PROJECT: RETROPIE - Retro Game Emulator - 2020 Reinstall

Apr 27

Written By Web Master

WORK IN PROGRESS -

NEW Retropie

Computer: Raspberry Pi 3B+ (supports 5GHz wifi)
Case: NESPi CASE+ (has the sub-board for safe shutdown) + Third-party oversized copper heat sink
OS: Retropie 4.5.1 (current as of April 2020)
SD card: 64GB
Joystick: Logitech Gamepad F310

OLD Retropie

Computer: Raspberry Pi 3B (limited to 2.5GHx wifi)
Case: NESPi CASE (does not have safe shutdown script support - need circuit level mod) + oversized aluminum heat sink
OS: Retropie (2017 version based on Jessi - no longer supported for update as of 2020)
SD card: 64GB

INSTALLATION TIPS

To move ROMs to the Retropie SD Card (on MacBook)
- In Finder > GO > Connect to Server
- smb://192.168.1.XXX. <— Retropie/RaspberryPi IP address (use IP scanner to find the IP). Connect as Guest
- Navigate in to the ROM folder - these are directory of each emulators - you can just copy ROM files over here & the Retropie will find it in the emulator
Making Image backup of the SD Card
- I use ApplePi-Baker in MacOS - when I create backup, I can choose compression (e.g. GZip) to save space of the backup image. When I restore, I can just restore this compressed file.
During the initial installation
- After you install the Retropie image for the first time, there are a few things you should do
  - Game pad set up - press and hold the A button on the game pad
- RetroPie Configurator
  - WiFi - Set Country
  - Raspi-Config -
    - Localization Option - Setup your country, keyboard etc to help you prevent issues with the keyboard etc
    - Keyboard Layout - my default was set to English (UK) preventing me from typing some keys like | - pick ‘Other’ and select ‘English (US)’ if you are using US based keyboard