You are absolutely awesome!!!! I'm completely new to this, and just finished putting my Raspberry Pi powered Arcade 1Up together, buy ofcourse my screen was sideways. Thank to you and your vid, it's straight. Rock on.
Seriously! You are the GOAT! I have a vertiacl setup and Rimshots image only rotated the games and the terminal, this fixed EVERYTHING. Full test tomorrow in the actual project. (Currently playing sideways right now)!
You are a lifesaver. I have everything vertical now on my pi4 except for the configuration screens. Those are still horizontal for some reason. Thank goodness for this video. Now to figure out how to get my trackball working.
Nice work! I updated the title and description of my video you commented on a while back to indicate it's only for the 3b+ and lower and I added a link to this video in my desciprion as well. Thanks for the updated info and this video, very much appreciated! Sorry it took me a while to get to this, life, man!
Piling on my thanks for the in-depth video, it was exactly what I needed to get my arcade machine running again with a Pi 4 and helped me out immensely.
This is the perfect one stop shop video for vertical arcade orientation. Thank you so much for this! All other solutions I found online don't seem to work anymore.
NOTE: I forgot to mention. If your using MrBurns image The image has individual cfg files for every rom that are all overriding the correct rotation thats placed in the main retroarch.cfg file. Go into home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade and get rid of all the cfg files. This image also uses AdvMAME for some games, so you'll need to fix the orientation for that emulator as well. Go to opt/retropie/configs/mame/adv-mame and open advmame.rc. Make sure display_rol is set to yes and display_ror is set to no.
After following the video on the pi 4 using the default mame_2003 emulator, I also had to go to retroarch.cfg and changed these: video_aspect_ratio = 16:9 video_fullscreen_x = 1080 video_fullscreen_y = 1920 not 100% sure if the x and y was needed, but forcing aspect ratio fixed it. Prior to this, it looked like the game was rotated, but stretching to the non-rotated window space. such that the height was the width and width was the height.
Dude, thanks a million. Everyone keeps telling me "rotate doesnt work on pi 4" Well sir you given new hope here lol. A question though. Do you need to add extra_transpose_buffer=2 to eliminate screen tearing on the pi 4? or is this not an issue like on the pi3b+? thanks.
This is amazing. I've been trying to do this for a while and these were the only instructions that worked for me. For other noobs out there, if you've played with the retroarch gui and saved the config file, it adds a bunch of additional settings that conflict with the tutorial in this vid. I had to start with a fresh install of retropie to get this to work. How do I get horizontal games to keep their aspect ratio though?
znoland3 if ur using horizontal screen and adding vertical games just set config to core. If using vertical screen to display horizontal game. Keep 4:3. Load horizontal game. Press hotkey and X. Go back main menu then settings then video then scaling, change aspect ratio to ur likening. Go back quick menu go to overides and save game only
It’s strange because if you boot to Desktop (if you’re running Raspbian with a GUI), you can rotate your screen under the settings and then launch EmulationStation from the terminal, without needing to adjust vertically.
I know that this is a over a year video old, but I am wondering if there is an update for the cmdline command? It does not seem to be working with the latest version of RetroPie
Hello mate. I used this tuto of yours back in the days successfully. I now try to rotate the retroarch menu in Lakka in order to make it vertical but I find no way to do it. I'm on a raspberry pi 3. Any idea?
when i highlight the autostart.sh and select f4, i don't get the editing screen. I can only see the" emulation station #auto " script if I type 1 and hit enter. It won't let me highlight and edit this line. It will only let me typ a new line underneath it. Does this make sense? What am I doing wrong?
I added the "video=HDMI-A-1:1280x960M@60,rotate90" line to my cmdline.txt file, but my CLI is still rotated the wrong way, is there anything else needed for a PI 3b+?
I tried this and the pi4 still boots up horizontal but the retropie starts up vertical and games load up horizontal... plus I don't have a resolution folder in advanced options either...
Quick question- emulation station is the right orientation but the retro pie splash screen in beginning is still rotated the wrong way. How do I fix that? Thanks
Hi hope you can help. My screen is inverted, I managed to get the themes screen fixed. But I am having problems with the text start up script and the splash screen which is a mp4 video still showing inverted. Thanks :)
I'm having the opposite problem. I have a cocktail cab running pi 4 and I can't seem to split the screen and make it vertical facing each player. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@quasimodo1427 Not sure what you mean by 3 sided control setup but yes, I did solve it. Search online for cocktail cab mirror shader and install it. While in a game, go to the configuration menu, look for shaders, select cocktail cab and also adjust the parameters after and save that setup and apply the changes to all Roms in a console or across the board. I have a online guide bookmarked and will post the link here for you.
Thanks for the video! My screen is now the correct way around however the left side of the screen is cut off by arroud 1.5cm and I can't see why, I have checked the overscan values in the config file and no matter what I change here the moment emulation station starts the cutoff happens... Any ideas?
just copied and pasted your own typing and it still doesnt work.i proofread it and it all i fell like a dumbazz what am i missing...i did all the steps
@@FlanFanNetwork thanks for the response flashed everything brnad new did it form the beginning and got it to work the cmd lines still side ways but that can get fixed later. Can't wait for your on/off video to drop
Mario Vanaman u need to upload the Splashscreen into ur retropie folder there is a folder called Splashscreens. Then on the pi go to retropie menu and click on Splashscreen. Then select use own Splashscreen. Click on the file u uploaded
Francisco Morciglio I’ll make a video on aspect ratio. U can set aspect ratio to 4:3 or Core. I would recommend 4:3 and the ones that are messed up or that use horizontal instead of vertical. U can set by game basis. Load that game then hotkey and x to bring up menu. Go back one then setting video and scaling. Change aspect ratio. When done go all the way back then quick menu then overrides. Save for game only so core is not effected
I am having a problem with another cabinet and I don't know anyone else to ask for help. The rasberry isn't giving me the detected controllers screen. Is there another way to configure the controllers? Thanks for your help.
So I followed your video and I am having two issues. 1) My text is not showing correctly. 2) All my games are rotated excluding the Daphne games. Is there something more you need to get them rotated? Thanks
You are absolutely awesome!!!! I'm completely new to this, and just finished putting my Raspberry Pi powered Arcade 1Up together, buy ofcourse my screen was sideways. Thank to you and your vid, it's straight. Rock on.
Dude, this was absolutely awesome. Thank you. Most of the tutorials only had one of these steps or were outdated. Much obliged.
Thank you so much for this video. Raspberry Pi stuff is so much more complicated than the Mister FPGA
Seriously! You are the GOAT!
I have a vertiacl setup and Rimshots image only rotated the games and the terminal, this fixed EVERYTHING. Full test tomorrow in the actual project. (Currently playing sideways right now)!
You managed to solve your problem I have a pi4 that the games start well, but the system has not managed to put it vertical
You are a lifesaver. I have everything vertical now on my pi4 except for the configuration screens. Those are still horizontal for some reason. Thank goodness for this video. Now to figure out how to get my trackball working.
You’re a lifesaver! Couldn’t find help anywhere with screen rotation for pi 4. Awesome video dude! You made my weekend.
Thank you! This is the best! I was pulling my hair out trying to get the screen to rotate, but this goes above and beyond.
You may be the only one on the internet to perform and document this. Thank you
Nice work! I updated the title and description of my video you commented on a while back to indicate it's only for the 3b+ and lower and I added a link to this video in my desciprion as well. Thanks for the updated info and this video, very much appreciated! Sorry it took me a while to get to this, life, man!
Man!!! Your knowledge of this old/new school stuff is very impressive and you explain everything very simply! You helped me out tremendously!!!!
Thank you for the detailed video. Looking forward to getting my rpi4 setup for vertical now. Sweet Dewey Beach shirt. (I am from DE)
Piling on my thanks for the in-depth video, it was exactly what I needed to get my arcade machine running again with a Pi 4 and helped me out immensely.
This is the perfect one stop shop video for vertical arcade orientation. Thank you so much for this! All other solutions I found online don't seem to work anymore.
Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this helped me. This is the only tutorial I could find that actually works
😂 wow that was fast, you jumped screens and lost me for a while there😅 but thanks for putting this up it really helped.
You da bomb my man!!! Your video save me a lot of time and aggravation!!!! Thank you
Thank you so much! the pi 2 was just add display rotate... Pi 4 said "start searching online for help" lol
Thanks for bricking my retropie
Very helpful!
NOTE: I forgot to mention. If your using MrBurns image
The image has individual cfg files for every rom that are all overriding the correct rotation thats placed in the main retroarch.cfg file. Go into home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade and get rid of all the cfg files.
This image also uses AdvMAME for some games, so you'll need to fix the orientation for that emulator as well. Go to opt/retropie/configs/mame/adv-mame and open advmame.rc. Make sure display_rol is set to yes and display_ror is set to no.
After following the video on the pi 4 using the default mame_2003 emulator, I also had to go to retroarch.cfg and changed these:
video_aspect_ratio = 16:9
video_fullscreen_x = 1080
video_fullscreen_y = 1920
not 100% sure if the x and y was needed, but forcing aspect ratio fixed it. Prior to this, it looked like the game was rotated, but stretching to the non-rotated window space. such that the height was the width and width was the height.
Hell yea, it works!!! thanx a lot
Great work thank you !!!! 🫡
Saved my night thank you
Dude, thanks a million. Everyone keeps telling me "rotate doesnt work on pi 4" Well sir you given new hope here lol. A question though. Do you need to add extra_transpose_buffer=2 to eliminate screen tearing on the pi 4? or is this not an issue like on the pi3b+? thanks.
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!
You are the man.
So many thanks
Glad you could figure it out!
This is amazing. I've been trying to do this for a while and these were the only instructions that worked for me. For other noobs out there, if you've played with the retroarch gui and saved the config file, it adds a bunch of additional settings that conflict with the tutorial in this vid. I had to start with a fresh install of retropie to get this to work.
How do I get horizontal games to keep their aspect ratio though?
znoland3 if ur using horizontal screen and adding vertical games just set config to core. If using vertical screen to display horizontal game. Keep 4:3. Load horizontal game. Press hotkey and X. Go back main menu then settings then video then scaling, change aspect ratio to ur likening. Go back quick menu go to overides and save game only
@@FlanFanNetwork Can you please give a little more detail about a horizontal monitor display with vertical games.
You're the man!
It’s strange because if you boot to Desktop (if you’re running Raspbian with a GUI), you can rotate your screen under the settings and then launch EmulationStation from the terminal, without needing to adjust vertically.
I know that this is a over a year video old, but I am wondering if there is an update for the cmdline command? It does not seem to be working with the latest version of RetroPie
mr. burns image has a pi4 image? I thought it was only pi3.
Hello mate. I used this tuto of yours back in the days successfully.
I now try to rotate the retroarch menu in Lakka in order to make it vertical but I find no way to do it. I'm on a raspberry pi 3.
Any idea?
How do I access this config menu from the Pi? My image doesn't show it but is there a certain key press I could do?
Same here
Thanks for this! Saved me from losing my mind. How do you figure this stuff out?
when i highlight the autostart.sh and select f4, i don't get the editing screen. I can only see the" emulation station #auto " script if I type 1 and hit enter. It won't let me highlight and edit this line. It will only let me typ a new line underneath it. Does this make sense? What am I doing wrong?
I added the "video=HDMI-A-1:1280x960M@60,rotate90" line to my cmdline.txt file, but my CLI is still rotated the wrong way, is there anything else needed for a PI 3b+?
I tried this and the pi4 still boots up horizontal but the retropie starts up vertical and games load up horizontal... plus I don't have a resolution folder in advanced options either...
Quick question- emulation station is the right orientation but the retro pie splash screen in beginning is still rotated the wrong way. How do I fix that? Thanks
I'm reading the Raspberry Pi P4 on a Pac-Man Legacy Edition and this is not working for me at all what am I doing wrong?
Hi hope you can help. My screen is inverted, I managed to get the themes screen fixed. But I am having problems with the text start up script and the splash screen which is a mp4 video still showing inverted. Thanks :)
Great video big thumbs up, but ......... is there any modifications I can make to get this working on a pi3b? Thanks
Any way to change orientation screen mode by a button, so you can adapt to each game? I Have a rotating lcd screen. Thanks
Hey guy! This works until I want to change a game then it gets stuck on a black screen!!!
I'm having the opposite problem. I have a cocktail cab running pi 4 and I can't seem to split the screen and make it vertical facing each player. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I assume you have a 3 sided control set-up like me. Did you ever figure it out?
@@quasimodo1427 Not sure what you mean by 3 sided control setup but yes, I did solve it. Search online for cocktail cab mirror shader and install it. While in a game, go to the configuration menu, look for shaders, select cocktail cab and also adjust the parameters after and save that setup and apply the changes to all Roms in a console or across the board. I have a online guide bookmarked and will post the link here for you.
@@Tkid555 thanks, I'll take a look. To bad I can't send you a picture of my dyi cocktail cab
@@quasimodo1427 No prob. UA-cam won't let me paste the link but search "Tutorial: Split screen cocktail mode on retropie"
Hello, is there a way to do this on ubuntu? I'm running retropie on an old laptop and don't know how to go about changing these configuration. Thanks
i did this step by step and it worked the first time then i got a new sd card and followed the same steps and it wont rotate my screen please help.
Thanks for the video! My screen is now the correct way around however the left side of the screen is cut off by arroud 1.5cm and I can't see why, I have checked the overscan values in the config file and no matter what I change here the moment emulation station starts the cutoff happens... Any ideas?
did you ever find a solution for this? I am stuck in the same place.
Got everything except the games arent rotating..i typed everything exact to the tee..any solutions??
just copied and pasted your own typing and it still doesnt work.i proofread it and it all i fell like a dumbazz what am i missing...i did all the steps
Mine doesn't have dmt 32, is there an update or something I'm missing?
Most everything is correct. Screen sideways while game is loading. Arcades never boot. SNES still sideways.
How do I rotate the screen for all emulators. Such as mame and Super Nintendo etc... I got everything to flip except for games! Please help lol
If there no retro arch folder how would you rotate (Dreamcast)?
Nevermind you can rotate in game settings 90°
The games are playing up right now but the home screen is sideways again?
Mario Vanaman emulationstation main menu is not vertical? Can u show me a photo of ur autostart.sh file
@@FlanFanNetwork thanks for the response flashed everything brnad new did it form the beginning and got it to work the cmd lines still side ways but that can get fixed later. Can't wait for your on/off video to drop
How do you install 1up screen so it loads when it turns on and as home screen?
Mario Vanaman u need to upload the Splashscreen into ur retropie folder there is a folder called Splashscreens. Then on the pi go to retropie menu and click on Splashscreen. Then select use own Splashscreen. Click on the file u uploaded
how do i config MAME to run in vertical mode?
When you are playing a game, the border are still vertical. And some game are sideways.
Francisco Morciglio I’ll make a video on aspect ratio.
U can set aspect ratio to 4:3 or Core. I would recommend 4:3 and the ones that are messed up or that use horizontal instead of vertical. U can set by game basis. Load that game then hotkey and x to bring up menu. Go back one then setting video and scaling. Change aspect ratio. When done go all the way back then quick menu then overrides. Save for game only so core is not effected
I am having a problem with another cabinet and I don't know anyone else to ask for help. The rasberry isn't giving me the detected controllers screen. Is there another way to configure the controllers? Thanks for your help.
@@franciscomorciglio3761 Which USB encoder or controls are you using?
Holly, I used the keyboard and resolved the problem. Thanks for all your help, you are the best.
Anyone know how to make the retroach menu ui vertical on Nintendo switch?
I cannot get the splash screen rotated but everything else is good
did this mod, but i made a new control deck for it cause one button aint enough!
Having problem with @ key on my keyboard. tried three different keyboards.
You have the use the " key to get the @ symbol.
@@danielm8760 got it thanks
@@markgraham9548 the keyboard is the UK version. You can update that in the settings to a US keyboard.
I know the video refers to the Pi4, but can these instructions also be used for the Pi3B+?
you may want to google 'display_rotate pi' for previous versions of the pi.
How can I get one of your images to try TY
@Elijah Shepley yes I did found a vertical image that worked
@Elijah Shepley arcadepunks site get Button Masher Vertical for pi4
@Elijah Shepley also a great place for help they helped me big facebook.com/groups/RetropieGamingModding
Dang, how do you even know this?
So I followed your video and I am having two issues. 1) My text is not showing correctly. 2) All my games are rotated excluding the Daphne games. Is there something more you need to get them rotated? Thanks