Does the Picade include a raspberry Pi computer mother board and does it include and preloaded games?
Hello @Captainflicky and welcome to the RobotShop forum,
The Raspberry Pi isn’t included in the kit.
The additional parts you need for the kit are a Raspberry Pi, a USB power supply, and micro-SD card.
As the mainboard is not included it doesn’t come with pre-loaded games but you can follow these steps to install the software:
We recommend the RetroPie operating system for your Picade. You can download it from the RetroPie website and then burn it to a micro-SD card with Etcher.
Connect a USB keyboard to your Pi, and connect to Wi-Fi in the RetroPie menu. Press F4 to exit to the terminal and then type:
curl https://get.pimoroni.com/picadehat | bashto run the Picade HAT installer.
Reboot your Pi, if it doesn’t prompt you to. Press the “Alt” key on your keyboard and then select “Configure input” to configure your Picade’s controls. You’ll find that the sound and power button should both be working now too!
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