Is the rasberry pi a+ good enough for emulation?

[Johntheawesomeguy]

hi guys, I am working on a project: to make a handheld emulation console, but I want to know if this raspberry pi will run emulators and roms well. Thank you!

[ItsFTP]

Maybe stella for atari should run fine but not much else.

[Suffokation]

Gameboy, Atari.

Nothing else.

[AnnoyedShelf]

hi guys, I am working on a project: to make a handheld emulation console, but I want to know if this raspberry pi will run emulators and roms well. Thank you!

It'll run MAME extremely well, Ben Heck demonstrated that with his "Raspberry Pi Portable" videos.

[zonahbear]

An A+ came out? Last time I checked there was an A, B, B+, and the 2.

[jamajka000]

An A+ came out? Last time I checked there was an A, B, B+, and the 2.

A+ came out before B+. It's just smaller A

[cragger89]

Check this for inspiration.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrEj1aQRbpw

 

Very tempted to do something similar myself.

[hassanul]

Yes. Why not? MAME has excellent compatibility

[Charlie Clarke]

hi guys, I am working on a project: to make a handheld emulation console, but I want to know if this raspberry pi will run emulators and roms well. Thank you!

My raspi b+ runs snes games with great looking colors and anything like gba games it can run too. Honestly with a pair of usb snes controllers it sits under my tv and works perfectly for my idea of emulation. Playing space invaders and mario kart for the snes with the family is fun

[Charlie Clarke]

An A+ came out? Last time I checked there was an A, B, B+, and the 2.

There is A, and A+ with 256mb ram, Then B and B+ with 512mb ram, and then the Pi 2 B with 1Gb ram and a quad core

[Johntheawesomeguy]

My raspi b+ runs snes games with great looking colors and anything like gba games it can run too. Honestly with a pair of usb snes controllers it sits under my tv and works perfectly for my idea of emulation. Playing space invaders and mario kart for the snes with the family is fun

so should I go with the b+ instead? the reason though I wanted the A+ was because it's so tiny, the b+ though is slightly bigger

[yoshimitsu666]

They're all freaking tiny dude, I wouldn't worry about size with any of em. I have one (can't remember model but it's got more ram, think it was second gen) and it's small enough in the case to carry in a pocket. 

[babadoctor]

raspberry pi a+ is 23 grams vs 45 grams A, B, B+ plus 2 inches shorter

[Charlie Clarke]

so should I go with the b+ instead? the reason though I wanted the A+ was because it's so tiny, the b+ though is slightly bigger

Unless you are seriously restricted for space it is only $10 more and about 1-2inches longer and it packs way more power

[Technous285]

Unless you are seriously restricted for space it is only $10 more and about 1-2inches longer and it packs way more power

And have to desolder the Ethernet port (which takes up a USB 2.0 connection on the chipset), along with probably having to desolder than reattach the double-stacked USB ports? Yeah, no. Ben learnt that the A/A+ is better for a handheld design than the B/B+ was, when he made his FIRST Raspberry Pi Portable.

In fact, one of the first things he commented about when making the SECOND Pi Portable (video linked above) was learning the hardway that he should have used a Model A instead of the Model B for the original, which is why the second version uses an A+ not a B+.

[Guest]

Gameboy, Atari.

Nothing else.

He may be able to run SNES games but NES will work just fine. 

[TetraSky]

Eh, might as well just buy some cheap chinese android tablet/phone off ebay for under $50, at least you will be able to run more than Atari games.