Quickly Install RetroGames RetroPie on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

While in home quarantine imposed by Indian Government during these COVID-19 Pandemic, i thought of utilizing this time trying new things with my Raspberry Pi 4 board i bought few weeks back.

Playing Retro Games is the best way to pass time during these tough times & staying safe at home.

Install RetroPie on Raspberry Pi 4  in just 2 steps.

1. Download & burn the RetroPie ROTT-TheRA-RPI4-Beta3.img file on your SD Card.
2. Load the SD Card in Raspberry Pi & Power it on.

Its that simple to get retro games running on raspberry pie 4
and play games like Super Mario, Contra, Batman, BomberMan... and many more.

It was hard to find a working RetroPie Build for Raspberry Pie 4 ,  since no official release has been made by RetroPie Team yet.
After lot of searching I found a working image of Retro Pie, all credits go to TechToyTinker team who developed this RetroPie Image for Raspberry Pie 4.

Please download the image from the google drive link they provided.

Link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H1O0Iedy_QcFoe90cEfxWDsNDk9y6qOK

After powering on the Pi 4 you will see the screen directly launches EmulationStation.. Voila !!

The system will initially ask you to setup controller input keys :

- Game Controller keys [Up, Down, Left, Right, A, B, X, Y , Start, Select]
- Now if you don't have a game controller / Game Pad, don't worry you can set up Keyboard & Mouse as your input.

Note: if you are setting the keys using a keyboard then, the keyboard key you set for A will be required to click OK button & finish the Controller Input Setup.

You may not see Nintendo64 & Megadrive option in the .img file you are running.

I have added Nintendo 64 and Megadrive game ROMs externally.

To add them follow these steps:

1. Download ROMS available from https://www.freeroms.com  or https://coolrom.com.au/roms/
2. Press F4 on your keyboard to come out of EmulationStation.
3. You will see the Raspbian Desktop. Navigate to the Folders \home\pi\RetroPie\Roms\
4. Copy the downloaded ROMS to a pendrive & attach the pendrive to your Pi 4.
5. Copy all files with <Games_Name>(U) [!].z64  from your pendrive to n64 folder in your RetroPie.
6. Copy all files with <Games_Name>(U) [!].gen  from your pendrive to megadrive folder in your RetroPie.   
7. Remove the Pendrive. Run terminal and execute command emulationstation
8. You will see new options of Megadrive and Nintendo64 as in the image above.

Enjoy your COVID-19 home quarantine days by playing Retro Games :)

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 Super Mario 2 :-

Batman :-

Buying quick links you can refer which i used:

	Raspberry Pi 4 B (2gb RAM): https://amzn.to/3aL6GeE
	Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Cover Case: https://amzn.to/2X8H3QY
	Raspberry Pi 4 B - Power Suppy: https://amzn.to/2x7xKpR
	HDMI to Micro HDMI Cable:  https://amzn.to/39Q8NN6