• MY DIY hand held retropi system

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    @obsidianspider My first printer was the M3D Micro which was the cheapest option in the uk at the time. It was a good introduction to printing, but was also not a very good printer. I felt I would make good use from a decent one so sold it and a few other bits and brought the Flashforge Dreamer and it's fantastic. I didnt want to build a printer because just because I didnt want to spend time setting up and calibrating before I could get decent prints. The Dreamer was worth every penny and had proven to be super reliable so far.

  • Disabling Transition Styles

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    @5paceCat it's opensource. Feel free to implement the improvements you feel are lacking.

  • Does EmulationStation support GIFs?

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    Ah. That's unfortunate. Thank you for the timely response! ^_^

  • You've shown me yours, I'll show you mine...

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    Looks amazing mate, well done.

  • Just another Pi in a NES

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    Feel free to use the method I described above to run a reboot button. All you need to do is install python, use the python code above and edit the rc.local file to call the python code at startup.

    Cheers,
    K-bert

  • SVG Not Rendering Properly

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    Nevermind, I played around with different export settings and found one that ES likes and also renders an image in browser.

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  • RomTaStick, the 3D printed arcade console

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    Hi all,

    I created a small website with detailed instructions to build the RomTaStick.

    Here it is : https://romtastick.grousset.fr

  • Tough Pi kickstarter campaign

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    @Morph-X thanks, ive been working on it on and off for 12 months. Im pretty happy with the outcome, just trying to get it out there and raise some funds to r&d series 2.

  • My first post. Rpi3 in an SNES

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    Sorry for the late reply.

    To answer some questions:

    Yes I had to cut down the cart slot to fit everything inside. I did it with a dremel and then sanded off any of the loose bits.

    I used bolts and spacers to mount the pi and control block.

    The blue indicator light was one I had lying around from some guitar pedal mods I have done in the past. I measured the diameter of the light with calipers and then used that measurement to select a drill bit to mount it. It's actually tight enough to be a friction fit. I did not glue the blue LED in place. The light is connected to the LED pins on the control block. The red OEM light could be used instead but I decided I liked this look better. Beside the red LED comes on when the full boot happens.

    The cart slot cover is glued shut with gorilla glue. I used hot glue to secure it while the gorilla glue cured.

    I did the same for the eject button. I cut off something like 60% of the eject button and gorilla glued it in place again using hot glue to secure it while it cured.

    I considered making the reset switch work, however I opted not to due to space and wiring so again that's held in place with hot glue.

    In order to mount the HDMI and barrel jack I had to dremel some of the back of the port plate off. So I did that with a cutting wheel then sanded it flat. The multi out has an uneven back to it (my guess is support) and that had to be removed. I also had to drill out the hole for the barrel jack as it was bigger than the default hole in the case. Once that was done though there was no good way to secure the back panel to the case so I at first tried gorilla glue, however there was not enough surface to hold it hence the globs of hot glue you see in the picture I posted. It seems really solid now.

    Sort of wish I had done a better job documenting how I did this.

  • Spare - A New Emulationstation Theme

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    Awesome, cheers @RetroPieNerd.

    There you go @robertybob, it is now.

  • Pikea 4 Player Cocktail Table

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    @flow86 Also, you probably already figured this out, but just about any arcade classic (donkey kong, pac man, frogger, etc) that is a vertical game can be set to fill the screen and played from the vertical ends, and if you configure the cabinet style (with virtual DIP switches using in-mame GUI) to cocktail, you get the screen flipping for player 2. Works a treat. Also, you can do that with some horizontal games that support it. A game like Black Tiger can be setup that way--even though it's horizontal, they only way to enable Player 2 controls separate from P1 is to set it to Cocktail mode and it flips. This is perfect for your cabinet.

    Long story short, 4-player gaming is great, but the supported games is a limited list. However, having positions around the perimeter does set you up for some ideal classic gaming. It sure beats viewing vertical games in "pillar-box" style on a horizontal screen.

  • simple dark theme problem

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  • Help Separating PC Engine & PCE-CD

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    @edmaul69 You are my hero! That did it. Ok, now I understand what is going on better. Thank you very much!

  • XCade System

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    @masteryoer with the pi3 updated you can even have the xbox boot video for your splashscreen. You can get rid of all the boot text as well. So it will look like you are booting an xbox. Plus you could put the audio sound from the xbox when you scroll through your games. You can also add the sound the xbox makes scrolling when you scroll through your games.

  • Android emulator

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    Not related to RetroPie BUT Google has added a raspberry pi support for Android. so that'd be your best bet. Obviously you'll end up using android emulators for gaming (lucky you there's retroarch for android) so it's not so bad

  • My latest: Wii U gamepad work in progress

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    @bassholio can u post how u wired the original gamepad buttons?

  • Customizable, noob friendly theme for ES, no .xml editing (updated)

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  • RetroPie Splash Screen - Battletoads

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    Nice work, love it!

  • My Bartop is basically finished!

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    Haha yea there are a lot of reflections going on with the perspex

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