@Bastelbudde said in Selling Arcade Cabinets With Twister OS and RetroPie:

First of all, I wanted to find out whether it is allowed to sell a Pi with Retropie?

Not quite - see https://retropie.org.uk/about/legal/. The RetroPie image includes software with non-commercial license, so it's not legal to sell it or include it in your kit.

If not, could I sell a Pi without any software and send the customer instructions or a link?

You can sell the hardware (the arcade cabinet) and provide instructions on how it can be made to work with something like RetroPie or other Pi supported gaming system.

topic moved to general discussion and gaming.

@ChristianG You might start by reading the 'free games' thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9500/looking-for-free-legal-games

The homebrew ROMs thread is also relevant: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8792/big-rom-hacks-homebrew-thread

(Assuming you're running a Linux distribution which allows commercial sale.) You can preload a title when you find 1) a ROM that is public domain or licensed for commercial redistribution and 2) an emulator core that is GPL or otherwise licensed to allow commercial use.

This will not be a cornucopia of emulators and ROMs, but it might be enough to be useful in a product that is legitimately sold.

Edit: If you didn't pick up on this from earlier posts, you should not start by using the prebuilt RetroPie image. You should start by using the RetroPie setup script on a commercial use-friendly Linux distro.

Edit 2: Also remember to check on the license of the frontend theme that you use.