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Optic Delusion,


I wanted to write this up to to say thanks for this past weekend and let you check out this image I made per our discussion. I was looking to make a polished, looks good on a high definition TV, easy to use, straight-forward Raspberry Pi // RetroPie image. I wanted a system that is "closed off" and act as if it were in a sandbox environment with a "user has no keyboard" approach, and as few ways to bork the system. Most, if not all Hyperpie branding is removed, and the Attract Mode Setup has been reworked and skimmed down with little to no ways to break this without a keyboard.

I know quite a few images have been released, and I know I am not breaking any new grounds, this is really just the image **I** wanted to have and share with others. If this image does not fit your needs, it is up to you to refer to the internet for how you would want to proceed forward with your own image. Some of the things I about this image that might be of note throughout this document....

I dub this image::

I_Died_Once's 128gb Hyperpie image: C. R. I. S. P. (Get a whiff of THIS edition!)

Custom
Retro 
Installed
Selections
(Pi-Rated )

In short, burn this image to a 128gig Micro SD Card. Go through the controller setup with the controllers I included, go to "Switch to Attract Mode" and enjoy! I reccomend doing this before handing the system over. No keyboard required.

This is the Micro SD Card I reccomend. Others may swear by a different card. I've tried to be cheap and save a few dollars and those cards are my test cards now. It's this or nothing at all, as far as I am concerned.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010Q57S62

You are not a noob so some of the items I write about to you might be over the heads of other people. I do apologize in advance for the random nature of this document. What you do with this image is your own business, I take no responsibility with anything that comes of this. I am merely sharing with you my own personal image.



THANK YOU!!!

Obligatory recognition. Before you go praising me and my amazing work here, I have to defer the glory to the following people:

Rey Santiago - this guy made the first image that started it all. Simple robospin, gave us all vision on what it could be.

DrewTalks, ETA Prime, MadLittlePixel for their youtube videos on how to install, setup, best practices, and more. It would bring me full circle if I were to ever have any of them review my image on their channels one day.

MadLittlePixel - the images that he releases are amazing and inspired me to make this image. The 128gb images, the 64, 32's, and 256 gig images's... This "bad boy" is the real deal, vapey breaks and all.  Mad love to this guy. 

PiPiggies - So close to what I was wanting to make when originally setting out on this project. Their 128 image is still one I defer to when it comes to playability.

Random people in IRC (internet relay chat), all people on alll the various forums and facebook groups.

Dwayne Hurst and David Marti for incomparable contributions to the retropie community, the artwork these guys make is what keeps projects like this not only going, but leaping forward. 

Mchanga - this lady makes simple to follow, easy Kodi walk throughs and guides, she is the real deal.

Amazon - I am so glad to have an outfit like Amazon in this world. If I had to go through working on projects like this while having to put up with and deal face to face with incompetent and hateful employees, long lines... I hope Best Buy goes out of business.

The Raspberry Pi foundation for making such a beautiful piece of hardware. Playing video games is the LEAST of it's applications...

The Retropie team for the project as a whole

The Hyperpie Project for taking retro gaming and going after the HyperSpin look and feel.

Sandisk - for making quality Micro SD cards. Don't waste time or money trying anything else, don't cheap yourself on a second rate card to write on.

Logitech for making quality controllers. 

BIQU for making a quality passive cooling / heat dispencing case.

Canakit - everything I have ever gotten from these people have been of the highest quality. Especially their power supplies. Every other company i've tried that has a RPi kit, the included chargers are insufficient. Canakit, or find something else to tinker with.

DJVan - for helping me name my image.

...and you for those eclipse glasses, quick money, and fixing my door.






SYSTEM & IMAGE NOTES

The image is designed to be ran in Attract Mode, although I do have an Emulation Station setup going if ever needed. Upon initial boot, you will be asked to setup the controller and go through the initial controller setup. Set up your controller in the menu that will automatically load. Once done, go into the Retropie menu, and boot into Attract Mode. I reccomend doing this and testing basic functionality prior to distributing the system.

I have the Attract Mode Setup Menu disabled by default. Since kids and curious teenagers are likely to end up with the end product, as well as a measure to make it more polished and "closed off" , and in line with the design that a keyboard is not required, the Attract Mode Setup menu is disabled by default as shipped. The option is present in the attract mode configuration, if one wanted to turn it back on, but that will require a keyboard. I don't want anyone accidentally locking themselves out or borking the image. If you use a different controller, you will need keyboard to configure the inputs and buttons for within Attract Mode. There are youtube videos and documentation all over the internet that will show you how to accomplish this. (press TAB on a keyboard.... Displays > "Displays Menu" > change both No's
to Yes's)

The image is Hyperpie v1.0 to begin with. I applied the 1.1 updates, updated the entire system, OS as well. I did my work on this on a Raspberry Pi 3, model B. I can not and will not say if this will work on anything but a Raspberry Pi 3, model B; I personally do not suggest wasting your time trying this on anything EXCEPT a Raspberry Pi 3, model B. The Retropie project might say otherwise, this is your call to pursue.

I really, really liked MadLittlePixel's Hyperpie image, but it included a lot of systems that, while I'm sure they would work, they do not fit MY needs, like the Commodore 64 and other of the home computer type of systems, which while those are neat to have, I'm not thinking that the average user would want to go through all the hassle of setup. With all the different keyboard types, I am not prepared to worry about the learning curve involved with that so I took those out. Not everyone is going to have a keyboard, and I don't have THAT many to give out, so I built this image with the assumption that not everyone will have a keyboard or will want to hassle with a keyboard.

I also absolutely LOVED the PiPiggies 128gb Motion Blue based image, with all the collections, a focus on working functionality. I am not a fan of the Motion Blue Attract Mode theme all the way, but there is much to take from this. So I started to drag and drop various configs and what not and ended up borking my system and had to start over. This is where I started fresh with the Hyperpie 1.0 image.

How is that for breaking the 4th wall with a "How did we get here?" moment...?  :)

I then got proper advice on how to go about this and I believe I am good. Everything I have play tested works. Some, more than others. 

I installed/updated Attract Mode from within the Retropie setup, so the configs are now located in /opt/retropie/configs/all/attractmode

I installed a web config tool, you can access it from a browser on your local network by going to port 8000 on the Pi's IP, if connected.

While the onboard Wi-Fi of the Raspberry Pi 3 technically works, it is not that great. If you opt to use Wi-Fi, you will need a keyboard to enter any encryption keys / security password. I highly reccomend wiring in with an actual Ethernet cable. Kodi will not work without and internet connection. I would disable Kodi from the displays menu if wiring in is not an option, and advise not to waste your time with Kodi over Wi-Fi, but thats just me.

Full, or damn near full romsets for all systems except the CD based system, like the Playstation, Dreamcast, Sega CD, etc.





OVERCLOCKED!!!!!

I put this little bad boy ;) in the config.txt file, so there is a "base" overclock in action. 

arm_freq=1300
gpu_freq=500
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
over_voltage=2
sdram_over_voltage=2

This is why I reccomend using the BIQU Aluminum Raspberry Pi 3 case:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H8L4EM8

This case *IS* a heat sink, is cheap, and works for my purposes.

I also turned off the overscan in the config.txt file to remove any black bars on the outer boarder of the screen, giving a full screen display.




MAY HAVE ISSUES 

Nintendo 64
Atari 5200
some MAME / Final Burn Alpha

In short, some games call for controller types with more buttons than what you may have in your hand. This is one issue with the Atari 5200. One problem for the Nintendo 64 is that the emulators and the OpenGL are not completely compatible and the RPi either doesn't give full OpenGL support as the chipset it uses is proprietary, or some such along those lines. For the arcade games, I'm willing to bet that most / any non-functionality may be due to bad configs or some other fuck up on my behalf, although everything I have play tested works without issue since I used PiPiggies' config and switching to using the mame-2010 emulator.






MAIN DISPLAY MENU

In Attract Mode, the top level display-menu listing logic is as follows:
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