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Yeah so I have been contemplating buying a 3rd board to use in a different project now that I have this stable. (Wife stole 2nd board for her own use ) SOOOOOooooooooo........ Since I was spending the money anyway I bought a Pi 3B+. Should be here today. Now I just need to wait for them to develop the newer RetroPie build. Apparently this board either won't run on Jessie or just doesn't like it but now it needs Stretch. I already bought a 5v/3A power adapter so now this board will get that one. Bah... who cares? I have the new board coming and will be ready to go when they release! MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!! EDIT: ALL RIGHT!!! Got my package yesterday afternoon... I ordered a Pi B+ instead of a Pi 3B+. Stupid fast fingers ordering before reading thoroughly. So that one is going back and the new one is already on order. Should have it Thursday-ish. Revel in my stupidity!! I know I am...

Hadn't heard that...

Well I can already tell the difference on this card vs the previous two. Setting up video snaps was much faster, the videos load faster, they SEEM smoother (that could just be me though) and I have abused the card somewhat. Nothing bad has happened at all. Backing up the image as we speak.

I bought this at work today. This will be (probably) my last attempt at running the Pi. SanDisk 32GB card

I may look into that. While I AM enjoying the Pi3 project the constant SD card corruptions are driving me batty. the eMMC option the ODROID offers seems like I would appreciate it more. Plus... who doesn't like more power?

Wow this has been a fun few weeks. I can't remember the last time I spent so much time on a project I enjoyed. My Retropie is about 75% finished as far as setup and BACKUPS(!!!) go. I still want to go through the systems and set up Box Art in the Marquee section. It looks pretty good with the systems I have done it for already. Everything has a video clip. I either downloaded it from Emumovies or chopped up a Youtube gameplay video. In some cases I found PSP trailers which is really nice. How about a commercial for your game instead of just a gameplay video?? I'm in! Got my PS3 controller set up and persistent through reboots. Changed my intro splash screen to an awesome video I came across. I now have it booting to a 256GB USB drive instead of the 8GB SD card. It did take me forever to figure out the PSOne emulation and get it to stop skipping and freezing. Smooth as ice now. My favorite part of all of it so far? Destruction Derby 2(PS1) and Puzzle Quest(PSP) both work flawlessly! Accomplishments.... aaaaaahhhhhhhh.... so sweet. Next up: powered USB hub and an XArcade Solo to house it all. EDIT: INCREDIBLY pissed off right now. All I did was reboot the Pi - nothing else in the last few days at ALL - and I'm dealing with a "Kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown- block(179,6)" error. I'm about to test how small it actually is and flush it...

https://www.gog.com/game/the_king_of_fighters_2002 next 42 hours. Aaaaand done!

So I grabbed myself a Raspberry Pi 3b from fleabay a week ago. (Also got one for the missus as well...) I installed RetroPie on it this morning... 3 times. First two times I did it something went wrong. First install got halfway through and corrupted. Not sure why. Second install *I* corrupted for lack of Linux knowledge. Silly me playing in the command system when I only know DOS commands. Third time's the charm!! EVEN THOUGH it took me an hour to get the keyboard to stay on the US setting... I have a few systems loaded on the 32GB card and loading more now as I type. I also learned about Selph's superior scraper program and started getting info and artwork from the web. My XBox 360 Rock Candy controller is the perfect gamepad for this setup. I wish I had done this sooner! Any advice for the newbie? What's your setup and experience with the Pi?

Humble Bundle freebie https://www.humblebundle.com/store/amnesia-collection

Make sure you check what your charging for shipping as well as what you're paying - US shipping rates got a nasty hike again. Almost paid $48 to ship a $45 console across the US. Obviously I canceled the purchase. Last week the quote was $22.

Thanks. I missed the email on this one but I did manage to catch your post in time and snag it. Just late with the thank you.

One of my favorite arcade games of all time. It gets at least 15-20 of my tokens when I go to Funspot. *not my video*

I have had zero issues with any of this. For what it's worth: I absolutely love my Switch. I have been playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and it is amazing. Granted... it is Skyrim and you can play that on any refrigerator or the GPS in your Honda Accord nowadays but wow... portable Skyrim rules. I also have played through Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and I absolutely loved that as well. That is a great strategy game and, even with the comic relief and weird characters, it was really tough to play through and makes you think about what you are going to do. Mario Kart is... well... Mario Kart. It's a good game but it always is on any console. As for the console itself there is nothing better than being able to take the Switch out of the dock and play the exact game from the exact spot you left off at and just go. I thought it would be off-putting to go from my 32" tv to the portable screen but it doesn't bother me at all. I haven't bought Zelda as yet(still on my wants list along with Golf Story) but soon. My $0.02? Totally worth it.

Sweet. I missed this one. Thanks!

Free for the next 38 hours (from this post) via GoG.com: https://www.gog.com/game/grim_fandango_remastered

I don't see a Colin McRae game in there but I do love off-road/rally racers like Dirt.

Nostalgic pinball at its finest. The tables aren't complex but they definitely are fun. This was the first shareware program I ever paid for!

Finally! Thank you GoG! https://www.gog.com/game/epic_pinball_the_complete_collection

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/the-bureau-xcom-declassified Free until 12/2/2017 12:00 PM. Not their best game but still a decent shooter and, hey... free is always good!

Free Steam code until 1:00 PM EST 11/25/2017 from Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/sanctum-2

I WANT that cheeseburger!

I have a cabinet with the X-Arcade Tankstick but I really love how the Xtension sticks look. I've been thinking about getting one more and more lately but 1) I have a great stick and 2) I can't justify the cost to my wife (yet). How do you like the feel of the Xtension stick? Love the cabinet and would buy that with it if I have the cash when the time comes! I have one of theirs and it has been nothing short of awesome.

Went today! Will go again Wednesday.

I'm actually on vacation right now - about 200 miles from my video cabinet - but I just downloaded a free editor. I can get you the exact name when I get home. It's quick and easy. It loads the video and you just move the sliders to where you want the vid to start and end, click process and voila! All cropped and ready for previews. That but Google is your friend!