Raspberry Pi 3: From Noob to Master; Simple Step By Step Guide to Setting up Your Raspberry Pi 3 and Using It for a Wide Variety of Cool Projects by Ora Steve

Author:Ora, Steve [Ora, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6 - Gaming With the Pi 3

One of the most exciting aspects of the Raspberry Pi 3 is that it’s very easy to set it up as a retro gaming console. All those old games from the Game Boys, Playstation One, and so on used to be lost to history, but now, you can get them on your Raspberry Pi and play them on a display screen of any size. It’s like getting your childhood back. One Pi user even managed to resurrect his old Game Boy by soldering in a Raspberry Pi, but that’s a complicated project for more advanced tinkerers, so keep that idea at the back of your mind for when you feel more comfortable with your Pi 3. There are much simpler methods. Before you get started, here’s what you’ll need:

A Raspberry Pi 3

A microSD card (at least 32GB)

A Pi 3 power supply

One HDMI cable

A game joypad (USB compatible)

A USB keyboard

The Retropie operating system

Not counting the actual Pi 3, these supplies can bebought for $30 or less. That’s way cheaper than the old systems and games you’ll find on Ebay.

Installing Retropie The reason we’re using the Retropie operating system is because it’s free and is similar to Raspbian, but more focused on gaming. It basically allows your Pi to imitate a ton of old game consoles like the Atari, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, and more. When you have Retropie on your Pi, it transforms the computer into a game console.

To install the OS, you’re going to stick your card into your regul ar (non-Pi) computer and download the Retropie SD-card image from the Retropie website. Make sure to select the one for the Raspberry Pi 3. The file will be a .gz, so you need the right software to extract it. For a PC, you use Win32DiskImager, while for Mac, Apple Pi Baker is a good choice. Both are free and easily found online.

Once your card has Retropie on it, insert it into your Pie. When you turn it on, whatever monitor you have hooked up via HDMI will display installation instructions. You’ll need to configure your joypad. That part is easy; just press whatever button on the joypad as instructed on your screen. If a button that you don’t have pops up, just hold down any key to skip.

Connecting via Wi-Fi and adjusting your screen When you’re finished setting up your joypad, the Emulation Station will pop up. Right now, there’s probably not much there because you don’t have any game files yet. What we’re going to do now is connect through Wi-Fi and fix any screen issues.

Go to the Retropie menu and find the WIFI section. Just choose the correct one and type in your password. If your screen has a black border and you want your games to be full-screen, exit out of the Emulation Station and go to Terminal. Type this code in, exactly as written, with the space between nano and the slash symbol:

sudo nano /boot/config.txt A configuration file will open. Find where it says #disable_overscan=1 and delete the hashtag.

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