How do I add ROMs to my Raspberry Pi 3 RetroPie?

Posted on by Muna Meyer

How do I add ROMs to my Raspberry Pi 3 RetroPie?

  1. Format your USB flash drive to work with Raspberry Pi. First, you’ll need to format the USB/thumb drive as FAT32.
  2. Create the RetroPie folder.
  3. Create the ROM folder structure.
  4. Unzip and add your ROMs.
  5. Transfer your ROMs to your Raspberry Pi.
  6. Restart Emulation Station.
  7. Adding more ROMs later.
  8. You’re good to go!

How do I add ROMs to RetroPie?

Transferring ROMs

  1. Ensure that the USB stick is formatted to FAT32 or exFAT, and that the SD card has enough free space to hold all ROMs.
  2. Create a folder called retropie on the USB stick.
  3. Plug it into the RetroPie system.
  4. Remove the USB stick and plug it into the computer containing the ROMs.

Can you download ROMs directly to Raspberry Pi?

Make sure your Pi and computer with ROMs are on the same network. Access the computer with your ROMs and open the Finder tool on macOS. This will open the RetroPie ROMs directory on your Pi. Now you can drag and drop files directly to RetroPie.

What ROMs work with RetroPie?

What emulators are in RetroPie?

  • Atari 2600.
  • Atari 7800.
  • Atari Lynx.
  • GCE Vectrex.
  • NEC TurboGrafx-16.
  • Nintendo 64.
  • Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • Nintendo Super NES.

Where are ROMs in RetroPie?

If you don’t want to take any risks, there’s a very famous website that lists free games, usable on RetroPie. It’s called MAMEDev, and the URL is: http://www.mamedev.org/roms/. You will find the most classic games in the history of video games (breakage, parachutes, pong, …).

What consoles can Raspberry Pi 3 emulate?

Thanks to the Raspberry Pi 3 hobbyist platform and the RetroPie software distribution, that dream is finally possible….What consoles are supported?

  • Atari 2600.
  • Atari 7800.
  • Atari Lynx.
  • GCE Vectrex.
  • NEC TurboGrafx-16.
  • Nintendo 64.
  • Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • Nintendo Super NES.

What roms work with RetroPie?