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What stick should I get? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So I'm looking for a stick for my brother in law. He has some old firesticks, older models. But if that won't work, I'm looking for a stick that can run retroarch, up to PS2, and uses bluetooth to allow the PS5 controller to connect.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's what I suggested.

He then sent me THIS LINK and said he was looking at this.

He's dead set on a stick format. I look at those controllers, and assume they play like shit. The crazy thing is, unlike me, he actually knows how to use and navigate linux.

I have a raspberry pi 4, that I want to like, but I can't figure linux out to turn the damn fan on. So mine sits, mostly unused. Whereas he would know what he's doing. He's a software developer by trade.

But he wants a stick. So I'm hoping someone knows what to do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let him get a stick then and laugh when his PS2 games run at 2fps. Simply isn't possible yet in stick format. Rpi4 won't even do PS2 in playable framerates

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Rpi4 won't even do PS2 in playable framerates

I don't have a Pi 5 to try (I've just got a Pi 4), but apparently PS2 is doable, at least for some games: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/1bekm56/playstation_2_emulation_on_raspberry_pi_5/kv261pp/ (sorry for Reddit link)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So...get him this stick. It even says in the product pictures: Perfect Gift For All Ages I suspect your brother-in-law is of any age so it fits.