Since the display is powered from the Pi it wont be properly detected at startup, so this is required to make it work.Īlso force audio through the 3.5 jack in raspi-config to get the Picade panel speakers. Ignore the previous comments about HDMI audio above as they only apply when using HDMI for audio. Exit and startx to move samples into their respective folders.Įdit your /boot/config.txt and add or uncomment (remove the # before) hdmi_force_hotplug=1.

I can’t tell you where to get those, but they’re not hard to find. Look for “hdmi_drive=2” and remove the “#” in front of it then save it out (F3).Īlso, Space Invaders, Berzerk etc require audio samples that need to go in “whatever_emulator_you_use/samples” folder. You also have to make sure that the HDMI port is set to “2” in the /boot/config.txt file and un-commented: This makes the HDMI the default port for audio HDMI audio is not activated by default so you need to configure it as follows. Type that into the internet browser of your computer and you’re ready to transfer ROM’s to the Pi. Reboot and you should have an IP address assigned in the top right of the screen. I had to exit the PiPlay dashboard menu then type startx to launch the OS to configure my wireless network using WIFI Config. Then you’ll need to visit your Raspberry Pi’s IP address via your browser and transfer ROM’s to the Pi. Mame4all needs a certain ROM set called v0.37b5. I found the best performance with Mame4all and the v0.37b5 ROM set. Advanced Options>A3 Memory Split, choose 128.Overclock, optional, only if a game you like runs slow.Expand Filesystem, so all the SD Storage is available to the OS.Once you have PiPlay on your memory card and successfully booted you need to change some settings in raspi-config.

Use Win32 Disk Imager (if you use Windows) to burn the PiPlay image to your SD Card (Got a Picade? see bottom of this post for Picade help.) I also recommend getting an Xbox 360 wired controller as they are fully supported. The easiest way IMO to get playing is to download PiPlay from Emulate various classic arcade machines on your Raspberry Pi.

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