RetroPie

[Benny]

Afternoon fellas, hope all is well.

I happened across a Pi2 at one of the mind numbing supplier events I deemed worthy of my attendance. It makes a nice change from a free USB stick. In doing so I felt it only fair that I make an effort with the kids and do something constructive. We (I) decided to build a retro-pi set up. I ordered 2 SD cards and off I went. I ordered 2, because I snapped the first one trying to get it out of the tamper proof packaging that they supplied it in, so therefore my 32gb card cost me £20, and must be twice as good...

Anyway, long story short, in a hour, we rustled up one of these;
http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/

it supports the following - out of the box so to speak, all you do is drop ROMs on it. So far a few old Apple 2 games that I grew up with and some classic arcade games have made the grade (Mame : Golden Axe, Gauntlet, 1943, Pacman, Donkey Kong ~ Apple II : Lode Runner, Swashbuckler, One on One ~ CPC :  Outrun, Spy Hunter, Barbarian, Lost World ). So my question is, what else should I add? For those naysayers, this is me posting so you know it means that zero effort was required and things just work. The only technical piece is running FTP to put the ROMs on without having to resort to reliving my youth and working out sudo and yudo that voodoo that yudo.

• Amiga (UAE4ALL)
• Apple II (LinApple)
• Atari 800 (Atari800)
• Atari 2600 (RetroArch/Stella)
• Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon (Hatari)
• Apple Macintosh (Basilisk II)
• C64 (VICE)
• Amstrad CPC (#CPC4Rpi)
• Final Burn Alpha (RetroArch/PiFBA, RetroArch/FBA)
• Game Boy (RetroArch/Gambatte)
• Game Boy Advance (GpSP)
• Game Boy Color (RetroArch/Gambatte)
• Sega Game Gear (Osmose)
• Intellivision (jzIntv)
• MAME (RetroArch/mame4all-pi, RetroArch/mame4all)
• MSX (openMSX)
• PC â€" x86 (rpix86)
• NeoGeo (PiFBA, GnGeo)
• Nintendo Entertainment System (RetroArch/FCEUmm)
• Nintendo 64 (Mupen64Plus-RPi)
• TurboGrafx 16 â€" PC Engine (RetroArch/Mednafen/pce_fast)
• Ports

â€" CaveStory (RetroArch/NXEngine)
â€" Doom (RetroArch/PrBoom)
â€" Duke Nukem 3D (eDuke)

• ScummVM
• Sega Master System / Mark III (RetroArch/Picodrive, Osmose, DGen)
• Sega Mega Drive / Genesis (RetroArch/Picodrive, DGen)
• Sega Mega-CD / CD (RetroArch/Picodrive, DGen)
• Sega 32X (RetroArch/Picodrive, DGen)
• Playstation 1 (RetroArch/PCSX ReARMed)
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System (RetroArch/Pocket SNES, snes9x-rpi)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Fuse, FBZX)

I should add, the added value of teaching the kids that games are about skill and entertainment, not visual set pieces is making me smile. The frustration in their little hands as they realise they have to work to complete things.

[Tutonic]

Bring it to the LAN, and prepare to get wrecked.

[FatBob]

in your dreams Tut...us oldies own spectrum town and Atariville

(although Benny is well posh and probably had a commodore 64 and a spectrum and a pony that he called sparkles)

[albert]

And a miniature tractor because he's from Hampshire!

Looks like a fun project, nice job!

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[Gandalf]

Hah, I've still got a spectrum 128 and an Atari 2600 (wood version!) at home, and they still work!

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[Benny]

Posh Bob? Me?
I had a CPC6128 and an Amiga. Spectrum was shite, although there's not a man alive that can beat me at 'Run Baby Run' on the aforementioned rubber key piece of junk.

I did have a shire horse once, he wasn't called sparkles, he was called filling.

[sulky_uk]

in your dreams Tut...us oldies own spectrum town and Atariville

(although Benny is well posh and probably had a commodore 64 and a spectrum and a pony that he called sparkles)

I lived in electron heights and model b street...only got the electron now :sad:

[smilodon]

Pah! I win.

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[Penfold]

Bring it to the LAN, and prepare to get wrecked.

Mr Benny hasn't signed up for the LAN (as yet) because he's a miserable git. :crying:

[Tutonic]

Clearly intimidated by my majestic retro skills, and terrified he'll be shown up to be a complete scrub.

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[BrotherTobious]

Clearly intimidated by my majestic retro skills, and terrified he'll be shown up to be a complete scrub.

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I always thought it was the beatings you handed out for Fifa and NBA

[Benny]

I routinely smash you from downtown mon northern ami. I'm up your way tomorrow if you fancy a pint.......

Chichester

Clearly intimidated by my majestic retro skills, and terrified he'll be shown up to be a complete scrub.

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[BrotherTobious]

Hey all Retro Pi people there is 4.2 has been released

https://retropie.org.uk/2017/03/retropie-4-2-released/

[albert]

So to get this up and running, RPi 3 b... microSD... adapter to get software onto it... USB charger/ psu...case of your choice and away we go?

Works with XBox/ Steam wifi controllers, USB keyboards and mice?

[Mugi]

I currently run RetroArch - RetroPi for Steam - and although the games run, the controller configuration is a nightmare!

Do you have the same problem in Pi or is it simpler as it runs RetroPad natively?