So, my assessment so far of rpi 3b+ as an entertainment-center/retro-emu box is: complete fail.
Graphics and audio hardware support is flaky and doesn't work at all without lots of tweaking. USB host controller seems to have serious bugs...
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After starting xfwm (vs X with no wm), the keyboard suddenly switched into lagged mode. Each keypress made the *previous* key go through.
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CPU is way too weak to emulate anything past NES or Gameboy, at least with current software. Couldn't get kodi to build but I can't imagine its performance would be remotely acceptable, and I don't know any other out-of-the-box entertainment center UI software to try.
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So for the time being this sounds like a domain where the right solution is "repurpose a junk Spectre-afflicted x86 box"
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