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submitted 4 days ago by Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca to c/emulation@lemmy.ml

For a while now I've wanted to pick up a hacked SNES or Raspberry Pi in a small SNES case to emulate my favorite games on my TV. It's both for me, and for my daughter (5) who has successfully played games like Spyro Reignited with little help from me. I think SNES would be an incredible entry point for her. That said, after some digging it looks like a Gen2 Amazon Firestick may be the better option?

Just hoping to get some advice on the simplest, most straight-forward option for me to play SNES ROMs on my smart TV, with support for two controllers. I'm even open to buying a complete package with the work already done for me, so long as I can add ROMs of my choice to it. I just don't know where to get something like that, and everything I've searched looks a little overwhelming to put together. I'm fairly tech-savvy, but I don't know that I'm up to the task of physically assembling devices and circuit boards like some of these kits seem to require.

Your advice is greatly appreciated!

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[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I have a Hisense Google TV, so it may be on Android-based? I never considered looking for an emulator on the TV itself. Not sure how to add ROMs to my TV, but I can certainly store them on the flash drive I've been using for movies and shows.

[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Sounds like usual android tv go to play market install any file explorer which support ftp server then connect to it remotly upload apk file from website of retroarch and upload roms either in same way and then install apk retroarch from gui of file explorer and then it will appear on in ur apps list

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Holy shit! What an absolute game-changer this was. I had no idea I could install Snes9x directly to my TV. Was a bit tricky getting it to recognize the ROM directory, but everything is running now. Just waiting on some wireless SNES controllers to come tomorrow. The old USB one I have has been difficult to get working. Any time I hit B or Start it opens YouTube. I've tried absolutely everything in the input config. I think it's just old and wonky.

Anyway, thank you so much!

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