Raspberry pi 3 systems

tjarnold

Hi guys I'm a new beginner to this could someone please give me a list of systems that would work on my rasp pi 3 as just downloaded downloaded a dreamcast to but it said no bios don't really understand what this mean as am a novice and done my setup from etaprime video many thanks

caver01

@tjarnold You have to read the documentation. All of the systems are listed. It's silly to ask someone to tell you here. That's like going to a restaurant and asking the waiter to tell you what food they have. Read the menu!

Then, you probably have to do some research on your own about emulation, what a BIOS file is, why you need it, etc. RetroPie is great in that it brings a bunch of stuff together that you would otherwise have to go find on your own, but it doesn't mean you can ignore the details. You still need to learn what is going on.

Here's another analogy for you: Say you go out and buy a car engine, then you watch a YouTube video where a guy is installing an engine in a classic car. So, you pickup a few more parts and it doesn't work. Then, you go down to the local mechanic and ask what cars will work? Why doesn't my hot rod run? What is a fuel pump? The mechanic would laugh you out of the place and tell you to go to school and learn this stuff like he did.

Get the point? You still have to know quite a bit about what you are doing beforehand. That said, once you have read the documentation and you have read up on emulation and about BIOS files and so on, you may not need to ask such questions. At that point, anyone here would be happy to help, but you didn't even take 2 minutes to provide the details required from the link at the top of every page here. What part of "Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first" do you not understand?

Someone might help you, but it would really surprise me. Maybe you should ask etaprime.

DarkWolf

@caver01

Someone might help you, but it would really surprise me. Maybe you should ask etaprime.

After reading this, nope, not really :-)
Ask etaprime, hahahaha, sry for that

tjarnold

@caver01 ok snooty one who is one of those who clearly think there better then everyone as it was a simple question for advise as I don't wanna go downloading roms for systems that might not work but your clearly someone with a serious chip on there shoulder so go knock yourself out mate

DarkWolf

@tjarnold
LMGTFY: http://bfy.tw/Bu2z
Click the first link... (Retropie wiki github page)

AlexMurphy

@tjarnold I agree it was a simple question. The problem is that you have asked such a simple question it is obvious you haven't even tried to help yourself first by doing the slightest bit of research. People here are some of the friendliest and most helpful people I have met online. You just have to demonstrate you are willing to put a bit of effort in yourself.
No one here is going to hold your hand, that's not what this community is about. If you can't handle that then maybe you should be asking your questions elsewhere.

chubsta

it may seem harsh but the bottom line is that you do need to read the documentation - it is VERY comprehensive and will answer any queries you have. Your question was too open-ended to be answered in a post and the very best answer that anyone could give was to read the docs.

A short answer is that Dreamcast is one of the many systems that works with Pi, but you do need to understand what a BIOS is and why it is needed. When you understand this then you will be able to make loads more emulators work properly by yourself, and every little bit of knowledge will make using retropie easier.

Using a Pi isn't like switching a phone on and everything works great with little interaction, one of the best things about it is that it requires effort to learn, you will get masses of help here but firstly need to try and help yourself.

As for a list of supported emulators, there is one here...

supported systems