Raspberry Pi: Retro Gaming with RetroPi

If you have any questions or get stuck as you work through this in-class exercise, please ask the instructor for assistance. Enjoy!

Installing Necessary Software

Install a copy of RetroPi at this site for the appropriate hardware.
After getting the image, run etcher and load the image onto the microSD card.
This may take a while, so as it loads, go to this site to find some ROMs you’d like to play!
Once finished, insert the microSD into the RaspberryPi and turn it on.
You will now configure the game controller, for this lab, we will use the keyboard.
TO SKIP OTHER STEPS hold down any already bound key. Continue doing this for keys not listed.
Ensure that the d-pad up, down, left, right keys are set (suggest WASD for these).
Ensure that the A,B,X, and Y buttons are bound (numpad up, right, left, and down are recommended).
The A button will be your primary selection method as opposed to a keyboard and mouse.
Ensure start and select are bound (z and x recommended).
At this point, you will skip a lot of buttons until the botbutton is reached at the bottom of the menu.
Ensure that the HOTBUTTON is set (suggest ENTER).

After downloading a couple of ROMs, we need to setup a USB stick to hold these ROMs.
With a blank USB stick, format it to a FAT32 or NTFS format.
Create a file in the USB stick, and name it retropie.
Ensure that the Pi is turned off at this point before continuing.
Plug the USB into the pi, and wait for the pi to stop blinking (about a minute).
Let the Pi completely boot to the retropie main menu.
Reboot the Pi by hitting the F4 key and typing into the terminal sudo reboot.
Then shutdown the pi and unplug the usb.
Load the ROMs into the retropie/roms folder.
Now you can plug it back in and play.

If you would like to do this at home, a USB game control will work well for most games.
A keyboard and mouse are good things to have installed at all times. If something goes wrong you can quit to a terminal menu with the ctrl+f1 key combo.