Unofficial RPi5 RetroPie image.

ExarKunIv

@sugarfree thanks for doing this. It will help out a lot of people.

ExarKunIv

@sugarfree even better. Nicely done adding your plus version

Ristul

Cool, I did the manual installation but if I ever need to do a clean install I might try this. Cheers!

craigtest

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried using your image and doing everything on my own, either way I end up with a screen full of horizontal blue lines bouncing up and down my screen.

sugarfree

@craigtest
1.Which image did you use for the test?
2.What model of Pi 5 did you use, 2GB or 4/8GB?
3.Are you trying to use RetroPie from VNC?.
4. Did you have this issue with a specific emulator?

Make sure that you are using the HDMI port closest to the PSU port.
If you have a second HDMI cable, try using that.
I don't know if this is related to the firmware version. I have the latest stable version installed on my system.

I download both images and test them and i can't reproduce this issue, everything is working ok from my side.

ExarKunIv

im not sure whats going on. other then the display setting in the config.txt not playing nice with @craigtest display. thats all i can think of

i installed both images on different card and they both work on my display on the first boot

sugarfree

Thanks for the confirmation! It looks from this post on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/1g49b7t/screen_resolution_help/) that it has issues and with the Desktop OS, so it is unrelated to RetroPie.

ExarKunIv

@sugarfree that would make more sense. hope he gets is figured out

craigtest

@sugarfree yeah thats my reddit post. I had a similar issue with the desktop os, but I fixed it by connecting with vnc and changing the resolution.

craigtest

@sugarfree

Full image
2.pi5 8gb
I was attempting to use vnc to see if I could get a clearer image (something I had to do with the desktop os).
The issue started immediately after boot up, I never made it to an emulator.

Thanks for your help!

sugarfree

@craigtest
To change the resolution add to the end of cmdline.txt file the following:

video=HDMI-A-1:"add_your_width"x"add_your_height"M@"add_your_refresh_rate"

Example for 1080p 60HZ resolution:

video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60

To open the file from a terminal window just type:

sudo nano /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt

To save the change press ctrl+o and ctrl+x and restart the system.

Retrodade

I just grabbed this, and burned added my splashscreen...now it crashes while playing splash then says to increase memory split
i went to rasp-config to where it was on pi4 but it's not there on the pi 5 how can i increase the GPU memory split to 256?

sugarfree

@Retrodade
I know that the RPi5 doesn't have GPU memory, so the old options like gpu_mem aren't available.
RetroPie support fir RPi5 is in beta, so we have to wait until Dev's fix issues like this.

Retrodade

@sugarfree
thanks 4 that info
I disabled my splash till then

danie

@sugarfree hi. Im completely new to raspberrypi. And im a steelworker...so know absolutely nothing about computers. Thank u so much for this info and that u made it possible to download. I saved and bought a pi5. And to my horror i saw that a person must load it manually. I hope i get it right 😅

khoff1982

Thank you so much for this image. One issue I had was after scraping, data is not saving for some systems, specifically NES and N64 but is saving for SNES and Genesis. I can't find the gamelist.xml file or even the emulationstation folder when I SSH into the raspberry pi. Do you have any suggestions?

sugarfree

@khoff1982 Which scraper are you having this issue with? I am using Skyscraper, and so far, I haven't encountered a similar issue.

Take a look at the RetroPie Docs about the scrapers, maybe you'll find some useful information: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/

witodegreef

Anyone having issues with games playing super fast? Basically being unplayable? I've tried many things like manual install, config changes, different controller mappings and now the pre-built image here but nothing helps. Every rom type is affected.

Any suggestions?

sugarfree

@witodegreef

So far, I have tested games from the following systems: SNES, NES, Master System, Mega Drive, PSX, Saturn, N64, GBA, GameCube, Neo Geo, and PC Engine, and I haven't faced this issue. I am using the image from the above link.

Because the offered image is not official, I suggest using your manually installed setup and opening a new topic with the requested information, as suggested here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

As a suggestion, you might try using a different controller or gamepad, just in case the fast forward function is stuck

First, reset the previous mapping: You can do this from the RetroPie Setup by choosing Configuration Tools > EmulationStation and selecting the Clear/Reset option.
Then, configure the new controller or keyboard and test again.