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    Retropie or Emulation Station entirely off of a USB stick or USB drive

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    • doctorstorkD
      doctorstork Banned
      last edited by

      Can I run Retropie or Emulation Station entirely off of a USB stick or USB drive through my pc. And bypass using a Raspberry Pi. Please send me any great easy to follow links or references to review. I have not seen any youtube videos less than 1 year old about this subject.

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @doctorstork
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        @doctorstork lakka

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • doctorstorkD
          doctorstork Banned @herb_fargus
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          @herb_fargus I watched your youtube about this and they are too old. I am looking for something more up to date

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          • herb_fargusH
            herb_fargus administrators @doctorstork
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            @doctorstork the methods are the same for the latest RetroArch. Very little has changed since then as far as the core emulation goes.

            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • mattrixkM
              mattrixk @doctorstork
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              @doctorstork there's always Herb's latest game station, but I'm on mobile so I don't have the link.

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                Neo-Rio
                last edited by Neo-Rio

                My guess is that the best way to do this is to install Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 16.04) to a USB drive and make it bootable.
                Then boot into Linux from that USB stick, and install Retropie following the instructions on the RetroPie website for x86/64 Ubuntu.

                When you want to enter the world of RetroPie, simply boot the USB stick from the computer UEFI/BIOS boot menu.

                I imagine that you'll want to use a fairly large USB stick to hold all the ROMs you wish to use.
                64GB or even 128GB would almost certainly get you the bulk of the decent emulators.

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