New Retropie image for Atari SD Card

NickBiederman · December 2020

On 2/25/21 we identified a major issue with this image and have rolled back to the previous version. We are working to resolve this issue and will update this post when the new image is live again.

We just published a new version of the Retropie image for Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ distributed on our Atari SD Card. You can install this new image by following the instructions in this post.

Changes:
1. Support for Trooper II included. Input no longer needs to be configured for the Trooper II- It's now plug and play.
2. Trackball/Spinner sensitivity has been increased.
3. New custom theme selected by default. A new theme, named "MC", is included in this version of the image. It's a simple, dark, flat theme. Screenshots of multiple views and systems can be found below. Carbon is still installed, and additional themes can still be downloaded from the Retropie menu. Information on themes for Retropie can be found here.

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Draugr · February 2021

I like the look of the above theme. Is this the new update from December 2020, or is the theme shown above the original theme when the 32GB Atari MicroSD card was released?

Also, can you add more games to the installation? I have all or most of the Atari 2600 games on hand and wanted to know if this Atari image using Retropie is the same as using a standard Retropie image where you can FTP in and install additional games and screen/boxart. I hope I can add more 2600, 5200, and 7800 games to the image myself.

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks.

PS: Is it possible to get this theme without the Atari MicroSD card or can you copy the theme from the MicroSD card to another Retro Pie installation? I'm asking in case there is some reason that you can't install more games to the official Atari image. If that is the case, I'd love to be able to use the theme on a fresh Retro Pie install and then add my own games to it.

NickBiederman · February 2021

@Draugr

The new image with this theme and the other changes just went live last week. I wrote this post back in December I finalized the changes, but didn't make it publicly visible until the update was released. If you already have an Atari SD card you can install the new image by following the instructions here.

You can add additional games/systems using the same methods used for RetroPie including FTP. This link describes a few methods you can use.

You can extract the theme from the after installing the image. If I remember correctly it's stored in /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/mc.

LDude · March 2021

Hi - checking is the issue found on 2/25/21 was resolved?

Also, I'm happy to do some testing if that's what's needed to get the new image posted.

Thanks for all your updates!

TSTDavey · March 2021

@LDude just chiming in. Are you having issues with your image? We can send you out another SD card. I'll just need your reference number off your receipt. If you don't have it let us know, we'll try another way to get the information we need.

LDude · March 2021

@TSTDavey - I'm not having issues. I have an older image and was trying to upgrade to the latest.

I appreciate you checking in.

LDude · April 2021

Hi - just checking in to see if there's an updated image, or if I can help, for example, in testing a new image.

Thanks

Rotaryfiend · December 2021

Can I add individual ROMS for retropie to the stock card/image? I would rather copy ROMs over than go through the task of trying to get a new card/image and reconfiguring the controls. Is there an EASY way to expand the ROMs available on this image?