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10:10 pm
Ken
November 8, 2018
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Hi.
Here is a new vertical build for the Pi 4. Its an arcade and Vectrex build and you can choose whether to use Attract Mode (the default choice), or Emulation Station. Everything is rotated via scripts so you choose whether you want left or right rotation, what resolution and the script handles everything else (Attract Mode, Emulation Station, Emulators, Console, Artwork… everything will be rotated correctly).
Other features include artwork options (standard or ‘generic’ for a clean, uniform look!), custom bezel and marquee overlays that can be toggled for 16:9 aspect ratios via a single click, scanlines toggle, favourites display in Attract Mode, and more. Video below gives you an idea of how it looks (turn on captions and it’ll make more sense!):
The image is for 32GB cards and above and I have shrunk it down to around 27GB to ensure it fits any brand of card.
Link to image:
Pi 4:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14gCC5mE5ID9mKpRfKaUThfzfC544Lp8f/view?usp=drivesdk
Pi 3 / Zero 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19NUUGYcWrZjQ77fc_goubBL9aznJUiPi/view?usp=drivesdk
Smithers
9:39 am
Ken
November 8, 2018
Offline Updated the image to remove ‘Wait for network on boot’ as it was slowing down the boot time. Also added a couple extra Attract Mode themes and changed the style of the overlay marquees so they are framed, making them look more realistic (in my opinion!).
Also created a new image for Pi 3 / Pi Zero 2. Link in original post.
12:25 am
Ken
November 8, 2018
Offline Updated links with new version of each. I couldn’t update my original post so please ignore links above and use these instead:
Pi4:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mbuSF9u0g64kGPKE35YSzdnNcgpBxqvF/view?usp=share_link
Pi3 / Pi Zero 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p29WBa932edkSCGZUhtquvAqSfWRqUId/view?usp=share_link
2:17 am
Ken
November 28, 2018
Offline Hello , Thanks for the job this will be really helpful, I am finishing the build of a Vertical using a Raspiberry 3B+ (I hope all will go smoothly) , I will see if I can install it with my Mac, I also have a PC but as he is old he start to give me some sort of trouble 🙂
11:50 am
Ken
November 8, 2018
Offline Also now available for Pi 1 / Pi Zero 1 (albeit a much stripped down version!). Link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13opfTG7AgZOEE4uQwR5KYTGrTvjjhU8e/view
6:57 am
Ken
November 12, 2017
Offline Thank you so much for your hard work on this image.. I have a vertical cab setup specifically for this build. I’m still stuck on rpi3b v1.2 which works fine minus 3-4 high performance games so far.. would you mind explaining if the updated pi2-pi3 image has specific settings for overclocking the pie3b to 1300-1350? And if not how might I access the config.txt file you mentioned and execute the script for overclocking? Is there an easier way? Greatly appreciate your incite. Thx!
4:37 pm
Ken
November 8, 2018
Offline Hi. If you take a look in the config.txt file I have included an overclock settings section in there that would be suitable for various Pi versions. Just uncomment the settings that you want to try (at your own risk!), by removing the # at the beginning of the line. It would be worth investigating online about the overclocking options available first to better understand them, if needed, but from what I gather a Pi3 should be quite comfortable at 1300mhz
I didn’t want to just create a script option that would force an overclock, I’d rather people made the decision themselves and viewed the config.txt file and tried their own overclocks, building up the speed to a level their Pi was comfortable with.
To access the config.txt file you can either SSH into the Pi from another PC, access the terminal on the Pi itself or insert the sd card into a PC to access the BOOT partition. Assuming you use either SSH or access the terminal on the Pi itself, take the following steps:
Backup your existing file:
sudo cp /boot/config.txt /boot/config.bak
Edit the file (as root user):
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Make the changes you need to make, like I say be careful that you don’t overclock too high at first and probably avoid ‘Force Turbo’ option, then save and exit by pressing ctrl+x and press Y key to save the file (make sure you keep the same file name!).
Now reboot:
sudo reboot
The overclock should now be active on next boot.
Hope this helps!
P.s. if you want to access the terminal on the Pi itself then you’ll need to toggle the command line text back on (it’s off by default after the rotation script has been run). Just go into the Attract Mode display (the one with the little Pacman running around), and choose ‘Toggle Console Text’. Now reboot and you will have the command line text again, just exit Attract Mode to access it. When you’re finished with the console just toggle that script again and reboot to hide the text again.
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