It’s finally here… the first official CoinOPS build for the Raspberry Pi 5 – and it’s small, sleek, and absolutely stacked with greatness. Welcome to CoinOPS Pi5 Deluxe Mini 2025 (v1.0) – a refined mini powerhouse designed for lightning-fast load times, controller smoothness, and that slick CoinOPS look and feel you know and love.
This is NOT some bloated mess – this is a highly optimised, compact and beautifully skinned CoinOPS launcher, powered by the speed of the Pi5 and perfect for smaller storage devices. Whether you’re running from a 64GB card or a speedy USB 3.0 stick, this is one build you’re gonna want in your rotation.
⚡ Fast Setup – Big Arcade Punch
📦 Image Type: 64GB+
💾 Format: Writeable to microSD or USB3 storage
🧰 Tools: Balena Etcher, Raspberry Pi Imager, Win32DiskImager, gnome-disks – your choice
🪫 Power Tip: Official Pi5 PSU highly recommended
Once you flash the image and boot it up, CoinOPS does all the hard work for you:
- 📈 Auto-expands the partition
- 🔁 Reboots automatically
- 🎮 Launches straight into the CoinOPS interface
This is plug in and play at its finest.
🎮 Controller Setup & Usage
Xinput controllers are best recommended. Plug in your Xbox controller via USB, and you’re sorted.
Wireless 2.4GHz dongles also work great – just make sure your port’s juiced with enough power.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| A | Launch Game |
| Y | Access Settings Menu |
| Thumbstick Press | Launch Random Game |
| B or R1 | Letter Up |
| X or L1 | Letter Down |
| Back + Start | Exit Game |
| Xbox Home | Open RetroArch Menu |
If you hit issues – hit the CoinOPS Discord, not Google. There’s full controller help, FAQs, and an active community in the Pi5 channel.
🛠️ Network Access & SSH Goodness
Want to go full nerd-mode and tinker behind the scenes?
- Plug in Ethernet before booting
- IP will be shown early during boot
- Network name:
coinops.local
SSH Login:
- Username:
coinops - Password:
arcade
From here, you can run raspi-config to adjust Wi-Fi, NVMe boot settings and more.
🔐 First Boot Tips
- First boot auto-expands the storage to fit your card/stick
- You will see a surprise reboot – that’s normal!
- Once rebooted, CoinOPS will fire right up
- Press Y on your controller to bring up the shutdown/reboot menu
🧠 Final Thoughts from the Punks
This ain’t just another frontend – this is CoinOPS, baby and it’s up there with the sexy builds! Styled to perfection, running buttery-smooth on the Pi5, and built with serious arcade love. Whether you’re couch gaming with mates, revisiting classic favourites, or showing off your latest Pi rig – CoinOPS Deluxe Mini is a must-download. We truly hope to see a Max version out soon, and at that point is that The Raspberry Pi 5 Gaming front ends complete……
🔥 Fast. Clean. Official. Beautiful.
🎉 And it’s only the beginning for CoinOPS on Pi5…
🎥 What to do
- Download (here’s how)
- Extract RAR Files (here’s how)
- Write image file to SSD/SD (here’s how)
- Insert SD Card into Raspberry Pi 5
- Boot and Play!
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This is great! How do I setup my 2nd joystick in Robotron?
I have downloaded and installed CoinOps Deluxe Mini for my Raspberry 5. Its working great. I am building this system to replace an RPI3 that crashed. Its for my daughters arcade system. She and boyfriend built a cabinet. Looks great. I have a Tankstick running in Xinput mode and worked “out of the box” with this Coinops build.
I would like to configure the RED button as a game exit. That requires Retroarch changes. Any chance that will break CoinOps?
Also, they like Crash Bandicoot which is a Playstation game. Any way to add that? I’ll look for an arcade version, but i think that doesn’t exist. Keep up the great work.
Is it possible to exit the game with a single button?