Best single board computers

[Bilman66]

I have been looking forever to find the best single board computer for emulation, I specifically want something that can do ps2, psp, GameCube and wii. Then I found the jetson nano, but it was a little out of my price range. anyway do you know any other single board computers under $100 that can do that?

[Brennan Price]

Almost any laptop ever with a decent iGP (still a single board computer). I'm thinking Intel HD 3000 and above. 

[circeseye]

i know the Raspberry Pi 4 (even 3) is great for retro game emulation..

but not sure with newerish consoles

 

[Bilman66]

1 minute ago, circeseye said:

i know the Raspberry Pi 4 (even 3) is great for retro game emulation..

but not sure with newerish consoles

 

Sadly the raspberry pi 4 doesn’t have enough power for wii or game cube

[circeseye]

what about some of these
https://www.slant.co/topics/9758/~single-board-computers-for-gaming

[Bilman66]

6 hours ago, Brennan Price said:

Almost any laptop ever with a decent iGP (still a single board computer). I'm thinking Intel HD 3000 and above. 

I don’t really want a laptop I just want something that I just throw in a micro sd and call it good like a raspberry pi but with more power

 

5 hours ago, circeseye said:

what about some of these
https://www.slant.co/topics/9758/~single-board-computers-for-gaming

Ooo thanks

 

[circeseye]

Just now, The 2009 MacBook gamer said:

I don’t really want a laptop I just want something that I just throw in a micro sd and call it good like a raspberry pi but with more power

 

getting that under a 100 may be rough

[Bilman66]

The odroid xu4 might work

 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, The 2009 MacBook gamer said:

Sadly the raspberry pi 4 doesn’t have enough power for wii or game cube

If you want a specific computer for Wii/FGameCube, get a Wii U (can find them hella cheap). They have an entire Wii onboard and natively support Wii games because of that, and HomeBrew firmware will let you access the GameCube abilities of the Wii that's inside your Wii U. It won't do Playstation stuff though. 
 

[Bilman66]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

If you want a specific computer for Wii/FGameCube, get a Wii U (can find them hella cheap). They have an entire Wii onboard and natively support Wii games because of that, and HomeBrew firmware will let you access the GameCube abilities of the Wii that's inside your Wii U. It won't do Playstation stuff though. 
 

Can I download games and put them on?

[Zando_]

Just now, The 2009 MacBook gamer said:

Can I download games and put them on?

Pretty sure they can run ROMs with HomeBrew, yeah. I can look into it more, should try setting it up on my Wii U since it isn't doing much rn and the risk of borking them isn't as high as the Switch. 

[Bilman66]

That might work

 

[Zando_]

20 minutes ago, The 2009 MacBook gamer said:

That might work

 

https://www.howtogeek.com/409430/how-to-hack-your-wii-u-to-run-homebrew-games-and-apps/

Does let you load and run games off a USB, if you can get the ROMs then you can probs run them ez. Legally you're supposed to pull them off a disc you own though (and we can't talk about how to get them without that here, because that's technically piracy and thus against the rules). You can emulate other Nintendo consoles as well apparently, and a bunch of other stuff. 

[kelvinhall05]

Lattepanda. It's expensive but your best bet.

[realpetertdm]

Most one board computers under the $100 mark are not probaly the best for any kind of 3D game. Idk about the price to performance ratio but I found a $174 one board PC with a Celeron CPU

 

https://shop.udoo.org/usa/home/udoo-x86ii-advanced-plus.html