How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?

FlyingTomahawk

The first time I saw or heard about the Famicon Mini (NES mini) the prices were already going up through the roof. Still curious to see it I watched a video on Youtube about it. There in the comments a guy was saying "Why pay that much for only 30 games in a tiny device if you can get lot more done on a Raspberry Pi for a better price." And that's how all started for me.
As some already mentioned you cannot compare the Pi with the NES mini. The Pi offers just way more, not only emulation of classic game systems. Even though that is what most people used it for.
I think the main reason why people would want the NES mini is "collectors value".
Maybe not now but in 10 or even 20 years from now having one laying around in mint condition would be probably priceless.

PetroRie

@FlyingTomahawk said in How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?:

Maybe not now but in 10 or even 20 years from now having one laying around in mint condition would be probably priceless.

I really doubt that. I think some collectors will pay a high price for it, but I heard that Nintendo will produce them soon so you will be able to buy one in the stores. I hope they do it quickly so those aholes who're selling it for those crazy prices will have nothing to sell anymore.

I wonder if the same will happen with the mini SNES.

sensorypower860

i bought a raspberry pi thinking it would be a cheep pc

deeceebee123

I certainly did! I actually got as far as ordering a NES mini online but then received an email an hour later telling me my order was cancelled. I'm so glad I didn't get one now as I've got my Raspberry Pi 3b with RetroPie set up and it is totally beyond comparison. Some things were just meant to be :)

877

Me. I wanted a NES Classic for xmas and was out of stock, so looked around and found the Retropie.

tendo_nerd12

@PetroRie yeah, its ridiculous! greed, but then again if they can get it sold for more than they bought it fine but im not purchasing it. good thing for all the people at retropi.

ohmycommodore

Had been getting back into some of my old Commodore gear, and have played some games through emulation on my Mac. Heard about RetroPie around that same time, a bit before the NES Classic talk. I just kept following my nose I guess :) I certainly understand how RP will get a boost because of Nintendo though.

Styrofoam04

I just bought one yesterday because how lame the NES Classic was. I've been dabbling with hyperspin on my PC and the plan was to build the cabinet, but this seams easier and less costly. what I like the most is I can take it anywhere. Still a lot to learn tho

Floob

Looks like more roms can be added to the NES classic:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/hackers-unlock-nes-classic-upload-new-games-via-usb-cable/

Quite a bit of hassle though.

cyperghost

But all in all the NES classic is an overkill on CPU and GPU resources. It's an ARM-7 4core CPU with 2,0 GHz. The GPU chipset is dualcore Mali-400 with 500MHz.

And this can only emulate a NES? ;)

brownkw

I am, but still looking.

KingANG1972

Actully I am one of the ones that found RetroPie after buying and being one on the lucky ones to get a NES Classic. After just having the 30 games i wanted more. I needed to bring back my childhood. After loosing all my game systems in a weather storm 4 years ago in New York. I knew that I had to try to rebuild my lost. So Raspberry Pie and RetroPie had been able to heal my pain and bring this game lover back to life. THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Capeman

Not this guy, I've been on retropie since the 1.x days. I single handedly convinced about 8 people to go retropie INSTEAD of nes classic, HAHA!

Badpewterz

i was looking at the nes classic but didnt want anypart of the hype/stock issues. then searched for other alternatives. found retropie and never looked back! funny thing is now i play more snes,sega, playstation games than actual nes on it lol. i have genesis usb hub coming too for the old school look

Zeke

Me! I've been jonesing for big-screen 8-bit/16-bit gaming since the NES Classic was announced... I had toyed with the idea of a Raspberry Pi in the past, but finding out about RetroPie sealed the deal. Starter kit in the mail!

joen

Hahahaha I did. I saw this little nice but expensive gadget with only 30 games on it. but somewhere wanted to, well at least look at it before buying.. but sold out.. and then looked at reviews as I wanted to know more about it.. Retropie!!!! haha.. I just finished my Arcade Cabinet with a pi3. I jused old controls of an old iCade, connected them via GPIO and retrogame. AWESOME!!! I have loads of fun playing Mame roms. who cares about NES hahaha cheers!! JT

Skeeter

I was slightly interested in the NES Classic. But when I checked into getting one they were long gone unless you were willing to spend the crazy eBay prices for one. It's OK though, I was more of an Atari guy back in the day anyway. It's kind of funny because I had just about every system at one time or another and now they're all gone except for my Nintendo's. I'd much rather have my Atari's back, haha, especially my 8 and 16 bit computers. I still have in my possession every Nintendo console ever made not counting the handhelds. NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, and WiiU all in the house. I do have one handheld, the new 3DSXL and a PS4, but my son uses them the most.

Back OT...my always wanting an arcade machine of my own lead me to RetroPie. I was recently looking around and discovered the bartop arcade machines. Cheaper than a full sized and pretty cool but still more than I had to spend. That's when I also discovered the Raspberry Pi as a lot of those bartops are using them. At first I thought it was some sort of OS, didn't realize it was a small computer, haha. That lead to RetroPie and yesterday I got my first Pi and of course it's now running RP. I've got Mame and tons of ROMs running on my PC but the cool factor of a Raspberry Pi running RetroPie is totally awesome. I'll be upgrading my SD card from 32gb to 128gb soon and no telling how many more Pi's I'll get. And I still haven't checked out Raspbian, that will happen when I pick up the 128gb card.

Sorry for the long winded post. But yeah, RetroPie is fantastic!

tendo_nerd12

yeah its amazing what it can do and what they have done for everyone with retropie, hats off them for sure.

AntonPhibes

I did initially check out the NES Classic but I was more interested in the Sega Genesis equivalent. After finding out how poor that unit was I started checking into alternatives and found Retro Pie and that sold it for me.

mikenerv

After using the same emulators on my old ds for years I switched to using them on the iphone. each of the emulators kept crapping out until happy chick came around. later I was wanting to get a bluetooth joystick and saw the classic had been announced which led me back to investigating retropie and decided yep thats for me. this weekend my friend brought over the classic. it is very cool but limited without doing the hack. the pi is smaller and can do so much more. I stopeed looking for the classic now.