Another RetroPie Incident (Maybe?)

Darksavior

You can tell how noobish they are when they don't include arcade roms because finding the correct romset is rocket science :D

herb_fargus

@itsnitro as far as I understand they don't include the software...

Some others have received it and I am still on the fence about getting it perhaps they can tell us what was included when they received it.

Post for reference:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/103104

All the same I'm not a fan of unbox therapy. The defacto YouTube clickbait rubbish. We don't need or want the publicity.

thanatar

@herb_fargus
I received mine a few weeks ago. No software was included on the SD card. The maker, Pierre, has been very vocal about not including an image. Not sure where Unbox got their image. If you're on the fence about getting one I say go for it. It is a small screen, but definitely fun to play.

screech

Same here, Early bider on this, received a few week ago.

You've got the Case + PCB + Screen + batterie + 8Gb SD card.

And this SD Card is formated... nothing on it... you must add a PI0 and install yourself a Retrogaming distribution (like Retropie or Recalbox.)

I haven't seen the video yet, but if he says Raspiboy is sell with some software, he is completely wrong... (so you can be dubtfull for the rest ^^)

Too few project with "Licence respect" so I need to defend this one ;)

EDIT :
After checking quickly the video, I think it may be a "special" version for review...
The Raspiboy is already constructed with the extra usb port and the PI0 in it (and obviously the Retropie Installed)...
Maybe Pierre send some pre-constructed kit for some review.
Or unbox therapy is unfair and don't really unbox this one ;)
If you want to see a good review on this, I prefere this one :

00ninja

Unboxed Therapy received his unit already set up for review purposes. The only way to change SD cards is to take everything apart to get to the SD card. Assembly is not difficult but does take time to get everything in the right place to close it up. Took me 30min total. Im sure Pierre sent one without all the hassles.

A Former User

Alright, so Pierre isn't a bad guy and is just giving Unbox Therapy a review version.
But could this be an issue anyway? Should we go contact Unbox Therapy about it?

edmaul69

@itsnitro i dont think he violated anything. It is like you making a pi for your buddy and not charging him for it.

Hex

I am pretty sure he said that the device came assembled and with software only for review. It was not sold to him. Users buying will need to assemble and install Retropie.

twd

Nothing wrong here just a hardware supplier, imho

PetroRie

@itsnitro said in Another RetroPie Incident (Maybe?):

Alright, so Pierre isn't a bad guy and is just giving Unbox Therapy a review version.
But could this be an issue anyway? Should we go contact Unbox Therapy about it?

That French guy has an account here too, I forgot his forum handle but I remember him posting a prototype version of this unit on the forum longtime ago. You probably still can find it if you search for it.