I may be wrong, and this is only from a blog I read a little ago now
but there are various issues with the pie at the time of freading
which was at the end of last year beginning of this.
The most serious one is that the firmware after a sertain version
makes things access wize break.
Also since the graphics and sound go through one channel you can
only process one sound or image at once not both.
The pie does have its own linux distribution and aparently you need
to gget ubuntu or something more accessable for it.
you also need an eduino to program it aparently.
It can be used but the processer power is not that great, its
primary use is for kids and testing things, fiddling with things but
as a primary or gaming box it was not that great at the time I read
the digitaldarragh.com blog last year though I am not sure since then.
At 03:50 p.m. 27/10/2014, you wrote:
It sounds like a $25 or $35 Raspberry Pi unit could serve as a
custom console. You'd need to hook up a USB power supply (such as
certain phone-chargers) and a USB keyboard, then either plug in some
headphones or connect the HDMI output to your home stereo system.
Depending on the game, you could also add a mouse or USB game-pad.
Game authors could either provide the game's image file and have you
write it to your own SD card, or they could charge more for
pre-formatted SD cards much like the old Atari or NES cartridges.
You'd then just plug in the card, power on the system, and you're
right into the game.
The $35 unit has a built-in network adapter which could provide for
networked games. The common hardware along with the included Linux
system image would allow the game authors to ensure the same
experience for everyone.
Authors could even release multi-game packs that would boot into a
menu where you can choose one of multiple games and then have that
game launched.
Just throwing ideas out on the table...
-tim
On 2014-10-26 21:17, Josh k wrote:
> too bad there's not some sort of custom console OS that you flash
> onto your console and once flashed, the console is accessible with
> accessible games you can buy from between $5 and $20 or so. I would
> love that!
>
> On 10/26/2014 7:35 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> > Hello Josh,
> >
> > Actually, they do mod the console games in a lot of cases. More
> > and more console games are being modded and customized than you
> > might think.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> >
> > On 10/26/14, Josh k <joshknnd1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> but the hard core gamers cannot mod their games with a console.
> >> you cannot make game mods.
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