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What stick should I get? (self.retrogaming)
submitted 5 months ago by Lost_My_Mind to c/retrogaming
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So I'm looking for a stick for my brother in law. He has some old firesticks, older models. But if that won't work, I'm looking for a stick that can run retroarch, up to PS2, and uses bluetooth to allow the PS5 controller to connect.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

Get a Raspberry Pi 5 or a mini PC instead of a stick, or something FPGA-based like a MiSTer if you don't mind spending some money.

Pi 5 isn't too expensive. Raspberry Pi 4 was already pretty good for emulation, and the Pi 5 is noticeably faster than the Pi 4.

Firestick is way too underpowered to emulate PS2 games. At best you're going to get N64 and PS1 with inconsistent frame rates. It'd work fine with NES, SNES, Sega Genesis etc though.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That's what I suggested.

He then sent me THIS LINK and said he was looking at this.

He's dead set on a stick format. I look at those controllers, and assume they play like shit. The crazy thing is, unlike me, he actually knows how to use and navigate linux.

I have a raspberry pi 4, that I want to like, but I can't figure linux out to turn the damn fan on. So mine sits, mostly unused. Whereas he would know what he's doing. He's a software developer by trade.

But he wants a stick. So I'm hoping someone knows what to do.

[–] EarMaster 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

So...get him this stick. It even says in the product pictures: Perfect Gift For All Ages I suspect your brother-in-law is of any age so it fits.

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