RetroPie

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Retro Game Console/Emulator

Resource

RetroArch

Emulators

ROM

How to play/instructions

RetroPie

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

Check my RetroPie version

How to check which RetroPie version I'm on? 

$ cd ~/RetroPie-Setup
$ git show

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

Install RetroPie as an App

Can I "save" saved game files before reflashing?

Controller configurations

Raspberry Pi 3

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

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

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

Favorites and Recent

Screensaver

Change the default emulator

Slot: save game

List of games

n64 on pi3

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

Donkey Kong

Play guide

Debian

PC

LaunchBox

Android emulation

iOS

How to Install Emulators for iPhone Using 4 Easy Methods

Handheld

Retro Pocket 2

Emulation tests

Other emulators

Batocera

Power consumption for different games

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

Streaming

Online

Controller

北通 Betop BTP-BD2E, Aliexpress

Top games

Gameplay, walkthrough

  • super mario world 2 yoshi's island walkthrough
  • The legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time Walkthrough
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