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Ok Guys,

Im bored so need a project to keep me busy.
Looking to build a RasPie 3 to play old skool games. RetroPie as it were.

Has anyone built one solely for this purpose?

Can you get wireless controllers/joysticks?

Want to stick it behind the TV and forget about it so wired controllers will be no good.

As far as I can see I only need a handful of parts:

RasPie 3
Case
Power Cable
SD Card
& Controllers

Im thinking of the folowing:

Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B (NEW) & 8GB MicroSD Card Bundle £35.00
Raspberry Pi Heat Sink Kit - Black - £4.00
Power Supply - £5.00#
Coupé PiBow Raspberry Pi Case - £8.50
HDMI Cable - (Already Got one)

TOTAL = £56.47

Any thoughts?
 
I've got one built and it also runs kodi through retropie.

Mines an old Pi B I think, no idea on the SD, think its about 32GB, with a couple of cheap heatsinks from an old graphics card. Also spent a couple of £ on a SNES USB controller on ebay.

What you may also want to look at is a USB hub, wireless keyboard and mouse. I can't find wireless adapters for the 360 controllers which was a shame but I know you can use newer wireless console controllers with it.

Runs everything fine but struggles on N64 games, no idea if the newer models will have this issue.
 
I bought and put together an rPi 3 kit about 1-2 months back and now use it as either a retro games machine or a Kodi based streaming box.

My PS3 controllers easily paired up with it meaning no outlay on that side and due to the increased ability of the rPi 3 over the older versions, it can run the vast majority of emulated systems without too much hassle.

Sadly, most N64 games are still very hit and miss, with some refusing to even load correctly, others having gfx defects and others running like complete dogs :(

I bought the whole kit (along with heatsinks) for just £50.99 delivered and I couldn't be happier with it.

If you're interested, just put "Starter Kit Including Raspberry Pi 3 Model B" into google, look for the product at £43.99 (you can configure the options on cases, cables etc as well) and add a set of heatsinks from the accessories section and then seperately order a nice meaty 32gb Class 10 SD card with a quick transfer speed (I got mine for about £7) and you'll be good to go.
 
Indy_Bones said:
I bought and put together an rPi 3 kit about 1-2 months back and now use it as either a retro games machine or a Kodi based streaming box.

My PS3 controllers easily paired up with it meaning no outlay on that side and due to the increased ability of the rPi 3 over the older versions, it can run the vast majority of emulated systems without too much hassle.

Sadly, most N64 games are still very hit and miss, with some refusing to even load correctly, others having gfx defects and others running like complete dogs :(

I bought the whole kit (along with heatsinks) for just £50.99 delivered and I couldn't be happier with it.

If you're interested, just put "Starter Kit Including Raspberry Pi 3 Model B" into google, look for the product at £43.99 (you can configure the options on cases, cables etc as well) and add a set of heatsinks from the accessories section and then seperately order a nice meaty 32gb Class 10 SD card with a quick transfer speed (I got mine for about £7) and you'll be good to go.
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Thank you. Ordered!!
How did you pair the PS3 controllers?
 
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