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[ChanceKJ]

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[ivwshane]

I'd like to give a shout out to a retropie offshoot called recalbox for those who want something even easier to setup. The author is great and good about helping and taking feedback. He offers both a turn key option for a fee and a DIY option for free. Everything is pretty much plug and play, including Bluetooth and ps3 controlled and using wired Xbox or wireless Xbox controllers with an adapter. As an extra benefit he has made it so that you can access kodi (one of the best media centers out there).

https://www.recalbox.com

[MaseMan]

I'm thinking about getting one of these kits. Looks very simple to put together. My living room could use a retro gaming system with the option of using a bluetooth controller.

[DesiredOutcome]

Any one use the kit?

[IG-88]

I've put a couple kits together. Seem to be a good quality. Not much to them really.

Recalbox IMO is the better of the 2 (.img files? I think they're called) Retropi kept corrupting and locking up on various different SD cards. Not to mention Recalbox looks much better on CRT's. I'm sure a person could get retropi to look as good by tweaking some files but why bother when Recal looks great right out of the box. Only down side is it doesn't save hi-scores with mame and retropi does. I think there is a work-around for it I just haven't got too it yet.

[WendyLong]

I have read an article related to this tip: Depending on the case you want to put your project in, you will need the same base (the RPI, sd card).
For power, depending on the screen size you can choose either the power boost 500c or 1000 to power your whole system. the power boost is used to charge the lipo battery you plug on it and boost the voltage from 3.7v to 5v.