Emulation Station will not show the system in the main menu unless there is at least one such file. My configuration says to look for ".sh" files in the "/home/pi/pico-8" directory and create a menu entry for each one it finds. Every cart you put in your cart directory will appear as a menu option in Emulation Station.įor my configuration, I just wanted Emulation Station to launch PICO-8 in Splore mode. p8.png, /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "/home/pi/pico-8/pico8 %ROM%", and an appropriate. If you really want to use this feature with PICO-8 carts (and not use Splore), you could use. "disk2") is the SD card.Įmulation Station expects to find a directory of game files under whose names have an extension specified by, so it can list them all in its menu and launch them individually. I have a Mac laptop and I used the command line to do this, as follows: I used a 32 GB card, which takes a while to format. What follows are a few notes from my build.ĭownload the RetroPie image, in my case "retropie-v3.8.1-rpi2_rpi3.img".įormat an appropriately-sized SD card, at least 8 GB. There are plenty of guides on the web, including at Adafruit. I won't go through the RetroPie set-up procedure in detail. It includes emulators for many platforms (arcade and home computers) as well as media center software, and a master menu called Emulation Station that you can manipulate using just the joystick and buttons so you don't need a keyboard connected once it's all set up.
RetroPie is an easy-to-use software package of the best retro-gaming projects for the Raspberry Pi. USB wifi dongle at Adafruit (for RaspPi 1/2).RaspPi 3 has built-in wireless Internet, but if you're using an older model you'll also want a RaspPi-compatible USB wifi dongle.
I strongly recommend the USB audio adapter that Adafruit sells, a major improvement in sound quality over connecting the Picade speakers directly to the RaspPi headphone jack. (Be sure to refer to the assembly video in addition to the written instructions.) The result is solid and gorgeous. The cabinet goes together with a screwdriver (no soldering) and is fun and easy to build. The cabinet is $240 / £180, not including the Raspberry Pi and power supply. See also a short video I posted to Twitter. I just got a Pimoroni Picade, an arcade mini-cabinet for use with small board computers like the Raspberry Pi.