Reply To: Please help with getting started PLEASE!!!

[tommymsw]

Thanks all, I have everything working on point now. The Wiki is GREAT once you get going, but when I just walked into the retropie project, I was looking for a simple outline. I found that on some other websites and then came back here once I was up to speed. Whatever snes emulator I tried first apparently does not work… there was no way to back out of it. So I was not sure what buttons I should push to get out, or if the emulator itself was simply not working.

Basically I was just looking for like a “quick start” guide that would get a total noob up to speed on the general idea. I think sometimes it is hard to write a wiki after you already have an understanding of the process (as weird as that sounds) because you may pass over the steps that now seem obvious to you, that may not be to somebody starting at 0.

Even now in the wiki, some of the emulators mentioned do not exist in retropie and I get 100% that this is a WIP and it changes all the time and it is probably impossible to keep up with. But it just added to my confusion. But it’s been a little over a week since I even attempted looking into retropie, and I now have a full tabletop cabinet with retropie running flawlessly so… It went pretty well once I had a general idea. :)

Just some feedback from somebody new here, the layout of the forum is hard to follow compared to most other forums. But I do find using Google will direct you to the proper topic on here.