So it takes time to get a image done. It took almost a year after the pi4 was out before a official image was released by Retropie.
So it will be about that long for the pi5 my guess.
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