Raspberry Pi Gaming - Second Edition
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Raspberry Pi Gaming - Second Edition

Shea Silverman

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781784399337

Raspberry Pi Gaming Second Edition


Table of Contents

Raspberry Pi Gaming Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
The different flavors of a Raspberry Pi
Setting up an SD card
Creating the SD card in Windows
Creating the SD card in Macintosh OS X
Creating the SD card in Linux
Using NOOBS
Hooking up your Raspberry Pi
Connecting to a Wi-Fi access point
Summary
2. Scratch
What is Scratch?
Understanding the Scratch interface
Making Scratchy move
Some pointers and terminology
Let's build a Flappy Bird clone!
Creating a new project
Making the variables
Setting the stage
Making the floor
Creating the pipes
Working with the main character
Enhancing the game
Ping Pong
Making the paddles
Following the bouncing ball
Summary
3. Raspberry Pi Gaming Operating Systems
PiPlay
RetroPie
ChameleonPi
Summary
4. Emulators
Raspberry Pi App Store
Using the App Store
Emulators
Mednafen
FCEUX (NES)
PiSNES (SNES)
MAME4ALL
FinalBurn Alpha
PCSX_ReARMed
PicoDrive (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Stella (Atari 2600)
Controls
Summary
5. Ported Games
Cave Story
Installing and running
Controls
Doom
Installing and running
Controls
Open Arena
Installation
Single player match
Multiplayer match
Running a server
Joining a server
Controls
Minecraft: Pi Edition
Installing and running
Creating a new Minecraft world
Using the Minecraft: Pi Edition Application Programming Interface
Multiplayer Minecraft
Controls
Summary
6. Linux Games
FreeCiv
Installing and running
Hosting a FreeCiv server
Learning the controls
SuperTux
Installing and running
Learning the controls
Njam
Installing and running
Learning the controls
Galaga: Hyperspace
Installing and running
Learning the controls
Finding games via the repositories
Summary
7. Controllers
Controllers on the Raspberry Pi
Gamepads
Arcade sticks
Xbox 360 controllers
Sony DualShock 3 controllers
USB encoders
GPIO pins
Installing and building
Troubleshooting controllers
Summary
8. Troubleshooting
Using raspi-config
Common troubleshooting
EmulationStation returns an error when I try to launch it
Nothing happens when I apply power
Some of the games seem slow
Connecting via HDMI doesn't work
The DualShock 3 controller does not connect
I get an error when compiling Retrogame
Summary
A. Games List
Games available via Apt-Get
Raspberry Pi 2
Index

Raspberry Pi Gaming Second Edition

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