Build a Retro Gaming Console with a Raspberry Pi 5

Play your favorite retro games on a Raspberry Pi 5. We walk you through how to set everything up using Batocera v40.

What you’ll need to build one:

Links to websites used in this process:

Timecodes:

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Why A Raspberry Pi 5?
1:42 - What you'll need
3:16 - The Operating System
4:37 - Writing the SD Card
6:05 - First Boot into Batocera v40
6:45 - Setting up the Controller
7:50 - Connecting to WiFi
8:28 - ROMs
9:10 - Transferring Games to Batocera
10:25 - Using Screenscraper
12:09 - Themes
12:36 - RetroAchievements
13:20 - Hotkeys
13:53 - Button Mapping for Different Systems
14:12 - Save Game Progress
14:27 - Shaders
15:05 - NeoGeo Settings
15:46 - GameCube Performance
16:15 - Cases

[gregoryrousseau]

Excellent Raspberry Pi 5 walk-through! Clear and concise with some nice tips and tricks too. Thanks so much for this!

[OCDRex]

Been a Retropie guy for over a decade. Not sure why I am so dedicated to it either?! Oh, I know why, Arcade Punks always has the images and I rarely made my own, lol. Man, many images I have lol. I might just try Batocera.

Great vid!

[jonmagee]

Thank you for the video - I learned so much I never understood before from other videos. I'm excited for the retro gaming to come!

[mouhabuntu]

Nice video, well done ✅👍 and cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[epsileth]

Have an argon one v3 case, works well with batocera. Waiting for an official retropie image sometime this month, so I can switch from micro sd to nvme, and install the argon case fan script.

[huntingresonance]

Great video, very clear and well produced - but it was really distracting that you were reading a cue slightly above the camera. It felt like you were never making eye contact and your eyes were scanning left and right noticeably. I normally wouldn't mention something like this on someone's video, but you've clearly went to a lot of bother to make the video look great that this feels like an avoidable distractor! Thanks again for the info and keep up the awesome work.

[shawnwade]

If you "just unplug your pi" you run the risk of corrupting the SD card.

[OldBiscuitYT]

Hey man, I'm having trouble playing GameCube games. They're telling me there's no save file on the memory card slot and won't let me go any further. I also can't open the quick menu (hotkey + a) any ideas?