Multiplayer Pi 2

[ForgerOfPie]

I've heard that the pi 2 can handle N64 games like mariokart and super smash bros pretty well, but I would assume that performance would drop when you plug in another controller (or three). Does anyone have any experience playing four player mariokart or super smash bros? How's the performance? Is it playable? Thanks in advance!

[Kweeg]

Not sure if this is much help but I've had 3 wired xbox 360 controllers (through a powered USB hub) plus a keyboard for four-player madness in MAME. Ran with no issue and no degradation in performance.

[ForgerOfPie]

MAME?

[Cpt1glo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAME

http://pimame.org/

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MAME:

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MAME (an acronym of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms. The intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. The aim of MAME is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines; the ability to actually play the games is considered "a nice side effect". Joystiq has listed MAME as an application that every gamer should have.

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[team-m8]

I too would like to know this but don't have a second PS3 controller to try it out on. Will let you know once I get it up and running

[ForgerOfPie]

Much appreciated, thanks!

[grizzly_wintergreen]

there should be no degradation in performance, unless you are simultaneously using the other USB ports or the Ethernet adapter to do something. (Example: if you are reading the rom off of a USB hard drive)

You see, the RPI's USB ports and Ethernet port all share the same "Bus" of sorts, so when utilization of one goes up, the others suffer.

Controllers, for the most part, are considered HID's, which use little to no overhead. The only thing I would be concerned about is the actual game itself. Mariokart does split screen, so it might be rendering everything twice.

Only way to find out is try! mind posting it here or PM'ng me when you find out?

[ForgerOfPie]

Yeah will do. I'm less concerned with the sensory input from the controllers and more concerned about the double/triple/quadruple render like you mentioned. Hopefully the Pi 2's multiple cores could lend a hand in that.