RetroPie: Play Thousands of Retro Games on Raspberry Pi

Installing and configuring RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi is not only something very simple and very interesting if you want to have a really fun gaming system. It’s also, right now, the best thing to do if you have an unused Raspberry Pi in a drawer. So go ahead and take a look at the whole process.

RetroPie allows you to play thousands of retro games

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We assume that you will already know RetroPie, it is one of the most popular software for the Raspberry Pi and reason why this popular development board has come to be known a lot. If by any chance this is not the case, we will explain it to you quickly.

RetroPie is software that allows you to emulate different entertainment systems, from old consoles such as the NES or Master System among others, to computers such as Amstrand CPC or some arcade machines. This means that thanks to this you will be able to access a really wide catalog of games. And of course, if you like games, being able to relive some titles that marked the era of 8-bit and 16-bit is quite interesting.

To install RetroPie all you need is one of these boards that can be from the Raspberry Pi Zero to one of the current models. It is logical that a newer model with more CPU and RAM power will go looser, but as we already saw in our analysis and use of the Retroflag GPI Case , with the Zero a quite interesting emulation system is achieved.

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Chose the version of Raspberry Pi that you want to use, the next thing is to download the latest version of RetroPie. Once you have it, you only have to install it on an SD card. This, depending on the operating system you have (Windows, Linux or Mac) you will have to use one of the applications available for this task: BerryBoot or Apple Pi Backer. There are more options, but if you don’t have advanced knowledge these tools are very easy to use.

From then on, with everything installed, you just have to start the system. Now connect a keyboard and mouse to configure accessories that will be essential or very useful to play more comfortably: a gamepad or several if you want to play with someone else. Any remote control with USB connection will work without problems with the Raspberry Pi and RetroPie. Of course, depending on what system you are going to play you will need more or less buttons. Although the norm will be to use more current controls that already have a good number of buttons.

Games for RetroPie

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If you are wondering where to get RetroPie games, the answer is in Google. Just by looking for those games from the supported systems you will find a multitude of pages. If you want to start with one, try MAMEdev.org.

Easy or complicated? We believe it is easy if you have some ease with all these processes of formatting, installation and remote access to a device through an FTP connection. Although when it comes to copying the games to the SD card there are different methods. The important thing is that, now that you unfortunately may have more time at home, installing RetroPie is a great idea.