PSA: Stop using Raspberry Pis; they're not fast enough for MAME

[bulbousbeard]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

[ark_ader]

Lol.

If we were being serious here, the alternative to the raspi is a mk808 with a price tag of $45.

Intel NUCs are good for bare metal hyper visors not Mame rigs.  Especially at over $380.

[Typefighter01]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

Dude, that's like $450 bucks shipped to my door and I still need an OS. Give your head a shake, some of us are happy with playing 10 classics at full speed for $50 and don't give a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about the rest. There is no argument here...move along.

[JDFan]

Think you'd have a hard time convincing 2084 since almost all of his wall mounted units use them and they function just fine !! (Thread Link : http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141265.msg1461909.html#msg1461909 )

[Vigo]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

This thread might as well said:

Stop using regular milk; it's not delicious enough for your Frankenberries.

If you want delicious milk, get Tuscan whole milk. It's actually delicious enough to enjoy your cereal properly.

http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0

[keilmillerjr]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

Dude, that's like $450 bucks shipped to my door and I still need an OS.

Linux is FREE. Needing an OS should not be a factor in price.

[shponglefan]

OP is satire, yes?

[yotsuya]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

This thread might as well said:

Stop using regular milk; it's not delicious enough for your Frankenberries.

If you want delicious milk, get Tuscan whole milk. It's actually delicious enough to enjoy your cereal properly.

http://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Whole-Milk-Gallon-128/dp/B00032G1S0

[yotsuya]

OP is satire, yes?

No.

[Typefighter01]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

Dude, that's like $450 bucks shipped to my door and I still need an OS.

Linux is FREE. Needing an OS should not be a factor in price.

OP didn't say "If you want a small form factor, that runs Linux, get an i5 NUC".

I get it, your a web developer, some of us are just everyday dullards who buy retail versions of Windows at Best Buy. So, no, your wrong, I will keep the OS as part of my cost thank you very much...

[Typefighter01]

OMG, I just realized that bulbousbeard succeeded in hooking me with his ridiculous Pi vs every other computer ever made debate. My apologies to the community for bumping the thread (there is no sarcasm here, I am truly sorry)...I'm Audi

[dkersten]

So to run mame "properly", you NEED an i5 NUC (or faster x86 based PC) and an $800 Asus ROG Swift G-sync LCD monitor.  Apparently you also NEED true original leaf switches and since you are running an LCD, the proper HLSL settings.  And the right "float" technique. 

We are ALL doing it wrong, and there are two experts on this board to set us straight. 

Good to know, thanks!

[keilmillerjr]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

Dude, that's like $450 bucks shipped to my door and I still need an OS.

Linux is FREE. Needing an OS should not be a factor in price.

OP didn't say "If you want a small form factor, that runs Linux, get an i5 NUC".

I get it, your a web developer, some of us are just everyday dullards who buy retail versions of Windows at Best Buy. So, no, your wrong, I will keep the OS as part of my cost thank you very much...

Ubuntu is just as easy to set up as winblows. Throw your money away. I don't care.

[yotsuya]

The NUC is 3x the price of a Win 7 OEM disk with key. F that!

[pbj]

[LightningBolt]

How well does it run 3d games like tekken 3

[Typefighter01]

If you want a small form factor, get an i5 NUC. It's actually fast enough to run MAME properly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102035

Dude, that's like $450 bucks shipped to my door and I still need an OS.

Linux is FREE. Needing an OS should not be a factor in price.

OP didn't say "If you want a small form factor, that runs Linux, get an i5 NUC".

I get it, your a web developer, some of us are just everyday dullards who buy retail versions of Windows at Best Buy. So, no, your wrong, I will keep the OS as part of my cost thank you very much...

Ubuntu is just as easy to set up as winblows. Throw your money away. I don't care.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/02/linux-on-the-nuc-using-ubuntu-mint-fedora-and-the-steamos-beta/ oh yeah...just straight up plug and play...not .

This is my position (devil on shoulder is yelling "Stop it, your wasting your time", but anyway), if I am going to spend $450 for a NUC (actually, it now looks like more than that as I live in Canada, so that makes it $550), then I am simply going to install windows and then install any piece of software or program my heart desires without jumping through hoops and enjoy it. That's if I was going to use a NUC to play "Pac Man", but I wouldn't do that, cause I'm not a doorknob, I would just use the Pi for $50 and be happy.

Now, if I wanted to play the latest version of MAME with all the bells and whistles and Hyperspin, then I probably still wouldn't use a NUC, I would piece together my own Mini-ITX for a reasonable price and play whatever the hell I wanted.

I always love the Apple and Windows haters...just too cool for mainstream

I am not the OP BTW...

[yotsuya]

That's if I was going to use a NUC to play "Pac Man", but I wouldn't do that, cause I'm not a doorknob, I would just use the Pi for $50 and be happy.

Now, if I wanted to play the latest version of MAME with all the bells and whistles and Hyperspin, then I probably still wouldn't use a NUC, I would piece together my own Mini-ITX for a reasonable price and play whatever the hell I wanted.

[Hoopz]

I miss threads like this.   

[mvolke1]

Mine works great. Overclock it, and you're good to go.

[retrogamedude]

People buy windows?  I have about 10 pc's none of which I have ever paid for a single windows from 98 all the way to 8...

[nitrogen_widget]

Mine works great. Overclock it, and you're good to go.

Just be careful you cool it properly.
Q-bert is pixel pusher.

[keilmillerjr]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/02/linux-on-the-nuc-using-ubuntu-mint-fedora-and-the-steamos-beta/ oh yeah...just straight up plug and play...not .

This is my position (devil on shoulder is yelling "Stop it, your wasting your time", but anyway), if I am going to spend $450 for a NUC (actually, it now looks like more than that as I live in Canada, so that makes it $550), then I am simply going to install windows and then install any piece of software or program my heart desires without jumping through hoops and enjoy it. That's if I was going to use a NUC to play "Pac Man", but I wouldn't do that, cause I'm not a doorknob, I would just use the Pi for $50 and be happy.

Now, if I wanted to play the latest version of MAME with all the bells and whistles and Hyperspin, then I probably still wouldn't use a NUC, I would piece together my own Mini-ITX for a reasonable price and play whatever the hell I wanted.

I always love the Apple and Windows haters...just too cool for mainstream

I am not the OP BTW...

This thread is about running mame... not about running PC games. Point still stands.

[ark_ader]

Android is still a viable option.  It just works for emulators.  Why does it have to be so technically difficult or costly to play a 30+ old game?   

[ChanceKJ]

First, if your paying anything more than $400 for a NUC up here in Canada, your doing it wrong.

Second, if Pi works for some applications, just not yours then your giving bad advice even if you think you're helping.

Third, who the ---fudgesicle--- pays for windows these days?!

Forth, this thread is entertaining. especially the memes

Fifth, Troll. TrollTrollTroll,  Troll troll....

And F.  ...I went looking for a good Pi walkthrough for the basis of one of my upcoming projects, but I can't seem to find one. I mean, just something simple that I can use to boot to DK. Am I missing the good step by step "how to build with Pi" sticky thread?

We need more threads like this?

 

[mvolke1]

And F.  ...I went looking for a good Pi walkthrough for the basis of one of my upcoming projects, but I can't seem to find one. I mean, just something simple that I can use to boot to DK. Am I missing the good step by step "how to build with Pi" sticky thread?

We need more threads like this?

 

This is the article that got me thinking Pi. I just put one in a bar top I'm building, and I'm very happy with it.

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192

[nitrogen_widget]

Using this guide I have my pi booting to advmenu.
Shouldn't be too hard to just call a ROM to boot.
http://devtidbits.com/2012/11/26/mame-arcade-game-fun-with-a-raspberry-pi/

[ChanceKJ]

 

And that folks, is how we turn a non-constructive thread into a constructive one.   

[jdbailey1206]

Oops.  Wrong pie.

[yotsuya]

Oops.  Wrong pie.