https://github.com/davidwinter/retrocade

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulator
https://github.com/davidwinter/retrocade

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Use a Raspberry Pi as a Sega Megadrive/Genesis emulator

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davidwinter/retrocade
• Owner: davidwinter
• Created: 2013-05-12T16:40:08.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-04-26T09:38:12.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T13:39:28.597Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 125 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Retrocade

A quick and dirty rom selector for my arcade machine running on a Raspberry Pi.

The repository holds the code for the rom selector, but this README includes the full instructions for getting the Raspberry Pi setup and installed.

## Setup

My Pi uses the Raspian distro. So get that installed and then run:

	sudo aptitude update

	sudo aptitude upgrade

	sudo aptitude install git

### dgen

	wget -O dgen.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dgen/dgen/1.32/dgen-sdl-1.32.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fdgen%2Ffiles%2Fdgen%2F1.32%2F&ts=1368376336&use_mirror=garr

	tar xvfz dgen.tar.gz

	cd dgen-sdl-1.32

	./configure --disable-opengl

	make && sudo make install

### dispmanx

	cd

	wget https://github.com/vanfanel/SDL12-kms-dispmanx/archive/master.zip 

	unzip master.zip

	cd SDL12-kms-dispmanx-master

	export CFLAGS="-I/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux"

	./MAC_ConfigureDISPMANX.sh

	make && sudo make install

### retrocade

	sudo aptitude install python-virtualenv

	sudo aptitude install python-dev

	git clone git://github.com/davidwinter/retrocade.git

	cd retrocade

	virtualenv env

	env/bin/pip intall urwid

## Running on boot

So that we can get retrocade starting on bootup, we need to enable auto-login:

### dgen preference file

	

	mkdir .dgen

	cp retrocade/dgenrc .dgen/

### Autologin

	sudo nano /etc/inittab

Find the line starting with: `1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty`

Comment it out by placing a `#` at the start. Then below that line, add:

	1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f pi tty1 /dev/tty1 2>&1

### Start script

Login as the `pi` user, and then `nano .bashrc`. At the bottom of this file, add:

	if [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then

	        retrocade/env/bin/python retrocade/retro.py path/to/dgen path/to/roms

	fi

Make sure you change the paths for `dgen` and the directory containing your roms. In my case, it's just `dgen` and `/home/pi/roms`.