A game controller (optional but recommended) - RetroPie is designed to be navigated with a game pad.A Sinden Light Gun (or two) - Although it is possible to set up the system without the gun, you will need one to test it.A keyboard - There is some typing to do, so a USB or Bluetooth keyboard is very convenient.A micro SD card - This is a small memory card that will be used for storage.In this tutorial I will be using a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB of ram. A Raspberry Pi - This is a credit card sized single board computer.And some of the hints there are great!ĪTTENTION: If you’ve already got a working RetroPie setup or a pre-made image running, feel free to skip to “Copying & Installing the Sinden software”. Even though you might not be using that image, it uses the same basic system, so any “go/no-go” and notes will apply to your setup in many cases, too. If you have trouble with a particular game, also make sure to check out the Barebones compatibility list. It is highly recommended to learn a bit about RetroArch and how it handles controls first and take a look at how RetroArch configurations work, as we'll be editing those quite a bit. lr-flycast, lr-fbneo, lr-mame2003-plus (with slight tinkering in the RetroArch’s Controlshere and there), lr-pcsx-rearmed and lr-duckstation). The instructions here should get you 100% of the way in most cases, and 90% of the way in the rest, at least for the more common and well supported emulators, i.e. The Bezel Project for non-lightgun games, so we’ll take some extra steps to only add the white borders etc. It is also intended to preserve the bezels from e.g. This guide is intended for people who want to set up the Sinden gun(s) in a “mixed” mode, having both lightgun and non-lightgun games on the device. Sinden Lightgun setup on RetroPie Preface Video Setup Guides BareBones Basic v7 (by Titchgamer)įor 2 player issues check out Wiggy808's video for pointers: If you want to integrate the Sinden lightgun into an existing RetroPie build or your own RetroPie build please read the written Setup Guide below To get started with Sinden setup on RPi it is recommended you use a fresh, Lightgun dedicated image.Ī Pre Configured Retropie Image for the Sinden Lightgun on the Raspbery Pi4īB8 Creators: cheeky8555, LutherGond, prince_rakeen, wiggy808 BareBones Website 3.7.2 Run Lightgun drivers automatically.3.7.1 Pretty entries for Lightgun utilities in EmulationStation.3.6.1 Border overlay and override files.

3.5 Creating a basic mapping for the lightgun.3.4.3 Copying & Installing the Sinden software.3.4 Setting up RetroPie, lightgun drivers and basic calibration.

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