Newbie questions (USB Drive, Wi-fi and others)
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Hello, I was thinking of creating a small emulation console with a Raspberry Pi 3. Anyway, moving into the questions:
1- If I have a 4GB MicroSD card, could I load games from a USB Drive, or it will automaticly transfer into the MicroSD card?
2- Same question about custom splashscreens
3- Should i use WI-FI or it's just a recommended option?
4- I did notice in the wiki, that after the name of some emulators, there is a red triangle. What is that triangle exactly?(Note: I'm still planning, I didn't buy anything yet)
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@Nexusrex said in Newbie questions (USB Drive, Wi-fi and others):
1- If I have a 4GB MicroSD card, could I load games from a USB Drive, or it will automaticly transfer into the MicroSD card?
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive
2- Same question about custom splashscreens
AFAIK the splashscreens stay at
/home/pi/RetroPie/splashscreens(this directory is created during the first execution of the splashscreen menu in retropie_setup).3- Should i use WI-FI or it's just a recommended option?
Network connection is recommended (wi-fi or wired). So you can configure things through SSH, or use retroachivementes, for example.
RetroPie is perfectly usable when disconnected. You'll need a keyboard for some configuration tasks. But you can use it with only joysticks for gaming.
4- I did notice in the wiki, that after the name of some emulators, there is a red triangle. What is that triangle exactly?
Look at the end of the wiki home page, it means experimental.
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