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Retro Gaming on BrainyPi

Description: EmulationStation is a frontend for emulators, which gives a graphical interface for accessing all of your games. It is a core part of RetroPie and is what lets you sort and configure games. Using EmulationStation on Brainy Pi we can start building own alternative to RetroPie.

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Steps to Install:

  1. Copy and paste the following lines into a terminal:

    sudo apt-get install -y git

    git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git

    cd RetroPie-Setup

    sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

  2. As we don’t want to install the entirety of RetroPie for this guide we must switch to the Manage Packages screen.

  • You can do this by pressing the B key, then by pressing ENTER.

  • As EmulationStation is a core package for RetroPie, we can switch straight into the first option by pressing the ENTER key.

  1. Within this next menu, we need to select the emulationstation option.
  • You can do this by pressing 2, then the ENTER key.

  1. We will be using the pre-compiled binary option for this tutorial as it is far faster to install them. Select this option by pressing B, then the ENTER key.

  2. Press Y on your keyboard then the ENTER key to proceed with the installation.

  3. Now that you have installed EmulationStation, you can quit by pressing the ESC key till you return to the command line.

  4. Installation will be done.

Useful for: retro gaming

Link to original project: https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation.git

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