


These can be turned off and the input lag is reduced a LOT. There are several options that are turned on by default that add a lot of input lag. The gain in performance is pretty nice and many games go from working with sound glitches to working perfectly (even Arcade). It’s safe but you’ll need a heatsink and a fan for the device to stay cool. I spent 6 months testing all sort of things to improve the games and I’m pretty happy with the results. The reason for this is because people have different standards so you may see a game that says “OK” in the spreadsheet but in reality it has sound issues or whatever or a game that says “Don’t work” but it worked just fine for me (happened a lot with PSX).Īs for the second part of your post, I can only talk about my personal experience. Personally, I don’t trust them and test everything myself. There are compatibility lists for many systems on their site. The PI is a nice little machine but as I said earlier, be prepared to spend a loooot of time tinkering with it. Same goes for some shmups.įinal Burn Alpha will cover 80% of your roms and the remaining 20% will be scattered across different version of mame (mostly mame2003). For example, Midway games like Mortal Kombat don’t work on FBA but they run fine on Mame2003. If a game runs slow or have glitches, you need to try that game on Mame2003. Anything from NeoGeo, CPS 1-2-3, 80’s games, etc. It’s updated to the latest version so all the game fixes are up to date. If you’re insterested in doing this, keep in mind that you’ll have to do quite a lot of tinkering if you want your games to be just right.įinal Burn Alpha is the PI’s main emulator and you should prioritize it over any other. Arcade can be a little bit tricky on the PI because there are many different versions of mame (each with their own specific romset) and some games work great in some and horrible in others.
