Coding, retro-gaming, and other projects
A few bugs slipped into RetroPie 3.8 – most notably the launch commandline for DOSBox/RPIx86 was wrong, causing it to not work when launching DOS games directly from Emulation Station. There was also a problem building the gamecon gpio driver. These issues have been fixed, along with some other changes. NOTE: There are currently problems … Read more
The 3.8 image includes an important firmware/driver update to fix bluetooth lockups on the Raspberry Pi 3. Also included in the 3.8 update are an improved SDL1 dispmanx backend, updates to many of the included emulators, and enhancements to the splashscreen module. It can be downloaded here: https://retropie.org.uk/download/. Installation Instructions can be found here – … Read more
We are pleased to announce the release of RetroPie 3.7! We are releasing RetroPie 3.7 in celebration of the release of our new website https://retropie.org.uk/ and new forum at https://retropie.org.uk/forum/. Many experimental modules have been added. An option was added to easily install the LXDE desktop environment onto the pi (which can be launched from … Read more
RetroPie has a brand new website – https://retropie.org.uk. Although the old site living under http://blog.petrockblock.com has served us well over the last years, the forum was becoming increasingly slow, and the project really needed its own presence. Hopefully you will like what we have come up with – a simple site with general info, and … Read more
This version is released a little earlier than originally planned, due to the release of the fantastic Raspberry Pi 3 – which our previous 3.5 will not boot on due to having out of date firmware. Along with Raspberry Pi 3 compatibility this release brings a bunch of interesting experimental emulators such as Daphne for … Read more
XBMC4Xbox 3.5.3 has been released. A smaller update again, but includes some weather and scraper fixes, and some library updates. Changes since 3.5.1 include: Improved compatibility with some Kodi addons. Fixes for the TMDB scraper. Fix for weather location search and data. Python updated to 2.7.11 (including updated SQLite3/OpenSSL) Fix for a problem with stuttering … Read more
XBMC4Xbox 3.5.3 has been released. A smaller update again, but includes some weather and scraper fixes, and some library updates. Changes since 3.5.1 include: Improved compatibility with some Kodi addons. Fixes for the TMDB scraper. Fix for weather location search and data. Python updated to 2.7.11 (including updated SQLite3/OpenSSL) Fix for a problem with stuttering … Read more
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