How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?
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@Eldrethor said in How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?:
I'm hoping to make my own code contributions one of these days
If the coding isn't for you, you can always try making themes. It's fun and not too difficult (having a little basic html coding experience helps, but isn't essential).
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I got retropie due to a shortage of nes classics about 6 months ago, however I had wanted to use a Pi for years and progress from playing with arduinos, so it was the perfect excuse, I now have 3 pi3 and a Zero, loving the learning experience and cant wait to start playing with IO pins etc to get some of my scripts running in the background
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with the success and demand that out-paced supply for the NES Classic, I wish Nintendo would make a 3DS cartridge "NES classic" say a $50 game, that has the 30 NES games that are included in the NES classic.
I was lucky enough to get a NES Classic, but I would buy the "NES Classic, 3DS edition"
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I don't think they will. The NES Classic is going back on sale next year.
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@sgtjimmyrustles said in How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?:
I don't think they will. The NES Classic is going back on sale next year.
I know, but it would be a cool 3DS cartridge. seems like a simple profit opportunity
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I ended up here because of not being able to get a NES classic. I still have a NES that works (plus a few other consoles) but I just don't have to room so they're packed away, retropie is space saving tool for me really and is perfect for that.
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@sgtjimmyrustles Has that been confirmed now? One thing I don't understand is if the demand is there why stop making them? Albums, Books and Films are re-pressed all the time, why should games be any different?
If Nintendo want to go down the line of re-releasing mini classic consoles, they should make a mini console that actually accepts cartridges and then you buy the mini games for your mini console. The collectors would go mad for it and Nintendo would make a fortune.
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@chewsavedlatin Hi man, how are you? Nintendo do this thing 'cause "Mini Classic" collection is just destined for collectors. If everybody could own one, the collection value will be nothing. But with few units, the collectors could put a price on it.
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I also have the Nes mini to thank for my Pi.
I was modding my Mini pretty quickly after receiving it. Ran into its limitations and by then felt confident enough I could figure out how to configure a Pi. Never looked back! It's by far my favorite piece of tech in my house.Before I used a modded Wii + crt tv (and some spare crt's).I'm glad I could get rid of all that stuff. Those artificial scanlines the Pi can display really look like the real deal. :-) Street fighter III Second impact (in widescreen mode) looks jawdroppingly good.
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@bobharris i've got my RPi2 2 years ago exactly to make my own mini gaming console, before Nintendo start to dream with mini collection. Now, it's my first Bartop!!! This time, WE do what Nintendon't!!! 😁
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Emulation is not new to me but yes I found out about retropie and Raspberry Pi during the nes classic chaos
I did manage to get a nes and snes classic though but they sit on a shelf in the box
I’ve even tried hakchi in both of them just to try it but the Pi does it all and more
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I'm one of the minority who never owned a Nintendo.. I did, however, own an Atari 2600, several Atari home computers, an Amiga, Genesis, and lastly a Wii.. in that order.. So although the NES Classic was interesting, I never really wanted one. Especially knowing that there were emulation programs out there that could do about the same thing.
I had a very basic MAME for awhile, but never did anything with it. Then I found out about RetroPie. I don't know Linux.. I've never owned a Pi.. but for the money, I can learn..
So I'm sitting here and I get the notification that my new Pi has arrived at home.. Now I just want to leave and get home to set it up. :)
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@palee72 Welcome! The RetroPie project is a great way to learn about Raspberry Pi and Linux. You can be up and running with minimal digging into the system, but the customization options are endless depending on how much you're prepared to roll up your sleeves.
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Not me i found out about Retropie because of doom and brutal doom :p
Since i love those games and theyre easy to set up i Just love the whole port section thats how i found out tbh but emulation is just icing on the cake :p -
Thanks for the welcome. It was a bit rocky getting things started.. I had an issue with loading NES roms at first. I'd get a permissions error reading a folder. My first few searches for it told me to simply re-install RetroPie, so it was simple enough to do, but it kept doing it. So, more research gave me the commands to delete the offending file/folder.. Then it would just lock up on boot on another NES file/folder. So wiped again. I finally figured out that I had to place the ROM files directly in the NES folder, instead of embedded in a folder within the NES directory (NES folder>ROM vs. NES folder>Game folder>ROM). No issues since..
I did accidentally install ALL packages my 2nd day playing with it.. That only took about 18hrs to complete.. So I now have all kinds of stuff to go through and decide if I want to keep or delete. Most of my games work now, I've had hit or miss luck with PSX games. Still playing around with how to get BIOS off the thumbdrive and onto the Pi. But I have enough games between the Atari 2600, 7800, NES, SNES, and the few random ports that work, to keep me occupied for a bit.
one question I do have (haven't looked it up yet, just came to me), once I get my Pi how I like it (or before some major change), can I simply take the SD card out and copy it to my computer (Win10)? Then if it pukes during some change, I can wipe it and copy the backup to the SD card?
Sorry for the rambling.. I won't even get into KODI setup (just started that yesterday..)
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@palee72 Yes you can use win32diskimager to copy the image to your computer. You have to check the box that says: read only allocated partitions and then hit 'read'. Setting up your Pi just the way you want it takes a lot of time so I make an effort to backup the image regularly.
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Good to know. Thanks for the hint/tip there.
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@camck Android dropped the headphone jack before Apple did with the Le 2/ Le 2 Pro, etc. ;)
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@h00srdady said in How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?:
@camck Android dropped the headphone jack before Apple did with the Le 2/ Le 2 Pro, etc. ;)
Moto Z did this too, but if you plug the gaming controller module, there's a headphone jack on it
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