I think it would be great if the theme engine provided a method of combining all of a game's metadata into one object that scrolled like the description.

Hardware: Pi 4 - 4gb
Power supply: 5V 3A Power Supply
RetroPie V.4.7.1
Built From: Pre made from RetroPie website pi4 image
USB: logitech keyboard
Controller: saitek x-box 360 controller
VideoOut: crt-tv via composite !

Hello))
I can't get options menu in Muppen64plus-Glide64.
When i press hotkey button gamepad begin vibrate)
So when press Hotkey + button 1 to get entered to menu nothing appear.
It is my personal bug or stand alone Muppen haven't any gui options?

And in general i have strange default key mapping - start - is trigger button. Others buttons is mapped randomly on game pad too...
Yes, i've fixed it by changing values in notepad in /opt/retropie/configs/n64/mupen64plus.cfg

But, anyway, how to get acces to options menu from the game?

I've got my setup backed up but cant figure out how to restore it within twister os.
copying and pasting works but breaks the options menus so cannot perform any updates or make any changes to config etc.

any ideas how I can overcome this?

Hi, I have a question in regards to re-scraping. I have my unit set up right now with all the roms in place. I plan on doing a scrape soon. Let's say I scrape with videos. I know that once a scrape is done, a gameslist.xml file is created with all the scraped attributes.

My question is this. If I don't like how the scraped version looks, can I just re-scrape over on top of what is already existing? Does everything get overwritten correctly?

Or do I need to delete the gameslist.xml file first and anything else that's required and re-scrape after that.

Thanks for your help.

Hi! I got my Retropie finally working like I wanted except for one thing.

I've set it boot straight to Emulationstation, it does that. But when I close Emulationstation (with F4) I get terminal, not Desktop Environment. Is there anyway to set it like it boots straight to Emulationstation but it would also start DE background so closing Emulationstation would get me straight to desktop without the need to enter "startx" in terminal?

Browsing on mobile (iOS 14.7). Today when I visit the docs (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/) the icon in the top left brings up Search instead of the browsable ToC. Search icon on the right also brings up Search. Cannot access ToC by any means, can only search for the page I want or scroll to the bottom and go through one page at a time. Is this happening for anyone else?

It is vastly important that you, as a consumer, are protected with rights as well as conditions and guarantees, since they're all part of what you have direct control over (in theory) and benefits you once you've been gifted or exchanged currency for a product (like a game).

That means the law, as it stood at the time of purchase, receipts and physical** goods along with the conditions* (some restrictions claimed by retailers and distributors are merely propaganda, can not be enforced legally, works almost as well as legit legislation) agreed upon or stated "over-all" pertaining a specific product.

Let's say, in this case, a game containing compiled software in a medium capable of transferring the data (CD, cartridge, et cetera) is released and bought. The software is final and you did not obtain any of the aforementioned components digitally, there is no agreement to accept since you're not owed upcoming patches, like a modern NDA-bound online (say Steam) purchase can be said to offer.

You have the right to do as you wish with the matter (the scientific term) and even if that includes lawfully protected source code which you can't reverse engineer with attempt to extract it, you still own the right to use that finalised version of the program (game), or manipulate the distribution of digital information, say, play a PlayStation CD in your stereo. The right to use the program in any way you prefer is protected by law, so. What does that mean?

Some pretext is in order. The following summary is part of an article and can be read in the link below:

Can I Rightfully Download an Emulated Game if I Own a Cartridge?

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Let’s say you own a cartridge of the the first Donkey Kong and want to download an emulated version from a ROM site. It turns out that that’s copyright infringement as well. As noted above, while creating your own backup copy is generally okay, downloading someone else’s backup (or distributing your own backup) is not. As the U.S. Copyright Office puts it, “if you want a backup copy of a lawfully owned computer program, back it up yourself.”

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/why-most-roms-are-illegal,37512.html

That's fine. This concerns US citizens differently than EU, however, do make sure your transfers happen on a private secure file transfer protocol server, downloading a copy you backed up. The emulator is legal and open source, the copy and ROM is legally yours to to with as you wish, it is fair use.

A Socratic allegorical anecdotal comparison.

Photographers own their photos, e.g. artists own their artwork.
They can make copies of it but you, without permission, may not.

The artist sells you a copy of a specific photo; a 40 x 30 cm sunset of a beach in Kungälv, Sweden, and states that it is a conditional transaction, so for you to be able to buy it you agree that you will not make copies to sell for profit or as gifts (or worse, free! e.g distribute).

You get one copy and you enjoy looking at it, you photograph it. Even scan it, using it as wallpaper on all your computers.

One day your original copy is destroyed in a fire.
Your proof of purchase, the receipt (or if gifted the art possess a note, explaining that someone transfer their ownership to you) is still in mint condition so you decide to digitally project the backed-up copy on your bedroom wall.

One day someone walks past your house and looks through the window, catches a glint.
Soon and shortly after you get a call from someone that claim you infringe on the photographers copyright.

- Why? You enquire. ​
- Well, your use of a digital copy seen by someone that give their word proves you've acquired it illegally.
- How so? You ask, politely and preferably smug.
- Why, the artist is very particular with how their art is distributed, and they do not sell digital copies of any artwork, never have!
- But I purchased it from him myself! You exclaim.
Surely, it must be fair for me to thoroughly enjoy in my home, with the means available to me, at the time and by the manner I choose? You pause to signal your wish for a response.
- Ehum .. Can you prove you didn't download a digital copy illegally? He continues.
We certainly have proof that no copy of that artwork is capable of being digitally projected as you have.
​
You give a moment before you answer;
- Why no, it isn't watermarked and I have a standard scanner, popular indeed. Many copies identical to this must be available, illegally.
- Ha! So you admit it? The audible corpulent sophist shouts back.
- I admit I reallocated and used my digital copy in a way not originally intended, or possibly not conceived as possible, then, in such a way that the nature of the source of my copy is impossible to prove as either or. You pause briefly, and continue;
- But what I do have is a receipt.
- Why you lie! Do you have no respect for capitalism and the right to own as much as one heart desires which our very laws predominantly exist for!? You dog, I shall have you sued before you can hang up the phone! He screams, veins pulsating, sweat showering the oak table followed by a click.

Alternatively:
.. But what I do have is the proof of ownership when I was gifted it on my birthday by my father.

This is, essentially, where we are with roms and emulators, particularly retro, specially before the Internet and a lot of legislation were needed due to it's empowering effect on the spread of history, art and information.

But you don't see or hear a fraction about your rights or, perhaps worse than that, any realistic limitations that might or should exist to restrict copyright owners, protecting civil liberties, which is what we all should prioritise; perhaps more so than ever before now.

All around we see and hear fear; fear for "is or isn't this going to be mistaken for infringement?", "should Leibniz suffer the heretics death from history, dare I mention the fact that Newton stole his idea?". Newton is royalty, Leibniz is an obscure philosopher. Can it be because the same factors played a important role then, as now? Don't be oppressed. Stay free and stay smart, if you can't legally download your copy if someone else made the copy \ - identical \ - make sure he sends you your.

How downloading a ROM for use on a EMULATOR is legal:

How you privately store and/or move your back-up \ - as long as you have ownership and/or proof of purchase, regardless of condition, the prerogative, still, is yours.
Playing a Sega-CD game on your stereo on an emulator is similar in that the usage, fairly doesn't violate the law or furthermore, infringe on the avaricious, nay, rapacious oligarchs due to fair use.

I just got an actually N64 controller from a friend, and I was wondering if there is any way I can get a rumble pack to work with retropie.
Thank you for your time. I'm using retropie 4.7 .1 on a raspberry pi 4.

Pi Model — 4 Model B
RetroPie Version — 4.7.18
Built From — Premade SD Image on RetroPie's website.
Error Type — Game fails to boot, returning to the game list.
Verbose Log — Found Here
Emulator — lr-fbneo (on the latest commit)
Additional Information 1 — There was another thread about this here but I can't seem to access it in any browser I've tried, it just loads indefinitely. The issue may have been resolved in that thread?
Additional Information 2 — The verbose log shows that the romset is found but it appears the files inside aren't matching the crc. It's the only game out of 70 that's failed to launch, and I've tried half a dozen ROM variants of Shock Troopers with no luck either. The problem appears very specific to this game.

SOLVED: The verbose log had actually revealed that I was missing a secondary file, but it went over my head. Finding the necessary file and including it in the ROM allowed the game to run as normal with lr-fbneo. Thanks for the help everyone!

I wish to update some of my emulators and add some roms to my retroflag gpi case but as it is a wi-fi model, I cannot work out how to update the wi-fi details. I am not sure if it is possible to attach a bluetooth keyboard so that the new wi-fi password can be entered or if there is a config file or similar that has to be updated and if so where do I find the relevant section to update. I know this question has probably been asked before but I couldn't find the answers online so I apologise in advance.

With the constant updating of FBN nightlies (bonded with MAME releases), I wish to stick to the latest stable version instead.

Would it be possible to downgrade or for someone to please share the 1.0.0.2 stable core (0/1, 2/3 & 4 binaries)?

I remember using it around May for a little while, then it switched to nightly again.

Thanks in advance, stay safe :)

ok so ive been working on a Dynamic lighting Project setup for my retropie build. part of my build is the yahboom rgb cooling hat that has the oled functionality. i have it set up so that python scripts run when the screensaver- start scripts run, all leds shut off and the fan continues to run. but when screensaver-end scripts run, it tells me "modulenotfound" for the adafruit ssd1306 library. this is the only instance that i get this error, any other time the script is run, it runs fine. the library is installed. only when its invoked by the screensaver-end, or any scripting instance for emulationstation, suddenly they cant find said library? any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated

I decided to make a Monkey Island 2 theme, from scratch. Here's a video of it (with custom splash video at the start):

https://streamable.com/bwet77

I've set it up so that as you run through the systems alphabetically, you move around 4 different global background images - maps of Scabb, Phatt, Booty, and Dinky islands - in roughly the order that you do when playing MI2. The positions of the system names on the map backgrounds correspond to the images on the related system page as you'd find them in the game too, as do the items in the inventory that are seen in the system background images.

The underlying code is edited from that of the great 'Nostalgic' theme by SuperMagicom.

If you download it please do check the READ ME file, as it details what settings to use in Retropie to get the best from the theme.

I've also made a custom splash video (as seen in the video linked above), and also a 'launching' image and video for those who want a completely customised experience and already know how to configure them 🙂

The theme is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t9OkERJkF2bxh5LY71vI_63bD0pSCezu/view?usp=drivesdk

The splash video is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E80Agf4eC4Qkh2TdR1Rw7l1CqFLYt3bh/view?usp=drivesdk

The launch video is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1poqhr2-dxwZj5gVzew7tDFtTTCMC_ytU/view?usp=drivesdk

The launch image is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NjwhiHq6JDrgetcefiSuMRjtaBdT_mF9/view?usp=drivesdk

I hope it's of interest to some of you 🙂

Cheers
Mark

Sorry guys to annoy you with basics: could someone give me the right command to change the permissions of a file?
I want to get rid of the write protection of the nvrams of Atomiswaves "Metal Slug 6".
I dont have a PC, so i have to use the terminal on the Pi.
Would "sudo chmod ugo-rwx [path]" work?

Hey Group!

I've just completed and uploaded a new set of 16x9 platform videos for use within Attract Mode on Retropie (or any front-end really).

They are 1080p/30 in size and are meant to be used fullscreen.

I'm working on converting them to be used as a new Emulation Station theme (hopefully I can get it working fluidly).

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A new set of platform videos for use with all of the various gaming frontends.

Hyperspin
Launchbox/BigBox
Attract Mode
etc., etc.

There are 465 new platform videos covering:

category menus (nested menus)
arcade
arcade boards
collections
computers
consoles
hacks
pinball
..plus a few others thrown in

All of these are available at the links below.

See the full list of supported systems here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GWdoWqfPysm-_w49Ll-WAy-dFjwfcNVR/view?usp=sharing

NOTE:
There are a few more platform videos I'd like to make so that 465 might be wrong at time of posting.

EmuMovies FTP:

/Upload Here/_Video Snap Submissions/DMarti

Two sets are available here:
1080p/60
1080p/30

1fichier link:

Only the 1080p/30 are available here.

https://1fichier.com/dir/JlBzqBXf

Mega.nz link:

Only the 1080p/30 are available here:

https://mega.nz/folder/ocFVXSLR#mz0Gp1EsPTjY2byGPi74tg

Please share with others and hopefully they are enjoyed!

Hello everyone,

I've been interested in getting TIC-80 to run on Retropie for a while. TIC-80 is a fantasy console, much like Pico-8, with its own set of graphics and games. TIC-80 is free and open-source, and I believe it would be a fun addition to have on Retropie if folks are already considering Pico-8 and LowResNX.

UPDATE: We now have a working version of the TIC-80 Retroarch core. You can install it following the steps below (guide inspired by dmmarti's retro8 install

1 - Create new file for installation

/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores

create a new file in that directory called:

lr-tic80.sh

Here are the contents of the file:

#!/usr/bin/env bash # This file is part of The RetroPie Project # # The RetroPie Project is the legal property of its developers, whose names are # too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT.md file distributed with this source. # # See the LICENSE.md file at the top-level directory of this distribution and # at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/master/LICENSE.md # rp_module_id="lr-tic80" rp_module_desc="TIC-80 console - port for libretro" rp_module_help="ROM Extensions: .tic .zip\n\nCopy your roms to $romdir/tic80\n\n" rp_module_licence="MIT https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/TIC-80/master/LICENSE" rp_module_repo="git https://github.com/libretro/TIC-80.git master" rp_module_section="exp" function sources_lr-tic80() { gitPullOrClone } function build_lr-tic80() { mkdir -p build cd build cmake -DBUILD_PLAYER=OFF -DBUILD_SOKOL=OFF -DBUILD_SDL=OFF -DBUILD_DEMO_CARTS=OFF -DBUILD_LIBRETRO=ON .. make md_ret_require="$md_build/build/lib/tic80_libretro.so" } function install_lr-tic80() { md_ret_files=( 'build/lib/tic80_libretro.so' 'README.md' 'LICENSE' ) } function configure_lr-tic80() { mkRomDir "tic80" ensureSystemretroconfig "tic80" addEmulator 1 "$md_id" "tic80" "$md_inst/tic80_libretro.so" addSystem "tic80" "TIC-80" ".tic .zip " }

2 - Install from source

Once the script is there, in Emulation Station, run the RetroPie Setup script and navigate to the emulator installation menu and go into the Experimental section.

You should see the new lr-tic80 as an emulator to install.

Click on it and then choose Install from Source.

That should then compile the core and create all of the needed backend changes (es_systems.cfg and roms directory are also updated and created).

3 - Copy over some games

TIC-80 games come as .tic files. You should be able to copy them directly into the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/tic80 folder.

Launch Emulation Station and you should see TIC-80 on the main menu and you can then launch and test some games.

You can download carts for the TIC-80 on their website, https://tic80.com/.

Thank you to @mitu and @Folly for working out the details of this install! They did the real work here.

Hi,

I'm trying to install RetroPi on rasbian on a raspberry pi 3. When I do a basic install, I get this compiler error while building SDL:

In file included from /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.10+5rpi/src/video/raspberry/SDL_rpievents.c:29: /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/sdl2/2.0.10+5rpi/src/video/raspberry/SDL_rpivideo.h:47:5: error: unknown type name 'EGL_DISPMANX_WINDOW_T' 47 | EGL_DISPMANX_WINDOW_T dispman_window; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[2]: *** [Makefile:593: build/SDL_rpievents.lo] Error 1

More info about my system:
Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 3
Raspbian VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
Linux pi3 5.10.60-v7+ #1449 SMP Wed Aug 25 15:00:01 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux
Power Supply used: (If using a Pi)
RetroPie Version Used : sept 14 2021: 202fabd1bf0e0638ca71d09cc6af7e233dc0e059
Built From: github
USB Devices connected: none
Controller used: none
Error messages received: see above
Guide used: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup

Hello....
I'm running a raspberry pi 3b+ with retropie version 4.5.1 along with canakit power supply and image that I put together from a bunch of other images. I've modded quite a few arcade 1up cabinets and have NEVER ran into this issue. A new NBA Jam built and started it up after mod. Everything worked as normal like it does every time minus I had to reformat the controls (which I don't normally need to do). The controls worked on Emulation station, but not in games. After reformatting buttons everything worked/played as normal. Shut it off and powered it up later. I get this message saying Emulation Station Crashed! It happens at the same spot every time, right after emulation station is finished loading all the emulators and says done....right at done.
Screenshot_20210917-210224_Photos.jpg
It now does this probably 4 or 5 out of 10 times when I either shutoff completely or restart system. I've changed out the pi, power cord, plugged in different outlet, changed to carbon theme and nothing changes. I've also taken the sd card out and put it into another arcade and it works perfectly. I've taken a sd card out of another mod arcade that works perfectly and put it into the NBA Jam and it does it again (crash message). I've done 4 player arcades previous (along with 2 player) and have never had an issue.
What am I missing or not trying? Did something go on when reformatting the controls? Any help would be great as I've looked all over and can't find a thing for this EXACT issue. I don't speak computer lingo so please speak normal. I've never posted on here or anything, but have appreciated great advice on here when I first started to mod cabinets. Thank you in advance!