This configuration works for me personally, but feel free to change the parameters to the one that best works for you. The previous command will open the Retropie configuration file where in the end you have to look for something like SPEED and FPS and change the values to something like: dtparam=audio=onĭtoverlay=tft35a,speed=62000000,fps=40,rotate=90 Remember to connect via ssh to your Raspberry Pi to run this command: If you start to play you will notice that the game is not very fluid on your screen, the way to fix this is by making some changes at the Config File.
This will take you to the main menu of RetroPie, where you must choose: update all installed packagesĪs soon as the installation is complete, restart the system and you will have your screen working together with your TV. If, after installing, the screen is a mess together with the TV missing icons or words, please connect via SSH to your Raspberry Pi and run this command: cd RetroPie-Setup/ Restart and you should see the content on your Kuman 3.5″ display.
Next, copy the following code to download the best driver from Github: git clone
After that let the system install and do not restart. Now press Y to continue and select the best options in the menu just pressing 1 or 4. The rest of it runs on OS X already (and regular Ubuntu Linux).Start with: cd curl -O -Pi-Installer-Scripts/master/pitft-fbcp.sh When people ask about running "RetroPie" on something other than a Pi, what they really mean is the graphical front end which lets you launch games. What RetroPie does is bundle all the emus together, runs a customized EmuStation which makes everything FEEL like a single program. Or that OS X can run the SAME "MAME" emulator which is the core of RetroPie? RetroPie is a collection of packages: mainly existing open source emulators (which DO run on Mac). I'm guessing you're not aware that a mid-2014 MacBook will be 100's of times faster than the Raspberry Pi3?
It would seem to require a bit of effort to get to even run on another Linux. and to answer my question with what I know, so far, you can't. Why? Because any desktop or laptop is going to run emulators faster than any Pi.
There's LOTS of Pi software that can run on Ubuntu, and lots that can run on OS X (via Homebrew distribution for OSX,, for example). It's a small mental leap then to asking "How could I run RetroPie on a Ubuntu x86 computer", and then another small jump to "How could I run under OS X?". Isn't it reasonable that people on other platforms would want the same convenience? Setting up MOST emulators is painful, but RetroPie makes everything easy. Put it this way: You know that RetroPie source code could be compiled for another CPU, right? Just like any Linux software could. The poster's question is perfectly understandable to me, and I came here via Google looking for the same answers. I'm really not sure why everyone is confused.