Raspberry Pi Gaming thread - Cheap emulation and gaming projects
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New to the Raspberry Pi, received my Raspberry Pi 3 kit yesterday, set it up and everything is working fine with the Buffalo SNES controller while running SNES games. I tried to run MAME games and besides the controller, I need to have a USB keyboard connected to input the coin insert, start game and quit the game back to the Retropie menu; is there a way to program these inputs as a combination key presses on the Buffalo SNES controller?
Cthulhu_Steev
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SELECT and OPTIONS (or equivalent) should be set up for coin and player one start in mame, R2 should get you to the TAB menu and (I think, from memory) SELECT plus Y (equivalent to TRIANGLE on PS4 pad) should quit the emulator - as long as you haven't changed any hot key settings/
shaowebb
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Finally got my graphics fully Designed for my bartop. I'll post the side panel design a after work. It's gonna be a kiosk setup. No arcade stick. Nes30 pro controllers with a nice logo of them for the arcade to match.
Anyone know a good place to order the graphics in a high quality print online? Unsure where to go for arcade sticker panels.
Anyone know a good place to order the graphics in a high quality print online? Unsure where to go for arcade sticker panels.
Thanks for the reply, is this the default config in Retropie? Im usin the Mame4All emulator and none of the combinations work to start or quit a game, always need to input 5 in the keyboard to insert a coin, 1 to start the game and ESC to quit the game. Once I press 5 and 1 in the keyboard, I can play the game with the SNES pad. Haven't changed any hot key settings.
I just came to this thread to post this. Jesus Christ, this is the best hack ever.
Cthulhu_Steev
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for mame you can change all inputs from the TAB menu, I'm sure it is default set to R2 trigger button from there you can change coin buttons and controls etc. if that's not working I would take a look at the hot keys settings - I use an XB1 pad and a HRAP Kai IV and the hot keys just worked for me. It might be worth plugging in a USB keyboard while you're getting set up.
It may be that the SNES pad Im using only have Left and Right triggers, not extras L2 and R2 like in the XBOX pad. I'm going to play around with the MAME setup when I get home to see if I can setup a combination of triggers. Thanks a lot for your help!
suikodan
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I did that two years ago...
In short:
- 9 or 10 inches LCD screen (had to use a saw on each side of the iCade for it to fit though)
- USB joystick connected to the joystick's controls
- USB Soundbar
- Rpi2 with Retropie
extra:
- BT controller and BT joypad
- Power Switch
- Added a back door and a bottom panel to the iCade to hide the stuff and hold the cables
It was a fun project
shaowebb
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Okay. Just got home. Here's the sidepanel design I worked up for my bartop Pi Arcade. It'll be kiosk setup which means the controllers will have mounts they can rest on at the front of the cabinet and no arcade stick, but a top plate with a decorative logo that matches the side panel. Using 8bitdo NES30 pros so I matched the logo to them.
Still need to find a good print service online to get my artwork from though. I may have a place to do lexan up for a backlit marquee with this graphic though.
Also this was my alternate idea. Goin 80s. Instead of red t molding switch to pink and rock this. Would probably deserve led's or something though and its better suited to a stick build with arcadey stuff in mind than what I'm wanting to do which is a bartop for console titles and to rock my nes30 pros.
Still need to find a good print service online to get my artwork from though. I may have a place to do lexan up for a backlit marquee with this graphic though.
Also this was my alternate idea. Goin 80s. Instead of red t molding switch to pink and rock this. Would probably deserve led's or something though and its better suited to a stick build with arcadey stuff in mind than what I'm wanting to do which is a bartop for console titles and to rock my nes30 pros.
Raspiboy. It was a kickstarter. Someone from work decided to build an arcade cabinet instead and sold me the one they backed and just got in today, it's in the mail. Can't wait to try it out.
Mine came with NOOBS, as well. From within NOOBS I connected to my Wi-Fi, and then installed Recalbox. It gives you quite a few options on OSes to choose from, though. Recalbox is retroarch + emulationstation + kodi.
Recalbox has worked well for me, but, as I understand it, it's a bit behind on the latest updates, though it seems the latest version is coming "soon".
You can install retropie using noobs as well, but you can just google how to do that, if that's what you want. Or, you can just format it and do it the way you did it on yours.
Edit: I want to emphasize how easy it was to use NOOBS. It literally just opens and gives you a list of OSes you can choose to install, even multiple OSes on a single card that you can choose to boot into when the Pi boots up. When you connect to Wi-Fi it gives you even more choices. Recalbox had everything I wanted, so I stuck with that.
Quick update, accessed the MAME config menu with a keyboard and from there I setup SELECT and START as insert coin and P1 start, SELECT+ START to reset back to the UI. It works perfect with the SNES controller now, thanks a lot for your help!
I reformatted the card, downloaded the Retropie image from the official website, and dragged and dropped it on the sd card. Then I just plugged it into the pi and it was done.
Cthulhu_Steev
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So I've been interested in making a Pi box for emulation and I have a couple basic questions.
1) It seems like RetroPi is what most people are using, I assume it's optimized for Pi's and has the best compatibility and stuff right? Is there any reason I would use one of the other distros in the OP like recalbox?
2) I'm definitely going to be dumping my PS isos and be interested in testing the more experimental emulators so I'd like to have the ability to overclock. Looking at cases for this purpose will any case with a fan be fine? I read a fan does more than a heatsink for these and apparently a lot of cases are too small to fit both. If anyone has any recommendations that'd be ace as well.
3) I'd prefer a wireless controller and the 8bitdo controllers seem to be well regarded around here so that should be fine right? This isn't really a question after I saw the thread dedicated to shilling 8bitdo.
1) It seems like RetroPi is what most people are using, I assume it's optimized for Pi's and has the best compatibility and stuff right? Is there any reason I would use one of the other distros in the OP like recalbox?
2) I'm definitely going to be dumping my PS isos and be interested in testing the more experimental emulators so I'd like to have the ability to overclock. Looking at cases for this purpose will any case with a fan be fine? I read a fan does more than a heatsink for these and apparently a lot of cases are too small to fit both. If anyone has any recommendations that'd be ace as well.
3) I'd prefer a wireless controller and the 8bitdo controllers seem to be well regarded around here so that should be fine right? This isn't really a question after I saw the thread dedicated to shilling 8bitdo.
Depends on if you want to up resolution but you would be generally fine with that.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Everything I play on it is 100 percent.
That's sweet. On stock too?!
What other consoles play 100% smooth with the pi3? Time to add to my collection tonight. haha
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Stock. No filters of any kind of though.
I've played some Crash Bandicoot and Devil Dice mostly.
I've played some Crash Bandicoot and Devil Dice mostly.
I'm really surprised there hasn't been a really solid handheld build put up for sale as a non kickstarter. I really want to make a portable pi I just never can decide on a good enough case. Raspiboy is might be the nicest one I've seen yet that was made specifically for a pi
Ignatz Mouse
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I bought a PiGrrl on ebay. Decent. Nice work with the pre-configuration.
I had problems with my controllers so I reset all my input configurations by going to "Manage Packages -> Core Packages -> emulationstation -> Configuration or
Configuration / Tools -> emulationstation" and chose the option to Clear/Reset Emulation Station input configuration. I reconfigured my snes buffalo controller, the retro arch RGUI (start+x) isn't working as well as other things like loading, saving states, resetting game and quitting game. I am wondering if I need to do an additional step to enable all these joypad hotkeys again?
Configuration / Tools -> emulationstation" and chose the option to Clear/Reset Emulation Station input configuration. I reconfigured my snes buffalo controller, the retro arch RGUI (start+x) isn't working as well as other things like loading, saving states, resetting game and quitting game. I am wondering if I need to do an additional step to enable all these joypad hotkeys again?
reptilescorpio
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Another option is to use Dualshock 3's. I prefer them to the 8bitdo tbh.
KojiKnight
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In emulation station, press start and configure the controller. The last key it'll ask you to setup is the HOTKEY. The HOTKEY is the button you pair with to do the shortcuts. Default is SELECT on an SNES style controller, but you can set it to START or anything else.
Sorta Maximus
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I didn't have have time to read this thread yet, but has anyone gotten this crazy thing working:
http://www.daftmike.com/2016/07/NESPi.html?m=1
It loads NFC carts and starts the games from that!! Seems abandoned and incomplete but there are instructions. I'd love to build one myself. Nintendo should have made their Classic Systems with these cute little "amiibo" NFC carts.
And damn, even the cool NES Classic like cases are marked up triple on eBay:
http://retroflag.com/
http://www.daftmike.com/2016/07/NESPi.html?m=1
It loads NFC carts and starts the games from that!! Seems abandoned and incomplete but there are instructions. I'd love to build one myself. Nintendo should have made their Classic Systems with these cute little "amiibo" NFC carts.
And damn, even the cool NES Classic like cases are marked up triple on eBay:
http://retroflag.com/
You might have to edit the config files for the retroarch cores then. You can edit them remotely if you have your Pi connected to your network.
KojiKnight
Member
Depends on whether it's a sealed plastic case and whether you're using a pi 2/3 or not.
Hmm, might be fine with just heatsinks for SNES, but I don't know with no airflow. Have you looked at something like the Flirc case that uses the whole case as a heatsink?
Nice suggestion. Just snagged that one instead. Should be a fun Saturday!
How would this compare to something with lots of airflow? Or is the reasoning that since the whole thing is a heatsink if you really need to you can just stick this under a giant room fan or something?
I think the idea with the case is that it is completely passive, no need for a fan. And ambient room air should be enough to keep the case cool. I don't know how a heatsink+fan combo inside a case would compare to the flirc, but ETA Prime did a video a while back comparing no heatsink to an ebay heatsink to the flirc case and the results look pretty good.
Mine came with a Pie Zero, as well as all the other pieces to assemble. It seems like the only thing I needed was a charger, which I had several of already so wasn't a big deal.
Here's the site with more and better info.
http://www.8bcraft.com
I'm still making some tweaks, but LOVE it so far.
As per usual, you gotta read the instructions carefully and have a little patience, but it's SO worth it imo.
IMACOMPUTA
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FIIIIINALLY starting my two player bartop.
Hope to get a lot more done tomorrow.
Debating between 6 and 8 buttons!
Hope to get a lot more done tomorrow.
Debating between 6 and 8 buttons!
RetroGreg
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FIIIIINALLY starting my two player bartop.
Hope to get a lot more done tomorrow.
Debating between 6 and 8 buttons!
6 buttons. Anything requiring 8 should be played with a controller. It will look better with 6 too.
Edit: Forgot to say good luck with the build! You're going to have a great time!
IMACOMPUTA
Member
You can cut an extension cord (or power strip if you need more than one outlet) and wire it to this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ME5YAPK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I used one of these and it works really well:
Yeah, thanks for the input. You're right. I only wanted them for PSX games that use L2/R2, but they probably won't be used often and will take up space. Maybe I'll do pinball side buttons since I'll have some to spare.
GAFmeansLIFE
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Anyone know of a release date on the 8bitdo SNES30 Pro controller? I can't seem to find anything.