I need help Sup Forums. My 8yo nephew wants a console for Christmas, and I've been thinking about buying a raspberry pi 3 and installing retro pi.
What are some games I should install on the thing? I really don't know the best titles for old games since my childhood was just playing card games and d&d.
Also, any controller recommendations? Something wireless and that works well for all emulators would be better.
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fuck off retard and getting him a current console
emulators and cabinets are designated as something you should already have in your home that your nephew can enjoy when he visits
He asked specifically for a "nintendo" with super mario, yoshi world, and donkey kong country.
He was playing some emulators when he was visiting a friend.
You'll just disappoint him. It's not the same thing to a child.
As long as the raspberry works he isn't going to note the difference or give a shit.
Stop shilling for Nintendo, you filthy bastard. That fucker Iwata was never your friend, only someone who wanted your money.
Dude if my nephew played games on an emulator over at some friends house, probably with a shitty membrane keyboard, a raspberry pi 3 with emulators and a wii u wireless controller will be much better.
Have you ever considered the possibility that he might be asking for a console because he'd rather have the real thing over an emulator? If he wanted to I'm sure he could just download an emulator himself on whatever computers or tablets he has access to at home.
>If you disagree with me you're a shill
Fucking newfags.
Well I don't know
>21 games and no more for 150 bucks (thx scalperfags) but looks like an actual snes.
or
>Black box connected to tv that has all the fucking games you can get in 30gb (a lot). For many different consoles. Also wireless controller.
Gee I don't know man. Also, buying a modern console is not something I would do, he has 8 years he will be stuck forever on shit like breath of the wild or Mario odyssey. And games also cost a lung and a leg from where I'm from. Sure I can buy games here and send them back to them but its just so much trouble.
>child asks for a console
>neckbeard of an uncle gives him a emulator machine
You can't make this shit up.
Way to ruin his Christmas night.
>WHY AREN'T YOU BUYING HIM THE OFFICIAL NINTENDO LICENSED AND APPROVED SNES CLASSIC
>WHY AREN'T YOU GIVING NINTENDO MONEY
>WHY DO YOU HATE NINTENDO
You're looking at it practically, but you have to remember children don't do that. To them it's just as much the box as it is what's coming out of it.
>he has 8 years he will be stuck forever on shit like breath of the wild or Mario odyssey.
What does this even mean? He's not allowed to enjoy games from his generation?
I'm not telling you to buy him a Switch or an Xbox or something. You can buy an actual SNES for relatively cheap, as well as large bundles of games from online shops or even local hobby shops around you. SNES Classic's aren't actual consoles, either.
Imagine you were a kid back in the day and you asked your uncle for a Genesis, then Christmas rolls around and your uncle gives you a floppy disk with the word "Genesis" written on it. That's how your nephew is going to feel with a Raspberry Pi.
>Not using food analogy.
user?
do not fucking get him a pi what are you autistic????
You're looking at it practically, but you have to remember children don't do that.
by that logic, i believe the kid will want the system with 1000+ games over the system with 21 games
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8bitdo for controllers desu
>Thinking about all the petty personal shit in an adults perspective when a child asks for a colourful fun toy
These anons are correct fag, be nice to your nephew. Just get a snes classic its what he is asking for.
>by that logic, i believe the kid will want the system with 1000+ games over the system with 21 games
Then you clearly don't understand logic, because the fake system with 1000+ games is the more practical choice, i.e. the choice the kid won't make.
>i believe the kid will want the system with 1000+ games over the system with 21 games
The kid is gonna be smart enough to know that the games dont look like the games all the other kids are playing.
he isn't asking for new consoles dude, for a shitty minipc made by nintendo with 21 games. But we are discussing if a shitty minipc inside a snes replica case is better than a minipc with 1000+ games just because it doesn't look like an actual snes.
Isn't a wireless wii U controller better and more comfy to handle?
>What are some games I should install on the thing?
The entire SNES and NES libraries. They fit on the smallest SD card.
>user doesn't listen and gifts him a raspnerry pi
>LOL WTF IS THIS SHIT
>My uncle says it is better than any console
>LOOK AT THIS SHIT, it's barebones
>b-but it has many games
I think OP wants to scar him for life
I will buy a fucking case, its not the fucking end of the world.
Sorry, must've missed that. Well in that case, I think he should just get an SNES classic. For starters the kid is gonna want it to look like what he wanted. On top of that, it has a better UI than you can get with a Rasp Pi, and no troubleshooting ever.
If he ever wants new games you can just hack the SNES classic. win-win.
Whats with a hacked Wii?
Plays NES to Wii games and has a better UI than raspberry pi.
UI is pretty important for a kid i think
I don't know what you guys are saying but as a kid, I fell for the Chinese imitations just because they said they had 1000+ games, clearly, I was disappointed. But if I actually had hundreds and hundreds of actual good games for nes,snes,ps1,n64, and gba in a single stylish black box I would have been a happy kid.
OP THIS IS YOU, YOU FUCKIG FAG. YOU ARE EDDIE MURPHIES MOTHER. WATCH.
I don't know if you ever talked to other kids but they are brutal, they will tear him apart for everything that threatens their small brains, if you really want to gift him a Pi, don't tell anything you've told us about how it is better than anything official.
>hey should I get this Polystation II for my nephew who asked for a console for Christmas
OP didn't specify what he asked for actually
Don't you realize this is the same shit? You got a bootleg with hundreds of old games and felt disappointed, this kid will receive a bootleg with hundreds of old games as well.
>Gets error message
>Cannot troubleshoot because child doesn't understand how to fix it
Sometimes it's better to go with the simpler solution, despite what your autistic mind says about it, user.
buy him a real super famicom or snes with an everdrive, along with a crt display if he doesn't have one already. it will be one of the best presents he ever gets.
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He asked those games because he went over a friend's house and played some games on his dad's PC.
I just thought that more games and more consoles would be better.
You don't even need to get him a current console.
Get him a PS3 or a wii, and if you can't hack it he'll at least have loads of cheap games he can save his allowance for.
>along with a crt display
I'm sure his parents are gonna love you cluttering up their living space with shit.
Kids don't care about picture quality. Wait until he's a teenager before you start sperging out over that shit.
A 3DS or a WiiU would be infinitely better.
Maybe he hasn't been exposed to the current gen yet. Call me a shill or whatever, but I wouldn't buy a retro console for my nephews unless they have played both old and the latest games and they wanted the old ones.
Yeah... The thing is that me, my parents or my sister (single mom) is doing the best economically.
I just can't afford a switch. Trust me I would buy him the best console if I could, but I just can't afford to give him a present over 150 bucks.
>WiiU
Get him a fucking SNES Classic if he explicitly said he wants the old games.
Who's going to see it in his house? If it's his friends they'll instantly realize how superior it is after playing a few of the thousands of games that it has that the shit official thing doesn't.
Not that guy but I got snes9x as a birthday present long ago and I was very happy with it.
crts don't have to be huge. I have a 12 inch one on my desk right now. I don't know what tv the kid has at home, but with a lot of the modern ones, these old games are pretty much unplayable.
You give a kid a Raspberry Pi with whole libraries pre installed and you'll just spoil him for choice.
>Four adults are unable to pool together $300
Sounds like poor planning more than anything, and I grew up dirt poor so don't give me none of that shit.
Kmart still has layaway, you know.
A lot of modern TVs have game modes that make input lag almost non-existent for vidya. A kid wouldn't notice the VERY subtle difference.
it depends and we don't know what he has. it is just a gift suggestion anyway. you don't have to make such a big deal about it.
I like the idea of pre-selecting suitable games for him. Whether they come on an everdrive or legit, don't just give him the whole library. It's 90% shit.
I see. I don't interact with kids much so I don't know what they generally like. Taking a stab at the dark I would guess that platformers like Donkey Kong Country would be something they might like. It's simple in mechanics yet challenging with different types of obstacles. If your nephew has some experience with games he may be able to tackle JRPGs like Chrono Trigger and FF6.
This, and if you really want to you can hack the thing and put more games on it.
You think you're being clever with raspberry pi (god I fucking hate this things name) but you're just doing this
>JRPGs like Chrono Trigger and FF6.
eh, i don't know if kids nowadays have the patience for that. Remember, back in the day those games were "cinematic experiences", now every game has a story and cutscenes and whatnot. They'll just find the gameplay bizarre and abstract.
This reminds me of a thread at some point where some user was furious and totally seething about the fact that his little kid cousin didn't consider Super Metroid a magnus opus and rather play Halo instead.
Wii would be great. He'd just need to get a classic controller and hack it. Plus game stores probably sell actual Wii games for pennies. Only downside would be that other kids would make fun of him for getting that instead of a a PS4 or Xbone
The thing is that he hasn't play any actual games yet, only phone trash puzzle games. Donkey kong country and Yoshi's island are his first experience with gaming.
He is actually coming over next year and I would try to see if he is ready for big JRPGs and teach him how to play them.
My sister and my parents already bought their gifts, they left that one to me since I'm the guy that knows about vidya in the family.
and I'm not someone that can just take 400 dollars out his pocket easily dude.
What do you mean what games? Just put the entire library on there and get a usb nes/snes controller.
More like install emulators on a raspberry pi and never play them.
Better get him an used thinkpad user bros. x230 would be good. Enough power, durable, and infinitely more useful than that micro-""""pc"""".