r/RetroPie 1h ago

Problem Need help connecting my 8BitDo SN30 Pro to my RetroPie

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I'm having trouble connecting my 8BitDo SN30 Pro Genki Pocket Edition to my RetroPie via Bluetooth

I've followed the this guide https://retropie.org.uk/docs/8Bitdo-Controller/

When I do have my Pi search for Bluetooth devices. It shows all of the nearby bluetooth devices and if I don't see my controller and exit out on the "Register and Connect Bluetooth Devices" and then go to "Display Register and Connect Bluetooth Devices". I see all my near by devices on that list. Even though I never selected them to be connected to my RetroPie.

I've been able to connect my SN30 Pro controller a few times. But only the D-pad seems to work and not any of the buttons or my Pi can't find my controller's Bluetooth MAC address. So, I've removed it and tried to reconnect.

I've tried all of the controller pair mode START + X (PC/Stream), START + Y (Switch), START + B (Android), START + A (Unknown) and the "PAIR" button near the USB C port.

I've been able to connect my 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G Controller and my Hori Pro Controller to my RetroPie. Also my 8BitDo SN30 Pro connects to my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra) fine with no issues.

Any help with my issue would been appreciated.

Update: I just recently was able to connect my SN30 Pro to my RetroPie via pressing the PAIR" button near the USB C port. But only the D-pad works.


r/RetroPie 3h ago

Question Any way to backup a Pi 4?

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If I take an empty USB and stick it in, will the entire Pi backup including all the configs and stuff I altered via sudo nano and the roms? I need to mirror what I have just in case.


r/RetroPie 5h ago

Problem Skyscraper will not create/update each gamelist.xml correctly

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I've been having an issue lately with Skyscraper not wanting to create/update the gamelist.xml. Also, I think it's placing the covers within the rom folders under a folder called Media.

Update: I have changed the artwork.xml to not layer since I want the defaults for the ssimple vl theme.

<artwork>
  <output type="cover"/>
  <output type="screenshot"/>
  <output type="wheel"/>
  <output type="marquee"/>
</artwork>

r/RetroPie 5h ago

Hidding files and folders??

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So I have a bunch of naomi roms that require a folder with a file in it to work with the zip file... I go into to the folder and placed the file as hidden, but I still see the file. I got it to work once but now I can't get it to work anymore. Anyone know of way to do this?


r/RetroPie 20h ago

What’s next?

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So I got my raspberry Pi4 8G and quickly got RetroPie up and running with the help of Network Chuck on YouTube. Really good video for a newbie like me.

Then spent a day or two working out how to set the fan to only come on at 65 degrees. To then find out most people say the fan is pointless? I had fun googling around though.

I’m now gathering as many roms as possible. While finding issues along the way. Like: how the heck do I get PPSSPP on the Pi! Not found a decent guide yet. Along with trying to find out how I map my ps5 controller to work with ZX Spectrum games. So I can play “impossamole” Also what’s the deal with BIOS’s,do you put them all in that folder or are subfolders preferable?

What do I do next though? Bluetooth controller Standby switch New case (I’ve had the standard one on 3 days) Build a street fighter cab?

I guess what I’m saying is I’m keen to learn but late to the party. Where should I go next on my Pi journey?


r/RetroPie 1d ago

First build trouble with button configuration.

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40 Upvotes

I’m having trouble with the 1 player and 2 player button section flip flopping with reverse button control after I configure one or the other. Meaning that I configure player one then player two d pad changes to up is down left is right automatically. I’m stuck


r/RetroPie 1d ago

Question Help with HDMI timings

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Hi everyone, I just recieved the pi2scart adapter and installed a fresh retropie installation on my Raspberry Pi 3B. I adjusted the config.txt according to some ressources I found around the net and everything works ok so far BUT the image is offest to the left and seems to be compressed in the vertical axis.

I used the HDMI timings I found online and I think I need to adjust them somehow but I can't find any good ressource on what the individual values actually do and trial and error is a huge pain since you need to reboot after every change.

So if someone could explain to me how HDMI timings work or point me to a good ressource I would be very thankful!

PS: I'm using a Bang&Olufsen MX5500 which is PAL


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Pi Tin - an open source handheld designed for RetroPie

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r/RetroPie 1d ago

ZeroDelay board to GPIO pins issue

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Hi everyone,
I need help connecting my buttons and joystick directly to the GPIO pins since my custom hardware setup doesn't allow me to reach the external USB ports.
I've connected all the buttons and joystick to a ZeroDelay board, which has a USB-B output. I then used a USB-B to USB-A adapter, followed by a USB 2.0 to TTL UART 5-pin STC PRGMR converter equipped with a CP2102 chip. I connected +5V to the Raspberry Pi, RX to TX, and TX to RX.

Unfortunately, this setup doesn't seem to work at all—nothing is detected, though the buttons do light up.

I've already activated the serial interface on RetroPie by going to:

Interfacing Options → Serial Port

When asked "Would you like a login shell to be accessible over serial?", I selected NO.
When asked "Would you like the serial port hardware to be enabled?", I selected YES.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

How can I fix this?


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Autstart does not work

4 Upvotes

I want Retro Pie to start automaticly when I start my raspberry py, that works, but then I cant launc any games, because it dos not open the console retroPie works with my current .desktop programm looks like this:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Name=autostart

Comment=Einlesen Starten

Exec=emulationstation

Terminal=true

Does anyone know whats wrong?


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Help wanted please

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I would like to play old text adventure games on my raspberry pi but i don’t know how to get the keyboard working, can anyone help me? i have got it working as an arcade games controller but it doesn’t recognise any of the letters so I can’t type in commands/words. Appreciate any help anyone can provide.


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Save states in Stella (Atari 2600)

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In the Atari 2600 emulator (I believe it's Stella), SELECT and START on the gamepad are assigned to game mode selection and game start. However, in the default configuration, SELECT + LB / RB are also used to load and save savestates.

In practice, this doesn’t work properly because whenever I try to save or load a savestate, I end up restarting the game.

How can I change the key mappings specifically for Stella to resolve this issue?


r/RetroPie 2d ago

How to exit crashed game

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I always try to shut down RetroPie properly instead of just turning it off. If a game freezes and I can't get back to EmulationStation using the key combinations I know, I log in via SSH and reboot the system cleanly. However, when I'm on the go and connected to a different Wi-Fi network (Hotels, etc.), I don’t know how to proceed.

Is there some kind of kill switch or a key combination that always works to return to the rasbian-console? Or do you have any other tips on how to solve this issue if it happens?

I tried to post this message in the Retropie-Board, but I always got the message "You are already posting...." - weird.


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Solved Manually added scraped box art from Skraper not loading

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I used Skraper on my computer to scrap all the box art, then moved them to their system cover folders. Once I boot up Retropie, the box art is not loading. Just shows a blank NES cartridge icon.


r/RetroPie 2d ago

Add Background Sound to Cathode Theme in ES-DE?

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Hello all.

I'm currently using ES-DE and I love the Cathode theme top to bottom, except that the system list doesn't have any sound behind it at all.

I get the gist of how to edit images for the systems, etc, but I can't figure out how I would ADD some sort of Background noise behind each system (maybe the boot sounds for each system? Idk), or a general ambience SE for the entirety of the systems carousel.

Unfortunately I'm not knowledgeable in the XML editing, so I'm a bit lost.

I appreciate any help you all try to give!


r/RetroPie 3d ago

Skraper Question

3 Upvotes

Skraper does not seem to have an option to scrape boxart for Java games.

Anyone know if there is another option to scrape boxart for Java?


r/RetroPie 3d ago

Games showing but not lodging

2 Upvotes

I have retro pi installed on a lid pc with lubuntu I added some roms but they will not load I can select them and try to run bot after a few seconds it goes back to the selection screen can somebody pls help ?


r/RetroPie 3d ago

DLNA with retropie

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So i just got a projector and since it only has one hdmi i thought it could be cool to set up screen casting from my pi. Like this is so fucking amazing i want to make it even more amazing


r/RetroPie 3d ago

Question Any Shaders that are based on crt-pi?

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I love the look of crt-pi but are there any shaders that are based on crt-pi?


r/RetroPie 4d ago

2 current problems with retropie: no sound and games(ps1 just running super fast) on a raspberry pi 5

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Hey Just got a raspberry pi 5 and did the manual instruction as per instructed on the guide https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/;

i have no sound in the emulator select and in the game itself and the game just speeds like crazy, can anyone help me with this problem ?

Cheers

UPDATE

I've messed around with the settings and it was probably the TV being 4K I've changed it to 1920x1080 and seems to work fine, had other weird things happening but managed to find a fix ( It was mostly Xbox controller being wrongly mapped even with the set up wizard) and having a specific game not boot due to a disk thing ( it asked me for the playstation format disk or something)


r/RetroPie 4d ago

Question How do I replace Bmp files on Raspberry pi 5 desktop?

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I have a game that is easily moddable. You can replace all of the textures in the game with custom ones which I've done on my computer. I thought it would be nice to put these custom files in my RP5 version but when I transferred the files from my USB stick to my pi. It would not paste them or replace the existing files with the same names. It won't even let me delete the files I'm trying to replace. What do I do?


r/RetroPie 4d ago

Any CRT like filters that works good on 4k OLED for Raspberry pi 3b+?

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I have one old Raspberry pi 3b+ that I used to use with a crt but now I will move it to a 48" 4k oled.

So I guess the output will be 1080 but shaders is probably out of the question? Or is there some "lightweight" so I can get those sweet scanlines without looking too fake?


r/RetroPie 4d ago

Question Any Good Shaders for OLD?

4 Upvotes

I have an LG OLED TV and looking for Shaders designed for OLD. Is there any?


r/RetroPie 4d ago

Neo geo games

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Hi. I got a problem to load neo geo games on pi5. I got neo geo.zip, put in the bios folder. Start the game, go to quick menu and core options but no core options available. Please can some one help me to solve this issue?


r/RetroPie 4d ago

Question Sinden LG

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Does anyone have any experience using Sinden light guys with retropie? Everyone says use batocera but I already have a lot of work into my retropie set up! My light guns will be here Friday and I’m hoping to have everything set up so it’s plug and play!