Earlier in the year I purchased a Raspberry Pi 2 and have been playing around with different distro’s. One interesting distro that I came across was RetroPie. While RetroPie currently has a newer version of their distro in Beta form (Beta 4 at the time of posting), I’m posting these directions as reference instructions to myself and others.
Below you’ll find setup/config instructions specific to RetroPie v2.6 and the parts I’ve listed in my setup. Content below may also be relevant for newer version of RetroPie, however, your mileage may vary and some of the steps may not be necessary in version 3+.
Specs on My Pie
Parts List
- Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B 1GB)
- Raspberry Pi Micro Fan & Heatsink
- Short Crust Plus
- Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard k400
- Edimax EW-7811Un 150Mbps 11n Wi-Fi USB Adapter
- SoundBot® SB340 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter
- Samsung 64GB PRO Class 10 Micro SDXC
- Amazon Kindle Fire 5ft USB to Micro-USB Cable
- iPhone Power Adapter
- HDMI Cable
- PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller (2x)
Guide
Install Operating System
There are a number of Operating Systems you can install and run on your Raspberry Pi, but I won’t cover them all here. Instead I’ll be focusing on installing and configuring RetroPie, which is an Operating System based on Debian Linux with a heavy focus on video game emulation. This guide is also targeted towards Windows users. If you’ll be using Mac or Linux there are other guides that you can follow to install the Operating System on your card.
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