The performance of the games itself have been successful, I don't think you should use this device for emulation if you're expecting a power-house that can run Street Fighter on N64, you'll be disappointed by the lagginess, but if you're looking for the casual sofa-to-TV emulation experience, I'd definitely recommend the Chromecast with Google TV. I've been able to sit at least 2 metres from my Chromecast device whilst playing, as I spoke to somebody who claimed they had bluetooth drop-outs. My controller is the 8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ Wireless Bluetooth Gamepad, which has been working flawlessly (both wired and wireless), the controller defaults to Xbox 360 mappings, which can be remapped in Retroarch. Don't get me wrong, I would like to set this up but it's proven too much of a faff to get this workflow setup perfectly. I launch my games directly from Retroarch rather than opting for a Kodi-based visual cover-art experience. Your mileage on what cores perform best may vary, but generally I've found that most of the cores that people recommend for the Amazon Fire Boxes have similar performance on this Chromecast. Now for the gaming itself! I have all of my ROMs stored on the attached hard drive (formatted to FAT32, don't forget!) and am using Retroarch from the official Play Store with relevant cores for each console. I did end up purchasing the RAVPower plug due to being overly cautious. I was worried as a lot of posts online mentioned needing 60W minimum to smoothly power this, but I was able to use a USB-C hub and hard drive with the stock wall-plug (I'm not sure if it's a UK thing). I've been using these peripherals for a while now and things are going excellently! I haven't noticed any overheating or performance drops on the system itself. 8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ Wireless Bluetooth Gamepad.
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