What should I do next

Jste84

So I have a retropie 4.3 on a pi3b I've done the following with it

Added a video splash screen
Changed the theme
Added background music
Scraped all metadata including video previews
Changed loading screens

So here are things I've seen but I'm not totally sure how to do

I haven't really set up arcade stuff, because I have a controller.
I have seen some people manage to add a background music menu option - mine just plays and stops when I start a game
I tried overclocking, but I have no fan and found the benefits minimal so just using normal settings.
I could download 4.4 but I've read mixed reviews and my 4.3 set up is working smoothly...

Does anyone have any suggestions, if so can you tell me the best place to start, I'm by no means a coding expert

Cheers

mitu

How about playing ?

Jste84

@mitu I do that too. I also added retroachievements. I like tinkering as much as playing so I just want to make sure there's nothing else I could do to improve my setup.

rbaker

@jste84 said in What should I do next:

I haven't really set up arcade stuff, because I have a controller

You play arcade games with a controller. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/

obsidianspider

Make a handheld

Jste84

@rbaker said in What should I do next:

@jste84 said in What should I do next:

I haven't really set up arcade stuff, because I have a controller

You play arcade games with a controller. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/

Interesting! I always thought you'd need an arcade stick. I've just read your guide regarding arcade and it's really good. Might have a bash at this.

Jste84

@obsidianspider said in What should I do next:

Make a handheld

Now that is an idea I've had. Concerns I've got is I'm not great with fiddly parts and I've never soldered anything in my life.

There seem to be a few options out there for handhelds, I now the raspiboy doesn't require soldering so I'm tempted by that...

CKidwell

@jste84 I made one raspiboy, I thought the buttons felt terrible and I took the pi zero out of it and the raspiboy sits in a box, never used. Check out Freeplaytech, they are incredible! I soldered my pi zero but you can buy a solderless hammer unit or one that uses a pi3 built in I believe. Good luck either way!

rbaker

@jste84 If you are using "lr" emulators - your controllers are already configures for arcade play right now.