tab-completion will not work in the terminal).Ģ) You can run roms from a US B drive. Running out of space is no fun: you have to delete files, and sometimes your pi can behave strangely (e.g. This automatic method does not let you know if your roms have been copied successfully, or if you just ran out of space. That means every time I add new content to it, there's a risk I run out of memory. Two reasons:ġ ) If you're like me, your 32gb mi cro-SD card is 97 % full. Quick note about this automatic method: I personally find it g reat for begin ners, but I don't think you should rely on it in the long run. Refresh emulationstation by pressing F4, or choosing quit from the start menu Pull the USB out and plug it into a computerĪdd the roms to their respective folders (in the retropie/roms folder)
Plug it into the pi and wait for it to finish blinking (ensure that your USB is formatted to FAT32)įirst create a folder called retropie on your USB stick Option 0: Tran sferring roms by USB automatically.
There are many, many ways you can move files in Linux (after all, RetroPie is nothing more than a simple Linux operating system, with emulators to boot). This is the part where you might learn something about Linux. However, if that was a bit too fastfor you to follow, read on. If you're familiar with Linux, all you have to do is copy the roms you downloaded to their respective console in ~/RetroPie/roms/. When the setup is done, you are a few button presses away from playing the game! It's also written in different sections instead of in one big ordered post. However, I found myself confused from time to time by following th e RetroPie guide, because I felt they spent a lot of time on sections I understood right away, and sometimes not enough time on sections I would have desperately needed. Everything you need to know (and more!) is discussed there. In fact, you should be able to get the job done simply by following the constantly updated RetroPie guide on github (which is more likely to be up-to-date than this blog). Not because there's anything particularly difficult to do, or anything that requires specific experience in electronics. Setting up a RetroPie machine can be a time consuming experience if it's your first time. You can plug it directly to your TV, use any USB controller, play multiplayer with friends and so much more! With older video games getting more and more expensive each day - a trend which most likely will never stop - RetroPie seems like a viable alternative. It lets you transform a $35 computer into a multitude of consoles.