{"id":932,"date":"2021-02-09T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/?p=932"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:00:23","slug":"flashing-retropie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/flashing-retropie\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashing Retropie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After you assemble the raspberry pi kit you&#8217;ll need to flash the retropie image onto the SD card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup Imager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Install raspberry pi imager and run the application.  You should see a screen like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-43.png?resize=683%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-43.png?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-43.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From choose OS choose emulation and game OS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-44.png?resize=575%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-44.png?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-44.png?resize=300%2C32&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose RetroPie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-45.png?resize=575%2C57&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-45.png?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-45.png?resize=300%2C30&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the version for the pi you have (most likely 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-46.png?resize=572%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-46.png?w=572&amp;ssl=1 572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-46.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Insert your SD card into your USB adapter and install it into a USB port on your computer.  In the Imager app, click <code>Choose SD Card<\/code>.  Pick your SD card that you just plugged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-47.png?resize=574%2C56&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-47.png?w=574&amp;ssl=1 574w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-47.png?resize=300%2C29&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now click <code>Write<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-48.png?resize=198%2C88&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm the next screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-49.png?resize=531%2C191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-49.png?w=531&amp;ssl=1 531w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bullyrooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-49.png?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It should take several minutes to write and verify the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you get the message that the writing is complete and can remove the SC card do so.  Then put the SD card into your pi and get ready to power it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nAfter you assemble the raspberry pi kit you&#8217;ll need to flash the&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/flashing-retropie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Flashing Retropie&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[113,116,115,111,112],"course":[108],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-emulation","tag-gaming","tag-imager","tag-raspberry-pi","tag-retropie","course-build-customize-retropie","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":928,"url":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/overview-and-prerequisites-for-building-a-retropie\/","url_meta":{"origin":932,"position":0},"title":"Overview and Prerequisites For Building a RetroPie","author":"Bullyrook","date":"February 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Retropie is a project which allows you to quickly install, manage and play a variety of emulators for various video game consoles. 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First some linux startup, then a retropie start\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gaming&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gaming","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/category\/technology\/gaming\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":952,"url":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/scraping-rom-metadata\/","url_meta":{"origin":932,"position":2},"title":"Scraping ROM Metadata","author":"Bullyrook","date":"February 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In order to help make EmulationStation useful and good looking we want to add metadata to the ROMs in the library. We can use skyscraper to do this. Configure Your Controller Reboot your Pi and wait for it to get to the EmulationStation screen. 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