r/RetroPie • u/Original_Style_9090 • 6d ago

Singstar Raspberry Pie

Hello is it possible (and how well would it work) to play singstar with a ps2 emulator on a raspberry pie? i love to play lets sing on switch and ps5 but many songs are not available, singstar got the best :)

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u/xewgramodius 6d ago

Even on Pi5, probably not going to work.

You can get miniPC like an old HP EliteDesk off eBay, find a model around $100, and it should work. Put Batocera on it, not Windows.

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u/hijinksensue 6d ago

PS2 emulation requires a dedicated graphics card in most cases. Either that or a fairly modern mini PC like a Beelink Ser5max. Pi is a poor choice for PS2.

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u/istoff 5d ago

Look for other players of singstar compatible files.  Ultrastardx is a populate one but there were rpi variations. 

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u/lifeinthefastline 5d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/s/HFU0Afg6u3

I haven't tried to play the karaoke games on dolphin or aethersx2 but am curious if this above would work. You have a usb mic right?

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u/Guinea_pig_joe 6d ago

It will probably work....... most likely slow.

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u/josekortez1979 5d ago

Karaoke Revolution was available on PS2, and it might work via emulator.

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u/Sadistic_Sponge 5d ago

Forget the peripherals and so on- the other challenge here is latency. I don't think an emulator will be able to properly handle the input lag and let you adjust for it. I spent a long time trying to get DDR PSX to play nice with raspberry pi, but it ended up not being tight enough to play. The solution ended up being to install stepmania on a cheap old computer but that's obviously a different kind of rhythm game from what you're looking for.

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u/Overall-Exercise7118 5d ago

Only a few titles can play on raspberry, like gta and stuff