Important Note: Gameplay is faster for the Android gaming portion, the built-in screen recording on Android isn't great. 😢😢 Keep an eye out for my follow-up PS2, GC, and Wii emulation showcases with the Pi 5.

BEST PIE REVIEW ON THE INTERNET. Change my mind. - Stubbs

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Stubbs! 🙏

@kreatur3able

6 ай бұрын

It's the first review I've seen that made me want to toss android on mine to tinker with. I will agree with you sir. 🤘🏻

Your videos are excellent. Im a big fan of retro game corps and saw your video on the RP4pro and watched it. You do an excellent job of being extremely informative yet not overwhelming for someone that is a noob like i am to the Raspberry Pie. Impressive little board if you're able to get it for msrp. Ive always read horror stories regarding getting a pie so hopefully the stock issue gets fixed with the latest here

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a really kind comment. Thank you for that, it means a lot to me and I'm so happy that you found your way to my channel. I'll actually be meeting Russ in-person during my trip to CES. 🙏 Yea, I'm hoping things will be better for the Pi 5. It's good to see that you can at least pre-order them for an upcoming shipment.

Great review!

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great name 😁😁😉

bort a pi 5 few weeks ago and am loving it... run a few linux distros and andriod 14 working just great... cheers

Great video! I hadn't really thought about trying android on mine. Ive used batocera with good results. Going to have to poke at android now!

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Yesss, do it! 🙏 Android is pretty solid, I suggest using a KB/Mouse just to get things setup (helps get around the lack of a touchscreen). Plus you get to try out some of the native Android games with controller support!

@kreatur3able

6 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad I am going to toss it in another SD card as soon as I'm home. This was my traffic time video to watch haha. It'll give me a reason to finally use my 8bitdo keyboard. Haha

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Have fun! Let me know what you think of Android 🙏

Hopefully once i get a job here soon I can try and get a pi5 this year

@retrotechdad

5 ай бұрын

I'm hoping that they can keep stock up as well. 🙏

Thanks for the video! What are monitor specs btw? 2K?

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! 🙏 No, it's nothing fancy, just 1080p. I got it since it's a matte screen, easier to record off-screen with: amzn.to/3S21gUx I had another one that is waayyy too glossy. 😅

Nice to hear a Burnout Revenge reference. Such a great game.

@retrotechdad

5 ай бұрын

🤗🤗One of my absolute favorite racing game franchise! 🔥

Question 🤔 on the pi case, could you maybe turn around the fan ceiling and have both fans in the case? 1 blowing on the CPU and 1 on the heat sink pins? Or would the pins interfere with the fan?

are there any viable pi-powered gaming handhelds?

@kreatur3able

6 ай бұрын

Not yet. This thing is still super new and most people are still having trouble getting one as they are still shipping batches from pre-order. Will be some out eventually I'm sure. Just like with all the previous and weaker pi boards.

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

There were some interesting ones for the older models and I'm sure we will see some cool projects come out for the Pi 5. The eventual new version of the compute module will be much more interesting for a handheld project.

@kreatur3able

6 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad I have high hopes for that when we see it!

@eonbree8593

6 ай бұрын

i really hope to see one soon. i cant seem to get n64 to run on my rg36s

IDK how they still can't get the production numbers to meet demand. I ordered mine at the beginning of December. Might get it by the end of April but will probably be early May. Orange Pi 5 is the same price, has double the cores and an integral TPU. I will have to spend around $50 on a Coral TPU and a hat to do any ML projects on the Pi. I was strongly considering canceling my order and getting an Orange Pi 5 but I keep seeing reports of all kinds of issues that would have to be dealt with. I want to use a SBC for development projects, not spend a bunch of time figuring out how to make the SBC work right. I found a decent print file for a case based on the MicroCenter one that gives good access to the GPIO pins. This may be the official case but looks like cooling would suck. The one I'm planning to use has an intake right over the official cooler fan and can exhaust out the GPIO window, giving a better cooling effect. This case has a tiny little slit that has to handle both intake and exhaust which just never works well. There will be considerable hot air recirculation through the cooler. While emulation isn't a major focus of mine, I'm planning to eventually turn the Pi5 into a cyberdeck and it is nice to know I'll be able to do some gaming on it. I was left wondering if DOSBox or some other emulator could allow for older PC games to be emulated...

I am a beginner and just want to use it as little desktop pc and emulate PS1 and maybie. I use ubuntu. But i can‘t run a Single Game. 12 hours for nothing. Can you do a Tutorial how to install and run a Emulator on the pi?

I don't know if it's just because the video was recorded this way, but it looks like Diablo Immortal is running at 10 - 15 FPS. I wouldn't personally consider that playable. I was just a bit confused because said it was running "quite well".

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

It’s the built in screen recording of Android, which is why I did off-screen for emulation testing. The game is definitely playable.

I just got mine and waiting for more OS gaming options. Haven't tried pi OS yet.

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

I’m surprised how many there are right now. I’m liking Android a lot for gaming but I still want to check out some more. 🙏

@born-again-nerd5537

6 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad yeah I do like using android for some of my handhelds - I can switch back forth to whichever game I want to play - lots of tinkering.

Is it good with the Saturn?

Would Shadow Of Rome be playable on RP5?

Dope vid dad. The Pi team needs to bring more to the table when you can get a base odin2 with 8gb ram and a docking station that can play the basically the entire PS2 and Gamecube library. Hell even the upcoming RP4 Pro with the Dimensity D1100 can play way more and is only slightly more expensive than this Pi 5. Right now they're just too behind performance wise compared to everything that's out or coming out shortly. Thanks for the review tho!

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Yea, there's a lot of competition out there nowadays. It's still cool to see what this is doing for $60 but we are definitely getting up there in price which makes one consider other options.

@wopino

6 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad deff impressed by the price to performance

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

BTW, forgot to thank you for commenting! 😅🙏❤️

@tabletaccountforyoutube

6 ай бұрын

That's the trade off for getting something that has open source drivers at least. The Raspberry Pi is extremely weak, but it's very well supported. I don't think it's a good emulation device at all in this day and age though. Especially since you can't really buy one for the price they're asking, most resellers are selling them for $100 and higher.

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Well said, and it's exactly what made the Pi 4 very popular but like the Pi 5 is already showing, it's extremely difficult to get one for the asking price. The other issue is that now the Pi 5 starting price is higher than what it was with the Pi 4. I am still excited/curious to see where things go with the Pi 5 once more people get their hands on one.

How to play the games ? Batocera and than android 14 install? Ok and how to play games like outrun?

@retrotechdad

5 ай бұрын

I personally like Android for gaming right now. You can download most of the emulators right from the Play store. I've actually got a dedicated Gamecube emulation video coming up shortly. 🙏

@Bazakilouis

5 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad ok thanks. And then I need to find those racing games in apk file?

Can it run halo combat evolved with the xemu emulator?

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

Great question! I only started to briefly mess around with XEMU in Ubuntu but I will try to follow up with you. 🙏

@hotsocks5684

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Great review you earned a sub!

@javiersaenz1040

6 ай бұрын

The original Xbox is a hard system to emulate because it has PC hardware. You can upgrade the CPU, RAM, and hard drive in the original Xbox and output games in 720p. I don't think the Raspberry 5 can't emulate the original Xbox.

how well does minecraft plays on android?

The RPI5 strikes a good balance between price and performance but it feels a bit behind the curve compared to the hardware that came out after the RPI4. It's also pretty much impossible to obtain one. I think it'll be really interesting when the compute module version arrives and then we'll start seeing interesting kits for handheld gaming.

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

I have very similar thoughts as well. There's been A LOT of competition after the Pi 4. It's also a shame that the 5 is already showing signs of being plagued by the same supply issues.

@harleyn3089

6 ай бұрын

There are currently 4 vendors on rpilocator that have them in stock for immediate shipment. The two in the UK ship to most of the world including the U.S. It has been in stock continuously since about the 26th of December. It's not a supply issue, it's a demand issue. They have manufactured over half a million so far, it's just extremely popular. If you define competition as "something in the same segment that has any chance of selling as much", the Raspberry Pi has no competition.

RP4 yuzu? 🐥 Today

"cheap pack of sdcards" - not advisable if you want fast disk access

@retrotechdad

6 ай бұрын

It’s meant to be that micro SD cards are cheap nowadays, even high quality ones which is what I’m using.

@kreatur3able

6 ай бұрын

Cheap cards are great for testing purposes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Still weaker than orange pi counterpart

@retrotechdad

5 ай бұрын

The Orange Pi is such a good value for the performance.

@andresfelipegaspar2980

5 ай бұрын

@@retrotechdad sadly support is kinda missing