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!
Well if ur smart TV based on android just install retroarch and install emulator of SNES in there and then upload Roms that it.connect Bluetooth gamepad and here we go :) I am myself playing ps1 games on my smart TV box
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.
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
Easiest? An SNES Classic if you can find one for sale. It is really just a trivially hackable linux pc that comes with SNES controllers and has a nice interface. For something you can definitely buy new and don’t want to have to hack anything, probably a steam deck with the dock and a controller because of how easy it is to set up. All of those options are much more expensive than something like a raspberry pi with retropie, but they are easier.
All of the SNES Classics I’ve found are either counterfeits, or listed on marketplace for $200, stating that they usually sell for $400, so I have to assume those are probably counterfeit as well. It sucks because I remember seeing one years back at a Bed Bath & Beyond of all places, but wasn’t financially stable enough at the time to sensibly buy one. Regretting that in 2025.
But an SNES Classic would be incredible, if only for the aesthetic and knowing it’s all going to work through HDMI.
I need to find a good guide for putting a Raspberry Pi together and setting it up for emulation.
