I just burned the release image last night, and booted it up before i went to bed. It booted, but I was inevitably going to run into problems... glad i watched this before I got started for real!
Life safer. Was beating my head on this one. New to the retro pi gaming scene and was searching around for hours to why the wireless interface wasn't being found. Thanks!
Retropie was the only one who worked on my PVM, Didn't worked well on Recalbox after hours of searching and trying, than tested Retropie and after 1 change in the config file it worked lol
You can add the wifi networking and location settings in the Raspberry imager under tools or ctrl+shift+x (I think). No need to get into raspi-config afterward.
Really cool and helpful channel you have here m8. I just subscibed. When Batocera is ready for PI Zero 2 please do a video about it. I like Batocera more than Retropie. Cheers :)
actually you can, use the base rpi repositories and patch your way up, you will not require any expertise on linux kernel the scripts and patches on pilfs will setup everything and update anything to make a base image ready. tune it up and install the frontend of your preference
Hi. From what I've seen it all fits nicely inside that case. If you overclock keep an eye on temperature. I don't know if you can fit any cooling into that case.
Hi. I tried the 3B+ version of Batocera. It doesn't work. I guess we'll just have to wait for that one. I haven't tried Recalbox. Emulation Station is used by Retropie so there must be a working version.
I haven't tried Dreamcast on the Zero 2W. I've seen a couple of people having a go and I don't think it's going to work very well. Maybe some games will be playable. Have a go!
I have followed all your instructions and once I get to the overscan part I reboot and it crashes about 7/10 of the time ( I haven't tried overclocking yet btw) And my screen is being cut off (the text is out of the screen) I am on a Samsung tv.
Hi. Did you do a full update? Did you turn off overscan through the raspi-config route or did you edit the config.txt file directly? It's strange that the text is off screen as well.
@@BytesNBits yea I did a full update, and I also turned off overscan through raspi-config. I fixed the text problem but not the crashing problem. I will keep working on it, maybe I need to update again for some odd reason. 🤷♂️ Thanks 🙏
Using stock speeds no, but an overclocked Zero 2 will at least match the stock 3B+, probably a bit faster as long as the 512MB memory doesn't become a factor. Great if you need the smaller form factor but you will need to take temperature control into account.
It doesn't work anymore. The images up there are like 500kb each and if I try to flash them to the card it won't boot. And the latest official Raspberry Pi 2/3 version you can get off the retropie website can't detect the raspberry pi zero 2's wifi hardware.
It looks like the Retropie image builder is not working at the moment retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31645/anyone-successfully-running-retropie-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/3 I'm afraid you'll just have to wait until they get it fixed.
Not with RetroPie. That's just for a Raspberry Pi setup. Have a look at my Batocera video th-cam.com/video/28NI_I6ICx0/w-d-xo.html or RetroBat th-cam.com/video/JAdsGIiv6Fk/w-d-xo.html
I've got the latest 2_3 image installed and updated, running smooth with the overclock. My only issue is when connecting my wired xbox 360 pad to the micro usb adapter, the pad freezes after a second. I've tried re-installing xpad and resetting the input devices in emulation station and still the issue remains. I can't seem to find any solution to this online.
hello, i recently stumbled upon zram, which effectively helps you sacrifice some cpu time for added ram. do you have experience with it, would it work great on top of an overclock, and most of all, is the extra ram helpful in pre-ps 1 emulation? thank you for the videos, regards
To be honest I haven't tried it. The lower end consoles probably won't get any benefit as it only comes in to play when the emulator runs out of real RAM, but perhaps something like the PS1 emulator might use it. I made a video on overclocking which shows you how to measure performance. If you had a go with zram it would be great to see what results you get.
Unfortunately I can't advise you on how to download copyrighted software. However you might be interested in this web coding tutorial - th-cam.com/video/oPg3iqKmDUM/w-d-xo.html.
Hi. Did you add in the overclocking settings. If yes then it's probably crashed your Raspberry Pi. Take the SD card out and put it into your PC. You'll find it appears as 2 disk drives. Open the one labelled boot and you'll find the config.txt file in there. Use a text editor, e.g. notepad, to edit it and take out the overclock settings. The system should now work. You can then go back and try a lower arm_freq setting if you want.
I don't think they have got all the bugs ironed out, even on the release version. I can get mine started and playing games but it does hang for a second ot so every so often and does still crash some times.
I got the latest retropie installed on SD card in my PI zero, why is MAME so slow? takes forever to access a game after hitting enter, nevermind try to play MK, very slow, any help will be be greatly appreciated! :)
Hi. I'm not sure why you're getting this problem. What core are you using? Does it match your ROM set? If the ROM files are zipped the system has to unpack them first. Check your zip files are not overly large. They should only contain a few roms in each.
@@BytesNBits yes have the correct rom set. I always use the same rom set with libretto and the games run perfect ( when installed on a raspberry pi 3 ) i think the issue here is the pi zero. Im using a raspberry pi zero W, vol. 1.1
@@jerseyarcade3788 Hi. You're probably right. The drop down from Pi Zero 2 to 1 is quite considerable is some circumstances. Have you tried some of the early arcade games like PacMan etc. If these still take ages to load it might be something else going on. I think Mortal Combat it reasonably processor intensive.
I just burned the release image last night, and booted it up before i went to bed. It booted, but I was inevitably going to run into problems... glad i watched this before I got started for real!
Hi. Glad it helped. I don't know how fast RetroPie release updates to the main images but at least the weekly builds are working.
Life safer. Was beating my head on this one. New to the retro pi gaming scene and was searching around for hours to why the wireless interface wasn't being found. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
Retropie was the only one who worked on my PVM, Didn't worked well on Recalbox after hours of searching and trying, than tested Retropie and after 1 change in the config file it worked lol
Great to hear you got it going.
retropie works i have an image for it but no gpi case
Brilliant! Thanks for all your help! this is the best raspberry pi zero 2 tutorial out there by far!!
You're very welcome!
I really do actually want a wiggly build :P
Very very helpful, god bless you sir!
Glad it was helpful!
this made my day mate!
good one!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good one mate!
Thanks. You're in fast this time 😀
You can add the wifi networking and location settings in the Raspberry imager under tools or ctrl+shift+x (I think). No need to get into raspi-config afterward.
Great tip - Thanks. I hadn't seen that before.
Thanks for this. Was not able to get it to 1.4 on mine, 1.3 was better
No problem. It'll still give you a good performance boost. Stability always wins!
Really cool and helpful channel you have here m8. I just subscibed. When Batocera is ready for PI Zero 2 please do a video about it. I like Batocera more than Retropie. Cheers :)
I'll keep an eye out for that one. I did try the current release for the zero and Pi3 but nothing worked.
actually you can, use the base rpi repositories and patch your way up, you will not require any expertise on linux kernel the scripts and patches on pilfs will setup everything and update anything to make a base image ready. tune it up and install the frontend of your preference
Thanks for the tips. I'll give it a go to see if it makes any difference in performance.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks for this, how about putting it inside a retroflag gpi case?
Hi. From what I've seen it all fits nicely inside that case. If you overclock keep an eye on temperature. I don't know if you can fit any cooling into that case.
Neat but here is the million dollar question! Could we possibly do the same with an image for pi3b+ of emulation station, recalbox and batocera?
Hi. I tried the 3B+ version of Batocera. It doesn't work. I guess we'll just have to wait for that one. I haven't tried Recalbox. Emulation Station is used by Retropie so there must be a working version.
Hi! There is a way to install raspberry pi OS AND retropie inside, that could be controlled by gpio controller with GpioNext?
Hi, Have a look at this video. th-cam.com/video/BV_nVu8Be7M/w-d-xo.html&lc=
Have you tried dreamcast on this yet? I just got one. Have a pi3b+ and dc barley works. Heard if would for the 0w2.
I haven't tried Dreamcast on the Zero 2W. I've seen a couple of people having a go and I don't think it's going to work very well. Maybe some games will be playable. Have a go!
I have followed all your instructions and once I get to the overscan part I reboot and it crashes about 7/10 of the time ( I haven't tried overclocking yet btw) And my screen is being cut off (the text is out of the screen) I am on a Samsung tv.
Hi. Did you do a full update? Did you turn off overscan through the raspi-config route or did you edit the config.txt file directly? It's strange that the text is off screen as well.
@@BytesNBits yea I did a full update, and I also turned off overscan through raspi-config. I fixed the text problem but not the crashing problem. I will keep working on it, maybe I need to update again for some odd reason. 🤷♂️ Thanks 🙏
@@jaxgavin That's an of one. If it's crashing I'd maybe suggest re flashing the SD card to make sure something hasn't been corrupted.
Do you think pi zero 2 w is better than raspberry pi 3b+ in terms of processing power?
Using stock speeds no, but an overclocked Zero 2 will at least match the stock 3B+, probably a bit faster as long as the 512MB memory doesn't become a factor. Great if you need the smaller form factor but you will need to take temperature control into account.
One thing that I found the pi zero 2 w size is a trade off of an USB hub.
Taking away the USB ports from a raspberry pi 3 or 4 becomes a pi zero.
It doesn't work anymore. The images up there are like 500kb each and if I try to flash them to the card it won't boot. And the latest official Raspberry Pi 2/3 version you can get off the retropie website can't detect the raspberry pi zero 2's wifi hardware.
It looks like the Retropie image builder is not working at the moment
retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31645/anyone-successfully-running-retropie-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/3
I'm afraid you'll just have to wait until they get it fixed.
No roms are showing up, the roms work on pico and ras 4
if you've put the right roms in the right folders they should just appear. Make sure you use the folders created by RetroPie.
Can we do this in laptops
Not with RetroPie. That's just for a Raspberry Pi setup. Have a look at my Batocera video th-cam.com/video/28NI_I6ICx0/w-d-xo.html or RetroBat th-cam.com/video/JAdsGIiv6Fk/w-d-xo.html
I've got the latest 2_3 image installed and updated, running smooth with the overclock. My only issue is when connecting my wired xbox 360 pad to the micro usb adapter, the pad freezes after a second. I've tried re-installing xpad and resetting the input devices in emulation station and still the issue remains. I can't seem to find any solution to this online.
Hi. I haven't seen this issue though I've only used basic button controllers up until now. Does Emulation Station set up the controller OK?
@@BytesNBits Thanks for the reply. I swapped out the official usb adapter with a makerspot usb hub and the pad is working correctly now!
hello, i recently stumbled upon zram, which effectively helps you sacrifice some cpu time for added ram. do you have experience with it, would it work great on top of an overclock, and most of all, is the extra ram helpful in pre-ps 1 emulation? thank you for the videos, regards
To be honest I haven't tried it. The lower end consoles probably won't get any benefit as it only comes in to play when the emulator runs out of real RAM, but perhaps something like the PS1 emulator might use it. I made a video on overclocking which shows you how to measure performance. If you had a go with zram it would be great to see what results you get.
i'm trying to squeeze the time out to work on my raspi zero handheld (following your guidance), i'll hopefully try it out and report.
The weekly builds have gone, do you have a backup you can share on your site please?
Hi Trevor. I just had a look and the links seem to be back. Have a try at...
files.retropie.org.uk/images/weekly/
@@BytesNBits thankyou
Where do we get the roms from?
Unfortunately I can't advise you on how to download copyrighted software. However you might be interested in this web coding tutorial - th-cam.com/video/oPg3iqKmDUM/w-d-xo.html.
this did not work - stuck on the retropie screen..
Hi. Did you add in the overclocking settings. If yes then it's probably crashed your Raspberry Pi. Take the SD card out and put it into your PC. You'll find it appears as 2 disk drives. Open the one labelled boot and you'll find the config.txt file in there. Use a text editor, e.g. notepad, to edit it and take out the overclock settings. The system should now work. You can then go back and try a lower arm_freq setting if you want.
with that version of retropie my pi zero 2 crash when boot
I don't think they have got all the bugs ironed out, even on the release version. I can get mine started and playing games but it does hang for a second ot so every so often and does still crash some times.
I got the latest retropie installed on SD card in my PI zero, why is MAME so slow? takes forever to access a game after hitting enter, nevermind try to play MK, very slow, any help will be be greatly appreciated! :)
Hi. I'm not sure why you're getting this problem. What core are you using? Does it match your ROM set? If the ROM files are zipped the system has to unpack them first. Check your zip files are not overly large. They should only contain a few roms in each.
@@BytesNBits yes have the correct rom set. I always use the same rom set with libretto and the games run perfect ( when installed on a raspberry pi 3 ) i think the issue here is the pi zero. Im using a raspberry pi zero W, vol. 1.1
@@jerseyarcade3788 Hi. You're probably right. The drop down from Pi Zero 2 to 1 is quite considerable is some circumstances. Have you tried some of the early arcade games like PacMan etc. If these still take ages to load it might be something else going on. I think Mortal Combat it reasonably processor intensive.
@@BytesNBits i only tried, kungfu master & mortal kombat 1
Stopped watching because of unskippable 3 minute advert
3 minutes seems a bit long for an advert. Sorry. It's all on TH-cam's auto advert system.
@@BytesNBits :( It was google's own advert as well. I will stick to watching youtube on pc from now on