You know the funny thing is that I watched this video years ago to set up my own Raspberry Pi 3 B+, and then I completely forgot about your channel. I feel so bad to say that it was David's video on the Apple 1 that got me to check out your channel again all these years later. Seriously man, I hope you've been doing well and I also wanna say that your content today is just as fantastic, if not more so than what I watched all those years ago. Definitely remembering to Like and Subscribe this time!

awesome video. I have watched multiple videos on how to do this and this was by far the most informative and easiest to follow. thank you

The easiest instruction video ever!

Thank you! I just gave my mother-in-law's hobby back. She is happy.

Bought your blue print for the bartop arcade and it turned out phenomenal. I just switched the speakers up where the marquee is. Thanks for all your help. Keep America rolling.

Wow this is the most helpful and supportive video!! :) considering doing this project myself instead of purchasing an already built custom arcade

I am having trouble finding your video of you setting up your arcade controls with the RaspberryPi.

You made it look so easy! Well, I dropped about $100 on Amazon, got some gear (newer hardware available), did the full install (new code available), and got Retropie up & running! Vilros kit, SNES controllers, Pi4 2GB, but otherwise the same thing. Cool so far. Now came the Super Mario Bros. ROM test. Unfortunately, none of the buttons work except for the 'A' button, which switches between 1 & 2 players. Otherwise you get a never-ending demo screen with no way to get out unless you're a UNIX/Linux whiz like me and access it remotely. I've had people tell me online it has something to do with Retroarch, but I'm still working through this. Like I said - Linux whiz, RPI newbie. I just booted it this morning for the first time. *sigh*

I'm finally diving into the Pi

You're really knocking out of the park with this series. THANK YOU! Can you provide a pi baker link for Windows?

i went out and got a Raspberry Pi 3 as soon as i saw this video.... dude this is the most amazing thing ever! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!!!

wow!!! thanks I almost purchased one from a guy for $100 . it's soo easy to do I'm buying it this week. love your channel and thanks again.

Mike, Very nice video Mike. I always love good walk-through videos on setup of the hardware. Now on the Raspberry Pi 3 I do have to point out that sadly the heatsinks actually are needed. Running the Raspberry Pi 3 with RetroPie will get hot and will trigger the over heat protection system. Though I tend to use the emulators on RetroPie that use more CPU to emulate the more current emulated systems in its repo. The Raspberry Pi 3 will start underclocking at 80°C which of course on some of the emulators will start causing stuttering. If you have the Raspberry Pi 3 and RetroPie configured to connect to your WiFi network you can use your Mac's Terminal and use a SSH session to the Raspberry Pi 3. Once you do this it should give you the login prompt. Once you login they have it setup to dump current information like temp of the system and storage space left on the microSD card.

Extremely helpful video, thank you! I've been thinking about getting a Retro Pie 3 and set up a cabinet, and this is making me really want to pull the trigger soon!

Great video. You have helped make a 10 year old boy very happy

That is one heck of a nice bookshelf.

Thanks for the video. I have seen others build a cabinet and they leave all of this out, which is kinda important.

Awesome video the usb stick was everything

Fantastic video. You laid out everything so clearly. Really enjoyed this. I look forward to checking out more of your videos.

Great Video! Although I would have to say I think the heat sinks are more then necessary, especially when running running Retropie. You can gain improvements in fps with more graphically demanding games such as the ones on The PS1, N64, Dreamcast etc. by implementing a small overclock in the Retropie config. The heatsinks will definitely make a difference in that situation. Also, the added heat dissipation that the heatsinks provide will surely prolong the life of your components.

Thanks for the video. I'm looking to do a bartop project with Rasberry Pi as well. Can't wait for the video on the cabinet controls!

Very cool! I am also getting a pi 3 and will be setting up retro pi. I already have a couple snes usb controllers one from iBuffalo and one that is the snes30.

I'm a technophobe and this made it super-simple to understand. thanks so much!

hey man... Thanks for the video! did you ever put up a video showing how to configure to arcade buttons? Thanks again! awesome stuff.

I’ve been trying to figure how to do this for so long and I couldn’t find the right video thank you so much I’m definitely subscribing to you

Came to watch this video and it was tempting me more to watch all other videos on this channel. Subbed ofcourse. Great videos.

So this is the simpler method right because i have been thinking of getting a Pi just for some old arcade favorites (mainly 90's arcade games like Killer Instinct as an example).

Love your videos especially on the arcade builds. In all 3 of your builds you say you will have an update video explaining more of the build. So far all 3 builds have no update! I know everybody gets busy and stuff but it's like watching a movie and there's no ending. If you find some spare time maybe you could give us an update on all 3 builds. Thanks!

I ran into a really frustrating power problem with the pi. the solution is a independent 12 power supply with a buck down 12 volt to 5 volt circuit from sunfounder. works great....Cheer Jeff

Thanks for getting to the point, very helpful.

Best video...!!!! No one has the best info and clear like you bro!!!! Badass video good job💪🏽

This just made me get a Raspberry PI 3 :) I'm gonna be so hyped when it comes xD

Just bought my Pi3 and I swear it was going to be a harder process than this. Only thing I regret not doing is buying the controller. Still Imma be rocking some mario or punchout christmas morning.

I loved your work with the bartop cabinet. You just got a new subscriber

Brilliant video. Thanks

Absolutely loved this video, man. You deserve every sub!

When I open my retro pi it stays in this weird page, It shows the retro pi logo on a white strip across the screen. it shows a big logo of gears above it and all it does is let me in to the settings page. I have a raspberry pi 3 model B, Please Help!

Nice vid, but you missed showing a step. Which is, once you have your USB and load games, where did you extract or downloaded the Mario bros games? You had it already on your desktop screen. Sorry if i'm a little slow but i'm a beginner. Also need to see how you configure the controls from the D pad for an Arcade.

only video that made sense to me, thanks for the step by step tutorial. ps; great background music . hahaha.

whats up thanks for the awesome tutorial. I bought the plans but have an old pc monitor i picked up for 1 dollar so wanna use that. any advice on fitting it into my cab? how would i put a vesa mount into it. thankd.

Great video and clear instructions. Thanks for doing this !!

I already have an old PC so I would like to see a video or link explaining how to do this using a PC.

Not sure if anyone has told you yet. But you're definitely going to want to use a heatsink, or even a larger heatsink with a 25mm mini fan. The pi3 will thermal throttle pretty bad. :( They'll hit 80c. If you want to go fanless, just get a decent enough heatsink, and possibly a couple small copper pieces to raise it up a couple mm, so you can fit a larger heatsink over the camera and hdmi connectors.

Great video. I was hoping that in the next video you explain how to use GPIO pins for button/stick input. Seems a shame to use an iPAC or joystick hack when the pi has GPIO built in. Thanks!

Hey Mike! Wicked video, did you ever end up making the video for wiring the Raspberry Pi, to the bartop arcade? Would be interested to see your button configuration, and how you related it to retropi - especially for the two controllers :)

Great video! Thanx!

Great video dude, thanks!

Hello, thank you for providing this video for everyone toenjoy. Now we can complete our projects. It is by far the most simple process to configure. I was wondering if you would consider showing us all how to accomplish the same thing using Windows Platform. I have a 1TB HD with ROMS. However, it was download as a Windows file.

What a great video. So helpful. Thanks!

That help a lot

most helpful video on this subject thank you

perfect! I found this video so useful

Thanks, this helped a lot!

Absolutely Fantastic job explaining this! :)

Can you stretch the screen so the game fills the whole monitor?

Hey great vid! I was just curious, is it possible to split partitions in 2 or even 3 - in order to have multiple boot (ie. noobs, raspbian, mediacenter os, ect.? ) and have one of them as retropie?

I'm just trying to get it running so that my Little girl can enjoy the games I loved as a kid you know thank you

Great video

Great video,when are you doing the video on the bartop arcade button mapping?

Good Job MAN!Thanks!

Great Job, thanks a lot!

You sir got a fan!!!

Now you got a new subscriber

Thanks so much for posting this. Very helpful.

for PS1 or N64 emulation you do need heat sinks ,believe me it gets hot ,may even need a small fan if you plan on playing for more than 3 hours straight

I'm using this video to help me build an NES portable using a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. It runs on 4 AA batteries.

You earned a sub :) This helped me make mine! +TheGeekPub

Isn't the first format redundant, the imaging process should reinitialise the cards structure? I am going to give this a go there are a couple of Pi 2's in my parts collection.

Man you help me a lot Greek

I need this now...

Great video, thanks for the explanation. I want to know how much it cost your kit?Thx!

thanks friend

once you finish doing all these steps, how do you apply the retropie to your arcade cabinet so instead of using controller you use the buttons on the arcade?

great video !

I just read it waiting for my raspberry pi to come in today thanks a lot I appreciate the reply and trust me I probably have a lot more questions lol at least I know you'll respond thanks buddy

What would you sell one for? You obviously have it down perfectly. Thanks, Tom

Great video. How do I change the buttons currently configured for my keyboard? For example, I want to change the A button to point to "A" key on keyboard..B button to point to "S" key on keyboard.

My question is the speakers....is it cuz you are using a computer monitor with speakers or is it required?

This video is excellent, one of the best and is what made me decide to buy a Raspberry Pi as my emulation station of choice (pun intended) to get my favorite video games on my TV. Since the NES classic is so hard to get, and it's really just an emulator in a case, I figured why not get ALL of my favorite games and not just thirty of them? Anyway, I just got the hardware today and I can't wait to set mine up. My question is kind of a dumb question (sorry about the n00b question) but I've watched about 10-15 videos on retro pie so far and they are not clear what happens after the initial add of ROMs: can you add more ROMs after the initial add and will it erase the initial add of ROMs when you do? And, can you add more ROMs simply by taking the USB stick, erasing the current ROMs, and adding more in that way? Just want to be clear on every step before I start because I have a huge collection :) Thanks!!

Good video but just one thing, it's useless to format your SD card if you write an image just after it. The image simply replace what's on the card (even the filesystem you've just formatted).

What is better SD Size card to use? 32gb or 64. I bought a kit for the raspberry pi 3 from amazon so it's my first Pi 3 ever and it came with it a 32GB SD Card so should I buy a 64GB or higher?

Great video!

Do I really need a case for the Pi in my arcade build?

thanks a million really helpful

I wasn't able to get the USB to work like you did

When I dropped Roms into the nes or snes folders and I didn't unzip them they did not appear. So I unzipped them and they work now. A new problem though is Segax32 those are zipped and do not appear on emulation station when I unzip them it creates 3-6 different Roms in its own folder (this is in progress right now) I'm having a feeling since in the unzipped folder for let's say sonic has 3-5 of the same file just with a different version on the end that it will now work. If this doesn't work I think I'm stuck with transferring select Roms instead of a compilation what else can I do

Question. So, how does naming the USB "retropie" cause Retro Pie to create the directory automatically? And when you plug the USB in, does it create a new directory every time? (I know that question may be stupid, but with my luck it may happen)

Yep!!! I am a subscriber now too!!!

Great Video, Did you do the arcade controls video for RaspberryPi?

man o man. this video is awesome. so helpful and informative. thank you kind sir.

great tutorial!

im stuck and really need help. When i put the card in my pi, it wants me to configure the reptropi and i cant find the location of the games and when i put a USB stick in and take it out there is no folder.. please help

Thank you for the video…. One question, can you watch movies with it such as media files or apps

Thanks

Great video it was very helpful I gave you the big thumbs up and subscribed to the Channel looking forward to the next videos

nice video!

Amazing!!! thank you!!

This was an awesome video.. Thank you so much for the info..

Hola, New to your channel and love the videos..!! What format did ya set your USB flash drive to on your mac..?

How would I store the games from the thumb drive directly onto the SD card of the Pi?