stewaj3

The only other thing you might need is a keyboard for setting up WiFi and initial games.
Your controllers aren't ones I've used (although I've heard good things) my first reaction was when you plug in - it should ask you to configure them at set up and should be straight forward
Have had a read of the page below
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Logitech-Controller/
Talks about d-input and the need for further config if you have 2 controllers set up that way. I'm not sure if that's still relevant, but if it is, I think it will be an easy fix.
Your other wired controllers should be straight forward I believe.
PS1 games can take up a fare bit of memory, depending on game, so I guess its a case of working out how many games you want. I don't know how easy it is to separate games from sd to usb... However I know its easy to setup usb storage, the pi4 also has usb boot as well, which I've not used as I have an SD card, but its another option to look at. You could also get a smaller SD card and use usb storage to store all your games
 
 

Cheers, ordered a pi 4 -4gb, ps1 was about the most recent I want it for anyway, can use my pc for ps2 games if I want and have been reading that even the 8gb pie can't handle them.
Didn't need the controllers or the memory card that came with that thing so it's over £100 I've not had to spend. Will probably use a 32 or 64 gb micro card for everything and put ps1 game images on a separate USB.
Pi 4, 4GB       £45
Power lead    £7
HDMI micro to HDMI cable      £7
Case     £10.
Cheers for your help 
Do you think it will be much work to get it to recognise two Logitech F310 wired controllers? Have a few wired SNES style controllers as well and a couple of ps2 style wired controllers somewhere too. All USB.

Thanks for that mate, much appreciated.
Not really sure what to go for, will probably be back with a load of stupid questions. Thanks again.

Ask away mate, I've got a pi 4 - 4gb. (8gb wasn't out at the time)
4gb runs everything up to psx flawlessly. I'd say a lot of psp, Dreamcast and n64 run pretty well too now.
Got some Saturn games working and playing about with a couple of pc games like rollercoaster Tycoon. 
I'm happy to help and if you've any concerns about ordering it and not getting the set up right, then I can help with that too. I can help you get it set up without paying that company the extra £50/£60
As for the look of the display on that site... I've copied a view of themes below - it shows all the different choices available
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/

Also meant to say, the stuff included in this actually looks like decent quality, retroflag case, 8bitdo controller... 
That being said probably a mark up of £50/£60 on it... Depending on which pi/sd card used

Was sure I replied to you earlier 😂
So to get you started your looking for this
https://retropie.org.uk/download/
This is a basic instruction for getting started
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/
I'm happy to help with any questions you have, so feel free to shout if you need a hand
Did you have particular systems in mind?
 

@stewaj3 Need your help here if you can be arsed.
Looking at a Pi 4 and case with as much as I can put in it, it's just the software I'm struggling with. 
Where do I get the software image that these people have on this to run the emulators and browse and select games? Thought it would be on GGN but I can't find it. 
https://retrogamesconsole.co.uk/retro-games-console/
Thanks for any help you can give. I'm not looking for the images of the games themselves, just the software they put on these things.
 

One of my mates seems to use retroarch on a firestick, and has 8bitdo controller, looks like a SNES one but has two joysticks aswell, but £40 a pop seems steep.
 
I have 2 PS4 controllers, and will have some PS3 ones somewhere.

Hints already posted about ROMs. In the comments above. 
There's no real benefit of getting the 8gb right now, but for the cost difference makes sense as it may in future offer benefits.
What playstation controller are you using? I've heard PS4 work fine. I Use a PS3 controller that works likes like a dream wirelessly. Also recommend looking at 8bitdo controllers if your looking for something for smaller hands 

First attempt and still got it, on 50cc

Beat me to it. Literally said the same thing. The 8gb feels like it's beneficial if you use the pi as an is watching YouTube etc rather than retropie.
I used Lego for my first case. I used a flirc case for the 3b which was good. Don't actually have a case for the 4 yet so need to look at that. 

If your looking for those a pi3b will work fine, N64 and Dreamcast are better on a pi4 if you want to look at those.
They released a pi4 with 8gb of ram too. although I'm not sure how much benefit that will bring. The pi 4 4gb has a noticeable difference in Dreamcast and psp emulation in particular imo.
If I was buying today, I'd buy the 8gb, but that's based on Dreamcast etc and me wanting the best of the best. If you only need up to psx, and no Dreamcast or N64 any version will be fine.
The documents and support on the retropie is excellent. If you can't find the answer or need a hand give me a shout. Took me a while to get used to it, but I've set up a few for mates etc. 
 

There's an 8GB version of the Pi 4 just came out, though it's questionable whether it's worth it given the CPU its running.    The fan I use on my 3b+ cost £2 and the case cost a tenner and you can get them a lot cheaper than that, I just wanted one that looked like a NES.

Make sure your games are named like
Game_Disk1.adf
Game_Disk2.adf
If you do this the second disk should be inserted. You can also zip them together into a single file. 

Def best to stay away from 3rd party images imo. Get loads of things you might not want or need.
It's taken me a while to get used to it, but If you need a hand mate give me a shout, I've managed to add lots of systems including steam link. I've scraped all consoles with videos. Added background music, a video splash screen, added rollercoaster Tycoon to the pi. Chose a theme... Hid a lot of the boot text, enabled loading ROMs from a Nas and added launching images.
By no means an expert, but I love being able to customise it and choose my own preferences 

Anyone done a retropi build

A bit of Sensi on the go tonight:
 

Honestly don't care what Jordan Jones did 3 years ago

Scotland haven't qualified for anything since 1998. This isn't 2012 related or a new thing 

Honestly don't care what Jordan Jones did 3 years ago

Honestly don't care what Jordan Jones did 3 years ago

Honestly don't care what Jordan Jones did 3 years ago

Thanks for the feedback  👍🏻

I've had a wee nosey and watched this video. My early feedback is I'm not sure what your channel brings.
You seem like a pleasant guy (I'm guessing it's you in the video) giving your thoughts on things.. I'm not seeing whats different from other gets podcasts going on at the moment?
I'm also not the grammar or spelling police, but the video annoyed me with little mistakes. Like the sky sports bulletin style thing at the bottom. Had something like "no Jordan Jones in there or Andy firth and also Brandon Barker has been named in the squad no place for grezda or Murphy or Docherty"
It could have said something like "Jones, Firth, Murphy and Docherty don't make the squad, but Brandon Barker has made the cut"
I know that in the last round there was talk of Helander not making the cut, but changes could be made up to a day before the first match... I'm guessing that's not the case this time? As if changes can be made... I'm not sure why you'd make a video on this...
Anyway I don't want to be too critical as this is clearly new. You've clearly done some work to promote the channel and well done on getting the subscribers you have today, I'll keep an eye on this to see how this is going.

I think there is a difference between McGregor and Jones challenges.
McGregor missed the ball and brought arfield doen. Jones was 100% pure malice and was going in aiming to get the boy and hurt him.
At the time I thought McGregor's was a booking. Couldn't really complain about Jones's red card.
That being said, McGregor also blatently dived after this.. so I'm looking forward to the compliance officer handing out a retrospective ban 🙄🤔