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      atexplosion
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      Hey guys,

      I'm putting together an NES cartridge console for a charity auction and I wanted to get some opinions for the best emulators for RetroPie running on a Pi Zero/W.

      Since the Zero isn't as powerful as the 3 B+, I've decided to keep it simple. If you guys could give me your opinion on which emulators would run the best on the Pi Zero:

      NES
      SNES
      Game Boy
      Game Boy Color
      GBA
      Genesis
      Game Gear
      Atari 2600
      Turbo-Grafix 16

      If you think I can run something else on here (that isn't limited to to processor power) please let me know.

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        fnkngrv
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        I am currently working on this myself and will respond when I have information over the next few days.

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          figolu31
          last edited by figolu31

          I test this during last month and in my opinion, the best is :
          Nes lr-fceumm or lr-quicknes (lr-nestopia is too heavy)
          Snes lr-snes9x2005 or 2002 for compatibility (2010 too heavy, and the standalone pisnes and snes9x-rpi is egual to 2002), forgot fx games ... (Staaarrrrfoooxxxx)
          Gb, gbc lr-gambatte
          gba lr-mgba
          sms, genesis/megadrive, CD lr-picodrive
          tg16, CD lr-pce-fast

          for arcade game (in bonus) imame4all (standalone) and pifba (for cps games, and neogeo)
          NO RETROARCH CORE FOR ARCADE, all are with abusive lagging with pi0w
          neogeo pocket and color : no solution, mednafen is lagging in pi zero w
          psx : i don't know, if someone knows ...
          n64: i doubt it ...
          dreamcast: XD
          output in 640*480, global in 1080p (not 720p picodrive still laging oO) , no overclocking with 0,5 A , pi-crt shaders, overlays gb, gbc, gba in 480p and with all of it, it work like a charm ...

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            figolu31 @figolu31
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