SNESDev-RPi: a SNES Adapter For the Raspberry Pi 30
New submitter Blinky0815 writes "I just found what's quite possibly the world's very first SNES-Adapter for the Raspberry Pi. Florian's design helps create what he calls the 'universal console.' His blog explains everything in detail to create your very own 'universal console' at home. His blog has instructions, videos and even a github repository for downloading his software."
SNES controllers (Score:5, Informative)
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Agreed; prior work already exists for this project. Now if only the Linux kernel provided joystick for the SNES controller... oh wait (see: CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GAMECON)
Demo of Ras Pi running Fractals ! (Score:2)
Here's the link to the photo that shows Ras-Pi running Fractals
http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=14044&start=54 [flatassembler.net]
And this is the link to the entire thread
http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=14044 [flatassembler.net]
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Or you could get a PowerPak and play your ROMs on a real machine. If you must use an emulator, use bsnes which is cycle accurate. It also requires a multi-gigahertz CPU to run in full speed.
This is a nice project, but I don't see it getting much traction among classic console enthusiasts. Maybe if you could guarantee realistic input latency, we might be able to tolerate lower accuracy. Otherwise I don't see much here that isn't better accomplished with other solutions.
Re:SNES controllers (Score:5, Funny)
Goddammit, it's not pointless! It made the weekly Raspberry Pi Slashdot article possible.
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bsnes in a decent enclosure
Therein lies the problem. PC makers generally haven't shown interest in making a decent enclosure for a set-top gaming PC.
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I thought one could already use Super NES controllers with any USB host supporting HID through this adapter [retrousb.com], and I thought one could already use Super NES Game Paks with any USB host supporting Mass Storage through this adapter [retrode.org].
Also, I just checked and at my local pawn shop, an actual SNES system costs less than a raspberry pi unit lol.
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It's only the controller? That's hardly newsworthy, NES controllers are easy to connect to anything with three spare I/O pins. I connected one to my Arduino/Gameduino last year [artlum.com].
"Newsworthy" would have been a gadget that allowed you to connect NES cartridges to the Pi and play the games.
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I have binaries available on my site, blog.sheasilverman.com [sheasilverman.com].
You can also just download the AdvanceMAME source and compile it yourself if you want (it just takes about 6 hours). Overclocking my Pi to 900Mhz I can get Street Fighter 2 to run, and its playable, just slow.
I am having issues getting SNES games to run well, but Gensis, NES, GameBoy, and GameGear games work well, as do classic arcade games (pre-1991)
Raspberry Spam of the day (Score:1)
I hacked up a SNES parallel port interface from the schematic in the kernel sources for my freaking Pentium 2. Where's my gold star?
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I had put myself on the waiting list a month or so ago and just today I got invited to purchase one. But they claimed delivery would take 12 weeks at least. Since I am likely moving downstate, and since I've already waited this long for one, I figure I can hold off at this point.
Besides, for what I want to use it for I need to pick up some more hardware and finish my software for the cause. I intend to set up an amateu
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Seriously though there are some cheap ARM based boards out there to play with.
I'm waiting on a Mele A1000 (it's been shipped) and I didn't need to add myself to a mailing list lottery (or is it FIFO?) for it.
Emulators. (Score:1)
Maybe I'm the only one, but I don't long for the controllers of days gone. Modern controllers can do just as much more comfortably.
Now, I'll be pysched when someone goes through and develops/tweaks a bunch of emulators for this hardware specifically. A modded Xbox is my go to Emulator device. It runs on very old TVs if necessary and can emulate N64 better than my computer. That's the advantage of emulating on a single hardware target. Everyone's emulator runs pretty much just like the developers machin
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SNES controllers are, IMO, very comfortable.
More importantly, if you want to play the games accurately, you should use the controllers- or at least, that's one school of thought on it, and one that needs the most support to be realized.
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Well, I firmly disagree. But mostly because I want a actual PC gamepad. The issue is that whenever I go into the stores, its basically only possible to find Logitech gamepads. They have a grip issue, the analogs lacks resistance and has some of the Dual Shock problems, the buttons are too elevated, and the dpad is severely elevated along with that its still a chance that when pu
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Agreed.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Xbox-Wireless-Controller-Windows/dp/B004QRKWKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341597176&sr=8-1&keywords=xbox+360+controller+for+pc [amazon.com]
The price is a tad steep. I think I paid $30 for a like-new condition used one some 4 years ago (with the dongle of course). I'll never buy one of those garbage big-box store pieces of junk again. I think there are decent controllers out there, but to get one approaching the quality of the 360 controller, you have to spend almost twi
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I guess I have Surreal64 Beta 5.00. PM me if you need more help. I actually haven't played it in over a year, but I remember it working.
meh (Score:2)
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What makes it worse is the snes is so out of date that the real console with games and controllers sells for less than a raspberry pi in the first place.
Uh, sorry [ebay.co.uk] mate [nintendosforsale.com], but [ebay.com.au] that's [ebay.co.uk] not [ebay.com] correct.
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