I have an Android phone and use RaspController. There are different apps to remote control and check your Raspberry.
If you have a rom file for a specific system, drop it into the matching game system directory under RetroPie/roms/Īccessing your Raspberry Pie with your phone Adding a gameīefore adding a game rom, please note that it is not allowed to use roms of games you don't own already!Īdding games is easy via FTP - here are the settings you should use:Īfter connecting, it should look like this:
You can use this command to download and execute a working one automatically from the Raspberry Pi command prompt through your terminal: wget -O - "" | sudo bashĪfter installation, your Pi will reboot automatically and from now on, pressing the power off button should trigger a safe shutdown of the system. Note: The official shutdown script does not work correctly on newer revisions of the NESPI cases.
In order to make the power button of the NESPI case work, you need to install the shutdown script. This will store your Raspberry Pi in the list of known hosts on your system.Īfter logging in, you should see a command prompt similar to this: If you get asked The authenticity of host 'retro-nes ()' can't be established.ĮCDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Īre you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/)?
Now you can access it from a terminal with ssh default password is retropie. This enables you to access it via SSH with your chosen name instead of remembering its default name or looking up its current IP address: Give it a static IP and nameįor easier access, it can be beneficial to give your Raspberry Pi a custom name (the default one is retropie) in your router. This will be removed on the next start and SSH will be enabled. Just create a file called ssh (no extension) in the boot partition as well. Since the NESPI does not come with a keyboard, it is good to set it up with SSH access so you can remote control it from a PC's terminal window (or even from a mobile phone - I will show this later). Prepare WIFI connectionĬreate a file called wpa_nf in your SD card's boot partition that looks like this country=USĬtrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdevĬareful: The # RETROPIE CONFIG END line is necessary so that the settings can be accessed through the UI later! Enable SSH access You can press ctrl-t while it is running to check how far it is. I used the terminal as all other methods did not work for me and could not successfully write on my SD card: sudo dd if=/path_to_image/retropie-buster-4.7.1-rpi2_3.img of=/dev/diskN (N = number of SD card) Steps Download the RetroPie imageĭownloaded the correct RetroPie image for your Raspberry Pi model Write the image to the SD card It focusses on the steps to set up the RetroPie image and configure it. This assumes that you assembled the NESPI and added the Raspberry Pi to it already. However, maybe this is helpful for you, too. This article is written mainly for myself so I don't forget the necessary steps in setting this up. This allows you to make the ultimate retro gaming console for your TV.
This article explains the steps to set up RetroPie, a software that bundles a lot of retro console emulators under one user interface.