Build your own Retro Games Console with Raspberry Pi (Tutorial) - I'll show you how!

Fancy building your own retro games machine? - In this step by step tutorial, I will walk you through what you need to get started with Raspberry Pi and Retropie and how to set it up with your games collection. Play all your favourite games from the 80's and 90's on this fantastic little device and pop it in a case to suit your mood! It is as easy as "Pi" - honest!!
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[@rascubulous]

Thank you. Good guide.

[@piecesof8-bit]

Thanks so much for watching and the kind comment!!... happy gaming!🙂

[@steve36207]

Great tutorial there andi buddy 😄👍 you covered everything very well. I was just thinking.... ive got a very old raspberry pi, its very slow, if i take the sd card out and put it in a new pi would that work tidy?

[@piecesof8-bit]

@@steve36207 thanks! You can certainly try it, but tbh I’ve generally found that I need to make a new build, as the install will be optimised for your specific Pi. You may get lucky though, so nothing to lose if you try (maybe back it up to be on the safe side if you have stuff on there, that you don’t have anywhere else). The old SD card itself could certainly get reused with a new build, but new SD cards are quite cheap anyway, so my advice would be to get a new one if you can - make a new build and then copy the ROMS folder from your old one to the new one. Hop that helps!

[@SpeccyMan]

I had to stop watching after 20 minutes. The unnecessary background music is incredibly annoying!

[@piecesof8-bit]

Oh sorry to hear that mate - I’ll bear that feedback in mind.