RPiFun

Requirements:

• Raspberry Pi (RPi2 highly recommended)

• Case (Not strictly required but recommended)

• USB Game Controller (PlayStation Dual-Shock style recommended)

• Internet Connection for Pi (WiFi strongly recommended)

• Power adapter and HDMI cable

• Class 10 MicroSD card, at least 4GB

 

Step 1: Setting up your memory card

1. Download RetroPie (Choose either Pi1 or Pi2 image depending on what you have)

2. If using Windows, download Win32DiskImager. If using Linux, you'll use dd instead.

   1. Create a Win32DiskImager folder on your desktop

   2. Open Win32DiskImager-0.9.5-binary.zip and extract it to Win32DiskImager folder

3. Open the RetroPie download (it should end in .img.gz)

4. Extract the .img file to your Desktop

5. Insert MicroSD card into computer

6. Inside the Win32DiskImager folder, double click Win32DiskImager.exe 

   1. If using linux, use something like "sudo dd if=/path/to/RetroPie/image of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M"

   2. Double-check that the "if=" points to the correct image and "of=" points to the memory card you are using, change if you need to

   3. Proceed to Step 9

7. In "Device" dropdown menu, make sure your SD card is selected

8. In "Image File" section, click browse button and select the image file you just put on your desktop in step 4

9. Click "Write"

10. Once that process is complete, you can eject the card and place it into the Raspberry Pi.

11. Plug in your HDMI cord. Turn on your TV and go to the HDMI input. Then plug in the power for the Pi.

 
At this point, your Pi should boot up with the RetroPie image and go through a brief controller configuration wizard.

 

Step 2: Connecting to network and loading ROMs

1. WiFi Setup - You need to connect a keyboard, either USB or wireless to configure WiFi

   1. On the main screen, scroll to the RetroPie tab

   2. Select "Configure WiFi," then "Connect to WiFi Network"

   3. Select your network

   4. Enter password

   5. Once you see your WiFi information in the top left corner, you are connected. Click cancel to back out of all menus and return home.

2. Ethernet setup - just plug in the ethernet cable. Done. BAM!

3. From your computer, open an explorer window and select "Network" or "Browse Network"

4. Open the RetroPie Folder

5. Open the roms folder

6. You'll see a listing of folders named by system type (NES, Lynx, PSX, etc). Drag your ROMs into the appropriate folder for the system they run on.

7. Restart RetroPie

8. Upon restarting, new tabs will show up for each system for which you have ROMs. Play on!