{"id":968,"date":"2021-02-10T01:45:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T01:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2021-02-10T01:47:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T01:47:33","slug":"starting-emulationstation-and-theme-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/starting-emulationstation-and-theme-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting EmulationStation and Theme Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We should be all done except for a few things that we need to be in emulationstation for.  Lets reboot the Pi to the emulationstation start screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starting EmulationStation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You should have seen your splash screen on boot and hear your music startup shortly after emulationstation started.  Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Picking a Theme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hit <code>start <\/code>(menu) scroll down to <code>UI Settings<\/code>, then <code>Theme Set<\/code>, hit left\/right to pick your theme, back out to emulationstation.  You should see your theme applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all done.  Let me know if you would like additional pages around things like hiding the boot screen output, configuring controls for individual consoles or anything else you can think of.  Just let me know in the comments.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWe should be all done except for a few things that we&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/10\/starting-emulationstation-and-theme-setup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Starting EmulationStation and Theme Setup&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":[121,112,122],"course":[108],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-emulationstation","tag-retropie","tag-themes","course-build-customize-retropie","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":955,"url":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/adding-themes-and-splashscreen\/","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":0},"title":"Adding Themes and Splashscreen","author":"Bullyrook","date":"February 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"We want to choose a theme and splashscreen to make our retropie unique. 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