NinTastic - Nintendo Style Case for the Raspberry Pi

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NinTastic - Nintendo Style Case for the Raspberry Pi The NinTastic case for a Raspberry Pi prints in 3 pieces that can easily snap together: Top Bottom Flap Alternative flap file without the NinTastic logo here also for convenience. Designed in Tinkercad. NinTastic - Inputs and Outputs The NinTastic case holds a Raspberry Pi: Model B and is super easy to hookup. The inputs and outputs are: NinTastic - Inputs Micro-USB Power Cable - A good example I like to use is: Amazon.com - Motorola Micro USB Charger (5V, 850mA) Model:SPN5504) SD card with RetroPie image. Example hardware I like to use: Amazon.com: Samsung 32GB PRO SDHC Amazon.com: Samsung 64GB PRO SDHC USB Game Controller, example: Amazon.com: SNES Retro USB Super Nintendo Controller NinTastic - Outputs HDMI output to TV. Example cable that fits the case well: Amazon.com - AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) NinTastic - Inputs and Outputs - Images RetroPie - Raspberry Pi based Video Game System This case was designed specifically in creating a RetroPie gaming system, which combines a number of video game emulator technologies into a single Raspberry Pi based solution. RetroPie - combines these technologies: Raspberry Pi - the hardware EmulationStation - the GUI menu that lets you browse between emulator systems (e.g. Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PlayStation 1, ...) and select ROMs to play. This then loads the correct emulator to play that ROM. RetroArch - the emulator used by most systems within the RetroPie ES-Scraper - the game box cover art and information scraping utility. RetroPie - More Info: Blog.petrockblock.com - RetroPie RetroPie - GitHub RetroPie - GitHub - Wiki Downloads: Blog.petrockblock.com - RetroPie SD Card Image Download Advanced settings: RetroPie - GitHub - Advanced Settings RetroPie - Guides and Tutorials RetroPie - GitHub - Wiki LifeHacker - How to Build an All-In-One Retro Game Console for $35 Super Nintendo Pi - Beginners Guide to Installing RetroPie on a RaspPi RetroPie Project: Definitive Guide! - http://misapuntesde.com Related: LifeHacker - How to Turn Your Android/iPhone into a Portable Retro Arcade LifeHacker - How to Turn Your Computer into a Retro Game Arcade LifeHacker - RetroArch Emulates Nearly Every Classic Gaming Console EmulationStation - graphical front-end installed by RetroPie Menu that lets you switch between game systems (e.g. Nintendo, Sega, ...) RetroPie - EmulationStation Aloshi - GitHub - EmulationStation Aloshi - GitHub - EmulationStation - Themes Handles loading appropriate emulator core depending on which game you select. The major of systems end up running the RetroArch emulator RetroPie - Supported Game Emulators Emuparadise - BIOS Cores LifeHacker - RetroArch Emulates Nearly Every Classic Gaming Console Wikipedia - List of Video Game Emulators Different splash screens you can pick from: RetroPie - SplashScreens To change default splash screen, run: sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh Pick "3" for Setup Pick 7 for change splashscreen I like: 7 - mysplashscreen EmulationStation - Example Screenshots: ES-Scraper - the scraping script that identifies ROMs and downloads the box art, description, etc. RetroPie - ES-scraper GitHub - Elpendor - ES-scraper Databases it uses: http://thegamesdb.net/ http://archive.vg Fixing the ES-Scraper image grabbing (broken by default): Topic - performance-issues-with-es-scraper - post-3402 Replace the text "PIL" with "Image" on line 2 of scraper.py MAME rom scraping - Also, this dude is the man, made MAME worth it for the RetroPie: Raspberry Pi - RetroPie Gamelist.xml and snapshots for MAME full romset mame4allsnapsgamelist.zip Compiled all art for that known MAME ROM torrent, and created gamelist.xml for you. Drag and drop into RetroPie MAME folder. Emulation Station - GameList.xml File Editting mameGenXml.pl - Script to Generate Emulation Station GameList.xml Files Raspberry Pi - View topic - Script to generate Emulation Station xml (MAME/FBA/consoles) ES-Manager - Scrape without ES Scraper - GameList.xml Editting Util More Image and Box Art Help XnConvert - Free Batch Image editting and Converting Utility EmuMovies DSU 2.00 - Massive Download Artwork, Instructions and So Much More EmuMovies - Supporting Member Packages EmuMovies CRC-32 Renamer - EmuMovies FuzzyRename - bunch of .png or .avi files that are similarly, but not quite exactly named to your ROM/zip file names Fuzzy Rename - EmuMovies ROM – File Naming, Renaming, Organizing Cowering's GoodTools - ROM Renaming Tools Awesome tools, helps rename and organize ROMS. Rename ROMs to filenames that the scraper will pick up easier. Also separates based on US version, vs other, vs Good/Final.etc. ROM Filename Conventions: alt.games.mame FAQ: About ROMS ZSNES board - View topic - What do things like [h1C] mean? Whats h1C ??? - SNES Roms What does o1, h1, h2 and o3 mean? Archive - EmuTalk.net Download ALL – GoodTools - All neat and setup (which is a little bit of a pain otherwise): Dropbox - Cowering-GoodTools-ROM_Renaming_and_Org.zip Great overview and tutorial: http://bmgcl.atspace.cc/tutorials/GoodN64Tutorial.html More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoodTools GoodTools - Main Site - www.allgoodthings.us GoodMerge UnGoodMerge GoodGUI - A Frontend for the GoodTools Internet Archive - GoodGUI - A Frontend for the GoodTools Downloads: AllGoodThings - POST - GoodTools_Set_Dec_29_2013.zip GoodTools_Set_Dec_29_2013.zip :: Copy Download GoodTools_Set_July_9_2012.zip ROMS - Finding Game ROMs - Download Sites theoldcomputer.com - Worlds Largest Free ROM and Games Website Emuparadise - Gaming ROMs and related CoolROM NZBMatrix Demonoid The Pirate Bay - thepiratebay.se SD Card - RetroPie Image Help SD Card - RaspPi Image Writing/Reading Guidance General info about writing RaspPi images to an SD card, and reading a customized SD card to save the image: HowTo-Raspberry_Pi-SD_Card_Image_Writing_Guidance-v1.pdf LifeHacker-How_to_Clone_Your_Raspberry_Pi_SD_Card_for_Super_Easy_Reinstallations-06Sept2013 SD Card Image – Adding Files Directly In MS Windows, you can insert the SD card, and load the image. However, the main folder with the ROMs are on an Ext4 file system, so you need a special tool to be able to add files directly this way (e.g. PlayStation ROMS): ROMs folders: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ Paragon ExtFS for Windows - Ext4 File Systems Read/Write on MS Windows Fix Issue – RetroPie Freeze at the Splash Screen - Corrupt SD Card File System Sometimes if you are directly writing files to the SD card as described above, or if you unplug the NinTastic without first shutting it down, the SD card’s file system can get a little messed up causing this problem. No worries, its an easy fix. To Fix: Plug regular USB keyboard into Raspberry Pi, and reboot (pull power plug and plug back in). At frozen splash screen Press F4 to breakout of freeze into command prompt. Then type these two commands (pressing enter afterward): fsck.ext4 -y /dev/mmcblk0p2 sudo shutdown -h now Note, you might have to sortof type in blind. Screen might be weird, but trust that your typing is actually being entered. More info: Raspberrypi.stackexchange.com - latest-noobs-goes-into-panic-after-rainbow-splash SD Card - Expand Image to Take Up Remaining Space To expand SD card image to take up remaining space on the SD Card. Example, you have a 16GB SD card .img file you’ve put onto a 32GB SD card. To expand the filesystem to take advantage of the rest of the space: sudo raspi-config pick "1" to expand SD card filesystem Instructions Overview The NinTastic case for a Raspberry Pi prints in 3 pieces that can easily snap together: Top Bottom Flap Steps Step 1: First, print all 3 pieces (top, bottom, and flap). Step 2: Insert your Raspberry Pi into the Bottom piece. Raspberry Pis can be bought here: Amazon.com: Raspberry Pi Model B Revision 2.0 (512MB) Step 2a (optional): You may want to add black rubber feet to the Bottom piece, like those found here: Amazon.com - Self-Adhesive Rubber Feet Black Bumpers 0.5" x 0.14" (pack of 100) Step 3: Carefully attach the Top to the Bottom. Start from the back and work your way to the front for sliding in the little snaps that will hold the Top and Bottom together. I suggest fitting in the corners in this order: Back – HDMI side Back – non-HDMI side Front – non-HDMI side Front – HDMI side Step 4: Carefully slide the Flap into the Top, line up with 2 holes already in the Top piece. Two color flap (different color NinTastic logo) Done by printing face up (with rafts and supports), and pausing print at 96% to switch out filament for different color. As soon as it starts to print the NinTastic logo, pause the printing. Guide on doing this: MakerBot Discover Quick Tip: Print Pausing – YouTube Print Times – on a MakerBot Replicator 2 Top: Standard Quality (with rafts) – 1 hr 46 min Bottom: Standard Quality (with rafts) – 2 hr 31 min Flap: Face up for 2 colors (with rafts and supports): Standard Quality – 32 min (pause at 96% 30 min to switch color for logo) High Quality – 1 hr 3 min (pause at 96% 1 hour to switch color for logo) Hardware – Known to Work with the NinTastic Raspberry Pi – Model B Amazon.com: Raspberry Pi Model B Revision 2.0 (512MB)) Amazon.com - Kootek Aluminum Heatsink set for Raspberry Pi - Set of 3 Heat Sinks Amazon.com - Motorola Micro USB Charger (5V, 850mA) Model: SPN5504 (Good for RaspPi) 32GB / 64GB SD Card: Amazon.com: Samsung 32GB PRO SDHC Amazon.com: Samsung 64GB PRO SDHC [Raspberry Pi - Nintendo Game - Image - BpqBlmw.jpg]( http://i.imgur.com/BpqBlmw.jpg) HDMI Cable: Amazon.com - AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters) Controllers: Amazon.com: SNES Retro USB Super Nintendo Controller: Video Games Amazon.com: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller Rasp Pi Case Amazon.com - Self-Adhesive Rubber Feet Black Bumpers 0.5" x 0.14" (pack of 100) Travel Case: Portable setup, case fits the NinTastic, 1 USB game controller, 1 Micro-USB power cable, and 1 HDMI cable Amazon.com: Vaultz Locking Acrylic Pencil Box, 8.25 x 5.5 x 2.5 Inches, Blue (VZ00096) Amazon.com: Sandylion Nintendo Standard Stickers, 4-Sheet: Amazon.com - NINTENDO Vinyl Red Sticker Amazon.com - Nintendo White Vinyl Decal Sticker #2515