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by penguinlinux 1837 days ago
this could be a great project. also the raspberry pi is very affordable. However, i think the best raspberry pi would be the raspberry pi 3 as the raspberry pi 4 requires a different ac adapter with usbc c and also a special hdmi cable so that increases the price of entry.

Even writing a game system for the raspberry pi zero w would be amazing.
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alehyze 1837 days ago
True.

The fact is that the zero does not have the computing power I want. The 3 does not have USB3 and that is a big issue for another reason.

It has to be the raspberry pi 4 :-)

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stuaxo 1837 days ago
Better to aim for the 4, as I assume it'll take some time to get everything done, the price will come down later on anyway.
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alehyze 1836 days ago
At the moment there is no "price", as there is nothing to sell :-)

I am only looking for people's opinions now

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vizzah 1836 days ago
You should turn it into the project.

I miss that mojo of old simple games. Never thought latency on modern OSes could be a barrier.

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alehyze 1836 days ago
Latency is a huge barrier, and it does not come only from OSes.

For example, modern television sets have a "gaming" mode because in normal mode they somehow process the video frames to make them look better, in a way that introduces latency.

Someone who works on audio software told me that audio over bluetooth has a very high latency too.

There are several bits that can introduce latency in a system. The OS is the part that software developers can adjust and improve.

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