RetroPie

Retro Game Console/Emulator

Resource

• Super NES Classic loaded with 21 games! The Best Retro And Mini Console Gifts Dec 2018
• Online emulator (require adobe flash; eg Google Chrome)
• 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.
• ROMS
  • romsmania
  • 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)
• 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.

RetroPie

• RetroPie
  • 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.
  • Retropie How To Exit Game. Press HotKey and X button used. Now you will see a Quick Menu, Press HotKey and B Button at the Same Time. Another way is the retroarch default hotkeys select + start On a keyboard that would be "Esc + enter".
  • What is the “Hotkey Enable” button supposed to be?. Choose select button as the hotkey, even though I've already assigned Select previously.
  • Controller Configuration, The Ultimate RetroPie Controller Guide
  • (backslash giving a #) Keyboard setup.

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

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

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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

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

Slot: save game

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