Description

RetroPie is a operating system for the raspberry pi that is capable of emulating almost any game to a degree. As long as the raspberry pi has enough processing power to run both the emulator and the actual rom of on the emulator it can basically run  it. Keep in mind almost all games can be run with this setup with the exception of almost all modern games due to the fact a lot of games especially older ones don't take hardly any processing power to run not to mention this is a emulation device.

MakeIt had acquired a raspberry pi with a RetroPie OS onboard after a MakeIt Labs member by the name of Noah Schreiber had donated it to the labs. If you have any question regarding the setup you can slack him or shoot him an email at noah.schreiber@makeitlabs.com. 

The Raspberry Pi has several components to it that you need to be made aware of in order to understand it's functionality.

1. The high endurance SD card.

2. The raspberry pi 4 b+.

3. Gaming Display

4. Speakers and sound control

5. Game controllers.

These will be explained in more detail in this article.

SD Card

The micro SD card in the pi should not be removed period. There is absolutely no reason why it should be removed from the pi period. On it contains all the emulators, games, and the OS on board for the pi. Don't mess with it period.

Raspberry pi

The raspberry pi shall not be removed off of the setup. It is located behind the gaming display. Not only that you must power off the pi at all times to turn it off like a ordinary computer. The only exception to this rule is if you physically cannot turn it off any other way unplug the device which sometimes does happen. To turn it off like a normal person you must do the following. If you are desperate or cannot turn it off any other way you can unplug it but if this keeps happening over time you will destroy the console forcing Noah Schreiber to have to redo everything software wise. 

1. Press start.

2. Move down until you are on top of quit.

3. Press the A button. 

4. Move down until you see shutdown system.

5. Press the A button.

6. Wait for pi to shutdown and then unplug it.

7. If you cannot do any of this feel free to unplug the device. It is bad for the raspberry pi to unplug it but sometimes you have no choice. 

8. Upon reboot your game save data will not be saved. Meaning that you will have to start a new save file every time you try to use this console. 

File Corruption

If the console repeatedly crashes please let Noah Schreiber know this. You can send him an email or message him on slack. His email is noah.schreiber@makeitlabs.com. This does happen and it can be easily prevented from getting worse if he can fix it. 

Monitor and Volume Control

The monitor has sound control. There are five buttons and the third button from the bottom and top is used to adjust the volume up and the button second from the bottom and fourth from the top is used to adjust the volume down. The volume can be adjusted so that you are too loud so remember to be courteous otherwise we can't have nice things like this. 

Controllers

You are allowed to use third party controllers but they have to be usb compatible. Some games will require this like n64 games, ps1, and nds games. You plug in the controls on the raspberry pi through the usb ports on the pi. The Raspberry Pi is directly behind the display. 

If you are playing a game that is a n64, ps1, or nds it is required you configure a controller or keyboard before you start playing.  To configure a controller you must do the following. 

1. Press start

2. Press A over configure input.

3. Follow the directions. Don't configure any other controller inputs besides the  remote you want to use. If anyone is caught changing inputs on the main controller hard wired to the pi you will mess it up for everyone so don't do that..

4. You will see an option for a hotkey. Change that to whatever button you are not going to use or change it to the select button. Select button is the default hotkey 99% of the time. So press start and select at the same time to exit most games. 

Nintendo DS Games

To exit drastic which is the Nintendo DS emulator you must do this.

1. Use "m" on a keyboard that is hooked up to one of the two raspberry pi usb ports just like the controllers would go. This will open the drastic menu for exiting the game and changing settings. 

2. Press "b" over "exit" in drastic to exit the emulator. 

3. There is a way in drastic that you can setup a controller so when you press a button it will open drastic menu for exiting the game and changing settings. In order to do this you need a keyboard with the letter "m" on it to get into this menu. 

Conclusion

If anything happens to the retropie that is on you if you don't tell Noah Schreiber the rm for the retropie. Failure to follow these rules could result in damage to the retropie or it not being that playable. By using the retropie you accept full responsibility for it and any sort of damage that is done intentionally to it is on you. Thank you.