When I select this option from the Emulation Station menu, it runs, which in this case ignores the selected menu option and just starts PICO-8 with Splore.Īnother way to do this is to make "/home/pi/pico-8/+Start PICO-8.sh" a real script that starts PICO-8, like this:įor those interested, Pimoroni have Picades again, plus there's 15% discount this week-end. I created an empty file called "/home/pi/pico-8/+Start PICO-8.sh". Emulation Station will not show the system in the main menu unless there is at least one such file. My configuration says to look for ".sh" files in the "/home/pi/pico-8" directory and create a menu entry for each one it finds. Every cart you put in your cart directory will appear as a menu option in Emulation Station.įor my configuration, I just wanted Emulation Station to launch PICO-8 in Splore mode. P8.png, /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "/home/pi/pico-8/pico8 %ROM%", and an appropriate. If you really want to use this feature with PICO-8 carts (and not use Splore), you could use. "disk2") is the SD card.Įmulation Station expects to find a directory of game files under whose names have an extension specified by, so it can list them all in its menu and launch them individually. I have a Mac laptop and I used the command line to do this, as follows: I used a 32 GB card, which takes a while to format. What follows are a few notes from my build.ĭownload the RetroPie image, in my case "retropie-v3.8.1-rpi2_rpi3.img".įormat an appropriately-sized SD card, at least 8 GB. There are plenty of guides on the web, including at Adafruit. I won't go through the RetroPie set-up procedure in detail. It includes emulators for many platforms (arcade and home computers) as well as media center software, and a master menu called Emulation Station that you can manipulate using just the joystick and buttons so you don't need a keyboard connected once it's all set up.
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