Shell Script

[Marco.C]

Hello.
Is there a possibility to start a game from the command line?

I would like to load a script with the list of games, I think
so it would be easier for children or people without any experience in using / playing with Retropie, is that possible?

I want to build an arcade with old RPi3 games (asteroids, Street fighter II, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pole Position, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, pong, Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man, Galaga, Double Dragon and Arkanoid for example) turn on the arcade it would show the relationship of the games, when choosing
it would start automatically, will it work?

Guys, thank you very much for your attention and sorry if I couldn't be understood, my knowledge of English is very bad and that's why I had to use the translation on google ok?

PORTUGUES

Ola.
Existe a possibilidade de iniciar um jogo pela linha de comando?

Gostaria de carregar um script com a relação dos jogos, acho que
assim ficaria mais facil para crianças ou pessoas sem nenhuma esperiencia em usar / jogar com o Retropie, isso e possivel?

Quero construir um arcade com o RPi3 jogos antigos ( asteroids, Street fighter II, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pole Position, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, pong, Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man, Galaga, Double Dragon e Arkanoid por exemplo ), ao ligar o arcade ele mostraria a relação dos jogos, ao escolher
ele iniciaria automaticamente, sera que da certo?

Pessoal, muito obrigado pela atenção e desculpe se não consegui ser entendido, meu conhecimento de ingles e muito ruim e por isso tive que usar a tradução pelo google ok?

[mitu]

@Marco-C said in Shell Script:

Is there a possibility to start a game from the command line?

Yes, see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-would-i-start-from-command-line-say-the-snes-emulator-by-itself.

I would like to load a script with the list of games, I think
so it would be easier for children or people without any experience in using / playing with Retropie, is that possible?
I want to build an arcade with old RPi3 games (asteroids, Street fighter II, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pole Position, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, pong, Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man, Galaga, Double Dragon and Arkanoid for example) turn on the arcade it would show the relationship of the games, when choosing
it would start automatically, will it work?

To this kind of setup, I'd use the Kid UI mode in EmulationStation, which hides all the configuration and only shows the games tagged with 'KidGame'. You can tag the games you want to be shown (and hide the rest) and you can set EmulationStation to start on a certain system - in your case, the arcade folder. This way, when you start RetroPie, the system will boot straight into the list of games and they can be started right away.
Look it up in the EmulationStation documentation pages.

[Marco.C]

Translated by google
Thank you very much for the guidance, it is 0:15 am here (city of Cabo Frio RJ / Brazil), I am replying to you from an RPi4, tomorrow I will record a Retropie image on the sdcard to use on the RPi3 and try / study the guidelines ok?
I'll be back here to post the results. . .
Again, thank you very much for your attention.

Muito obrigado pela orientação, são 0:15 hs aqui (cidade de Cabo Frio RJ / brasil ), estou te respondendo de um RPi4, amanha gravarei uma imagem do Retropie no sdcard para usar no RPi3 e tentar / estudar as orientações ok?
Volto aqui para postar os resultados . . .
Novamente, muito obrigado pela atenção.