Plug in a keyboard, and Hit F4 to exit emulation station. From the terminal window, type the
command
sudo
reboot
to restart your station. You should now see the menu expanded based on
the roms you saved. Thus, if you added NES roms, there will now be an NES option in the menu.
Instructions on obtaining roms is beyond th scope of this tutorial. You should only be adding legally
sourced roms onto your Raspberry Pi gaming station.
Test
Once you have your buttons placed, the wiring finished and your roms installed, it is time to test
your gamepad. Power your Raspberry Pi, and wait for the emulation station menu screen. Use the
joystick to navigate through the different emulators. Button A will act as select or Enter in the
menu, and B will act as a back button. The select button is escape for when you want to change
games and get back to the main menu from within a game. From within a game A, B, & C will act
as the normal fight and special buttons.
Audio Set Up
The simplest way to get audio for your arcade machine is to plug powered speakers into the audio
jack. You can also change the settings in RetroPie. To use headphones, navigate to the RetroPie
emulator and press A. Select Audio in the menu by pressing A again. Select option 2 to use
headphones. select Option 3 to use HDMI. To get a portable solution-if you are making a cabinet,
select option 4 and check out SparkFun’s Audio amplifier kit. Just be sure to tie ground from the
amp kit to a ground pin.
Resources and Going Further
Go
beyond
the
box,
and
customize
your
own
arcade
cabinet.
Retro
Built
Games
is
a
great
resource
for
building
arcade
cabinets,
navigating
through
RetroPie,
EmulationStation,
RetroArch
and
Retrogame,
expanding
roots
to
increase
SD
space,
adding
roms
and
much
more.
If
you
are
having
any
trouble,
the
Forums
on
this
site
are
excellent.
There
are
also
instructions
for
adding
a
player
two,
adding
a
coin
acceptor,
free
plans
for
a
MiniCade,
and
then
random
cool
stuff
like
a
Vending
Machine
and
a
folding
dog
ramp.
Give
this
gaming
maker
some
love.
SparkFun
Electronics
®
