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Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) for the Joggler has been released (Joggler image v1.0). Since the last beta release, all packages have been updated to the Natty release versions, as well as re-adding XBMC, Squeezeplay and a VAAPI enabled mplayer as with the other images.
The Jolicloud OS has been renamed to Joli OS, to avoid confusion with their online desktop app. With this change, the new 1.2 version was also released bringing new functionality and performance – see http://www.jolicloud.com/blog/2011/03/09/welcome-to-the-new-jolicloud/. The 1.2 version has now been adapted for the Joggler and can be downloaded from the Jolicloud page. Ubuntu Maverick … Read more
Happy Pi Day! After a long wait, we are pleased to announce the release of RetroPie 4.8. The RetroPie 4.8 images are built on the latest version of the Raspberry Pi OS Lite Buster (which is now their legacy release). This image supports the latest Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and recent Raspberry Pi 4 … Read more
The Raspberry Pi 400 is released today – A Raspberry Pi 4 based system built into a compact keyboard. To find out more about the new machine please visit https://rptl.io/400. RetroPie 4.7 is compatible with the new Raspberry Pi 400 and can be downloaded from https://retropie.org.uk/download – Press the download button named “Raspberry Pi 4/400”. … Read more
RetroPie 4.7 images are now available, and include a variety of changes and improvements. We marked RetroPie 4.6 as having beta support for the Raspberry Pi 4. We now believe it to work well enough to remove the beta label. RetroPie 4.7 supports the new Raspberry Pi 400. Please see below for more information on … Read more
We are very pleased to announce RetroPie 4.6 with beta support for the Raspberry Pi 4. It’s been some time since we last updated our pre-built images. However development has been ongoing in the background, and a lot of changes have been made since the last release. Note that we update RetroPie constantly, and you … Read more
It has come to our attention that composite video out is broken on the 4.5 image due to a firmware bug. We updated the firmware/kernel to one from Raspbian Buster as the latest Raspbian Stretch kernel had an issue breaking Sony Bluetooth devices. However it seems that the more recent firmware has stopped composite output … Read more
After some delays due to recent issues we are pleased to announce RetroPie 4.5. This version does NOT work on the recently released Raspberry Pi 4. We are currently working on support for this. IMPORTANT UPDATE: It has come to our attention that composite out is broken on this release. See https://retropie.org.uk/2019/07/composite-out-broken-on-retropie-4-5/ for further details. … Read more
On the 22nd March, RetroPie developer Jools Wills was interviewed on the excellent digitalSoup podcast. Big thanks to digitalSoup for inviting us on the show. If you like geeky banter including retro gaming, their podcast is definitely worth a listen. Interview is here: https://digitalsouppodcast.com/2019/03/22/117-retropie-interview-with-jools-wills/ The post Interview with RetroPie on the digitalSoup podcast appeared first … Read more
Good news! We now own the trademark for RetroPie in the USA thanks to help and support from Eckland & Blando. In February 2017 it came to our attention that a 3rd party had trademarked the RetroPie name in the USA. They were using the trademark to illegally sell our software and take down anyone … Read more