The Raspberry Pi 5 is launching in October with an upgraded 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, along with in-house silicon for the first time.

RetroPie for the Raspberry Pi 5 may not be compiled into an easily bootable Linux distro disk image just yet, but have no fear. One of its rivals beat the RetroPie team to the punch in that area.

Right now, the focus is on power, and it’s understandable why. Not only does the Raspberry Pi 5 appear ready to deliver a sizable step up in performance compared to its 2019 predecessor, but its ...