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by pcloadletter 4561 days ago
Question: I would love to have the following setup: a chromecast-style dongle running some emulator with a bunch of roms, plugged into the HDMI port of a tv; a couple of wifi controllers to play. Is it possible?
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Tepix 4561 days ago
It's called Raspberry Pi. Check out PiMAME or RetroPie. The Raspberry Pi can emulate a lot of the stuff out there. Most of the things it can't emulate are too recent anyway.
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kyriakos 4561 days ago
you beat me to it. I just logged in to post about raspberry pi. any idea what wireless controllers are supported?

additionally most chinese android tv dongles can run mame games.

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joshu 4561 days ago
Does it HAVE to be a dongle? The Ouya works great for this.
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transitionality 4561 days ago
A softmodded Wii will easily do this, and you can get them secondhand for cheap these days.
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