The Fastest and Easiest way to Install RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi (Quick and Easy Tutorial)

[@JoolsWills]

Great video. Btw, a little background story - the timing for national video day may have been somewhat accidental. The raspberry pi foundation asked me to provide a config for our images some weeks back, and although I had done it, I needed to fix up the thumbnail image size we provided. I was a bit slack and only got around to it the day before the announcement which just happened to coincide with the national video games day :-) I actually wasn't aware of it at all until I read the Raspberry Pi foundation's tweet.

[@MrSujano]

Ahahahahhaa this is awesome! Thank you for sharing!!

[@laurensknaap]

Finally! No 25 minute long video with loads of unnecessary information. Just simple and clear! Liked and subscribed! I never commented before, but i had to. Thanks :)

[@originalsubwayjones]

This video is two years old now, but the process is almost exactly the same. I followed these instructions, and everything is up and running. Thanks so much. This was my first Raspbery Pi project.

[@wutang_batman]

Lifesaver. I updated my pie 3 and after the update lost everything. Was considering buying a new card fully loaded with games..then I found your video. And luckily I still had all my roms saved. Thank you for your easy..straight to the point tutorial. Usually stuff like this is baffling and more complicated than it needs to be. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Twitch_Moderator]

I JUST bought my first RPi. I got the RPi 3 model B. Just to emulate NES, SNES and Sega Genesis. So this is EXACTLY what I needed. Easy walk through and process. Thank you!!

[@ozzman530]

Dec 2023 still relevant and makes it super easy. Thanks for the down to the point tutorial.

[@davidbecraft5184]

Best tutorial I've watched so far. Very simple and very detailed. Great job!

[@PeaceDub]

Im so happy this guide is here, I always get back here when Im doing the Retropie install

[@kilowrocks91331]

Bro, You saved me. I almost gave up on building my arcade. I couldn't download retropie or anything. Until I saw this video. Thanx man.

[@sarahhoukom4263]

i tried 16 other videos and none of them were as easy as this!

[@rocknflip66]

as a married man and 3 kids, i was really in fear of not knowing what the hell to do, thankfully i gave in and purchased my first pi3 premade (quite costly) but then i started tinkering away knowing how to program it, building it, overclocking it safely etc..and now that i gained more knowledge as time went on, i am now ready for pi4. this method saves a ton of time for me and this time its all me, which means its no where near costly. happy gaming yall!

[@marcobucci]

Thanks for the vid - very clear instructions! Anyone else run into a very strange issue where you can configure player 1's controller, but when you configure player 2's controller, somehow it messes up the player 1 binds?

[@Cheese_Daddy_314]

This makes this process a million times faster!

[@SpiritChild0980]

Brother, this is exactly to the Tee I’ve been looking for ever since I got my canakit 5. It can’t be this easy but you absolutely nailed it. Thank you so much. Going to leave the gym and go do laundry and get some food cause outside won’t be seeing me later🤣

[@glennhoward5014]

I was stuck for so long and then your video appeared and saved the day ! Thank You SO Much !!!

[@Dreamwave]

This is awesome! Thanks!

[@Cain35]

This is the best tutorial I’ve ever watched

[@Drummernows]

I already saw this video 10 times and everytime helped me! Thanks so much!

[@mariamcvoy3661]

How easy is that, thank you for the video and making it easy to follow

[@MrSujano]

Thank you for watching!

[@viperocco]

Straight to the point, excellent video!

[@edwinbarreto58]

Absolutely brilliant and practical in a very short time! Thank you

[@LordAvallon]

Thanks man, excellent video, short and straight! I installed it a long time ago and had forgotten, it´s great to now that Raspberry Pi Imager made our lives much easier!

[@gaborgerhardt1276]

Super clear, and straightforward explanation! Thank you very much!

[@Mila_Sunshine]

Great video! Made the install process very easy!

[@dead_duck6626]

*when your tutorial litterally breaks the world record in easiness

[@martinmayrhofer3394]

This is probably the best tutorial I have ever seen. Nice Job! I only have one question. Where do you get the ROM files, because I also wanna try to play with my raspberry pi. Can you give me some good examples?

[@jayplaytv0840]

thanks for the help! this video was great and easy to follow I can't wait to play all my favorite retro games! I especially liked that it was quick and to the point

[@-NetworX-]

This was so easy to follow, thanks a bunch

[@BMT619]

Do you need the USB stick still plugged in after it loads the games, or can you remove it?

[@BMT619]

@keysta75 I just found out as well. You don’t need it plugged in. Let it take a couple minutes to transfer everything, and then you’ll be able to take it out

[@ytvideos101]

Hi, great video and thanks for sharing! Process question...to setup ROM folders you mention the use of a USB drive. Can you not setup the ROM folder structure on the Micro SD Card or is it absolutely required to use a separate external USB Drive?

[@nobodynick2242]

have you tryed it? if so does it work?

[@JustFLBeats]

@@nobodynick2242 I managed to get it to work a while ago, i'll check again and update you if you still interested

[@nobodynick2242]

@@JustFLBeats i have not touched my pi in a while but i am wondering if it worked

[@AndreVandal]

Do the games get installed on the USB or can you transfer them from the USB to the SD card?

[@kalew1505]

Did you ever find out what your supposed to do here?

[@woodlandxwarrior]

I've set one up before, and I believe you can set it up on the SD card. I am about to set mine up now, and find out.

[@zanejenkins5761]

@@woodlandxwarrior id love more information on this as well

[@woodlandxwarrior]

I set mine up for a friend as a Christmas present. I transfered all games to the SD card through my network from my computer over the network to the Raspberry Pi. Not hard but some setup is required. Now I can at any time log into the Raspberry Pi and drop new files, or games into the folder from my computer.

[@woodlandxwarrior]

@@zanejenkins5761 You do both.

[@lindspeters]

Do you have to leave the USB stick in the pie once you have copied roms onto it?

[@s-volt9814]

Dude you made me laugh so hard, when you said now lets have some fun I was thinking, "wait those games suck," but then you pointed that out lol.

[@KeozFPV]

Hello, my Raspbery Pi wont install the folders inside the retropie folder. Any ideas what im doing wrong? Launching the games straight from the usb stick also didnt work. Im missing the option in settings to anable launching from usb stick.

[@AlonEllis]

Hi - I've had the same issue. Were you able to find a solution?

[@AlonEllis]

I eventually solved this issue, by just switching to a different USB stick. The new stick happened to be FAT32 with 16kb sectors, whereas the other was 8kb. Not sure if that had an effect

[@dah72007]

Awesome tutorial man, really appreciate it, thank you!

[@bairfreedom]

WOW! I made a retropie box several years ago and it was WAAAAY more involved than this. Lol

[@Matthew27567]

thanks I found an old raspberry pi I had and finally did something with it

[@hamradiobatteriesnotinclud2562]

Thanks for the vid man really helped me out. So one problem that I have is when your in game I hit start to exit out of game. No option shows up so I how I do I exit game with out unplugging every time?

[@babymuscle87]

How would I be able to add a pre loaded games build to save time having to add all the games individually. What steps would I leave out or add to this

[@davionjohnson6167]

Most helpful video I have found!

[@paulisthebest3uk]

Fantastic video, ive used Retropie on the pi in previous years, but i think i had to FTP them across (the roms) I recently last weekend in fact bought the new RPI-400 and its very useful knowing i can just create a usb stick in addition to the SD card and just drag and drop roms that way. Thankyou very much for the knowledge, im sure back in the past i had to do it over FTP

[@gamersestate2147]

So... do you leave the flash drive in the pi? or does the PI copy the games on to the SD card?

[@phantomtechghostgear5318]

Question: So, does the Raspberry Pi automatically save the games from the micro sd or, do you have to keep the micro sd plugged in?

[@BubblyOasis]

Thank you so much! I have a fun Pi3 bartop arcade cab aand haven't updated it in a long time, mainly because I was worried I would mess up the OS. The Pi Imager was great and I got one of those ANKERs and it's great!

[@Ninjapanda536]

Great explanation. Very much appreciated.

[@thebarryhorns]

do you use a different USB to load the games on, or do you load them on the original card you used for the OS?

[@jasoneverett]

no, its a seperate usb

[@maherthani2937]

Hello my friend Can i add the games in the sd card or only the usb stick

[@hiawa23]

I have a question. I have a retropie handheld. The SD card that came with it is not in English, so I bought a SD card with everything in English. When I put the new card in It boots up just like original and the games play fine except the dpad and buttons seem disabled. I have to plug in my USB controller to play, and that defeats the handheld point. When I put the old SD card back in it plays fine using the portable dpad and buttons. So, how to map so when the new SD card is in I can play using the buttons and dpad on the portable?

[@kelvinmcmillan7112]

Great video, I was stuck before I watched this, now I have my raspberry pi 4/ retropie up and running but my arcade sticks and buttons are not reconniced , game controller works ok,It wood be nice if I could get help on this.

[@tazzthedoodle7861]

Bud your audio is awesome !!

[@isiWins]

how long does it take to create the folders when i plug in the usb in the raspberry?

[@davidbrizuela8961]

does this mean that you can only play with the usb plugged on the raspberry? there is a way to install games directly to the sd card?

[@daan8052]

Thanks this is so easy 👌

[@morkom664]

Thank you very much 🙏😝 Btw I subed you because this was helpful ☺️

[@mubrazaoliveira3869]

Very helpful! Just a question! Once I install retropie on the microsd I should put the roms on the same sdcard or shouldbbn I just leave the microsd on my rasplberry and use a diferent usb stick?

[@MailsonWei]

do i need to always put the usb stick every time i need to play the game?

[@man3389_RealYT]

No you do not. the games will go onto raspberry pi for you

[@PedroMartinez-bx5dw]

Your a life saver I'm a caveman so this video came in for the win

[@djhunt9828]

So I had it working almost... I found a rom but maybe i didnt wait long enough before booting the pi again, so it wouldnt run. I thought it might be the rom so i went to a different sight and it like used the pi imager to write the rom onto the usb.. still wouldnt work... I noticed the files were gone so i cleared it and tried to reformat it, but now when i plug it into the pi it wont add the three folders/files. What do i do? im struggling this is my first Rasberry PI... (4B)

[@Zeldafan48]

Do you need a usb stick for the roms because I used a usb stick to SD

[@gyombusz]

Thanks,I made my pi4!But the roms doesnt want to start…THE OS can see it but blank screen and than back to the menu when I start one….Please😅

[@mannygenetics374]

Thank you my man! You saved me so much head ache ☺️

[@kacegray6105]

Amazing tutorial!! How many GB does the micro SD card need to be?

[@stathistsiriopoulos3921]

Hello, after Write in SD, i plug it and show the configuration, but when i unplug and plug in PC , i create a directory. (but there is so many files in SD) .. and not working , i cant see the sub directories like (BIOS, configs , ROMS ) ...what should i do?

[@hermanoVODS]

i have the same problem.

[@hongkaiyuan]

Could you show us how to transfer Saturn Games? Do we need to create a folder for each game?

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

You can burn the Retropie image to sd card inside your phone too, using Etchdroid. You just need a otg cable.

[@manasbose8817]

Nice clear video. Thanks

[@Lalitomeza]

Please help after I enter the Pie and configure my controller settings I get sent to the console not even the config screen? I was still able to get the BIOS and config folders but not the config screen

[@randy7883]

Dumb question after I take out the USB does retropie keep all the roms on there?

[@darkbionic1044]

Thanks awesome video simple and to the point

[@bigal3448]

Is there a reason I cant just use Retropie thats on my os (twister)? Every setup video starts with an sd card. For example; If my boot device was on a 500gig, m2, why cant all my roms and everything be on that? Is there a reason it all must be separate? BA

[@SharkEater133]

Can i unpluged my USB-Stick after i put games on in it? or do i need every time my usb stick?

[@Sleekman]

Can anyone say a safe place to get roms. a few of the sites i thought were safe turned out not to be.

[@starmc26]

Did you ever find out?... I'm wondering the same thing.

[@Buguese]

While this guide did help me figure out how to download and upload it to my LCL pi boy Now the kick in the teeth is that I can seem to actually get it to boot up,it just freezes on the "LCL" logo and that's about it,so unless I'm doing something wrong,I'd love your help since you seem to have nailed this down superb as well as have multiple vids on raspberry pi stuff

[@goran18]

How many minutes exactly have you waited for Retropie to create the folders? There are no folders on my USB stick

[@player12024]

The raspberry pi won't add the folders to my usb stick. I added the folder "retropie", checked the spelling, and nothing happens when I plug it into the raspberry pi. My usb stick has an indicator light that fades when nothing is happening, and flashes when something is adding or deleting information. It was only fading. Do you know what I could try instead?

[@player12024]

Never mind. I fried my raspberry pi.

[@TheGaryNinja]

Can you add roms without a USB stick and save it to the micro SD card instead?

[@hongkaiyuan]

Don't seem like Yaba Sanshiro (standalone) had anymore update for Retropie since 9 months ago?

[@ProteinJoe]

Awesome video! Thank you

[@N1h1L3]

My pi3b doesn't create the 3 folders after plugging the usb stick it into the raspberry pi with a freshly working retropie to put roms on it.

[@the_busterwolf]

Can someone please tell me the best sites to download video game roms please?

[@dustinm2364]

Great Tutorial. I just have a couple questions...What if I have multiple game controllers like SNES, NES, PS, XB...etc? How would I configure each one in order for the "PI" to notice each one when I plug it in? I guess what I'm asking in a nutshell is...are game controllers hot swappable? Also, where is the best place to get game isos?

[@TronaldTheWizard]

Its 4 am now and how is this the like 9th video iv seen and the only one that says "yo 2 clicks bro"

[@lostfan5054]

I get all the way the screen at 2:48 but for some reason it doesn't detect any game pad. I've tried 3 different controllers (all of which works fine on a PC) and I get the message (No Gamepads detected). I'm so frustrated I just wanna give up

[@yobtnirp3D]

How long did it take for that screen to show up?

[@EthanBrudenell]

does it download the games aswell to then load into files? or if not were can i download the games

[@cubzrulz]

If you have a phone with expendable storage you could most likely put the SD card in the phone and be able to transfer information that way.

[@levitasked6732]

Do I still need too download an operating system? I'm brand new too this stuff

[@TimeStampGuy1]

Space Ace: " Am I a joke to you ?🤣"

[@robertm8380]

What if you only have raspberry pi and no computer can you still do install it.

[@brickman8967]

Can you please make a video showing how to configure/play mame games

[@MrSujano]

ok

[@danielreyes-hernandez6596]

thank you so much 🤙🏽

[@charlietamez1225]

what about the MAME and Arcade folders. I researched it and you have to go through lines of coding. for example I was looking at the PacMan game and it showed an error that says files missing. but in order to get it to work, the tutorials showed me picking the correct emulator, but if its not there you have to go into the cmd prompt and type in lines of code. What is the answer for that

[@notj1ackson]

Is there, anyway i can have retro pie back into rassberry pie os, and i can boot into once and later i can switch back to the other one?

[@darnellhagen6511]

Can you do the same thing but put it on PC cuz retroarch is driving me crazy new to all this

[@mixmastermikepwt]

Just to clarify, can I put the roms on the same microsd card that retropie is on? Building my first pi!

[@jarvisstewart]

Awesome video. Thank you for this.

[@endlesslord1985]

i did everything you said to do but my raspberry pi keeps booting to the command line. any ideas how to fix this?

[@BOTTLEDZ28]

What do I do if I already have a preloaded card? Do I install Retropie on one card and leave it installed in the Pi and then put the preloaded card into a USB reader and plug that into the USB port on the Pi?

[@alexmiller9417]

Thanks for a great video. it's actually been a little hard to find a decent one showing how to boot ROMs from a USB. Sadly I live in the sticks with no internet so file sharing online is not an option for my computer... Thanks again man liked and subscribed!

[@tri5556]

Local library

[@bigjoedefo5163]

So quick question. I did the whole thing started adding roms but only arcade folder is the one that loads up when i restarted it . Not the nes,sega,gba just to name a few .very weird.

[@bigjoedefo5163]

OK so I did a hard reset and a few more loaded up but still missing a few. So weird

[@PatJones82]

Awesome! Thank you for the video!