#retropi nicholas moore july 13, 2013. turn your rpi into a retro game system:
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#RetroPiNicholas Moore July 13, 2013
Turn your RPi into a Retro Game System:
What you will get: Systems
MAME NeoGeo
Sega Master System
Sega Megadrive
Nintendo Entertainment System
PC Engine / Turbo Grafx 16
Playstation 1
ScummVM
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Z Machine emulator
Amiga Atari 2600
Doom Final Burn Alpha
Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Color
Game Gear
Intellivision
What you will get: Emulators (list continues to grow)
UAE4All RetroArch
Osmose GnGeo Genesis-GX
Osmose DGEN Fuse Frotz
How to install:
The RetroPie Setup script: An auto-installer script that should make the install easy.
Pre made image: (http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/retropie-downloads/)
What you need
A Raspberry Pi (256 MB or 512MB).
4 GB SD card or larger
USB keyboard
Internet Connection (to dl image, script)
TV/monitor, AV/HDMI cables, power supply
A Windows/Mac/Linux computer
Flash drive, to transfer your ROMs
Initialization script for RetroArch on the Raspberry Pi
Note: If you get an error, update wheezy. You may also need to update apt-get:
sudo raspi-config (update)
apt-get update
Select the first option:
Binaries-based installation: This way of installation will download per-compiled versions of RetroArch, various cores, Emulation Station, and SNESDev. In comparison to the second way of installation this is much faster. Even though the binaries will be updated from time to time, a disadvantage is that you probably will not have the most recent versions of the programs.
The default selection will install the complete set of packages
Add roms to correct folders:
NOTE: The install does not come with roms, you will have to supply your own
Example: Copy NES roms to RetroPie/roms/nes
Disclaimer: roms are Illegal, Download at your own risk.
According to sources “It's legal if you own the original"
www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp
Emulation Station : Front End GUI
Other possibilities
Custom themes for emulation station \ community shared themes
PC USB controllers
Xbox360\ PS3 controllers
Retro controller's (need modifications)
Boot to emulation station
The Results: My Build Pictures
My Build: Cost
RPi B $35 www.mcmelectronics.com/
Ledborg (lights) $12 www.piborg.com/ledborg
Heat Sink\ Thermal paste $12 www.radioshack.com/home/index.jsp
Hub $15 http://www.walmart.com
Wifi adapter $12 www.mcmelectronics.com/
Battery Pack $35 http://www.walmart.com
8Gb SD $10 http://www.target.com/
Custom case $60 http://www.raspberry-pi-case.net/
Strong Power Adapter $15 www.mcmelectronics.com/
Wired xbox 360 controller $40 www.Walmart.com/
Links:
www.nicholasmoore.net (my blog)
http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/ (Project documentation)
https://github.com/petrockblog/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-the-XBox360-controller (Xbox controller setup)