Reply To: Raspberry-pi 2 compatibility

[Anonymous]

I got my Pi2 a few days back. Got a chance last night to backup my roms and hori controller configs from the B+ in preparation for a wipe and install of Buzz’s image (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_knGioK16E6c0d4MDZCRUlqclU/view?usp=sharing).

So, first things first.. Thanks Buzz, the image works like a charm! the Pi2 boots much faster than my old B+ and plays ALL the roms I’ve tested.

Now, the games..

Metal Slug’s – I love them and use the FBA emulator to play them. Prior the B+ 2 to 5 exhibited some slowdown/choppy sound in certain parts of the games – NO longer with Pi2 the games are smooth and play extremely well with the arcade stick!! I’m really impressed and this alone justified the purchase :)

N64 – Could never get a rom to load on the old B+; roms load and play fine (tested Mario64 & some snowboarding game)

SNES – Tested yoshi’s island and starfox as neither of these were really playable on the B+; now they are! they work flawlessly. Starfox still has the original slowdown that I experienced on the console as a kid but that was expected.

MAME – Tested a few roms and found they were faster to load, and felt smoother without sound issues (had sound issues with TMNT in Time & Simpsons before)

All in all worth the upgrade and switching from B+ to Pi2 was very easy.