Windows_Advisor_Issue_1_July_2017

WINDOWS ADVISOR
Configure Wi-Fi
If you’ve got a wired ethernet connection, you can skip
this step. If not, it’s time to use your gamepad to navigate
to the RetroPie menu in EmulationStation, then select the
Wi-Fi option at the bottom.
This will bring up a text-based Wi-Fi configuration
program. Do what it says – search for your access point,
and enter your password. Then you should be up and
running with an internet connection.
Step 6: Copy game files to the Raspberry Pi
So you’ve set up the hardware and the software, but you
still need game files to have fun with this tiny beast. So
let’s copy some over.
There are several ways to do it, but we think the
easiest method is to use Windows file sharing – called
‘Samba’ in the Linux world.
HOW TO
On Windows: Open up a new Explorer window and type
\\retropie into the location bar at the top.
If for some reason you changed the system’s
hostname in the settings, you’ll need to type that
above in place of ‘retropie’.
Now that you’ve connected to the Pi via file sharing,
you can click on the roms shared folder. You will see a
big list of folders named after various game platforms
like ‘atari2600’ and ‘genesis’. Drag-and-drop whatever
ROM files or disk images you have into the proper
platform-named directories on the Pi. For example,
.NES ROM files should go in the nes directory on the
Pi, and .SMC Super NES ROM files should go in the
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