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RetroCRT :: Utility suite to configure RetroPie for a CRT

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

RetroCRT

RetroCRT is a suite of tools designed to make RetroPie gaming on CRTs easy and user friendly.

Compared to every distro I've seen out there, one of the biggest advantages of using RetroCRT is that we're only updating configuration files line-by-line instead of overwriting everything. This means that RetroCRT should be able to coexist with RetroPie and probably almost everything else you're running.

Videos

Fresh Install of RetroCRT shows what you get out of the box
RetroCRT Theme Demo shows what it looks like populated with snapshots & videos
RetroCRT Configuration Files shows what you have living in /boot that you can edit on your PC, macOS, & Linux computer

Photo

Screenshot

Resources

The manual has a ton of info, read this to get up to speed
Facebook
- RetroPie CRT Gamers is a group I started for this very purpose
- The CRT Collective is an excellent resource on TV repair, buying, and general knowledge

Downloads

The release page has any, and all, pre-built images ready to go.

Installation

See the manual.

Supported Hardware

See the issues page to see planned supported hardware
Raspberry Pi
- 3 B & B+ are the only ones tested
TV: RetroTink Ultimate
- Component & RGB only, for now
- NTSC only, for now
JAMMA Arcade: pi2jamma
- JAMMA controls are currently unsupported, but will be
RGB: pi2scart
RGB/VGA: GERT VGA 666
- You can buy it on Amazon

What You Get

My 240p EmulationStation theme, RetroCRT 240p!
Only updates required lines in configs, preserving your personal customizations!
240p test suite roms for several console platforms!
Easy installation!
Pixel-perfect console emulation!
Pixel-perfect arcade emulation for most games!
- This is achieved with on-load screen resolution changes!
Automatic rotation for vertical games!
Installation of additional CRT Friendly EmulationStation themes!
No system messages on boot/shutdown/reboot!
My unbridled enthusiasm about building this project!
Simplified WiFi configuration via /boot/retrocrt/wpa_supplicant.conf.txt
- If you don't have this file, re-run RetroCRT configurator & it will appear

Consumer TV Compatibility

Strictly NTSC TVs at this time

Troubleshooting

Before doing anything else, update RetroCRT! You can do this in the RetroPie screen in EmulationStation.

If that doesn't fix it, see the troubleshooting doc.

Footnotes

I am not affiliated with RetroPie, Mike Chi, RetroTink, pi2jamma, or anyone else. I'm doing this as a personal project.

Shout out to Vykran for the initial groundwork, though he seems to be PAL & I'm NTSC... which brought us to where we are now.

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