@mitu The device setup I was thinking would be like this on the raspberry pi USB1: Usb image boot, raspbian? smaller. Micro-SDslot: unformatted new microsd (the target of the image write) USB2: Usb microsd adapter (the source of the image write) rpi-clone; and I thought I made it sound confusing.

@aussie-daredevil Then I recommend starting from scratch with the new disc, make sure it works, then transfer your files to it from your old drive - ROMs/artwork/etc. See the 2nd backup method explained in the docs - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#making-a-backup-option-2.

@IntoShadows said in Adding a light gun collection option\button to the showcase theme: I'm currently using the "Wolfanoz ArcadeOnly 32GB" image Third party images are not supported here.

@RetroJoe This is not a ROM sharing site, the rules are there so people understand that. You seem to have not read them - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules. Freeware and demo image That doesn't give re-distribution rights automatically. There's a topic dedicated to how to legally obtain games/ROMs, you may post there - respecting the forum rules - links to games you think are freeware/demo: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10918/

Or maybe I overlooked, or jumped the gun on what was the problem. If you see the pretty rainbow screen then you wrote the image correctly. It may be very likely as I was reminded in the forums that there are different versions of the retropie image that will work for the different raspberry pi models. The pi 1/zero are bundled up into one image and the pi 2/3 are bundled into a different image, with older images not supporting the pi3b+. I don't know about the 1b+

@mitu said in Rom file, thumbnail images: Please add more info about your system, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. My systems? The post is simply asking if there is a way to add an image to a .bin file to act as a thumbnail on a selection screen. It’s not a systems related post.

Cheers :-D Thank you!

Thanks for the replies folks. Turns out the whole black screen thing on reboot is me being impatient while it restores the space on the new SD card. I tried it all again from scratch with Pishrink, only this time left it for about 20 minutes after the splash screen then black screen thing. It went to the black screen as before but I decided to be patient this time and after about 20 mins or so it rebooted itself into Emulationstation as it should. Everything seems to be running absolutely fine. Thrilled to bits! Really wanted to keep this image as I'd put a lot of weekends into it! Thanks again. :-)

Well it finally worked after trying all day long. Anybody have any ideas what the hell was going on?

@papinist DL21 only works for DL, but on http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/ you can find enhanced versions of DL2 and SA as well. Look under "ROM Updates". I think a separate thread would be better for your Daphne issues.

JUST LIKE THIS.

@pawsius Yeah, you need to check out point 5 on https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@mrralphman You can use the ImageMagick suite of programs to do that with a simple command line - see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/.

Great, thanks for the help will give it a go, I’ll post back how I’ve got on or if I need some help lol Cheers again

So EasyHax pointed out to me that any gamelist.xml file in the roms directory will override the one in the .emulationstation/gamelists/ directories. Sure enough I found a 0 byte gamelist.xml file in the snes roms directory. It HAD to be something this simple...

@jonnykesh Yes, I think providing the beta on the official site (the only source of retropie images for new users) could be a good idea, of course with a statement like If you're using a Pi 3B+, a Stretch based image is necessary. Here is a compatible beta/RC image of retropie, use it at your own risks, and please report eventual bugs on the forum. Final image coming soon It would (I think) avoid a lot of disappointment for new users with 3B+, as well as a big load of new similar topics here :) It could also involve more people in beta testing, and thus help to stabilize the image. Again, it's just my personal point of view. I use Stretch image for 2 months now without major issue, and I assure you I've seen a huge lot of far less polished commercial (and furthermore expensive) products hitting GA :)

@Potatopops9 you would do better to open a new thread detailing your issue.

@kelvinnkat said in Does anyone have a version 3.6 RPi 3 image?: why aren't old images on github? When Cortés reached the new world, he burned his ships to inspire confidence in his men to move forward. With RetroPie however, I imagine it's simply a matter of practicality. Supporting the latest greatest release already takes a village. Supporting all the outdated images that have come and gone would be a pretty big burden. Personally, I don't see that 4.x is any less "plug and play" than 3.6. What are some examples that you've noticed?

Hah.. yes I just figured that out and came to post this. Forgot about the gamelist.xml file. Thanks!