Amiga CD32 - miyoo CFW, Powkiddy Q90/V90

[Tekkno303]

Any chance to add Amiga CD32 emulator to Miyoo CFW (Powkiddy Q90)?

[Rezzy-dev]

There are no standalone emulators for the CD32 developed on related handheld devices that I could find. RetroArch has a working core for it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/fskt5c/retroarch_amiga_cd32_core_its_perfect_175_games/

https://docs.libretro.com/library/puae/

It may be possible to get the CD32 working through RetroArch on Miyoo by building and setting up this core for the platform. But I can't guarantee a good performance. Miyoo devices don't have the necessary processing speed and RAM to run emulated 32-bit games well. 16-bit consoles (up to 24-bit) are generally the most we have been able to emulate with good performance. And that's for standalone emulators -- RetroArch requires a little more on top.

[Tekkno303]

It would be great if you could run this Amiga CD32 on retroarch.
I tried to play retroarch core puae a month ago. Core I downloaded from one of the sites. Unfortunately, nothing was running on this core. I'm a layman in this matter, but you probably need to optimize such a Puae core for Miyoo CFW / Powkiddy.
I'm secretly hoping for a miracle :D

[Rezzy-dev]

No need to wait for a miracle when with enough persistence you can make it happen. ;)

If there's already a RetroArch core built for it on Miyoo, then it's only a question of tinkering with the settings until you get it right. The big question is just if the PowKiddy Q90 will be able to handle it and run it on a playable level (which I have my doubts about).

Note that the core needs to be built for the Dingoo/Dingux/Miyoo platform specifically (ARM Linux), otherwise it won't work. I know that there's a repository on RetroArch maintained for Miyoo builds of cores.

I'm not an expert on RetroArch, I work with the standalone emulators on Miyoo, but perhaps someone else, who uses and builds for RA, can chime in here and give us/you some helpful tips on how to get the PUAE (Commodore Amiga) core working on RetroArch on Miyoo.

The link to the discussion I gave you above has some helpful tips/insight as well, and could serve as a starter.

[Rezzy-dev]

Ah, it's in the documentation.

Here's the repository:

https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/dingux/miyoo-arm32/latest/

I don't see a PUAE (Commodore Amiga) core there, so it looks like it hasn't been built yet for Miyoo.