How many of you found out about RetroPie because you couldn't buy the NES Classic?

danielmewhouse

@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!!! 😁

Valhalla_Pi

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

palee72

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. :)

j.e.f.f

@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.

RetroFreak89

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

palee72

@j-e-f-f

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..)

BobHarris

@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.

palee72

@bobharris

Good to know. Thanks for the hint/tip there.

h00sRdady

@camck Android dropped the headphone jack before Apple did with the Le 2/ Le 2 Pro, etc. ;)

danielmewhouse

@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