Coding, retro-gaming, and other projects
We are pleased to announce the release of RetroPie 3.5. After taking into consideration the feedback from the vibrant RetroPie community, we have provided a few more functions to simplify the user experience such as automatic expansion of the filesystem on boot, less terminal text, and more configuration options for the runcommand launch menu. We … Read more
The Raspberry Pi show The Pi Podcast did an interview with me and two other members of the RetroPie team for Episode #13. Big thanks to them for inviting us on the show. I was a little nervous before the interview, but it turned out fine – they did some good editing 🙂 If you … Read more
After 2 months of work, RetroPie v3.3 has been released. Highlights include beta images built on Raspbian Jessie for beta testing, PlayStation Portable and Dreamcast emulators moved out of experimental, and improved controller configurations including automatic control set up for Mupen64plus and Reicast. Installation Instructions can be found here – https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation Downloads available from the … Read more
There was a set of configuration options introduced just before the release of 3.2 which didn’t get enough testing. The result is, if you installed a fresh 3.2 image, and are using a controller that lacks an analogue stick, the digital d-pad may not function. If you upgraded via updating RetroPie-Setup and re-installing from binary, … Read more
Soon after the release of RetroPie 3.1, we are please to announce v3.2. Although only a few weeks have passed, there have been a fair number of improvements include some new experimental emulators, and configuration module improvements. Installation Instructions can be found here – https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation Downloads available from the main RetroPie website – http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/retropie-downloads/. For … Read more
After a couple of months of work since 3.0, we are pleased to announce the next version of RetroPie – v3.1. Changes include a new default theme called “Carbon” which is much less memory hungry than the previous, new Arcade emulators (lr-mame2003 and lr-fba-next), and new GUI configuration tools. We now also provide images for … Read more
The O2 Joggler images of Xubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu Base / Server 14.04 have been updated. Both include package rollups and an updated 3.2.x kernel. Kodi 15.1 is now also available from my Joggler PPA and installed by default on the Xubuntu image. Changes: Kernel 3.2.71 Kodi 15.1 Package Rollups Downloads and instructions are found … Read more
After 6 months of hard work we are pleased to announce the release of RetroPie 3.0. This retro-gaming project brings together a collection of popular emulators for those computers and consoles that you grew up with from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, all wrapped up and ready to run on the famous Raspberry Pi. From … Read more
Have been updating this site a little bit. I launched jwills.co.uk a short while ago as a way to connect things I work on in one place, and act as a bit of a portfolio site. I also had an old Magento blog, and a small website for the O2 Joggler which I wanted to … Read more
On the 16th April 2015, Darren Wall of readonlymemory.vg launched a Kickstarter campaign for funding to create a book called The Bitmap Brothers: Universe. The Bitmap Brothers: Universe will be the official history of the visionary British software house. The book will combine an authoritatively written inside story, thoroughly researched via new, first-hand interviews with The Bitmap … Read more