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Anyone liking Raspberry Pi running RetroPie for older console and MAME?
nitrogen_widget:
retroboxos says it uses Libretro cores.
I know the mame core uses standard mame keyboard inputs.
Don't know about the other cores.
Edit.
Can't compile anything due to no Dev environment installed.
Even if I could the script installs imame4all which is the same as mame4droid ROM version wise.
So I choose to just clear off my Roms and snaps and make an image of my card before I attempt to shrink the partition to make an image that isn't gigantic.
That retroboxos looks nice but I can't get it to work with my only free SD card.
jeepville2001:
I wired up a test control panel to the ipac and it works with RetroBoxOS on my set up with the "default" input config. This should already be selected after you install on the Pi with a USB keyboard connected. Navigation in the front end and game launching works 100% using the easy button mapping options in the main menu. I also have a generic Logitech USB game pad connected that I used before I connected the ipac control panel with buttons.
I need to remap some of the buttons inside the individual emulators for the ipac. It seems start, coin and the "hotkey" for RetroBoxOS are tied to my USB gamepad rather than the ipac. I'm really hoping this could be a cheap and easy "turn-key" combo for my arcade cabinet.
MrDetermination:
Some misunderstanding in this thread. First, someone said they "don't like the way linux looks". Linux at its core is just a command line. There are a lot of desktop environments that sit on top of Linux. Each of those DEs have skins. The options here are effectively limitless. Retropie comes with LXDE desktop environment.
Aspect ratios are configurable. My emulators all start up letterboxed (on the sides) 4:3. Just go in to the UI and select settings -> Video -> Aspect ratio -> Core provided. Save changes. You can also do this in the config files if you prefer.
Also, you shouldn't be having to type endless lines of code to do things. Maybe a handful of configs to get you going but then you should be able to save changes via the UIs for the emulators and they should stick from session to session.
NeoGeo needs a bios file in the directory with the roms.
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Okay, I have been tinkering with Linux and BSD for years so I have a jump here. But I still run Windows on most of my daily work machines... I'm not a Linux defender. My first arcade project was a Porta Pi (just a few weeks ago). You can download his image here if you prefer: http://www.retrobuiltgames.com/porta-pi-arcade-help/porta-pi-software-os-download/
It already has all the major emulators loaded. If you follow his wiring diagrams from his Porta PI assembly manual then most everything will already be bound correctly in the emulators for you.
NES, SNES, Genesis and GBA all run flawlessly for me. 0.375b roms have some quirks but a lot of the legacy stuff runs just fine. Several games have audio issues though, some minor. Some major. My main complaint at the moment is I can't hide MAME games from the UI. Everything else I have sussed out. Took some tweaking here and there but like anything, make a punch list and work through it a quirk at a time.
elPaulio:
Ive built a bartop that runs on a Pi
Ive attahced two pics from half way through the build
The biggest pain by far for me, was getting the thing working 100%
I started off with PiPlay, which is a great piece of software... but then moved onto RetroArch/Retropie based setup.
Retropie just looks better in my opinion
A quick rundown....
At the top we have two speakers, nothing special about them
There is also a 6W lamp behind those. This runs on normal 240V.... whcih I could have changed... see next point!
The blue thing in the middle, is a 12V LED driver. This is only powering my illuminated buttons at the moment. It could power the lamp at back of the cab, but I already had that lying around and id need to find a 12V input lamp instead.
At the bottom left, we have a 4 way, with USB power block.
Middle/Top right is the Pi itself
Bottom right hand side, is the speaker amp
Whats not in the pic, is a 15" laptop TFT screen
This is controlled by a controller I found on ebay which is specific for the TFT's model. I mounted that on the left hand side, much like the Pi as its a smallish board
The buttons are not wired up in these pictures either, so you dont really get an appreciation for how much wiring is in the finished project.
I'll post more soon
mvolke1:
I used RetroPie:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141979.0.html
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