This document summarizes a Coffee & Pi meetup about RetroPie. It introduces RetroPie, which allows playing retro games on Raspberry Pi. It discusses installing RetroPie using Etcher to write the image to an SD card. Basic configuration like WiFi and controllers is covered. Methods for transferring game rom files over the network are demonstrated. Additional RetroPie features like themes, scraping, and RetroArch are briefly mentioned. Local tech communities are listed for further support.

1. Coffee & Pi
Everything RetroPie
Brad Derstine
Meetup: 10/23/2017
#CoffeeAndPi

2. Welcome to Coffee & Pi
For hobbyists and
technology students
All ages and backgrounds
are welcome!
Beginner friendly
workshops, demos and
networking!
We have coffee and pie!

3. Questions
Has anyone never seen or used a Raspberry Pi?
Does anyone work professionally develop for Pi
or embedded systems/IoT?
Windows or OS X?
Who is from Philadelphia?
Who is from the suburbs/outside the city/NJ?

4. Meetup Rules
This is a beginner friendly meetup, focus on Pi, but
open to information on other platforms and
hardware.
There are no stupid questions.
Open discussion is encouraged, keep it friendly!
If you have equipment you would like to talk about
or test together, see me after the presentation!

6. About Brad
17+ years in IT, tech support, Linux administration
Currently Senior DevOps Engineer for Health Union
Mostly self-taught, with help from mentors and Philly
tech communities. Love just building stuff!
Not great at coding, really enjoy servers and apps!
Coffee & Pi is meant to help people at all ages and
skill levels to learn more about technology

7. Upcoming Coffee & Pi
November - Looking for topic ideas, open to
suggestions
Will be more consistent with monthly meetups!
March 3, 2018 - Raspberry Pi Big Birthday
Weekend
Coffee & Pi is joining several Philly meetup
groups and partners for one big event!
Introducing Philly & Pi!

8. Philly & Pi
March 3, 2018 - Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend
http://rpf.io/bdayjamform
Organizing to bring Philly meetups and groups together for workshops, demos, and
talks to inspire people of all levels and ages to learn with Raspberry Pi
Hoping to stream this and share Philly with the international Raspberry Pi
community!
Coffee & Pi Meetup
Philly GraphDB MeetUp
Philly IoT MeetUp
DataPhilly Meetup
Raspberry Pi
Neo4j with Karin Wolok
Workshops and demos by…
Coded by Kids
Hopeworks ’N Camden
TechGirlz

9. Help Wanted!
Philly & PI - More details to come soon!
Raspberry Pi is in talks about streaming feeds
during the weekend too! Anyone have any
equipment or connections that can help?
Will need volunteers if anyone is interested, will
put you first in line for swag and includes a free
Philly & Pi t-shirt! Let Brad know if you are!

10. DEMO!

11. Legal Disclaimer
Using RetroPie is open-source and legal
Downloading “roms” by copyright is questionable, grey area
Should be safe. I’m not the internet police…
I am not a lawyer, this is NOT legal advice.
I, Coffee & Pi, and Health Union are not responsible for
what you learn today or download tomorrow. All the info in
this presentation is widely available on Google and
Youtube!
If you aren’t sure, feel free to talk to a real lawyer.

12. Quick Intro
Raspberry Pi

14. Raspberry Pi Hardware
Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B
1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU, 1GB RAM
Now includes built in wifi, bluetooth
Raspberry Pi Zero W
1GHz, single-core CPU, 512MB RAM
Mini HDMI and USB On-The-Go ports
Now includes built in wifi, bluetooth

18. Intro to
RetroPie

19. RetroPie
play your favorite Arcade, home-console, and classic
PC games with minimum set-up
builds upon Raspberry Pi’s own Raspbian,
EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects
provides a large variety of configuration tools to
customize the system
Latest: RetroPie 4.3 - Released Sept 21, 2017
https://retropie.org.uk

20. Supported Emulators
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-
Setup/wiki/Supported-Systems
Lists system, emulator(s) used, supported file
extensions,
If system/emulator requires a bios, lists the bios
Also has original manufactured year/name and
an image

22. Installing
RetroPie
Using Etcher

23. Installing RetroPie
Buy a RetroPie starter Kit online, will have RetroPie with Noobs
on Micro SD card.
Just insert, boot, and follow Noobs setup
OR
Download RetroPie 4.3 Image - Raspberry 3
https://retropie.org.uk/download/
Download Etcher (Win, Mac, Linux)
https://etcher.io/
Use Etcher to write RetroPie to Micro SD card

24. Select Image and Drive

25. Use Etcher

26. Remove and Insert Micro
SD in Raspberry Pi

27. Boot RetroPie

28. Looks like Raspbian

29. Welcome and Configure

30. Configure Gamepad

31. Configure Gamepad

32. Configure Gamepad

33. Configure Gamepad

34. Configure Gamepad

35. Configure Gamepad

36. Configure Gamepad

37. Configure Gamepad

38. Ugh, I don’t have a
trigger…
Press and hold any
button to skip that button
config!

39. Press A on OK to save!

40. Yes use Select for Hotkey

41. You are done! Press A to configure.

42. Configuring
RetroPie
Lots of options, most
defaults will cover a lot!
At a minimum…
WiFi
Second Gamepad

43. Main Menu of RetroPie

44. Select WIFI

45. Select Connect to WiFi network

46. Useful Menu Tips
On “blue” configure menus, can use gamepad
Press up and down on D-pad to scroll through
menu options
Press left and right on D-pad to scroll bottom
options (Ok, Cancel, Exit, Help)
Press A to select (same as pressing enter!)
OR just use a keyboard!

47. Select the WiFi SSID

48. Use Keyboard to type WiFi key

49. Connecting…

50. When done, will show IP and SSID

51. Main Menu of RetroPie

52. If you press Select

53. If you press Start

54. Adding
Games
aka “roms”
See Legal Disclaimer! :)

55. Google “retropie usb rom transfer”
if you want to do it the hard way…

56. We will do it the
Coffee & Pi way!
Over WiFi!!!

57. Use SHOW IP to Show IP Address
Must be connected via network or wifi!

58. Showing IP…

59. On a Mac, use Finder

60. Connect to Server
Using Samba (smb://) and IP

61. Connect as “Guest” (I know…)

62. Connect as “Guest” (I know…)

63. Select the roms volume…

64. Displays all the roms folders

65. Drop in some test NES roms

66. On Windows, use Explorer

67. Like Mac, double-click on roms

68. Double-click the platform and
upload roms to folder

69. Should show the same roms as
the Mac/Finder method

70. Once you copy the roms, restart
EmulationStation!

71. Once you copy the roms, restart
EmulationStation!

72. Once you copy the roms, restart
EmulationStation!

73. After restart…
Use the menu to select system

74. Use the system menu to select game

75. Change and play games across
multiple systems!

76. Other
RetroPie
Features
Bluetooth
Scraping
Themes
RetroArch (advanced)
File Manager (keyboard)
(also advanced)

77. Bluetooth
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-
Setup/wiki/Bluetooth-Controller
I did not have a bluetooth controller to try, but
should work and definitely recommended!
Cheap controllers are kind of flakey… you get
what you pay for…

78. Scraping

79. Scraping Results

80. EmulationStation
ES Themes

81. Install Themes

82. UI Settings

83. Change Theme

84. “Turtle-Pi” Theme

85. “Zoid” Theme

86. File Manager

87. RetroArch

88. Final Thoughts…
Share what you learn! Keep experimenting!!!
Connect with other local and online communities
for more help and support!
You have my permission to fail! Keep trying!
Please leave ratings and feedback on
meetup.com, it helps others to find and know
how Coffee & Pi goes!

89. Raspberry Pi Resources
Use the #CoffeeAndPi to show off your projects!
We are on PhillyDev.org Slack #RaspberryPi
You can use the Coffee and Pi meetup tools,
email group, online discussion board
Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help!

90. Philly Tech Communities
Philly Python Users Group (PhillyPUG)
https://www.meetup.com/preview/phillypug
Philly IoT Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/preview/Philadelphia-
Internet-of-Things-Meetup
Hardware - NextFab, The Hacktory (Needs help!)
Youth - TechGirlz, Hopeworks, Coded by: Kids

91. Thank you!
Questions?
If you have equipment to test, come see me!
#CoffeeAndPi