Atari 800 and 5200 folders not present

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@divotagency
Did you maybe not install the Atari 800 emulator?
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Atari-800-and-5200

mediamogul

@divotagency

Also:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation#installing-additional-emulators--ports

divotagency

I didn't install atari800 because I didn't know I had to install both - I'll do that now and see if that resolves the issue. Thanks for the feedback - I'll let you know if it is successful.

atari400

Hi there, I have just setup my first RetroPie from the latest image v4.1 for RPi3.

I too cannot see the following folders that should be present when accessing RetroPie via Samba Share:

Atari 800 ROMS folder: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari800
Atari 5200 ROMS folder: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari5200

The RetroPie site does not state that this emulator needs to be installed separately (it's included in the "systems in RetroPie" under "documentation". Was it inadvertently omitted from the current image ? I can see all of the other emulator ROM folders.

If I have to install the emulator manually, can somebody please point me to instructions on how to do this ?

Thanks in advance.

Update "atarijaguar" ROM folder is missing also .

herb_fargus

@atari400 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation#installing-additional-emulators--ports

atari400

@herb_fargus
Thanks ! The instructions are a little vague which led to my confusion.
"Manage Packages" is under the "RetroPie Setup" located within the Retropie menu.

One final question, do I "install from binary" or "install from source" to add the optional emulators ?

Sorry if these are newbie questions.

herb_fargus

@atari400 always choose Binary

atari400

@herb_fargus
Wonderful, thanks very much indeed for your help !! Can't wait to get this all going.

What would be helpful is if the system list at the link below had an extra column that showed what is included in the default image and what is optional
https://retropie.org.uk/documentation/systems-in-retropie/

herb_fargus

@atari400 that's why I added the text:

Note: systems may have varying degrees of availability and performance depending on the platform RetroPie is running.

RetroPie can be run on a raspberry pi (all the way from a 0-3 which have different systems due to the different specs) it can also run on an odroid, and a pc and probably a few others and the code is constantly in development, the image is just a convenience we provide but someone could just install RetroPie and only add one system if they wanted. There isn't really a way to quantify it. If there is no rom folder for that system, you don't have the system. Simple as that.

JiggaWatt

RetroPie has some systems flagged as main or core systems, and as you've now discovered, the Atari 800 and 5200 are not part of that group. Going through the menu you will find it, and many others, in the optional systems menu. That process will add the emulator and create the necessary ROM folders.

The Binary option is always the safest and easiest way to install an emulator. Installing from Source is more advanced and only needed if you're after a recent code change to that emulator, but you run a higher risk of encountering bugs.