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    Purchased my first Pi 3 (retro Pi)...HELP!!!

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    • markyh444M
      markyh444 @mediamogul
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      Yeh, @mediamogul killed a guy with a trident!

      Seriously though, you should probably lay low for a while as you will be wanted for murder...

      Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
      Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
      Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
      https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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      • daeksD
        daeks
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        @herb_fargus @BuZz as the discussion is mostly the same might it be an idea to add that kind of information ("we only support images from retropie") to the "first read before post article"? With some note about the illegality of pre-made images with Roms

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        • rbakerR
          rbaker @daeks
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          @daeks like in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules ?

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          • space cadetS
            space cadet
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            Politics or high school? ; )

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            • CapemanC
              Capeman
              last edited by Capeman

              I just recently left a retropie facebook group that started off as a support group but slowly overtime turned into a "were making a preloaded image that looks like hyperspin" forum and filled with mostly kids/trolls... (group used to be called Retropie but changed its name to Project HyperPie, best avoided, nothing of value anymore)

              What really amazes me is people start off as ignorant to an issue, but when they are informed of the negative facts associated, they immediately go into "defensively and willfully ignorant" mode... they get mad when presented with facts they dont like and start attacking anyone who doesn't subscribe to their version of reality. This is kind of behavior is hitting a fever pitch lately here in the States, doesnt even matter the subject anymore.

              People are just terrible.

              Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @Capeman
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                @Capeman said in Purchased my first Pi 3 (retro Pi)...HELP!!!:

                People are just terrible.

                That was my prom theme.

                RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                • HiroshiH
                  Hiroshi @Capeman
                  last edited by

                  There's a pre-populated 64gb image on torrent sites called "Project RetroPie" too, which can't help.

                  It's ironic that the Mini-NES and such have actually (massively) increased the amount of ROM piracy.

                  Pi/Linux newbie/mum, suddenly supervising 5 x Pi3 + 4 x Pi0 - I only wanted to play SMW!

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                  • CapemanC
                    Capeman @Hiroshi
                    last edited by

                    @Hiroshi Exactly! Nintendo's "popularity by scarcity" tactics have caused an absolute flood of people looking for some way to play old games on a little box, and what comes up on the first google search?

                    128GB PRE LOADED RETROPIE WITH 65,000 GAMES ROMZ WAREZ OMG LADY GAGA KEYWORD KEYWORD KEYWORD NES-MINI

                    Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                    • space cadetS
                      space cadet
                      last edited by

                      I think it's so much more fulfilling to do it on your own! So east download the retropie image, setup, and add roms. Who needs 65000 games? I'm lucky to play 1 a week with my lil ones!

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                      • markyh444M
                        markyh444 @space cadet
                        last edited by

                        @space-cadet I'm only allowed to play Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends on the Megadrive on mine when my son is about because he likes it.

                        He knows nothing. That game is shit.

                        Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                        Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                        Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                        https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                        • CapemanC
                          Capeman @markyh444
                          last edited by

                          @markyh444 My oldest (3yo) is just getting started with games, we play Freeway on Atari because it's the simplest fun game i could find.

                          Also got my wife to do some gaming with me in the evenings (which i consider doing the impossible)... but she ONLY wants to play tetris 2 player... so im not sure if i consider that a victory or not.

                          Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                          • markyh444M
                            markyh444 @Capeman
                            last edited by

                            @Capeman 2 player Tetris! I'd not claim that as a victory if I were you...

                            Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                            Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                            Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                            https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                            • HiroshiH
                              Hiroshi @Capeman
                              last edited by

                              @Capeman Two-player Tetris is a gateway game to Dr.Robotniks Mean Bean Machine!

                              Pi/Linux newbie/mum, suddenly supervising 5 x Pi3 + 4 x Pi0 - I only wanted to play SMW!

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                              • CapemanC
                                Capeman @markyh444
                                last edited by

                                @markyh444 i did the first week or so... im on about week 4 of nothing but tetris... I mean, c'mon, there are other/better puzzle games! She won't even try Puzzle Fighter 2

                                Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                                • space cadetS
                                  space cadet
                                  last edited by

                                  What I meant was between taking care of lil ones and work there is no time to play : (

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                                  • markyh444M
                                    markyh444 @Capeman
                                    last edited by

                                    @Capeman You should load up a two-player Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends session on the Megadrive dude....

                                    Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                                    Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                                    Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                                    https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                                    • CapemanC
                                      Capeman @markyh444
                                      last edited by

                                      @markyh444 Oh im already planning on adding that gem! I like to give really bad games a good run through sometimes.

                                      Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                                      • B
                                        backstander @markyh444
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                                        @markyh444

                                        I'm only allowed to play Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends on the Megadrive on mine when my son is about because he likes it.

                                        My son loves Thomas but all he wants me to do is load up Kodi so he can watch the 1st Pixar Cars movie. I mean it was a great movie the first time I watched it but I'm getting really tired of it. Lucky for me there's a 3rd Cars movie coming out soon. Maybe it will give us a little more variety. Also he loves the 2nd Disney Planes movie.

                                        You should try the SNES version of Thomas for some variety. For some reason it's completely different than the Megadrive version but it's still crap!

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                                        • markyh444M
                                          markyh444 @backstander
                                          last edited by

                                          @backstander I'll admit I did load up the SNES one previously, but preferred the repetitive tedium of the Megadrive one. sigh

                                          Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                                          Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
                                          Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
                                          https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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                                          • B
                                            backstander @markyh444
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                                            @markyh444
                                            Yeah the Megadrive version does feel like it moves through the game a little faster.

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