14 DAY TRIAL // RetroPie, the project that allows you to turn a Raspberry Pi into a gaming machine, has just received a new update whose most notable addition is the support for Raspberry Pi 4.
“We wanted to wait until we were happy with the Raspberry Pi 4 support before putting out some new images though, but RetroPie has been working on the Raspberry Pi 4 for some time for those wanting to manually install or try a weekly development image,” the developing team explains.
And while RetroPie 4.6 introduces support for the Raspberry Pi 4, this image is only available as a beta for the time being, as there still are things that need additional polishing.
Most packages run well, the team says, but a more cautious approach is the right way to go, at least until more feedback is collected.
So many improvements
In addition to the “beta” support for Raspberry Pi 4, the new version also includes another notable change, as the RetroPie images are now based on Raspbian Buster. In other words, Stretch is no longer supported and pre-built binaries will be dropped later this year.
RetroArch has been updated to version 1.8.5, while EmulationStation reaches version 2.9.1 with this new release. Of course, there are several other improvements in this new update, and you can find them in full in the box after the jump.
“Improvements to RetroPie packaging system and core RetroPie-Setup code so package state is remembered and binary updates will only be done if an updated binary is available. Source installs won’t be overwritten by a pre-built binary when updating also. We started providing pre-built binaries for the packages in the experimental section for the supported platforms,” the changelog reveals.
There’s no ETA as to when the Raspberry Pi 4 support could be out of beta, but there’s a change this happens in the next release.