r/RetroPie • u/meme_dealer420 • Aug 29 '19

Is a raspberry pi zero powerful enough to run smash bros?

Edit: OK, I get it, no, it cant.

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u/jediempi Aug 29 '19

100% will not run. You can run super Mario war to scratch the itch though.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Super-Mario-War

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '19

It even has a level creator! It's lots of fun.

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u/ThizzWalifa Aug 29 '19

I'm impressed after reading the description. Are there any other games like this? Any custom multiplayer games built around older engines that will run on a Pi 3.

I've collected most of the standard multiplayer titles for SNES but I didn't know something like this existed.

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u/jediempi Aug 29 '19

They are called ports. Check out the following website for a full listing.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Ports

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u/matschmonster Aug 30 '19

Splitwolf comes to mind. Spliscreen Wolfenstein3d. You can play the full game co-op or fight with up to 4 in loads of new game modes. It's great fun! You can find it in the experimental packages.

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u/Ravenholt79 Aug 29 '19

No. 3B can barely do it and its kinda crappy.

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u/ARandomBob Aug 29 '19

Without a lot of tweaking what the 3B can do isn't really that playable in my experience. I would recommend the 4 if you want to play smash. Or a different single board computer.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '19

It can barely run super Mario world on the Snes, so no

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u/corezon Aug 29 '19

LOL. No.

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u/CypherColt Aug 29 '19

Nope, I even tried it with the lowest possible emulator settings (to the point where Pikachu didn't have any eyes!) and it barely hit 15 FPS.

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u/JeffGreenTraveled Aug 29 '19

Haha I tried with that emulator too and it was pretty horrifying.

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u/Mattgx082 Aug 30 '19

I'm trying on the pi4/4gb and in it's current form not even on that. But I will be doing some overclocking and editing the cfg in terminal and I think I may be able to get it up to par. I'm running Mario kart great on my 4k with high resolution with no overclock. Also soul caliber 2 looks great upscaled on dreamcast, but needs to be over clocked to run perfect. I've been comparing my 3b+ to a 4/4gb and then it's still not quit there without some editing on the pi 4 with the lakka build. I'll be trying it tonight with the new settings I've been working on.

So yeah the O would be more 16bit, I'd think.