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Raspberry Pi RetroPie - Single Mame Rom Boot for Dedicated Vertical Display

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RIJOSROBERTO:
hello every one , does anyone know where i can download the layout/theme that THeSToBBSTeR is using i think its called grid-new , i know it comes with his image download but i just need the layout/theme its self please ,.

lashedup:
Total NOOB question here...

Should this image allow you to boot up a brand new PI3+  or do you have to have a basic OS installed already?   Is THeSToBBSTeR image the only thing necessary to have on the SD card to boot a brand new PI?

Thanks for the patience and help!

-j

thestobbster:
This image has not been tested on the latest version of the Pi 3. It runs an earlier version of retro-pie that may not be compatible with your version of the Raspberry Pi.

Once I get a hold of a newer Raspberry Pi 3, I will likely test my image or update it to be compatible. For now if you buy a Pi2 or model 3, it should work fine on either one. I am running a pi 2 with Centipede in my cocktail table and a Pi 3 in my Galaga cabinet. Both of these work without any issues.

Keep in mind that the disk image must be flashed onto your micro sd card using a program like etcher or win32 disk imager. You can't just copy it to the card using file copy.

Hope this helps answer your questions.

mrclean:
Certain Logic Boards are just getting wayyyy out of hand / too $$$$ expensive, some of those components are unreliable as well. This is EXACTLY what I want a compatible RPI3B+ Image that loads a single MAME Rom and loads it directly / launches it as if it were an original PCB inside the cabinet. Also to note I want it to work with libretro2003 because to me .78 MAME set runs damn good.

-Hide load up junk
-(Insert Custom splash, (i can always change it to black should i wish to have it blank)
-LOAD "insert game title here" MAME game.
-I don't want the ability for anyone to be able to exit the game by accident or on purpose.
-I want a safe shut down.

Ideally I want it to be able to rinse repeat this process. Have it compatible for Horizontal & Vertical monitor orientations. Predominately for right now I typically place them into Horizontally oriented monitors. I've already built a rpi3b+ image with tons of games but I just want single load capability to circumvent using expensive unreliable / unpredictable hardware.

morton:

--- Quote from: mrclean on October 15, 2018, 09:01:40 pm ---Certain Logic Boards are just getting wayyyy out of hand / too $$$$ expensive, some of those components are unreliable as well. This is EXACTLY what I want a compatible RPI3B+ Image that loads a single MAME Rom and loads it directly / launches it as if it were an original PCB inside the cabinet. Also to note I want it to work with libretro2003 because to me .78 MAME set runs damn good.

-Hide load up junk
-(Insert Custom splash, (i can always change it to black should i wish to have it blank)
-LOAD "insert game title here" MAME game.
-I don't want the ability for anyone to be able to exit the game by accident or on purpose.
-I want a safe shut down.

Ideally I want it to be able to rinse repeat this process. Have it compatible for Horizontal & Vertical monitor orientations. Predominately for right now I typically place them into Horizontally oriented monitors. I've already built a rpi3b+ image with tons of games but I just want single load capability to circumvent using expensive unreliable / unpredictable hardware.

--- End quote ---

There is a program called AM builder, that is a super user friendly Attract Mode layout builder. I used it to build a layout that was for a vertical cabinet... It only displayed a full sized screen video snap and the game logo. No fancy junk.

I have heard its better performance wise to rotate in RetroArch and that the display_rotate command is harder on the performance.

What I would recommend is that since this can be done in such a way that AM runs in a native horizontal way. Except the snap and wheel art are rotated to accommodate your monitors rotation. That way when you set up the attract mode menu, you set next game to be "down" but AM sees it as right (because the monitor is rotated - not AM). Set it up so that the game loads in RetroArch rotated. Then the contols are the same, because it sees up as up, etc... Make sense? Probably not, but it worked much better for me than using display_rotate.

I will try to dig up a layout file. No promises.

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