By selecting a package you can choose to install it, or remove it.
The packages are ordered first by type (emulators / libretro cores / ports), then alphabetically. Stable additional packages are under the "Optional" section, with more unstable packages listed under experimental. In each section are lists of packages that can be installed (and it will show what is currently installed). Once there you can navigate to "Manage Packages" where you will see various sections.
Software can be installed from the RetroPie-Setup script - which is accessible from the RetroPie menu on EmulationStation. Ports like quake and doom and some other emulators like ScummVM can be installed later. This should cover everything most users would be doing. The pre-made images contain the best working emulators for each system supported by the hardware. On RetroPie 4.0+, not everything is installed by default. Once configured you will see your IP addressįor more WiFi configuration options see this page HERE Installing additional Emulators
Type your Wifi Password (may take a moment to connect)
If you wish to use wifi to transfer roms over the network rather than a USB stick or Ethernet cable you'll need to setup your wifi- which can also be done from the Retropie menu in emulationstation: Connect to Wifi Network: Transferring roms are described in the following steps. When you first see EmulationStation you may wonder why you don't see systems like the SNES or Game Boy- worry not- they are installed on the system, roms just need to be added to their respective rom folders before they will become visible. Note that hotkeys are only specific to the retroarch/libretro based emulators. By default, the hotkey is select so that means you hold down select while pressing another button to execute a command. The following chart shows the default hotkey combinations. Hotkeys enable you to press a combination of buttons to access functions such as saving, loading, and exiting emulators. See the following diagrams for reference: SNES Controller
For more details on manual controller configurations see this page Here. If you wish to configure more than one controller, you can do so from the start menu of emulationstation. When you get to OK press the button you have configured as "A". Hold down any button on your keyboard or gamepad and the name will appear at the bottom and then open up into a configuration menu:įollow the onscreen instructions to configure your gamepad- if you run out of buttons just hold down a button to skip each unused button. On first boot your filesystem will be expanded automatically, you will then be welcomed with the following screen- this menu will configure your controls for both Emulationstation and RetroArch Emulators: ROMs are copyrighted content and as such are not included with RetroPie. Loading up a ROM in an emulator is the equivalent of putting a cartridge in a game console. ROMs are digital versions of game cartridges. The RetroPie SD image comes pre-installed with many different emulators. For power users it also provides a large variety of configuration tools to customize the system as you want.Īn emulator is software that makes a computer behave like another computer, or in the case of RetroPie a computer that behaves like a video game console such as the Super Nintendo. It builds upon Raspbian, EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favorite Arcade, home-console, and classic PC games with the minimum set-up.
RetroPie allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi or PC into a retro-gaming machine. This instruction is short version of Retropie Wiki Page that you can see it Here.