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Retro Game Console/Emulator

Resource

Tag: retro games
- Play your retro console on a modern TV, Wireframe — Issue 49
The 13 Best Android Emulators for Retro Gaming
The Pros and Cons of Playing Video Games on an Emulator
Super NES Classic loaded with 21 games! The Best Retro And Mini Console Gifts Dec 2018
5 ways to play old-school games on a Raspberry Pi
Super Ninetendo Pi
Running OpenGL-based Games & Emulators on Adafruit PiTFT Displays
Linux Gaming: Nintendo 64 Emulation on Odroid.
SNES EZ Key Bluefruit Game Pad
http://makezine.com/projects/build-retro-gaming-console-raspberry-pi/
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/ File extensions
- Playstation 1 Rom filetypes?
Pixel Vision - a console capable of emulating some of the most classic game systems.

Beginners

Help! I just bought a handheld, now what?, including Roms & Bios 5/30/2023.
R35S/R36S Ultimate Setup Guide - ArkOS, Roms and BIOS 9/23/2023. Good intro.

RetroArch

https://retroarch.com/?page=cores
On Android, download "RetroArch plus" instead of regular RetroArch. Regular RetroArch does not have Beetle Saturn bios for Sega Saturn.
How to Use RetroArch to Make Old Games Easier to Beat
- How to Use Cheats in RetroArch?
- Save states, slow motion, rewind

Retro Game Corps
- *RetroArch Starter Guide
- Quick Guide: Cheats for Retro Handheld Devices 2/4/2021 (video)
- Retro Gaming on the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max by Retro Game Corps 10/31/2021 (video)
- Set up RetroArch from Retroid Pocket 2+ Starter Guide (Part 1/2) (video)1/16/2022
- ArkOS Starter Guide (for Anbernic RG353, RG351 devices and more!). Pay attention to the sector 'RetroArch configuration'. 3/27/2023 (video)

RetroArch Tutorial from Video Game Emulation for Newbies
Retroarch - The Ultimate User Guide by altarofgaming.com 8/27/2022

Retroarch for Windows Basic Tutorial (video) with lots of links 5/12/2020.

Retroarch: Android Smartphone Tutorial
- PS2, PlayStation 2 (PS2) Emulator on RetroArch: PCSX2 Core (Install guide: setup / config / tutorial)
- PS1
- Neo Geo
- N64
- Sega Saturn, Sega 32x, Sega CD, Sega Dreamcast
- Amiga
- MSX
- NEC PC-88

Summary of the RetroArch GUI:
- Main Menu (RetroArch icon) - Load Core, Load Content, Online Updater, Configuration File, Help, Quit
- Settings (Gear icon) - Driver, Video, Audio, Input, Latency, Configuration, Saving, Logging, File Browser, Frame Throttle, On-Screen Display, User Interface, AI Service, Power Management, Achievements, Network, User, Directory
- History (Click icon)
- Import Content (+ sign)

My experience:
- Rotate the phone to landscape.
- It seems we need to click everything twice (except the top level: Main menu/Settings/History...) to enter the option.
- The first row shows the RetroArch icon. Click on anywhere at the top row will return back to the previous level. Do not use the 'swipe' gesture. For example, if we are on 'Main Menu' and click on 'Online Updater', the word next to the RetroArch will change from 'Main Menu' to 'Online Updater'.
- During playing a game, we can click the 'RetroArch' icon at the bottom to bring up the "Quick Menu" where we have options of 'Resume', 'Restart', 'Close Content', 'Take Screenshot', 'State Slot', 'Save State', 'Load State', 'Undo Load State', 'Undo Save State', 'Options', 'On-Screen Overlay', 'Video Layout', 'Rewind', 'Latency', 'Controls', 'Cheat'. 'Shaders', 'Overrides' and 'Information'.
- During playing a game, we can click on the "Start" icon to pause a game.
- Main Menu
  - Online Updater (a globe icon).
    - Core Downloader. Download the cores you need. You will see a symbol [#] next to the core we have already downloaded. See "RetroArch Starter Guide" for preferred cores for popular systems.
    - Update Core info files/Assets/Controller Profiles/Cheats/Databases/Shaders.
    - 'On-Demand Thumbnail Downloads' = ON.
  - Configuration File. Save Current Configuration.
- Settings
  - Drivers. Video = gl/vulkan.
  - Video.
    - Scaling. Integer Scale, Aspect Ratio, Video Filter.
    - Bilinear Filtering
  - Input.
    - Port 1 Controls.
    - Hotkeys. This works if we have a controller/keyboard/mouse. See "RetroArch Starter Guide" for a list of useful hotkeys.
  - Configuration. 'Save Configuration on Quit' = ON.
  - Saving. 'Auto Save State' = ON. 'Load State Automatically' = ON.
  - On-Screen Display. 'On-Screen Overlay' = ON. 'Hide Overlay When Controller is Connected' = ON.
  - User Interface.
    - Menu Item Visibility. Turn off of the following: Show Explor, Show Favorites, Show Images, Show Music, Show Netplay.
    - Menu. glui -> ozone
  - Playlists.
    - Manage Playlists. We can change the default core or refresh/delete a playlist.
  - Directory. File Browser -> browser to the top folder of ROM files.
- Import Content
  - Scan Directory
  - Scan File
  - Manual Scan (better than Scan Directory).
    - Scan Inside Archives: this will scan the files within the zip file, whether you want this on will depend on the system you are scanning. You will want this off if scanning arcade games.
    - Arcade DAT File: this is important if you are scanning arcade games.
    - 'Overwrite Existing Playlist'.

Install on Ubuntu

Tips

Retroarch Not Working? Here Are Some Fixes for You

Interface

On-screen overlay

https://valent-in.github.io/retropad-editor/,
- RetroPad Editor - create and edit onscreen gamepads
https://github.com/libretro/common-overlays contains png files for different on-screen overlay.
My default is "neo-retropad.cfg" under /data/user/0/com.retroarch/overlays/gamepads/neo-retropad/. Why sometimes the d-pad becomes an analog-stick?
- The cfg files are located at /storage/user/0/com.retroarch/overlays/gamepads directory.
- For per-game/per-directory/per-core setting, I need to first play the game and then click the "RetroArch" on-screen icon to go to the Retroarch quick menu. In the quick menu, scroll down and find the "On-Screen Overlay" option.
- For sega games, I change the overlay to genesis/genesis.cfg
- For arcade games, I change the overlay to arcade/arcade.cfg or arcade-minimal/arcade-minimal.cfg. The left control is an 8-directional stick, rather than d-pad.
- Remember to choose the "Overrides" option when we returned from "On-Screen Overlay" option in order to apply the new input on-screen overlay to all games in the directory and/or the same core.
What is a Libretro Overlay?
Configure RetroArch on Android and fix problems mentioned to choose anything under the "flat" directory for NES games.

Playlist

How to refresh a playlist?
- If the playlist was created by "Import Content" -> "Scan Directory", then do it again.
- Refresh playlist(PL) will only show on manually created playlists (e.g. Sega Saturn chd files by using Playlists -> Import Content -> Manual Scan)). Settings -> Playlist -> Manage PL -> Sega Saturn -> Refresh PL.

Syncthing

Syncthing on Retro Handhelds! Save Sync Guide

Sega

I use 8bitdo Sega bluetooth controller on Android.
- Manual, Official, FAQ
- Press start to turn on the controller. Press & hold start for 3 seconds to turn off the controller.
- According to the manual, D-input was used. Press & hold "B & Start" to turn on the controller. Then press & hold "pair" to 2 seconds to enter pairing mode.
- In RetroArch, "B" button is like OK and "C" button is like Back.
- In RetroArch, if we do not use the bluetooth controller for a while it will lose the connection. So I need to quit RetroArch and launch it again.
- Retroarch Sega Saturn Emulation Button Mapping Setup For Retro-Bit 2.4 GHz Saturn Controller (video)
- How To Configure & Map A 6 Sega Controller On RetroPie - RetroPie Guy Tutorial
- How to remap a 6 button controller in retroarch for your Sega Genesis Mini!

Landscape/Portrait:
- I place my phone in a landscape model. The main interface includes "Main Menu" (icon is like a home), "Playlists" (icon is like a right-click menu) and "Settings" (icon is like a wheel) can be navigated through the left and right buttons on D-pad in the controller.
- If we want to change the user interface, Go to Settings -> User Interface. Change from the default "glui" to "xmb".

To play Sega Saturn games, I need to download both BIOS and Core files.
- BIOS files include mpr-17933.bin & sega_101.bin. These files should be manually downloaded and put in the RetroArch/system folder. RetroArch Tutorial provides a link to download RetroArch BIOS bundle. PS: some games like NES can be played by downloading just Core without a need for any BIOS file.
- Core files can be downloaded from Main Menu -> Load Core

Games can be added from Playlists -> Import Content -> Scan Directory
- I am copying games from SD card to a game folder on the internal storage. The SD card is under /storage/XXXX-XXXX/ folder (according to "Files" -> SD card -> Select 3 dots next to a folder -> Folder Info) but it seems RetroArch cannot find it.
- Scanned games (systems) will be listed under the Playlists menu.

Configuration should be saved from Main Menu -> Configuration File -> Save Current Configuration

Controller setup. Settings -> Input
- Hotkeys:
  - Hotkey Enable: Press & hold the Select button (right most of 3 on the bottom row of the controller)
  - Close Content: Press & hold the Start button. Now Select + Start will bring up the "Quick Menu".
- Port 1 Controls: confirm it is 8Bitdo M30

Settings -> Logging. The log file can be used for troubleshooting. The log file will be saved under RetroArch -> Log folder.
- Enable "Logging Verbosity"
- Enable "Log to File"

Settings -> Directory. Understand where does RetroArch look for or save files.

Emulators

Dreamcast, Youtube: Raspberry Pi 3 Dreamcast Emulation
N64. Youtube: Raspberry Pi 3 Nintendo 64 Emulation
PSP: Youtube: Raspberry Pi 3 Running PSP Emulator Retropie Emulation Station

ROM

https://www.reddit.com/r/roms/
- Rom Center Markdown Edition 2023
- Roms Megathread 4.0 HTML Edition 2021
  - myrient-Redump

Google: download games roms for retro game console
~~romsmania~~ Is romsmania good? Vimm’s lair is safest, but cdromance is fast. Romsmania has lots of viruses.
Best Rom sites to download retro games and emulators
20 Best Rom Sites – Safe & Trusted In 2022 To Download ROMs
Top 10 Websites and Apps to download RETRO ROMs for Android to play classic console games
http://www.freeroms.com/
http://coolrom.com/emulators/psp/
http://www.emuparadise.me/PSP_ROMs/
http://romhustler.net/roms/psp
http://www.downarea51.com/2014/04/daftar-game-iso-psp.html#.VzXUlZ5H8_t
http://www.portalroms.com/en/isos/psp (include covers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGSH5vy2Xw (some examples)
Retroid Pocket 2 - How to Download ROMs without PC/MAC and Do it straight from the device
Flycast Atomiswave collection by Verevet_dark from archive.org. flycast (dreamcast bios) works on RP2 stock OS.

Convert ROM

BIOS

Check versions

https://wiki.batocera.org/current_and_previous_releases

SSH

SSH/Xterm and Common Commands: root/linux

Manuals

https://www.gamesdatabase.org/all_manuals
Archive.org
- GB
- Sega Genesis

Access a game's manual from Batocera

Main Menu -> User Interface Settings -> Show Manual Icon. Now before launching a game, hold the A button. It'll show "VIEW GAME MANUAL" at the top of the quick menu.
Viewing pdf game manuals.

Old/new hardware

Top 5 Mini PCs Of 2022 | $40-$499 The Best Small For Factor Computers You Can Buy 2022/6. 6th/7th gen i5/i7 is good for PS2/3DS/Wii GameCube and below. New CPU includes N5105, Ryzen 7 4800U (PS3 OK).
HP Elitedesk 705 G4 Ryzen 5 2400GE. Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics. No need for a separate GPU card.
Dell Optiplex 3050 SFF + GT 1030 low profile

Emulation Station

Lit of EmulationStation themes (Many are v4, for the latest build of ES.) Taken from the RetroPi fork
Press "X" to start screensaver immediately according to instruction at the bottom of the screen
ES-DE: How to use the Screensaver
ES-DE on Android: How to configure RetroArch to close when exiting a game

Difficulty

Easy: Arcade & MAME, NES 1983, GBA 2001, Sega Genesis 1988, SNES 1990, PC Engine CD 1987, NEO GEO 1990, PS1 1994

More difficult: Dreamcast 1998, N64 1996, Sega Saturn 1994,PSP 2004. TrimUI Smart Pro.

Even more difficult: GameCube 2001, PS2 2000, 3DS 2011, Wii 2006

GameBoy < GBC < GBA < NES < SNES < PSX < Arcade < NDS < Saturn < N64 < Dreamcast < PSP < GameCube < PS2 < Switch. The New PowKiddy X18S is Just AWFUL

First generation of video game consoles. Magnavox Odyssey.
Second generation of video game consoles. Atari 2600 & 5200.
Third generation of video game consoles/8-bit era. Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master, Atari 7800, Commodore 64 .
Fourth generation of video game consoles/16-bit era. PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Sega Mega drive/Genesis, SNES, NEO GEO, GBA, Atari lynx, Sega CD, Sega 32X.
Fifth generation of video game consoles (N64, PSX, Saturn).
Emulation on Loki Zero: Way Better with Linux!

SD card formatter

Formatting SD or USB disk under Linux
- GUI: 'disks utility
- CLI: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=4M & sudo mkfs -t ext4 /deb/sdb

SD card copy/backup

The 'SD card copier' from Raspberry Pi OS does not work for the JELOS shipped with RGB30. The error message is "non-msdos partition table on source"

The following commands works

# Assume the original SD card is /dev/sda
sudo umount /dev/sda*
sudo if=/dev/sda of=jelosRGB30.img bs=1M status=progress

# Assume the new SD card is /dev/sdb
sudo umount /dev/sdb*
sudo if=jelosRGB30.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress
# Unplug SD card in /dev/sdb

RetroPie

RetroPie
- 12 Best Games to Play on Retropie (Download Links)
- Best retro games: the best classic video games around
  - Super Mario Bros. 3. NES
  - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past. SNES
  - Tetris
  - Street Fighter II Turbo. Arcade
  - Super Mario Kart. SNES
  - Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Sega Mega Drive
  - Donkey Kong. Arcade
  - Outrun. Arcade
  - Streets Of Rage 2. Sega Mega Drive
  - Space Invaders. Arcade
  - Super Metroid. SNES
  - Duck Hunt. NES
  - Paperboy. Arcade
  - Ms. Pac-Man. Arcade
  - Gauntlet. Arcade
  - Pong. Arcade
  - Sensible Soccer.
  - Day Of The Tentacle
  - Manic Miner
  - Chuckie Egg
- Doc → First Installation including HotKey
- How to Install RetroPie as an App in Raspbian on Raspberry Pi, Manual installation. It works (07/2020).
  - We can configure to start RetroPie at boot (see Manual installation).
  - If we want to start RetroPie from the command line, we need to exit the GUI Desktop and switch to text console - teletype/TTY (eg Ctrl-Alt-F2). After enter username/password, type emulationstation to start RetroPie.
  - After we quit the emulationstation, we can start the GUI Desktop by startx.
- RetroPie and Raspberry Pi PIXEL Desktop
- How to transfer ROM from your primary computer. For example copy *.smc files to ~/RetroPie/roms/snes folder.
- What is the “Hotkey Enable” button supposed to be?. Choose select button as the hotkey, even though I've already assigned Select previously.
- (backslash giving a #) Keyboard setup.

Username: pi, password: raspberry. See RetroPie wiki.

$ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password:

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Wed May 11 17:35:37 2016 from 10.42.0.1

   .~~.   .~~.    Wednesday, 11 May 2016,  5:36:53 pm UTC
  '. \ ' ' / .'   Linux 4.1.19+ armv6l GNU/Linux
   .~ .~~~..~.
  : .~.'~'.~. :   Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 ~ (   ) (   ) ~  /dev/root        15G  2.2G   12G  16% /
( : '~'.~.'~' : ) Uptime.............: 0 days, 00h04m04s
 ~ .~       ~. ~  Memory.............: 114884kB (Free) / 250692kB (Total)
  (   |   |   )   Running Processes..: 70
  '~         ~'   IP Address.........: 10.42.0.37
    *--~-~--*     Temperature........: CPU: 46°C/114°F GPU: 46°C/114°F
                  The RetroPie Project, http://www.petrockblock.com

pi@retropie:~ $ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root        15G  2.2G   12G  16% /
devtmpfs        119M     0  119M   0% /dev
tmpfs           123M     0  123M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           123M  8.5M  114M   7% /run
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           123M     0  123M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1   57M   20M   38M  35% /boot

Check my RetroPie version

How to check which RetroPie version I'm on?. It works (I am using v4.8, 2022 Mar 13); it matched with the information on the download page. However, the Raspbian version is 10 (buster) according to "/etc/os-release" so the Kodi is version 18 not 19.

$ cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
$ git show

Another way is to run RetroPie setup program. See a screenshot How To Backup and Update Your RetroPie Image.

Setup

How to Build Your Own NES or SNES Classic with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie

Volume in audio

Latest update lvl0: VolumeControl::init() - Failed to find mixer elements!. I got this message after I switch from RetroPie to Kodi.

USB audio

RetroPie/Raspberry Pi: How to Configure a USB Sound Device

Exit a game

Press HotKey and Start button. Another way is "Esc" or "Esc + enter" on a keyboard. This helps exiting games from N64 where 'select' is not one of its buttons. Exit every Emulator with "escape" key and Setting the ESC Key as the Exit Emulation Button, ESC key doesnt Exit emulator

Install RetroPie as an App

Can I "save" saved game files before reflashing?
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/
- NOTE: The Rasberry Pi OS 'bullseye' release is not yet supported by RetroPie.
- Raspbian 11 (Bullseye) is not supported yet
The downloadable Raspberry Pi images distributed by The RetroPie Foundation are built on top of Raspberry Pi OS Lite, which is just the regular RPiOS without the LXDE/PIXEL desktop environment. You can add the desktop to an existing build using the instructions at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#where-did-the-desktop-go.
Installing RetroPie on Raspberry Pi OS 2020
How to install Retropie on a Raspberry Pi to play emulators 2022

Controller configurations

Raspberry Pi 3

I have a raspberry pi 3 what should I do with it?
Would Raspberry pi 3b+ be good enough or should I opt for raspberry pi 4? PS1 works flawlessly on 3b+. N64 & PSP emulation isn't great even with a 4. Dreamcast is spotty on a pi 3, however some games and settings are fine.
Order is Arcade < PS1 < N64 < Saturn < Dreamcast < PSP. Retro Gaming on the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max
Pi3B Performance Question

Tips

10 RetroPie Setup Tips and Tutorial for the Raspberry Pi 4

ROM

ROM size

On my 128 GB SD card du -sh /media/crucial/RetroPie/roms/* | sort -hr | head or ncdu ~/RetroPie/roms (interactive) shows the top folders taking most space

dreamcast: 24 GB (28 folders)
psx: 13.4 GB (111 folders)
arcade: 9 GB (2988 files)
fba: 8.2 GB (1350 files)
n64: 7.2 GB (470 files)
mame-libretro: 7 GB (2334 files)
gba: 6.3 GB (932 files)
segacd: 4.7 GB (23 files)
amiga: 3.6 GB (4280 games)
snes: 3.0 GB (3362 games)
neogeo: 2.8 GB (187 games)
TOTAL: 106 GB, 118649 items

Transfer ROMs

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#backup-option-2
Three ways to transfer ROMs. Using the USB drive approach, you will copy ROMs to your USB drive, connect it to your Pi, and RetroPie will automatically copy them to the SD card and make them available in Emulation Station (and the RetroPie UI).
RetroPie 4.8 Setup and Install Guide for the Raspberry Pi Wagner's TechTalk

ROMS location

The SD card has 2 partitions: boot and retropie.

ROMs are located in retropie/home/pi/RetroPie/roms directory.

$ ls '/media/brb/retropie/home/pi/' 
bgm  coolcv_mapping.txt  gunconf  RetroPie  RetroPie-Setup  v3

$ ls '/media/brb/retropie/home/pi/RetroPie/' 
BIOS  retropiemenu  roms  splashscreens

Running ROMs from a USB drive

Network share

Running ROMs from a Network Share

Backup/restore

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#backup-option-2 (if you don't want to create a sd image you can just back up your BIOS, roms, and configuration files from the samba shares), or back up the /home/pi folder which contains lots of folders (bgm, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, gunconf, Music, Pictures, Public, RetroPie, RetroPie-Setup, Templates, v3, Videos)

(Update) The procedure below is not optimal especially the SD card is very large. I only need to back up the retropie/home/pi/RetroPie/roms folder.

sudo umount /media/brb/retropie
sudo umount /media/brb/boot
sudo dd bs=4M if=/dev/sdc | pigz -4 > RetroPie-128g.img.gz

# Restore
gunzip --stdout raspbian.img.gz | sudo dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdb

This assumes the 2nd SD card is the same or has a larger capacity. For example if my source is samsung 128GB and the target is another samsung 128GB but a different model, I got the following error.

$ gunzip --stdout RetroPie-128g.img.gz | sudo dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdc
[sudo] password for brb: 
dd: error writing '/dev/sdc': No space left on device
0+3763699 records in
0+3763698 records out
128043712512 bytes (128 GB, 119 GiB) copied, 3455.3 s, 37.1 MB/s

The fdisk command shows the reason:

# source sd card (larger capacity)
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 119.38 GiB, 128177930240 bytes, 250347520 sectors

# another sd card (a little smaller capacity)
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 119.26 GiB, 128043712512 bytes, 250085376 sectors

RetroPie Configuration

AUDIO
BLUETOOTH
CONFIGURATION EDITOR
ES THEMES
FILE MANAGER - seems no way to quit using a controller
RASPI-CONFIG - This is equivalent to 'raspi-config'
RETROARCH
- Load Core
- Load Content
- Load Recent
- Playlists
- Scan Content
- Netplay
- Settings
- Information
- Configuration File: retroarch.cfg
RETROARCH NET PLAY
RETROPIE SETUP
- Basic install - This will install all packages from the 'Core' and 'Main' package sections.
- Update - update installed packages?
- Manage packages - core/main/opt/driver/exp/depends
- Configuration /tools - lots of options
- Update RetroPie-Setup script
- Uninstall RetroPie
- Perform reboot
RUN COMMAND CONFIGURATION
SHOW IP
SPLASH SCREENS
WIFI

Display FPS

Display Framerate In RetroPie Show FPS Counter
RetroARCH - Settings -> User Interface -> Onscreen display - Notifications -> Notification Visibility -> Display Framerate.

Favorites and Recent

How to Enable “Favorites” and “Last Played” on Retropie
Press 'Y' will add the current (selected) game to Favorites.
'Favorites' and 'Last Played' will be shown on the main screen parallel to emulation consoles.
RetroPie Docs

Scrape

craping Metadata Location
- Location of your images: /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_images
- Location of your gamelist.xml: /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists
How To Scrape Videos In RetroPie Using Steven Selph's Scraper
Add images and videos using skyscraper
Video Snap Screen Savers In RetroPie If you don't have any videos it won't work.
How can I add a Video Screensaver?
Transfer scraped images from RetroPie to ArkOS.
- gamelist.xml is the file used to show them in emulation station.
- You can actually use Skraper from your PC and just scrape them from the Games partition when your SD card is connected. It's much easier using their UI.

Change the default emulator

draStic ds emulator

(TUTORIAL) How to add draStic ds emulator and configure it and add ROMS with RetroPie-Manager

DS games that don't require touch screen

ncesc.com
DS games that don't use touch screen?
Looking for DS games that don't need touch controls and would be a good inclusion for Retropie
Yugioh games
Digimon World: Dusk/Dawn
Pokemon games (touch screen is only used for mini-games)
Mario Kart DS
Advance Wars Days of Ruin

Slot: save game

Save State - How to Save Games in Retropie / Emulation Station

List of games

Tekken 3: psx

The first screen should be selecting a mode. If this cannot be loaded, choose "RETROPIE SETUP -> Basic install" will fix the problem.

Manual.

The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/薩爾達傳說曠野之息
Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
The Legend of Zelda (NES) - 100% Full Game Walkthrough

Donkey Kong

Play guide

Super Mario Bros

You've Been Playing 'Super Mario Bros.' Wrong Your Whole Life. Search 'Tiktok'.

Kodi

Turn Kodi into a RetroPie "system"
To boot Kodi at launch: RetroPie - RetroPie Setup - Configuration/tools - autostart. To go back to RetroPie, Power -> Exit.
Kodi

Debian/Linux

PlayStation 2

How to Emulate PlayStation 2 on the Raspberry Pi 5 and Earlier

PC

LaunchBox

LaunchBox. The Easiest Way To Play Your Favorite Retro Games On PC! New LaunchBox Update

Android emulation

Android Emulation Starter Guide (2022) & Written guide
RetroArch Android Setup Guide by joeysretrohandhelds.
- Anbernic RG556 & RG Cube Starter Setup Guide (Emulators, Roms, Tweaks), Written guide

THIS is How I Set Up Android Handhelds! (RP2s Setup Guide) 2023/11

Play PSP Games On Your Android With PPSSPP! By ETA PRIME
Play 3DS Games On Android With Citra! By ETA PRIME
This $120 Black Friday 5G Android Phone Is An Awesome Emulation Device! Saga saturn (Yaba Sanshiro 2), Dreamcast (redream), PSP (ppsspp), DS (dual screens), N64 (Mupen64 Plus FZ) and even Gamecube (Dolphin-MMJR)! ATV Launcher Pro.
Chromecast with google tv
Amazon Fire Stick
- Amazon Fire Stick RetroArch Tutorial Play Retro Games On The Amazon Fire Stick ETA Prime
- Amazon Fire Stick 4K MAX The BEST So Far 🔥 Emulation,Gaming,Streaming ETA Prime. PS1 is using RetroArch & PCSX ReARMed core.
- Retro Gaming on the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max by Retro Game Corps

Front end

Daijishou: on Retroid Pock 2, the resolution is not high enough so some options are truncated. How about scrcpy.
On Android:
- Switch hotkeys mapping works depending on the controller
- I cannot find a place to remap buttons in global settings or individual platform
- I still need Android 'back' button to quit a game
- Note Daijishou is still a front end. For example if I configure it to use Duckstation to play ps1 games, it still use Duckstation to emulate it. If I click the back button to quit the game, I can see Duckstation is in the list of last used apps.
Emulation Station
- EmulationStation on Android is AMAZING
- EmulationStation on Android Ultimate Setup Guide! Plus, add Yuzu back!

SD card

When we insert an SD card, Android (11 and up) will offer two options

Use as portable storage - format it as exFat. We can use the card in computers. Some games won't work out in this format. But we can use a frontend to access the games on certain emulators. We can create a new folder called 'games' on the SD card. Then create other subfolders like 'bios'. After that copy game folders under 'games' folder.
Use as internal storage - only work in Android OS.

Button mapping

How to Use Button Mapping to Play Virtually Any Android Game With a Controller

iOS

How to Install Emulators for iPhone Using 4 Easy Methods

Mac

The 5 Best Console Emulators for Your Mac

PlayStation analog and rumble support list

Help

PS1 Games in Bin/Cue format show up twice on the game list

351ELEC - PS1 Games in Bin/Cue format show up twice on the game list, PSX: double entries because of .bin/.cue files
PS1 games having multiple games from on rom?. Convert all the BIN and CUE files to CHD format. There are tools to do this. Saves a ton of space, and makes it so that you only have one CHD file per disc.
On Anbernic rg353v I click 'SELECT' and 'VIEW CUSTOMISATION' -> 'FILE EXTENSIONS'. There are 11 file extensions selected by default. I just need to uncheck ".BIN".

Convert 7z to zip file

According to the 7z documentation, the -o option should be followed immediately by the output directory path, without a space.

7z x -o/tmp/extracted archive.7z 
zip -r archive.zip /tmp/extracted/*

rm -rf /tmp/extracted

NVIDIA Shield

Handheld

Top 30 Handheld Retro Consoles- Emulator Comparison & Review Last update on 2021-12-03
Tiers of the (Handheld Emulation) Kingdom: A Beginner's Guide to Dedicated Emulation Handhelds (Fall 2023)
My Favorite Handhelds for Each Retro System and spreadsheet 2024/5/5

Retro Pocket 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroid_Pocket_2. MediaTek MT6580. 640x480 (4:3). 1GB RAM. Micro HDMI.
https://www.reddit.com/r/retroid/
Wiki, Retro Handhelds
RetroArch
- Retroarch on the Retroid Pocket 2
- Retroid Pocket 2 - RetroArch Quick-Start Guide (video) by Spin Retro & Tech Tips
- Retroid Pocket 2 - Playstation 1 RetroArch Guide (Control Issues, Disc Swap, Dualshock Mode) (video) by Spin Retro & Tech Tips
- Retroid Pocket 2 Beginner Guide - Initial Setup - Retroarch Setup - DraStic Setup - And More! (video) by Cyberphile, written guide
- Retroid Pocket V2 - Retroarch Theme, Config and Setup (video)
- What Is a BIOS And What Can It Do? PlayStation BIOS And Emulators in The 21st Century
- Quick summary: Hold the "HOME" button until we see the "Gamepad" or "Touch" mode. Load Content -> /Storage -> sdcard1 -> now we are in the SD card. Choose a right location for the ROMs. This is a temporary solution to load a game (eg PS1/N64) when the "Scan Directory" method cannot recognize or put games on the RHS of the RetroArch main menu.
- Retroarch Not Working? Here’s a Bunch of Fixes
- The RetroArch version is 1.8.4 on my Android 8.1.0.
USB-C + USB keyboard works well. Another way is to use scrcpy
Retroid Pocket 2 Guide (not Plus)
Mine only charges if I use usb-A to usb-C cable. Retroid pocket 2 won’t charge?~~Mine will only charge when it was turned on~~
In Android OS, press and hold 'HOME' button to switch modes (Touch, Gamepad & mouse, Gamepad, Mouse). Use the Gampad Mode app to see the current mode.
- In Touch indicator mode, the cursor is a white circle. It is the best since we can use D-pad to scroll down. "B" button to go back. If we hold the "A" button we can scroll up/down with joystick when the cursor is on the right edge.
- In Gamepad & mouse mode. Cursor is an arrow. Both Analog stick & D-Pad work. "B" button works.
- In Gamepad mode. No cursor. D-Pad works. Useful in RetroArch. "B" button works.
- In "mouse" mode. Cursor is an arrow. Analog stick works. "B" button will not work. Question: when will this be useful compared to the "Touch" mode? See this case.

Stock SD Card for RETROID Pocket 2 Download Link

SD card is 32GB. Metal side faces up. It is exFat partition.

$ ls /media/brb/CAC2-7778
Comic Book.zip  gpsp      RetroArch            Roms          Wallpaper
games           LOST.DIR  preinstall           Riivive v1.1  Huntzman.zip  
System Volume Information

Retro Game Corps (written guides)
- Nintendo DS on the Retroid Pocket 2 2020/9
- Sega Dreamcast on the Retroid Pocket 2 2020/9
- Retroid Pocket 2 In-Depth Review 2020/10
- Retroid Pocket 2 Setup/install: Quick and Easy Getting-Started Guide 2020/10
- Deep Dive Comparison: RG350M vs RG351P vs Retroid Pocket 2 2020/11
- Retroid Pocket 2 - Android 8.1 Install Guide (video), written guide.
- How to Install LineageOS 15.1 on Retroid Pocket 2 2021/3
- Retroid Pocket 2 Beginner's Guide - Part 1 (Retroid Pocket App) 2020/10
Taki Udon
- Retroid Pocket 2 - Game Settings (Google sreadsheet)
- Retroid Pocket 2 - The Best Retro Device Under $80 (N64/PS1/DC/DS/PSP) 2020/8
- N64 Performance - Retroid Pocket 2 (29 Games Tested) 2020/8
- Retroid Pocket 2 - Amazing Nintendo DS Performance! (42 Games Tested) 2020/8
- Surprising Dreamcast Performance! - Retroid Pocket 2 2020/8
- Retroid Pocket 2 - PSP Emulation Test 2020/8
- They Brought Back The N64! - Funtastic Retroid Pocket 2 2020/12
Spin Retro & Tech Tips
Tholin Gamer
- Retroid Pocket 2 - 5 TIPS for MAX PERFORMANCE - Easy Tricks & Emulator Configurations 2020/11
retroid OS/retroidOS
- An Absolute Beginner's Guide for the RP2
  - Adding your own games to RetroidOS /games/download/ folder. See this video Sega Dreamcast on the Retroid Pocket 2 (Retroid OS vs Flycast vs RetroArch with flycast core).
  - Issue: If a game is in a folder containing several files, we need to go to the folder and select the most crucial file.
  - Issue: However sometimes the game name ("Disney's Tarzen" from psx) will become 'unknown'. There is no way to modify the game name on the Retroid OS.
  - Issue: no scraping option.
- Where are RetroidOS roms located?
- How to add roms in Android RetroArch.
- search: retroid OS add games
Android 8.1
- How To Upgrade/Re-Flash your Retroid Pocket 2 (The Easy Way)
- RETROID POCKET 2 – ANDROID 8.1 INSTALL GUIDE
You can use scrcpy to use your PC as a bigger screen for your Retroid Pocket 2(+), and get mouse and keyboard controls with scrcpy. No lag or stutter. Very simple. Step 1: On Ubuntu, apt to install scrcpy, step 2 - plug the RP2 to the USB port on Ubuntu, and step 3- launch scrcpy from Ubuntu Terminal. Voila.
N64
- https://mupen64plus.org/ for PC
- Mupen64Plus FZ edition in Android. How to set up Mupen64plus FZ on your Android device. FAQ
- On a PC, we can easily change the settings. See for example How to emulate Nintendo 64 on your computer
- To enable frame skip, follow Retroid pocket 2 + Mupen64 configuration: Games at 640x480. Make a copy of some profile, name the new profile as you wish, edit the profile and make sure Frameskip is enabled.
- Controller and other settings Retroid Pocket 2+ N64 M64Plus FZ Emulator Performance & Controller Settings, Tutorial: Universal Mupen 64 Plus FZ Profile for Retroid Pocket 2 w/Gameplay (video)

Emulation tests

Miyoo

Anbernic RG353v

Anbernic RG353V In-Depth Review from Retro Game Corps
RG353V Review - What Everyone Expects From Anbernic from Phawx
Anbernic RG353V - Anbernic's latest dual booting retro gaming vertical handheld!
Anbernic RG353V: Unboxing & Impressions - How about those joysticks? | RH First Thoughts (Part 1), Part 2
RH Reviews: The Anbernic RG353V (game mode)
Dual boot (assume SD card is in):
- By default, F + Power cannot boot to Android for some reason
- In Linux, Main Menu > System Settings > Uncheck Default Linux Boot. Now it will boot into Android by default. If we like to boot into Linux, we need to hold F + power buttons. Release power button until we see the led turns to red and then it turns to green again. Now release the power button and then the F button. PS. this seems to be a hit-and-miss operation. It's probably best to not change the settings in Linux and use the existence of the SD card to decide which OS to boot from.
Firmware download
ANBERNIC RG353V & RG552 GOOGLE PLAY STORE INSTALLATION ANDROID 11 - HANDHELD RETROGAMING - PLAYSTORE (not-English)

SSH log in. username/password is root/linux. See System Settings -> Advanced/Security.

$ sshnocheck [email protected]

   / \   _ __ | |__   ___ _ __ _ __ (_) ___
  / _ \ | |_ \| |_ \ / _ \  __|  _ \| |/ __|
 / ___ \| | | | |_) |  __/ |  | | | | | (__
/_/   \_\_| |_|_.__/ \___|_|  |_| |_|_|\___|

                   RK3566


-- type 'anbernic-check-updates' to check for stable branch --
-- add 'beta' switch to check for latest arch developments  --

Disk format: ext4
Battery: 91%
Temperature: 39°C
Architecture: rg353
Model: Rockchip RK3566 RG353V
System: Linux 4.19.172
Available memory: 1752/1969 MB
Cpu number: 4
Cpu max frequency: 1800 MHz
OS version: 31-dev 2022/09/26 02:56

# cat /etc/os-release
NAME=Buildroot
VERSION=-ga3d4e6fb
ID=buildroot
VERSION_ID=2021.05-git
PRETTY_NAME="Buildroot 2021.05-git"

# df -h
...
/dev/mmcblk1p1            3.0G      2.2G    771.7M  75% /boot
...
/dev/mmcblk1p2            2.9G    948.5M      2.0G  32% /userdata
/dev/mmcblk2p1           57.4G     52.3G      5.1G  91% /media/NO_LABEL
/dev/mmcblk1p1            3.0G      2.2G    771.7M  75% /media/ANBERNIC
/dev/mmcblk1p3            8.3G      8.0K      8.3G   0% /media/GAMES
/dev/mmcblk1p2            2.9G    948.5M      2.0G  32% /media/SHARE
/dev/mmcblk2p1           57.4G     52.3G      5.1G  91% /userdata/roms

# ls -l /userdata/roms | wc -l
125
# ls /userdata/roms/n64

# htop

# ls /media/SHARE/kodi
iptv      kodi      movies    music     pictures

# ls /media/ANBERNIC         
anbernic-boot.conf  asoundrc            bootb               splash              uboot.img
asound.state        boot                extlinux            tools               uboot_origin.img

# uname -a
Linux ANBERNIC 4.19.172 #1 SMP Mon Sep 19 10:14:24 PDT 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux

UI Settings. EmuELEC based.
- ANBERNIC-SIMPLE-THEME -default. Does not show videos.
- ANBERNIC-THEME can show videos. But the game names, videos & description are very tiny.
- ART-NEXT-THEME is similar to ANBERNIC-THEME but no description.
- ARTPIE-THEME uses vertical stripes; not a good choice on a small screen handheld. Forget it.
- ES-THEME-CARBON looks good but no game names on the LHS. It only displays videos/images.
- ES-THEME-EPIC-CODY looks good. However, it does not include a description. Note it has a Chinese interface. To switch to another emulator, use the shoulder buttons.
- SIMPLECOMICBOOK looks good but the videos are smaller. The game names and videos are half half. It also a short game description (scrolling way) on the bottom right corner. Main screen is cool.
rg353vs is enough if you don't care much about N64, Sega Saturn and Dreamcast emulation (runs better on Android)
Anbernic RG353V Retro Arena Stable Preview
Hardware issues:
- Sound from the speaker or 3.5mm jack does not work. However, USB-C to 3.5mm female headphone jack adapter and bluetooth audio work.
- It cannot turn on nor charging while I was using Anbernic Linux OS (it shows 38% power). Hold on 'power' button or 'reset' button did not help. I opened the case and unplugged/plugged the battery connectors and that does not help. Fortunately just like my Retroid Pocket 2, after I have been charged it again for a while (USB power meter did not show any voltage at the beginning), the power LED turned on again (into yellow). When it turned on into Android, it shows only 3% power. I guess there is a calibration problem for battery with both Anbernic rg353v and Retroid Pocket 2 devices. PS: the charging speed is very low (5v 0.36a ~ 2w) when I connect it to my PC or power bank.
- GarlicOS Setup & Upgrades Guide | Anbernic RG35XX, Upgraded 2800mah battery
- The battery on my rg353v shows YLM-ANBERNIC FL 755060 3200mAH 3.7V 11.84Wh.
- Upgraded 353V Battery
- RG353V Hall Sensor Joystick Replacement Guide. This includes a picture of the battery used.
- RG35xx 2800 mah battery upgrade. Useful. With many aliexpress links. Battery 605065 means 60x50x65 in measurement?

RGB30

PowKiddy RGB30 Starter Guide, Written guide.
- Console screen
Super Niche But Awesome // RGB30 Review
Powkiddy RGB30 Ultimate Setup Guide - ArkOS, Roms & Pico-8, Box Art and Tweaks
ArkOS + external controller. Can I use external controllers with this unit? from FAQ.

RG556

Anbernic RG556 Review: Almost Perfect
I Was Wrong About The ANBERNIC RG556 (Sorry)
Anbernic RG556 Setup Guide
Anbernic RG556 & RG Cube Starter Setup Guide (Emulators, Roms, Tweaks), Odin 2/Odin 2 Mini Setup Guide (Roms, Emulators, Tweaks) from Joey's.
RG556 Compatibility Sheet in google doc
USB C Secondary Display for RG556
- the only way that I found to get video/audio output from the RG556 is using a non powered USB C to HDMI, or an unpowered USB C to USB C. BUT, for some reason, when You try to use a powered USB C hub, or a USB C powered dock, it doesnt work.
- the RG556 doesnt have the feature to charge and do video/audio output at the same time ( or charge and use USB devices at the same time).
- Anbernic RG556 RG Cube Setup Guide. Bear in mind that this device has issues connecting to many docks, and sadly seems to have trouble producing video out at the same time as charging. I have found that the Anker adapter above is the most consistent option to output the video signal to a TV or monitor.
Desktop mode. Anbernic RG556 Review - What Nobody told you about it

Powerkiddy x55 (Rockchip RK3566)

A growing number of cheap handheld retro game consoles can run mainline Linux

High-end handhelds

ONEXPLAYER 2 Big Screen EMU Energy: Gamecube, PS2, Xbox 360, 3DS, WiiU, PS3, Yuzu Switch

Other emulators

ODroid Go Super firmware comparison
EmuELEC. Retro emulation for Amlogic devices. Based on CoreELEC and Lakka with tidbits from Batocera.
- EmuELEC turns your Android Box into a retro console TUTORIAL
recalbox
RetroPie vs Recalbox vs Lakka vs Batocera for retro gaming on the Raspberry Pi
AetherSX2 beta released: PS2 emulator for Android
Duckstation for PSX
- Retroid Pocket 3+ PlayStation Settings & Gameplay | Duckstation | Android | Retro Gaming | PSX (video)

Batocera

Image download
- Images include ARM devices from Anbernic, ODroid, Raspberry Pi & S905X tv box. PS: RetroPie has ARM images for Raspberry Pi and Odroid C1/C1+/C2 & XU3/XU4.
- EmulationStation Menu Trees
- It shipped with 12 games.

Beginner’s guide to Install and Setup Batocera on Raspberry Pi

Archives download link https://mirrors.o2switch.fr/batocera/x86_64/stable/last/archives/

Batocera. Turn a USB Flash Drive into a Portable Gaming "System"! by Retro Game Corps.
- It includes KODI too! Kodi Media Center.
- Use \\BATOCERA to transfer roms to it
Install to an internal drive, video.
Portable HDD game from Aliexpress
Full & Clean BIOSes set for RetroArch, RetroPie, Recalbox and Batocera
- archive.org
- The Mini Cake PACK FULL BIOS BATOCERA
How to Setup PPSSPP in Batocera
PPSSPP Don't recognize controller
Controller
- Use the Space bar on keyboard or the Start button on a regular controller in order to go to the Menu
- Map a Controller. Note the controller setting is saved in a cfg file which is in the SHARE partition.
- Bluetooth Controller Setup For Batocera (video)
- How to save multiple controller profiles?
- Some common ES functions and how they map to the PlayStation, Xbox and SNES controllers
- Remapping controls per emulator
Scrape
- Games Settings - Update Games Lists
- How to Use Skraper for Batocera (video). https://screenscraper.fr (need a registration, works fine), https://scraper.net. We download a GUI App. After launching it, we choose Recalbox which might be the one closest to Batocera. Then you enter the network folder path (eg \\batocera\share\roms).
- Is there a way to transfer all my scrapped media (screenshots and box covers) from a Batocera PC install to a 351Elec sd card for the RG351M?

SSH/Xterm and Common Commands. Username/password is root/linux. hostname: batocera.local. The Linux system is buildroot.
File manager
- F1 to enter file manager
- Alt + F4/Ctrl + q to quit
How to Setup Nintendo 64 in Batocera. For some reason, n64 games in Batocera do not work great as in RetroPie on RP 3B.
is it possible to enter terminal window on Batacera?
New Flatpak Linux Apps Installation Instructions, How to Install Linux Apps into Batocera (video). We can install Firefox, ... and access them directly from Batocera GUI.
Similar games: hold the right button on a game. It will show a list of games with the same title but from other emulators.
Theme/UI Settings
- https://wiki.batocera.org/themes (Updates and downloads -> Themes)
- Alekfull-Artflix/ES-Theme-Carbon

EmuDeck

https://www.emudeck.com/. SteamOS, ChimeraOS, Linux, Windows Beta.
Easy Emulation on Windows! EmuDeck Starter Guide 12/19/2023
EmuDeck for Windows How To ! Simplifies Installing and Running Game Emulators 6/1/2024

Retropie vs Recalbox vs Batocera vs Lakka

Best Retro-Gaming OS: Retropie vs Recalbox vs Batocera vs Lakka

ArkOS

https://github.com/christianhaitian/arkos/wiki
Welcome to the ArkOS wiki
retrogamecorps
- ARKOS STARTER GUIDE
- Creating The SIMPLEST Retro Handheld OS
Wifi and Remote Services can be enabled from OPTIONS
- Once Remote Services are activated, the device’s IP address can be accessed via a browser on a PC. This allows for the transfer of files.
- Default username/password is ark/ark
- There is a partition called "EASYROMS". ROMS should be placed here instead of 'root/roms' folder. Or we can use the Remote Services (see below) and http://IP:80 to manage ROMS.
- The web interface powered by filebrowser is convenient when we enable Remote Services from Options in the main interface (next to PICO-8). Docker. Just open a web browser and go to the http://URL:80. It'll show the files under /roms folder.

Arkos uses Retroarch (others like Lakka, Batocera, RetroPie). Therefore, save states are still in the menu. See FAQ.
- Retroarch Hotkey: Select. Select + R1=save, Select + L1=Load, Select + A = Pause.
- Select + Start twice to quit a game.

Aspect ratio/resolution:
- Best screen resolution for retro gaming
- Screen size comparisons https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/

Change and save Aspect ratio in RetroArch: Select + X when we are playing a game.
- Click "B" to go to Quick menu. Scroll down to "Settings" -> Video -> Scaling -> Aspect Ratio. Change to 8:7, for example.
- Click "B" several times until we see "Quick menu". Click "A". Scroll down to Overrides -> Pick Save Content Directory Overrides if we want to change the settings for all games in the current (game) directory.

How to quit 351FILES or FILE MANAGER in OPTIONS.
- Answer: Click Y to open the context menu and select "Quit". See Frequently Asked Questions RG351V.
The OS is based on Ubuntu 19.10. See Building ArkOS from scratch. After I install htop, I see the memory usage is around 240MB. Also uname -a shows the kernel is aarch64.

ark@rg353v:~$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="19.10 (Eoan Ermine)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 19.10"

Does ArkOS support USB C audio output?
ArkOS sudden no audio
It seems ArkOS can only support up to GameCube. For harder games like PS2, Xbox, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, Switch, PS3, consider JELOS. See Emulation on Loki Zero: Way Better with JELOS!

Frontend:
- ArkOS - Emulationstation-FCAMOD
- Batocera - EmulationStation
- Lakka - PS3's XrossMediaBar (XMB)
- RetroPie - EmulationStation

Scraped videos playback
- Press the Select button to start the screensaver immediately if we don't want to wait for 5 minutes.
- In screensaver, we can press the 'A' button to launch the corresponding game. See ArkOS Starter Guide by Retro Game Corps.
- For some reason, ffplay is missing from the menu. I can't enable it from UI Settings -> Visible systems . See ArkOS and Videos (FFplay). Edit /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file. See Add a New System in EmulationStation or this.
- In Kodi, choose Videos -> Add videos -> Browse -> EASYROMS -> genesis -> videos -> OK. Enter a name for this media source. OK. "This directory contains Movies ". "Do you want to refresh information for all items within this path?" -> Yes. Choose the new created item. Long press the first video -> "Play from here".

AnbersPorts
- install
- play videos

PortMasters
- On ArkOS, Options -> Tools -> PortMaster and ThemeMaster. After installing a game, the game can be launched from the ArkOS main menu -> Ports.
- RGB30 Ports and Portmaster-GUI in ArkOS which includes a list of native full screen (720x720) games.
- Powkiddy RGB30 Ports and Portmaster has a demo of some games.
- https://github.com/christianhaitian/PortMaster
- https://portmaster.games/
- PortMaster Starter Guide 2024/7/12

JELOS

Github
- FAQ. roms/bios. The root password can be changed using the menu once we disable the rotation.
- Add games.
How to exit a game: Gadget Guides – JELOS Beginner’s Guide for Anbernic RG353 Devices.
- For most emulators/systems – Press Select + Start, then press Select + Start again to confirm your exit.
- For DraStic (Nintendo DS emulator) – Press L3 (left analog stick). A menu will appear. Choose Exit DraStic.
  - Some versions have this mapped to R3 (right analog stick).
- For PPSSPP (PSP emulator) – Press L3 (left analog stick). A menu will appear. Choose Exit to JELOS.
- For Sega Saturn (Yabasanshiro emulator) – Press Select. A menu will appear. Choose Exit.
- How to quit PICO-8: Click start, then choose "options" then "shutdown Pico-8". If this does not work, hold L1, then press Start + Select, it exits PICO-8.

Change 4:3 system to 8:7 aspect ratio for games like NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, Dreamcast using RetroArch (Select + X). Go to a game folder. Press Select, scroll down to advance system. Find game aspect ratio settings for that specific system.

How to quit MUSIC Player, Gmu music player? Hold R3 and press SELECT.
How to quit MPlayer? SELECT + START.
- Drop mp4 files into mplayer directory.
- To convert 16:9 aspect ratio videos to 1:1 videos. Adobe Express. Need to log in (eg Gmail). Works great.

Firmware Megathread: ARKOS JELOS & STOCK Firmware START HERE

JELOS Wiki -> Controls
- RetroArch
  - Select + Start: quit game
  - Select + R1: save state
  - Select + L1: load state
  - Select + X (north): open RA menu
  - Select + Y (west): Show FPS
  - Select + R2: Fast-forward
- Mednafen Hotkeys
- Standalone Emulators

Network Settings menu:
- Network services - SSH, SAMBA, and SIMPLE HTTP SERVER.
- Cloud services - Syncthing and mount cloud drive.
- VPN services - Tailscale, Zerotier one

Can you enable rumble in JELOS?

# ls /storage/roms
3do              ecwolf           neogeo           scummvm
3ds              eduke            nes              sega32x
BGM              famicom          ngp              segacd
amiga            fbneo            ngpc             sfc
amigacd32        fds              odyssey          sg-1000
amstradcpc       gameandwatch     openbor          sgfx
arcade           gamecube         opt              snes
atari2600        gamegear         pc               snesmsu1
atari5200        gb               pc88             solarus
atari7800        gba              pc98             sufami
atari800         gbc              pcengine         supervision
atarijaguar      genesis          pcenginecd       switch
atarilynx        intellivision    pcfx             tg16
atarist          j2me             pet              tg16cd
atomiswave       mame             pico-8           tic-80
bezels           mastersystem     pokemini         uzebox
bios             megacd           ports            vectrex
build            megadrive        ps2              vic20
c128             megadrive-japan  psp              videopac
c16              megaduck         pspminis         virtualboy
c64              mplayer          psx              wii
channelf         msx              quake            wonderswan
coleco           msx2             satellaview      wonderswancolor
daphne           n64              saturn           x1
doom             naomi            savestates       x68000
dreamcast        nds              sc-3000          zx81
easyrpg          neocd            screenshots      zxspectrum
# uname -a
Linux RG353V 4.19.172 #1 SMP Wed Nov 30 17:30:28 UTC 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux
RG353V:~ # cat /etc/os-release 
OS_NAME="JELOS"
OS_VERSION="20221130"
HW_DEVICE="RG353P"
HW_ARCH="aarch64"
HW_CPU="Rockchip RK3566"
HOME_URL="https://www.jelos.org"
BUILD_ID="ee2d813a7c2dcab9d320b20cd0fc5ee0b3c60bf8"
BUILD_BRANCH="main"
BUILD_DATE="Wed Nov 30 17:28:06 UTC 2022"

ARES

Jetson Nano

https://techtoytinker.com/ares ARES: AURORA RETRO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
RetroArena-Setup. RetroArena-Setup is a custom fork of RetroPie for Odroid N2, Odroid XU4, and RockPro64 Nvidia Jetson Nano and Numerous handheld devices.

Different definition

https://ares-emu.net/
ARES (Advanced Retro Emulator System) is a custom firmware and frontend for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console. It is designed to allow users to play games from a variety of different systems on their PSP, including classic console systems like the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo.

PPSSPP

PPSSPP PSP Emulation on Android Complete Setup Guide! HD Textures, 60FPS, Cheats & More!

DOS games DOXBox

Pico-8

Pico-8 Fantasy Console
- BBS
- Manual
- Basic startup
```
cd pico-8
./pico8 -windowed 1
```
- ESC to switch between Editor and Terminal
- LS
- SAVE Filename
- LOAD Filename
- Ctrl+s to save
- On Linux, pico-8 save files to the directory ~/.lexaloffle/pico-8/carts
- Alt+F4 or Ctrl+q to quit
Videos
- Pico-8 Tutorial Crash Course For TOTAL Game Dev Beginners!
- Pico-8 Tutorial - Breakout
- $90 and Amazing for Retro Emulation (RGB30 Review)
- GUIDE: PICO-8 ON RETRO HANDHELD DEVICES
- Retro handheld. After purchasing pico8, download raspberry pi zip file. Copy the following files to the pico8 folder in handheld.
  - pico8 (needed?)
  - pico8.dat
  - pico8_dyn
  - pico8_64 (needed?)
JELOS Wiki
Default gamepad button mappings
Batocera. See the mapping of buttons and keys. It also shows how to modify es_systems_pico8.cfg to include pico-8.

Xbox

How to Play Classic Xbox Games on Your PC With Xemu

Power consumption for different games

RG552. NES < Dreamcast, PSP, N64, Sega Saturn

Wii

Streaming

How to Use a Laptop as a Monitor for Your Xbox Series X|S
Moonlight (NVIDIA gpu)
- PC streaming & Game Pass in Anbernic RG353P In-Depth Review
- Setup and install in Game Streaming on RG351 devices, RGB10 Max, and more!
- Low Vs Ultra GeForce GTX 1050 Performance Review, amazon
Sunshine (non-NVIDIA gpu)
- Setup and install in Game Streaming on RG351 devices, RGB10 Max, and more!

Online/browser

Internet Archive
Online emulator (require adobe flash; eg Google Chrome)
Super mario bros, 買任天堂 Switch 不搭太可惜！「史上最受青睞」14 款遊戲出爐
PlayEmulator
5 More Browser Games Sites to Play Games Online in Single or Multiplayer Mode
https://myemulator.online/
14 popular Google Doodle games you can still play

Controller

https://gamepadtest.com/
NES does not have shoulder buttons nor X/Y buttons.
Controllers have shoulder buttons (L/R)
- SNES
- GBA
- NDS
- Sega Saturn
- N64 (and Z button)
- Dreamcast
- PSP (2004)
Controllers have shoulder buttons (L1/L2/R1/R2)
- PlayStation 1 (1994)
- Xbox one, Xbox X|S.
PS1 controllers (1994) start to have R2/L2 buttons.
DirectInput vs. XInput for Game Controllers: What’s the Difference?, What Does XInput and DirectInput Mean?
- DirectInput/D-input: 1995 DirectX. Legacy mode for older games.
- XInput/X-input: 2005 Xbox consoles, does not support keyboard, mouse, ... Supports up to 4 controllers at the same time.
北通 Betop BTP-BD2E, Aliexpress, Amazon
GameSir T4
GameCube
N64
LB/LT - What is L1 and L2 for Xbox?
- LB = L1, B=bumper/shoulder
- LT = L2, T=trigger/back

8bitdo

8Bitdo SN30

8Bitdo SN30 Pro bluetooth + wired.
- PDF manual.
- RetroPie, RetroPie and 8bitdo SN30 pro.

8Bitdo Zero 2 Bluetooth, Manual. It is shown as "Pro controller" from my testing. 2D games are better fit, also Nintendo Online games (Nes & Snes).
- Windows (X-input): X & start. hold Select.
- Android: B & start. hold Select.
- macOS: A & start. hold Select.
- keyboard mode: R & start. hold Select.
- The controller is like SNES. The Best Controllers for Retro Gaming. SNES Controller Compatible Games.
- Using 8Bitdo Zero 2 as a BT clicker
- Games with gamepad support but without r2, l2 and joystick. AM2R, Rush rally 3.
- 8Bitdo Zero 2 Controller Review (video)
- How to use an 8BitDo Zero 2 controller with Clip Studio Paint on iPad. So the keyboard mode works because the button mapping can be changed in each individual app.
- Setting Up A Controller For Anki on MacOS. Control your Laptop with a Remote (For Anki, Dance Tutorials, etc.). Software - Karabiner-element. The software is designed to work on macOS only. It does not change the firmware on Zero 2.
- 2D Games vs. 3D Games: What Are the Differences?

I used this tiny game controller as a productivity tool for work — here’s what happened 8bitdo Micro

SN30 Pro button mapping changed in Android 11. kl files are system files, read-only, and you can't edit them without root permission.

8BitDo Zero 2 Key Mapping for Your ereader feat. Onyx Boox Note Air 2 Plus.
- Key mapper Android software. Github.

8bitdo pro 2 bluetooth controller

8Bitdo Micro Bluetooth Gamepad, Manual.
- S (Switch) / D (Android) / K (Keyboard) modes.
- FAQ
- I am using the keyboard mode. Change the bottom switch to 'K'.
- When I use 8bitdo Ultimate Software from Android, I can easily remap buttons. Remapping is persistent. After I connect the controller to Debian Linux, the remapping still holds.

From official 8bitd.com
- *8BitDo Ultimate Software now on PC, Android and iOS. This covers a lot of controllers including SN pro and Micro.
- 8BitDo Ultimate Software V2 for Windows

Hall effect joysticks/triggers

Chromebook, TV box

This $98 Chromebook Is Great For Emulation & Cloud Gaming! AMD CPU, Android Apps. Launchbox.
- AMD a4-9120c vs intel celeron n4020 (a little better)
Walmart’s New $30 Onn Android TV Box Is Actually Pretty Good! S905Y2 CPU, 2021/6, MicroUSB OTG cable
HK1 S905X3 tv box
- Armbian for Amlogic s9xxx tv box
Google’s New Chromecast Is Awesome! Chromecast With Google TV Review S905X2 CPU, 2020/10. USB-C dongle with PD input & better power adapter (original one is 5V & 1.5A = 7.5W). micro SD card was used here.
- Top 6 New Chromecast Tips & Tricks for MAXIMUM AWESOMENESS.
- Maximize Your Chromecasts Full Capabilities. Add a USB drive as an extension of the device storage (only support USB 2.0 speed), Move apps to USB drive
New Chromecast with Google TV HD Is Pretty Great For $29
- VP9 Vs. AV1 | Which is better for watching Youtube ?
- the previous one does not support OTG storage
- the original 4k model, if your using OTG hub, the power supply that comes with the device is not up to scratch and will not work. You need a beefier power supply.
- Also Google has disabled the ability to WRITE to the usb stick/memory card attached to the OTG hub. Its fine of your READING, like loading roms, but if your emulator requires to save files in the same folder as your roms on the attached usb stick/memory card on the OTG hub, this will not work. I did a lot of troubleshooting back when thr 4k version was released. Files will only be saved to specific folders on the storage device, depending on the app.

Top games, best games

All Time Top Games Lists with screenshots
Arcade system boards
- Atari System 1/2/Jaguar
- Capcom: CPS-1, CPS-2, CPS-3
- Konami
- Namco
- Sega: System 1/2/16/18/24/32, Model 1/2/3, NAOMI 1/2
- SNK: Neo Geo
- Taito
- Midway
Mame/Arcade Top 300 Games, Arcade video game. Altered Beast, Donkey Kong, Killer Instinct, 1942,
NES: The legend of Zelda, The legend of Kage
- FC Compact Family Computer Console.
- My 15 Favorite NES Games. Batman, Blaster Master, Castlevania III, Contra, Double Dragon II, Dragon Warrior, Life Force, Little Nemo: The Dream Master, Mega Man 2, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Shadow of the Ninja, Shadowgate, Super Mario Bros 2, Tecmo Super Bowl, TMNT II: The Arcade Game, Wizards & Warriors.
- 9 Games For NES That Are Actually Possible To Beat. Bubble Bobble, Jaws, Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 6, DuckTales, Felix The Cat, Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers, Super Mario Bros, Guerrilla War.
- Recommened by ChatGPT: Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Tetris, Excitebike, Kirby's Adventure, Dr. Mario, Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, Bubble Bobble, Donkey Kong Jr.
- 20 BEST NES Games of All Time

GBA (Nintendo): Castlevania circle of the Moon, Rayman
GBC: Rayman
Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive: Castle of Illusion, Ghouls and Ghosts, Road Rash 2, Streets of Rage 2, Dessert Strike, Golden Axe, Paperboy.
- Sega Genesis Classics,
- 31 Best Sega Genesis Games Of All Time.
Sega Master System
Sega Game Gear
Sega Mega CD
SNES (Nintendo): Super metroid, Super mario world 2: Yoshi's island

TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
NEO GEO: The King of fighters 2002, Shock Troopers, baseball stars 2, Blazing Star, (FBA42-5, arcade)
PS1: Tekken 3, R4: Ridge racer Type 4, Tony hawk pro skater 2, Crash team racing, Rayman
- TOP PS1 GAMES (PART 1 of 9) OVER 150 GAMES!!.
N64: Super mario 64, Mario kart 64, F-Zero X, Cruis'n USA, Paper Mario, Super smash bros, Mario tennis (hard), Banjo kazooie, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, Conker's bad fur day, Yoshi's story, Goldeneye 007.
Sega Dreamcast: Dead or alive 2, Crazy taxi 2, Jet set radio, Tennis 2k2, Virtua fighter 3TB, Sonic adventure 2, Frogger 2: swampy's revenge, 18 wheeler: American pro trucker, Gauntlet legends, Sega rally 2, Star wars: racer, Marvel vs Capcom 2, NBA 2K, Virtua Cop 2, Aqua GT, Daytona USA, Skies of Arcadia, soul calibur, Virtua Striker 2, AeroWings.
Atomiswave (It is based on Sega's Dreamcast system board): Metal slug 6. The location of awbios.zip depends on the Batocera version. On v35, I need to put it in "/bioc/dc" folder.
Sega Saturn: Nights into dreams, Guardian heroes, Sega rally championship, Nights into dreams, Virtua Cop 2, Clockworkd knight 2, Virtua fighter 2, Panzer dragoon, Saturn bomberman, Sonic 3D blast, Virtua fighter remix, The legend of oasis, Fighters MegaMix, Athlete Kings. 30 Best Sega Saturn Games Of All Time, My Sega Saturn Top 10 Fighting Games.
Sega Naomi: Crazy Taxi, Capcom Vs. SNK, Dead or Alive 2 Millennium, Marvel VS Capcom 2, Virtua Tennis 2, Wave Runners.
NDS (Nintendo)
PSP: Grand Theft Auto: vice city stories, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Ridge racer 4, Twisted metall head-one, Ultimate ghosts N' Goblins, Virtua Tennis 3, X-Man legends 2, God of war: chains of olympus, Castlevania dracula X chronicles, Wipeout pulse, Soul calibur broken destiny, Hot shots golf, Lumines, Blazbllue continuum shift II, Burnout legends, Final fantasy crisis core, Little big planet, Valkyria chronicles II, Persona 3, OutRun 2006 (push to limit), Daxter, Gran Turismo
- Top 100 PSP GAMES OF ALL TIME (According to Metacritic).
GameCube (Nintendo): Paper mario: thousand year door, Tony hawk pro skater 3, Mario kart: double dash!!, Sonic heroes, Pitfall: the lost expedition, Legend of zelda: wind waker, Mario party 6 (simple), Need for speed: most wanted (hard), Timespllitters 2
PS2: Backyard basketball, Moto GP2, Grand theft auto III, Crash bandicoot: the wrath of cortex, Final fantasy X, Kingdom hearts, TAZ: wanted, Simpsons hit & run (easy)

Arcade1Up

Arcade1Up - Capcom Street Fighter II: Champion Turbo Legacy Edition Arcade with Riser & Lit Marquee - Multi
Street Fighter 2
- 街霸2，世界速通纪录创造者，手法犀利出招狠毒，极致暴力演绎
- Street Fighter 2 Art Resources
- Moves list
- Street fighter 2: Champion edition "sf2ceua.zip". We can use "Arcade (MAME 2003-Plus)" or "Arcade (FinalBurn Neo)"

Gameplay, walkthrough

super mario world 2 yoshi's island walkthrough
The legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time. Complete Switch Controls Guide and Tips, strategywiki.org
- Use the controller to move your character, Link, and interact with the environment.
- Use the A button to attack and the B button to use items or perform special actions.
- D-pad: Use the D-pad to move Link and navigate menus.
- Joystick: Use the joystick to control the camera.
- A button: Press the A button to attack, talk to characters, and interact with objects.
- B button: Press the B button to use items, such as weapons and tools, and perform special actions, such as rolling and blocking.
- Z button: Press the Z button to target enemies or objects.
- C buttons: Use the C buttons to change the camera angle or select items from the inventory.
- L and R buttons: Press the L and R buttons to access the inventory and select items.
- Start button: Press the Start button to access the in-game menu and save your progress.

Civilization

Every Version of Sid Meier's Civilization Compared
Some of the emulators that can be used to play Civilization games include:
- DOSBox: DOSBox is an emulator that allows you to run DOS-based games on modern systems. It can be used to play the original Civilization game and its expansions, as well as other DOS-based games.
- ScummVM: ScummVM is an emulator that allows you to play point-and-click adventure games, including some of the early Civilization games.
- OpenEmu: OpenEmu is a multi-system emulator that allows you to play games from a variety of platforms, including the original Civilization game and its expansions.
- MAME: MAME is an emulator that allows you to play arcade games, including some of the early Civilization games that were released for arcade platforms.
- PCSX2: PCSX2 is an emulator that allows you to play PlayStation 2 games on your PC, including Civilization: Revolution, which was released for the PlayStation 2.

Game and Watch

List of Game & Watch games
The world's FIRST handhelds! (video)
GAME & WATCH MICKEY MOUSE ( 接雞蛋 ) 1981. Handheld Game: Mickey Mouse (1981 Nintendo) . Downloads.
game and watch rom collection
Game and watch gallery 2, 3, 4
Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Gameboy Advance)
RetroPie, Game and Watch ROMS (gw-libretro) (MGW files)
Batocera
In RetroArch, the Core is "Handheld Electronic (GW)". See Libretro Docs.

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Resource

Beginners

RetroArch

Install on Ubuntu

Tips

Interface

On-screen overlay

Playlist

Syncthing

Sega

Emulators

ROM

Convert ROM

BIOS

Check versions

SSH

Manuals

Access a game's manual from Batocera

Old/new hardware

Emulation Station

Difficulty

SD card formatter

SD card copy/backup

RetroPie

Check my RetroPie version

Setup

Volume in audio

USB audio

Exit a game

Install RetroPie as an App

Controller configurations

Raspberry Pi 3

Tips

ROM

ROM size

Transfer ROMs

ROMS location

Running ROMs from a USB drive

Network share

Backup/restore

RetroPie Configuration

Display FPS

Favorites and Recent

Scrape

Change the default emulator

draStic ds emulator

DS games that don't require touch screen

Slot: save game

List of games

Tekken 3: psx

The Legend of Zelda

Donkey Kong

Super Mario Bros

Kodi

Debian/Linux

PlayStation 2

PC

LaunchBox

Android emulation

Front end

SD card

Button mapping

iOS

Mac

PlayStation analog and rumble support list

Help

PS1 Games in Bin/Cue format show up twice on the game list

Convert 7z to zip file

NVIDIA Shield

Handheld

Retro Pocket 2

Emulation tests

Anbernic RG353v

RGB30

RG556

Powerkiddy x55 (Rockchip RK3566)

High-end handhelds

Other emulators