I have been trying to set up Retropie on a Pi3 B+ for a while now and I can't seem to figure it out. I'm not looking to reinvent the wheel and I want the setup to be very simple - I could use some advice.
Here is what I'm going for:
General:
- I want to boot to the (only) gamelist using a momentary pushbutton.
- Remove boot up scripts and pi logo scrolling on screen.
- Replace splash screen with a custom one.
- Power off using same pushbutton at any time without having to go to "shutdown: in retropie.
- When selecting a game, need to read a config file to tell ServoStik to switch to 4/8 way mode (or stay where it is) [this part seems tricky]
Layout:
- No video snaps
- No "wheel" art (marquees)
- The list should show a screen shot of the game with the game name (with some minor art surrounding it).
- Up/Down to choose a game
- Start to launch game
- "P1 Start+P2 Start" to go back to list.
- No "emulator" level - this is an arcade only build so I don't need to "choose the system"
That's it! Seems like it should be easy but I do not want users to have the ability to access menus and other settings. Want to have to use a keyboard for that.
Should I start with a clean image of Retropie 4.4 and try to build it up from there or should I try and modify an existing image? I downloaded a few and they are all way too busy and stuffed with way too many games.
Thanks!!