It's finally here and I'm not really happy with it yet but I expect lots of people would like something new to try (especially if stuck inside)... it's ARpiCADE 4.0 for Raspberry Pi 4!
Now i can guarantee my image sized for 16GB SDCard or larger, is booting correctly on any given Raspberry Pi B+. On larger SDCard, if u want to use all the storage it's require a lil tweak in gparted or equilavent to push the root partition at the end of the storage space and then expand Fat32 partition the maximum capacity. The question becomes are they as well supported as the Pi? If you really want to go for power in a small form factor I believe Intel still does the NUC. I was looking at those but they're far more expensive than the SoC.has 2080 and OLED in sig, showing off, can't afford NUC. LMAO I'll be playing CPS and Naomi arcade. A NUC for that is overkill.
This is a very early release (ironic, as it's taken ages I know...) and it is limited. If you want the best experience use a RPi3B+ and ARpiCADE 3.9. I haven't tested this on anything but RPi4, there's not much point...
What it has:Emulation Station frontend
Retroarch with the following MAME cores: 2003plus (0.078), 2010 (0.139), 2016 (0.174) and the one the was current a little while back they just call lr-mame (0.215)
and also the Flycast core (dreamcast, naomi, atomiswave)
Dedicated MAME versions 0.106 (AdvMAME), 0.172 and 0.205 are also included
What it doesn't have (yet):consoles
Daphne
Attract-Mode frontend
now loading screens
service menu
Limitations and bugs I know about (so far):
it is only really usable with default settings at the moment (boot in 480i & switch to 240p for most games). 240p only makes the menu unreadable, I'm guessing changing to a different theme may help there but I haven't tried yet and haven't included any themes.
I haven't tried vertical monitor so it's not set up yet, game wise it will work but a vertical theme for Emulation Station will be needed.
The Dreamcast/Naomi/Atomiswave emulator doesn't work with the hotkeys so you will need a keyboard to exit games on that platform.
All the non Retroarch emulators have issues with Pi4 res switching, I can't recommend using them as is. MAME 0.172 is great if you boot in 240p mode though... best avoided for now unfortunately.
You can see a little bit of boot text & the splash screen starts late
Pc Raspberry Pi Emulator
No preview images in the menu yetNotes on overclocking (I'm no expert...):
Naomi performs better at stock speeds than when overclocked... only discovered this today, haven't investigated it further... prob heat related...
At 2.1Ghz Killer Instinct (0.078) and Deathsmiles (0.174) are very playable (not perfect) as long as you can keep the Pi4 from heat related throttling. Without the OC neither title is very playable.
Some bigger Pi4 heatsinks will interfere with the GPIO ribbon cable, I had to modify the heatsink mount and the ribbon cable for a fancy tower heatsink to fit...
Make sure your Pi4 has up to date firmware if you're going to overclock, also not a bad idea in general as the earliest firmware uses more power and runs hotter.
Otherwise, it works like ARpiCADE, copy some roms on and have fun. I haven't included any instructions.... needs at least an 8 gig SD card.
https://mega.nz/file/kkMmCY4L#3FTq8QxKh ... ziGw5LQ4sg
If you need help to resize for your SD card follow the wonderful Idaho Garagecade instructions: http://aha-forums.com/wp/2018/02/02/how ... ory-cards/It's finally here and I'm not really happy with it yet but I expect lots of people would like something new to try (especially if stuck inside)... it's ARpiCADE 4.0 for Raspberry Pi 4!
This is a very early release (ironic, as it's taken ages I know...) and it is limited. If you want the best experience use a RPi3B+ and ARpiCADE 3.9. I haven't tested this on anything but RPi4, there's not much point...
What it has:
Emulation Station frontend
Retroarch with the following MAME cores: 2003plus (0.078), 2010 (0.139), 2016 (0.174) and the one the was current a little while back they just call lr-mame (0.215)
and also the Flycast core (dreamcast, naomi, atomiswave)
Dedicated MAME versions 0.106 (AdvMAME), 0.172 and 0.205 are also included
What it doesn't have (yet):
consoles
Daphne
Attract-Mode frontend
now loading screens
service menu
Limitations and bugs I know about (so far):
it is only really usable with default settings at the moment (boot in 480i & switch to 240p for most games). 240p only makes the menu unreadable, I'm guessing changing to a different theme may help there but I haven't tried yet and haven't included any themes.
I haven't tried vertical monitor so it's not set up yet, game wise it will work but a vertical theme for Emulation Station will be needed.
The Dreamcast/Naomi/Atomiswave emulator doesn't work with the hotkeys so you will need a keyboard to exit games on that platform.
All the non Retroarch emulators have issues with Pi4 res switching, I can't recommend using them as is. MAME 0.172 is great if you boot in 240p mode though... best avoided for now unfortunately.
Emulator For Raspberry Pi
You can see a little bit of boot text & the splash screen starts lateNo preview images in the menu yet
Naomi Emulator Raspberry Pi Usb
Notes on overclocking (I'm no expert...):
Naomi performs better at stock speeds than when overclocked... only discovered this today, haven't investigated it further... prob heat related...
At 2.1Ghz Killer Instinct (0.078) and Deathsmiles (0.174) are very playable (not perfect) as long as you can keep the Pi4 from heat related throttling. Without the OC neither title is very playable.
Some bigger Pi4 heatsinks will interfere with the GPIO ribbon cable, I had to modify the heatsink mount and the ribbon cable for a fancy tower heatsink to fit...
Make sure your Pi4 has up to date firmware if you're going to overclock, also not a bad idea in general as the earliest firmware uses more power and runs hotter.
Otherwise, it works like ARpiCADE, copy some roms on and have fun. I haven't included any instructions.... needs at least an 8 gig SD card.
https://mega.nz/file/kkMmCY4L#3FTq8QxKh ... ziGw5LQ4sg
If you need help to resize for your SD card follow the wonderful Idaho Garagecade instructions: http://aha-forums.com/wp/2018/02/02/how ... ory-cards/