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Do any of y'all know where I can get a retro box? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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My college roommate had this little box that had 2 controllers and RCA'd into the TV that contained basically every game from the most important retro consoles. All the important consoles and games pre y2k. Including Nintendo, Atari, Sega, and maybe some arcade. I assume I can't get it through normal channels because of some of those roms are unsanctioned, but where might I get something like that? Thanks!

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[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Buy an nvidia shield. Install retroarch. Find ROMs and put them on a USB drive, plug into shield. Pair any Bluetooth controller(s?). Play all the games.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It'd be less than half the price to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 and you can even get a custom case.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I've done both. The shield is both MUCH MUCH MUCH easier to setup and is so much more powerful than the Pi that N64, PS1, and GameCube Games are more likely to play well. OP didn't mention being on a budget. They also didn't mention their Linux skill level. Given thosee facts the shield is worth the price difference. They're not really saving money if they can't get the Pi working.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I also ran Retroarch on an RPi 3 and it ran PS1 games fine

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A shield gives you access to GeForceNow, Moonlight, as well as streaming services for only about $100 more. Retropi is fine for a single purpose device though. Emulation Station is a much better front end than retroarch

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Right, but I suspect if the user at the top doesn't know what a Raspberry Pi is, then this is a bad suggestion. Sometimes you just have to recommend the simple stuff for normies.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If a Shield is not sourceable, a Mad Catz Mojo or RaspberryPi also works. Personally I recommend Intel NUC but Intel for some reason has decided to not make them like they used to anymore.