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It turned out pretty nice... the picture doesn't really do it justice. His name is Desi, so I made the custom marquee say "Desi*Cade" and put a bunch of his favorite things on it. I thought it was pretty awesome that the first game he choose to play, after cycling through games for a few minutes, was Toe Jam and Earl. Kid knows his games.
My Dad had that and after playing around with it, I spent the summer when I was 14 to earn money to "One up" him by getting the C64...I started with the Vic-20 before I moved up to the C64
I saw a power cable with a switch on Amazon, and saw switches for the board. I think the micro usb cable will be best for the short term. What are you guys doing?Matty in the cut the cable thread has I believe. Did it extract to 100% and unplug to boot as soon as you extract?
Looking forward to more reports... Wife and I decided to wait and give the Raspberry Pi with Retropie and other options to our daughter for her birthday in December...Our Retropie arrived!!!!
it was simple to put together, the most difficult thing was figuring out how to connect it to my TV. I connected it to the TV after pluging in the unit, and the TV didn't recognize it. After moving the hdmi to a couple of empty spaces (wasn't sure what number hdmi I was in) one of the geek-sons recommended unplugging the Pi and starting over and it worked!
Two minor questions, when copying roms via a USB drive, how long does it take? I know it says 'wait for the lights to stop,' but doesn't the yellow light flash normally during use?
Also, what do you do for shutting off power? I did the shutdown command on the quit menu of Retropie, but the unit stayed on. I pulled out the plug, but I don't like that as the normal option for use with two tween boys!
It definitely extracted to 100%. I rebooted through the menu rather than unplugging although I don't think that should make a difference. When I go back into Kodi the load screen says Titanium but it never finishes loading. My totally uneducated guess is that the problem is trying to run it through Retro Pie. At some point when I have time I'm going to try to set up a dual boot unless anyone else had ideas.
Waiting for Christmas as it's a gift for my daughter . . well that is what I told the wife
Depends on the project. I don't think anyone's getting a Pi to act as a PC - they're often getting it because it's small.
But can't a pc do everything I Pi can do? Still curious. What project would be better or easier with a Pi than a little SFF refurb?
Really hard to explain.. follow some of the links that show projects that you can do that would be difficult to do with a PC.. The MAME arcade option to run on the living room TV without a Full PC box is also an option... 
What kind of graphics rendering can you get? I have an old Chromebook that's pathetic on a television. I have a newer one and a Chromebox that are pretty good, but my htpc with an upgraded gpu is so much better. Thanks, btw. I use a Chromebook or Box to take anywhere and stream. It has a screen if needed and it hooks up to any tv.
I googled it. So information is displayed on a mirror? Pretty cool. My bathroom mirror is right across the wall from the guest bathroom mirror. I could build one of these inside that wall and magic-y both mirrors?
I ended up having to unplug my PS3, when I would turn on the PS3 controller it would try to connect to the PS3 instead of the Pi.
But you dont need to buy a new controller for this if you have an xbox or ps3?
Initial setup, I used a USB keyboard and the ps3 controller connected with the cable. after setup, you can ditch the keyboard and ps3 cable. but sometimes when I would power on the controller with the PS button my ps3 would connect and turn on. which is why I unplugged the ps3Leeroy Jenkins said:
After waiting it out for Christmas, we are 90% sure we are going to go with this $75 bundle
Where do you get retropi from?
There are a few kits on amazon. I have a usb keyboard and ps3 as well as hdmi cables, and hdmi and ethernet switches. So which kit do I need if I want to set it up for gaming and possibly movies/tv?
I'm using the model 2. Only because that was what I had lying around. I bought (or already had) most of the other stuff already. I bought a case and a power supply off ebay. You will want to have a good power supply. I tried multiple ones I had from old cell phones, but the amp output makes a difference.
I think i need some type of kit to start and then i can learn to tinker later. How hard is it to get setup for gaming and media?KCitons said:
I'm gonna piggyback off of this...
As I mentioned in my post above.. We decided to go with The $75 package deal so that all I have to do is download the games(Roms) and PLAY!
Could i get a lesser package but install retropi and roms and/or any other necessary OS for media stuff separately if I am a novice? Do i need muliple sd cards?As I mentioned in my post above.. We decided to go with The $75 package deal so that all I have to do is download the games(Roms) and PLAY!
Guessing at some point I'll want to get different controllers, and there are many projects on the other links provided here I want to delve into, but for now gaming will do.
The kit quoted above comes with replica SNES controllers. This will work with SNES, Sega, and NES but the Playstation has an extra set of shoulder buttons that the SNES controller does not have. The Raspberry Pi does support Bluetooth however, so PS3 controllers will work.
I'm pretty sure the OS itself is on the SD card so I dont think you can swap out. You can use USB drives, however.
I don't want to discourage you, but this thing can be frustrating at times. There are a lot of instructions and videos on the net. But like anything computer related, if you don't have something just right it won't work. I would try to find a kit.
So it looks like the kit with NOOBS installed on the 32gb sd card should let me get Retropie. Will that also let me dl and stream movies etc?
An ideal place to get a lot of your answers, as well as other ideas is at the official Raspberry Pi site
Im lazy. I want one of you guys to tell me exactly what to buyAn ideal place to get a lot of your answers, as well as other ideas is at the official Raspberry Pi site
In regards to using a xbox 360 controller, in one of the many forum threads I found this:
