Setting up a Raspberry Pi arcade with no programming
The Raspberry Pi computer has proven to be a great choice for building DIY arcade stations and playing retro games. With the program called RetroPie, you can easily turn your Raspberry Pi into a retro-gaming machine by just plugging in a screen and a keyboard. RetroPie builds upon Raspbian, EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favourite Arcade, home-console, and classic PC games with the minimum set-up. Bob Clagett from iliketomakestuff.com shows in his step-by-step-guide how to make a neat Raspberry Pi arcade table with no programming skills. You will need a Raspberry Pi computer board (obviously), an I-PAC board, which allows connection of arcade controls such as buttons and joysticks to a keyboard port or USB port on Raspberry Pi board, a SD card to load RetroPie, an USB keyboard for setup and play games, and an HDMI display. The RetroPie allows to boot right up into your retro gaming fun and be ready to play with the keyboard. Bob also describes in his tutorial how to add external control buttons and joystick to add more fun to it.
RetroPie Arcade Table with no programming
Bob’s instructional video can be watched below: