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Raspberry Pi 2 with Mame - anyone tried it yet?
Wired203:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/31/
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jukingeo:
Hello guys,
Thank you all for responding, but since this became a hot topic I will mostly reply those those that are most relevant to my situation.
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on February 28, 2015, 09:03:05 pm ---jukingeo- The new pi's official distro is running the same raspbian os with a different kernel and retropie os is based off that with the same version of advmame.
The card corruption was something that made me put my pi away for a while but they did something with the OS to fix it pretty good so I expect it to not be an issue on the RPI2.
I think as far as mame goes on the RPI2 most non 3d games should play just fine since its only single threaded however the dreamcast & PSP are multi-threaded emulators and are kinda working just a few weeks after it's release.
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--- Quote from: pbj on February 28, 2015, 04:10:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on February 28, 2015, 02:40:01 pm ---I have a feeling the Pi will probably work best as a replacement for a PCB that has died.
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That's kinda funny because I've been reading these threads and having the exact same thought.
Haven't read anything that makes these more compelling than an Xbox for arcade emulation. I'm rocking a component -> HDMI adapter that works great so even the video output argument is good for me.
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Right. If my original Centipede PCB died, having the Pi boot directly into one game is easy. But you start messing with messy FEes, Linux code, and so forth, and an ITX board or CoinOped Xbox is probably a more feasible choice.
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Point made. I already have an ITX board waiting and I have modified an Xbox as well and I agree those are better platforms than the Raspi. But given that the Raspi was inexpensive and very small, I figured I would give it a shot. I have not thought of trying the Raspi just with one game as I was mainly testing the Raspi for the feasibility of a cabinet install. It flunked. Which brings me to the next point...
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on February 28, 2015, 09:03:05 pm ---jukingeo- The new pi's official distro is running the same raspbian os with a different kernel and retropie os is based off that with the same version of advmame.
The card corruption was something that made me put my pi away for a while but they did something with the OS to fix it pretty good so I expect it to not be an issue on the RPI2.
I think as far as mame goes on the RPI2 most non 3d games should play just fine since its only single threaded however the dreamcast & PSP are multi-threaded emulators and are kinda working just a few weeks after it's release.
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So you had that issue to with the SD card just suddenly becoming corrupt too? I even had my write safe on and it STILL corrupted the SD card. And yeah, I put my Raspi away also because of that. I figured it was nothing serious but just a programming 'toy'. I didn't it would be practical for any kind of permanent install or 'replacement'. So it was the operating system that caused that issue and now it is fixed? Hmmm, then I might revisit the Raspi again. But I am thinking about going with the Raspi 2 this time around. More power, more ports, etc.
Basically I was not expecting much out of the Raspi or Raspi 2. I am mainly interested in running the older games from around the mid 80's. You know your typical fair, Donkey Kong, Burger Time, Asteroids, Pac Man, Space Invaders, Tempest...those games. So I am hoping the Raspi 2 is a better candidate than it's earlier cousin.
Thanx,
Geo
nitrogen_widget:
jukingeo - havn't seen a corrupted card in a while on my RPI1.
For games on the RPI1 you want final burn alpha & mame4all.
Mame4all is based off 37b roms & i found .72 version roms to work well with FBA. You should be good on performance with those two.
advanced mame on rpi1 is hit or miss performance wise.
I was running classic 4-away verticals on my rpi1 with mame4all just fine.
Actually i couldn't find a game I cared about on the .37b romset that didn't run full speed.
Advanced mame was hit and miss. Galaga 88 for example was slow with advancedmame.
gyruss also.
The biggest annoyance with vertical games is emulationstation doesn't rotate or supports vertical themes & rotating the pi itself can cause performance issues so you are pretty much stuck with advmenu and for some reason I can't change the aspect of the tile's in the menu so all my vert screenshots/movies are squished.
If I could find another simple front end for the RPI1 it would def. go in the dedicated vertical 4-way cab i'm building.
on the RPI2 I've mostly been testing the 8-way horizontal because I know those require more power with advmame and i've been happy so far with performance.
I havn't had time to run through all the games i'm interested in playing in cab yet but havn't seen too many issues so far and emulationstation2 is a nice looking front end.
It really comes down to what games you want to play and if they run fullspeed.
Saneless:
Are there any real issues using MAME .37b other than its being very old? I have those roms but don't have the proper ones for the version of advmame they use.
jukingeo:
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on March 02, 2015, 09:45:12 am ---jukingeo - havn't seen a corrupted card in a while on my RPI1.
For games on the RPI1 you want final burn alpha & mame4all.
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Mame4all was one of the first programs I tried for the Raspi and I didn't care for it because vector games looked terrible and the front end was 'blah'. Plus I had troubles with it too.
--- Quote ---Mame4all is based off 37b roms & i found .72 version roms to work well with FBA. You should be good on performance with those two.
advanced mame on rpi1 is hit or miss performance wise.
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Well, I had a rather lengthy post up on the Raspberry Pi site if you care to take a look at the trials and tribulations I have had with getting Mame to work with the Raspi:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=44667
I did manage to get it to work, but every so often it would still blow the SD card. Of course I do have backups but since I was testing the feasibility of using a Raspi for a cabinet build. Let's just say it flunked the test. I just simply can't have it blowing SD cards constantly.
--- Quote ---I was running classic 4-away verticals on my rpi1 with mame4all just fine.
Actually i couldn't find a game I cared about on the .37b romset that didn't run full speed.
Advanced mame was hit and miss. Galaga 88 for example was slow with advancedmame.
gyruss also.
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In that thread a fellow helped me out with a 'special build' of AdvMame that actually did work pretty fast and looked good with Vector games, but as I said the issue that I had was that it just seemed very unstable and the SD card would become corrupted and I had to start all over again. It's all in that thread I posted.
--- Quote ---The biggest annoyance with vertical games is emulationstation doesn't rotate or supports vertical themes & rotating the pi itself can cause performance issues so you are pretty much stuck with advmenu and for some reason I can't change the aspect of the tile's in the menu so all my vert screenshots/movies are squished.
If I could find another simple front end for the RPI1 it would def. go in the dedicated vertical 4-way cab i'm building.
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I have not even gotten that far. I was just doing regular tests on a horizontal screen.
--- Quote ---on the RPI2 I've mostly been testing the 8-way horizontal because I know those require more power with advmame and i've been happy so far with performance.
I havn't had time to run through all the games i'm interested in playing in cab yet but havn't seen too many issues so far and emulationstation2 is a nice looking front end.
It really comes down to what games you want to play and if they run fullspeed.
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As I mentioned in that post I linked to, I am pretty much running games prior to 1988 and even then I concentrate mostly on games before 1985. I mostly play the classics such as your typical vertical games from the late 70's to early 80's. Horizontal games, again mostly those from the early 80's.
Another thing I found out is that there was a Raspberry Pi B+ (Plus), which has the four USB ports. I have seen these for less than $30. Is that a significant improvement over the original Raspi B?
Basically I would like to revisit the Raspi as a base for an arcade cabinet, but only if I don't have that issue with the SD card corruption anymore. I figured the B+ or Raspi 2 should work better. But that is just a guess which is why I posted here in the first place.
Thanx,
Geo
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