How to install PICO-8

[Dennis]

This is a short tutorial for PICO-8 on the RetroStone 2, based on megashub's thread http://retrorangepi.download/forum/show ... 2#pid10272.

1. log into RetroStone2 via SSH as the user pi (password pi, btw: root password is orangepie)
2. make a new pico8 theme (based on the amiga theme)

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cd /etc/emulationstation
sudo mkdir themes/gbz35/pico8
sudo cp themes/gbz35/amiga/theme.xml themes/gbz35/pico8/theme.xml
 

3. edit the theme with

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sudo nano themes/gbz35/pico8/theme.xml
 

and replace the logo image path with your logo (I've taken the p8logo_dark.png from https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=3935 - and saved it into the /etc/emulationstation/themes/gbz35/pico8/ folder)

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..
<view name="system, basic, detailed, video">
                <image name="logo">
                        <path>./p8logo_dark.png</path>
..

4. now add PICO-8 as a new system

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sudo nano -w /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

add this system (at the bottom, just right above </systemList>)

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<system>
    <name>pico8</name>
    <fullname>PICO-8</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/pico-8</path>
    <extension>.sh .SH</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 "/home/pi/pico-8/pico8_dyn -splore"</command>
    <platform>pico8</platform>
    <theme>pico8</theme>
</system>

5. put your pico-8_0.2.0i_raspi.zip into /home/pi/ and extract it with

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cd
unzip pico-8_0.2.0i_raspi.zip

create an empty startup file

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touch "/home/pi/pico-8/+Start PICO-8.sh"

6. In order to run local pico-8 carts via splore, create a new rom folder (accessable via network like the other game roms)

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mkdir /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pico-8

7. and edit the pico-8 configuration with

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nano /home/pi/.lexaloffle/pico-8/config.txt

change the root_path to

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// Location of pico-8's root folder
root_path /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pico-8/

8. stop background music if pico has started with

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nano /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/RetrOrangePi/Background_Music/bgmusic.py

add pico8_dyn at the end of the emulatornames array like this:

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...
#TODO: Fill in all of the current RetroPie Emulator process names in this list
emulatornames = ["drastic","kodi.bin"..."tyr-quake","quake2", "pico8_dyn"]

9. Reboot.

[7thking]

This was really helpful for retrostone2.

Any idea how to get pico 8 working on retrostone 1?

Using pico8_dyn, I am able to get into the system, but then the gamepad doesn't work and I have to force restart the system.