Raspi 4 Questions + N64?

[ElTurbo]

Hi everyone.

The last time I went to check compatibility of the Raspberry Pi 4 is (almost literally) ages ago. Does it run (smoothly) now? And how much RAM should I have?

And how well does the Raspi 4 handle N64 Games now? Since they were completely unplayable on Raspi 3...

Thanks in advance.

[RustyMG]

Hi,
I tested the entire ROMSET (yeah, I know....) and had about, hmm.....60 to 70 N64 games that played at full speed full frame rate with no frameskips etc on my Pi3.
In fact, some are even (just) playable on my Pi2, so not sure what ones you were trying !
I have just over 200 games now running great on the Pi4.

Technically, any Pi with 1 gig will run fine, but unless you start messing with scripts, it will not increase the video ram allocation of you have more than 2 gig. I have a 4gig one simply as I got it cheaper than the 2 gig.

[ElTurbo]

I see.

I remember having tried a few games, I had here... Mischief Makers, Snowboard Kids and F-Zero X and they all didn’t run like... at all.

At the moment I have a Raspi Pi 3B and am thinking about an upgrade especially for the N64 games.

[RustyMG]

@ElTurbo The following run at full or near full speed on my Pi4.
Thought I had a list of the PS3 ones, but cant find it just now.....

Goldeneye still runs like $hit, but, everyone who sees my Pi4 setup wants to try it, so its there.....

007 - The World is Not Enough (U).zip
1080 Snowboarding (JU).zip
AeroFighters Assault (U).zip
AeroGauge (U).zip
Airboarder 64 (E).zip
All Star Tennis '99 (U).zip
All-Star Baseball 2000 (U).zip
Army Men - Air Combat (U).zip
Army Men - Sarge's Heroes (U).zip
Asteroids Hyper 64 (U).zip
Automobili Lamborghini (U).zip
Baku Bomberman 2 (J).zip
Banjo-Kazooie (U) (V1.1).zip
Bassmasters 2000 (U).zip
Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker (U).zip
BattleTanx - Global Assault (U).zip
BattleTanx (U).zip
Beetle Adventure Racing! (U).zip
Big Mountain 2000 (U).zip
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. (U).zip
Blast Corps (U) (V1.0).zip
Body Harvest (U).zip
Bomberman Hero (U).zip
Buck B*mble (U).zip
Bug's Life, A (U).zip
Bust-A-Move 2 - Arcade Edition (U).zip
Bust-A-Move '99 (U).zip
California Speed (U).zip
Carmageddon 64 (U).zip
Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness (U).zip
Castlevania (U) (V1.0).zip
Centre Court Tennis (E).zip
Charlie Blast's Territory (U).zip
Chopper Attack (U).zip
CyberTiger (U).zip
Dance Dance Revolution - Disney Dancing Museum (J).zip
Dark Rift (U).zip
Diddy Kong Racing (U) (V1.1).zip
Disney's Donald Duck - Goin' Quackers (U).zip
Disney's Tarzan (U).zip
Donkey Kong 64 (E) [f1] (Boot&Save).zip
Doom 64 (U).zip
Dual Heroes (U).zip
Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck (U).zip
Duke Nukem - Zero Hour (U).zip
Duke Nukem 64 (U).zip
Earthworm Jim 3D (U).zip
ECW Hardcore Revolution (U).zip
Elmo's Letter Adventure (U).zip
F-1 World Grand Prix (U).zip
Fighter's Destiny (U).zip
Frogger 2 (U).zip
F-ZERO X (U).zip
Gex 3 - Deep Cover Gecko (U).zip
Gex 64 - Enter the Gecko (U).zip
Goemon's Great Adventure (U).zip
Golden Nugget 64 (U).zip
GoldenEye 007 (U).zip
Harvest Moon 64 (U).zip
Hercules - The Legendary Journeys (U).zip
Hexen (U).zip
Hoshi no Kirby 64 (J).zip
Hybrid Heaven (U).zip
Hydro Thunder (U).zip
Iggy's Reckin' B***s (U).zip
Indy Racing 2000 (U).zip
Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 (U).zip
John Romero's Daikatana (U).zip
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (U).zip
Killer Instinct Gold (U).zip
Kirby 64 - The Crystal Shards (U).zip
Knife Edge - Nose Gunner (U).zip
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time - Master Quest (U) (GC).zip
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (U) (GC).zip
Lode Runner 3-D (U).zip
Looney Tunes - Duck Dodgers (E).zip
Lylat Wars (E).zip
Mace - The Dark Age (U).zip
Mario Kart 64 (U).zip
Mario Party (U).zip
Mario Party 2 (U).zip
Mario Party 3 (U).zip
Mega Man 64 (U).zip
Micro Machines 64 Turbo (U).zip
Mike Piazza's Strike Zone (U).zip
Milo's Astro Lanes (U).zip
Mortal Kombat 4 (U).zip
Mortal Kombat Mythologies - Sub-Zero (U).zip
Mortal Kombat Trilogy (U).zip
Ms. Pac-Man - Maze Madness (U).zip
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (U).zip
Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (U).zip
NASCAR 2000 (U).zip
New Tetris, The (U).zip
Nuclear Strike 64 (U).zip
O.D.T. (U).zip
Operation WinBack (E).zip
Paper Mario (U).zip
Penny Racers (U).zip
Perfect Dark (U).zip
Pokemon Puzzle League (U).zip
Pokemon Stadium (U).zip
Powerpuff Girls, The - Chemical X-Traction (U).zip
Puzzle Bobble 64 (J).zip
Quake 64 (U).zip
Quake II (U).zip
Quest 64 (U).zip
Rakuga Kids (E).zip
Rampage - World Tour (U).zip
Rampage 2 - Universal Tour (U).zip
Rat Attack (U).zip
Rayman 2 - The Great Escape (U).zip
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - Round 2 (U).zip
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (U).zip
Re-Volt (U).zip
Road Rash 64 (U).zip
Robotron 64 (U).zip
Rocket - Robot on Wheels (U).zip
RR64 - Ridge Racer 64 (U).zip
Rugrats - Scavenger Hunt (U).zip
San Francisco Rush - Extreme Racing (U).zip
San Francisco Rush 2049 (U).zip
Scooby-Doo! - Classic Creep Capers (U).zip
Shadow Man (U).zip
Snowboard Kids (U).zip
Snowboard Kids 2 (U).zip
South Park - Chef's Luv Shack (U).zip
South Park (U).zip
Space Invaders (U).zip
Space Station Silicon Valley (U).zip
Spider-Man (U).zip
Star Wars Episode I - Racer (U).zip
StarCraft 64 (U).zip
Super Mario 64 (U).zip
Super Mario 64 (USA) with optimize patch.zip
Super Smash Bros. (U).zip
Superman (U).zip
Tetris 64 (J).zip
Tetrisphere (U).zip
Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry (U).zip
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (U).zip
Tonic Trouble (U) (V1.1).zip
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (U).zip
Top Gear Rally (U).zip
Toy Story 2 (U).zip
Turok - Dinosaur Hunter (U).zip
Turok - Rage Wars (U).zip
Turok 2 - Seeds of Evil (U).zip
Turok 3 - Shadow of Oblivion (U).zip
Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding (U).zip
Virtual Chess 64 (U).zip
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (U).zip
WCW vs. nWo - World Tour (U).zip
WCW-nWo Revenge (U).zip
WinBack - Covert Operations (U).zip
Wipeout 64 (U).zip
Worms - Armageddon (U).zip
WWF - War Zone (U).zip
WWF Attitude (U).zip
WWF No Mercy (U).zip
WWF WrestleMania 2000 (U).zip
Xena Warrior Princess - The Talisman of Fate (U).zip
Yoshi's Story (U).zip

[ElTurbo]

Oh wow. Those are quite a lot, actually. Too bad Mischief Makers and Banjo Tooie aren’t part of that List. But thanks a lot.

[adam0509]

European games usually works better, because it's 50Hz and not 60Hz so it's less demanding.

That's a game changer for some games and especially for Raspberry Pi3

https://youtu.be/Dr2KyPBDFXc?t=664

P.S : I may recommend lr-mupen64plus-next for Starcraft

P.S 2 : In fact I recommend it for all games, this is probably the most up to date