Could I burn Retro Pie onto my USB flash Drive and boot it up on my Raspberry pi from the USB?

I’m having a problem where the four USB ports and the Ethernet ports are not powered on my RPi B+. Looking around at other communities it seems that this is due to hardware differences on the B+ which make it so that distros that work fine on the B do not recognize the USBs or the ethernet port until updated. Until this is compensated for, the ports in fact, do not even have power. For other users, this problem has been fixed with updated versions of Raspian.

Being a novice to the RPi, I was curious if anyone else was having these problems. I haven’t seen any posts about this regarding RetroPie specifically, though I am having the same problems with RetroPie on my B+ that other users are having with other distros.

Has anyone managed to get RetroPie 2.3 up and running on the new B+ model?

Congratulations on the project and the community. I am experiencing problems with you but I have to set the second control. my interface is said in the matter. Any suggestions. Thanks to all

Hi I have installed the RetroPie image and I do not know where to configure the controller.
I have a USB arcade controller and Emulation Station is able to find the controller and I am able to control the UI with the controller. But as soon as I start an emulator the keyboard becomes the controller.
How can I map let’s say, controller 1 to the USB controller rather than the keyboard?

Migrating from 2.2 to 2.3

If you are looking to migrate from 2.2 to 2.3, it is much easier to copy files off the old image using winscp (or something similar), then copy them back into place in 2.3. Save these files:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/*
/etc/emulationstation/es_system.cfg
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/*

Your saved games are located in the roms folder, if you’d prefer to only save those (since I hope you backup your roms elsewhere!)

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Fresh Build

1) Download the latest version of RetroPie’s SD image. This document is based off version 2.3.

https://www.petrockblock.com/download/retropie-project-image/

2) Download and use Win32 Disk Imager to apply the above SD image to a 4 GB or larger SD card. 8 GB is really recommended.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

3) Boot the SD Image on your Raspberry Pi.

4) The first time the system boots up into Emulation Station, you will need to setup your joystick.

5) If this is a new Pi, you’ll probably want to update to the latest firmware and reboot. You may need to use a wired cable even if you plan on using wifi.

sudo rpi-update
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

6) I purchased a EW-7811Un USB wifi, which is supported by the Raspberry Pi out of the box. I also have a TL-WN725N, which can be setup as follows:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=462982#p462982

tar -zxvf 8188eu-201xyyzz.tar.gz
sudo install -p -m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko
sudo depmod -a

7) Now we need to setup wifi. Edit /etc/network/interfaces to configure wlan0.

allow-hotplug wlan0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid zInternet
wpa-psk *******

8) Before we can move to configuring everything via SSH, we need to configure our joystick for the emulators themselves.

cd /opt/retropie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin
sudo ./retroarch-joyconfig -j 1 >> /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

9) Grab the IP address and SSH into the device to continue configuration. The default user/password that comes with Raspbian is used: The username is “pi”, the password is “raspberry”.

10) Let’s setup the player 2 controller for our emulators before we forget.

cd /opt/retropie/configs/all/
vi retroarch.cfg

Copy and paste the entire section that begins with “input_player1_” and change it to “input_player2_”. Don’t forget to change the “input_player_joypad_index” to 1 or 2 as well.

Note: If you have a keyboard connected, things can be a little odd. You may need to change the joypad index to 0 and 1 if you remove the keyboard, which I’m going to do.

At the end of the retroarch.cfg file, it is a good idea to add the following to allow you to press select+start to exit the game.

input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"

I also like to take advantage of the save and load states in emulation, which some people consider cheating. Add the following lines to enable these buttons on your joypad.

input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_load_state_btn = "4"

After this has been done, you can hold select and press the L and R paddles to save and load states respectively. I also like to add some in-game volume control.

input_volume_up_axis = "-1"
input_volume_down_axis = "+1"

11) Run configuration.

sudo raspi-config

12) Change password.

13) Change Memory-split to 384.

14) Set your time zone and localization options, then configure the keyboard keymap. I used en_US.UTF-8.

15) Expand root file system to fill entire SD card.

16) Force audio out of audio jack (instead of HDMI).

17) Exit from tool and reboot.

18) SSH back in (if you are using DHCP, the resizing of the file system can cause an IP change).

19) Now copy your Roms to the SMB shares (ex. \\RaspberryPi\snes is where the Super Nintendo ROMs go).

20) All done? Reboot and game on.

sudo reboot

21) Start up any Genesis/Megadrive game and press F1 on the keyboard. Go through the options and select “6-button controller” for Sega Genesis. Save the config.

22) And once you are happy for a few days, go back into “raspi-config” and overclock your pi, if you are feeling daring. It will iron out some of the annoying blips in audio. I purchased a few heat sinks just in case. I go turbo without issue.

Hello everybody !

i would to know what kind of kit controller i must buy for build my own bartop because i am afraid if it doesn’t work…

this is my link :http://www.smallcab.net/kit-joysticks-zippy-boutons-interface-usb-euro-p-387.html?osCsid=5c2659dd40e600fd93a17544b9138950#.U9TGSvl_tzo

I am currently trying to set up retropie so that the keyboard can be used to control player two in super Mario bros 3 for nes. (Specifically the little two player original Mario bros arcade game within the game) I have edited retroarch.cfg in an attempt to make the keyboard control player 2 by changing all control text referencing the keyboard from player1 to player2. This however results in the generic USB game controller controlling player 1 and the keyboard controlling BOTH player 1 and player 2. Can anyone instruct me on how to make it so the keyboard only sends input to player 2?

Frustrating problem for me, any help is greatly appreciated!

Note: I am using the newest version of emulation station

Hi all,
I have just installed the latest verz of retrpie.
ES pickz up my generic usb stick fine.
Jstest fine
Ran the retroarch joystick config from witn thd script “register” usb gamepad. Went fine followed it all good.
It created a file as a result called USBGenericgamepad.cfg. Which contains all the maps etc..
Fired up a game from ES gams loaded but no control.
Found retroarch.cfg (all) file and it doesnt seem to bave my joystick mapping in it like the other file??? Hmmm have i missed a step?

Any belp guys?
Thanks heaps!
Jughead

I got a SNES->USB adapter from RetroLink in hope that this would work since using a PS3 controller seems hopeless, but this isn’t working either! It won’t detect left and up button. Is there a way to fix this?
Seems like I’m stuck to use only a keyboard…

From what I have been able to try, the sound in both NES and SNES games sounds awful. Is there a way to fix that?

how can you change the save loaction for ES Scraper saves so that i can change it to my usb Hard drive?

Hi everyone! I’m a newcomer to RetroPie and the Raspberry Pi in general — just got mine last week, and have managed to get some of my favorite games up and running with two controllers — a USB SNES-knockoff controller and a Saitek which I got at Goodwill. I’ve gotten both working in most places — NES, SNES and MAME — but on the first PlayStation game I tried (Bushido Blade) could not get the second controller recognized.

I’m a bit confused — the PlayStation emulator is RetroArch, right? Same one as NES and SNES? Controller setup should be the same, am I wrong?

Oh, also: I haven’t figured out the whole BIOS thing yet for PS games. The game plays fine, but complains that there’s no BIOS when booted. Perhaps that’s part of the issue? If anyone could point me in the right direction towards making sense of BIOS, that would probably help a great deal. Thanks!

EDIT: As a testament to my noobness, I had thought “PSX” was shorthand for Playstation, but have learned that it is a separate product that I’d never heard of. Doh.