Personally for me, it has been virtualman 512GB. It has a fit finish and polish not found anywhere else. He has a great community and often first with features for support and long term sustainability.
Vman 512 is fantastic! And the Vman community is always there to help. And thanks to Drew and others for helping me getting it setup on an external 2TB USB drive!
I am so in love with the Virtualman images. 512 expanded with 1tb ssd on my tv and the 64 in one of my A1up units. Lots of support and he is a good dude. I love my Pi3 Wolfanoz images and now really want to try out a Damaso 4 build. Stay safe man. 🤘🏻
This week I bought the raspberry pi 4 and a 512gb card from Amazon. Needless to say was very expensive. Now I can't find the vman 512gb image on traditional sources. Some one PLEASE help.
@@49cohibas53 thanks dude now I need to figure out why Majora's Mask only runs at 9 FPS LOL that's the one Zelda I missed out on and the main reason I bought this thing
@DrewTalks - Thanks for making this video I love your reviews. Always helpful. I'm using the 256 wolfanoz. You have any idea how to change the controls for Atomiswave/Naomi racing games? They are set up for steering wheel and pedals. I'd like to use a joystick but I cannot seem to figure it out in retroarch. Thanks again for the awesome videos
@drewtalks thanks for all your great info on retropie it has really helped me out. I have one question, would you recommend putting retrorama on a PI4? I know it is an older image but I love the design.
I completely forgot how to mount these images and put them on an SD card can you point me into one of your videos where you teach how to mount it the image onto an SD card
Great content. I love your passion. I took an older image Rick Dangerous 300gb. Although everything worked I wanted to add Kodi. In doing so I ran all the updates and after I noticed that none of input config's worked :-) Is there a way to revert back to the input config's prior to the update? What would recommend? Also what would recommend as far as an image with a focus on DreamCast and Arcade? I can go uptop 1TB SSD. Thanks for all your hard work. Great info.
I have issues with writing the Vman 512gb image. BalenaEtcher keeps failing all the time! I might just try a 1TB external drive and 8gb SD. I would say that one looks awesome though!
Your videos have been great. Unfortunately, none of my attempts to burn an image worked. When I write to sd card using etcher (on mac os) it partitions the card and doesn't boot correctly. For example, with Supreme Pro, I get two partitions (264mb) and "disk5s2" (27gb), then a blank screen when I boot. Any suggestions?
Always prefer doing it myself rather than pre made images. Sure I might not be great at all the fancy stuff but I’ve got what I need and did it myself. Sometimes the setup is just as fun as the final result.
How do you update the images like the 512 one you showed first? And why does my nachos rpi3b image not run n64 or playstation? Because only 1gb ram? I got the new rpi4 so that's why I'm watching this but I've heard others had no issues running n64 on pi3b but I can't on my 64gb nacho image.
OMG Brother, what is the theme at the very beginning of the video? I've never seen it before and I think its awesome. And keep up the great work, I love your content 👍👍
Is it possible to burn the 512gb Virtualman on a USB drive and make it work with the new boot to USB from PI? Maybe a video on how to do it? :) Please!
Just curious to know if you get the image without roms, do you get all the themes, backgrounds, music, games info, optimizations for the emulators and you just need to drop the rom packs? Otherwise I don't see why someone should get an image from those sources (with all the risks you go through, since getting a pre-built image may have all sorts of nasty backdoors to exploit your home network for example), if then you need to build everything as if you had a standard retropie image.
Can you put these images on a common pc as well? Have so many spare parts lying around, that I would rather just use a pc as a dedicated retro machine.
How do you change the titles of the games? Got a lot of names with numbers, versions, regions at the end of each title. I changed the metadata and saved but when I turn the pi back on the next day, the long titles are back. What's up with that?
I'm looking for a Pi 4 fully loaded build. I have a 128gb card. Which one should I go for? The ones I find on arcadepunks take days to download via torrent. Any suggestions?
I bought a Wii U to mod into an emulation machine and was really unhappy with the results. Even NES games took a very long time to load. Will a Pi satisfy my urge for classic gaming?
Question from a new PI user who has watched several of these videos... Do these packs contain the retropie file or are they on top of it? I have retropir running now but have yet to add a pack
The images are complete Retropie images - OS + ROMs + settings + everything. You literally flash-n-go. If you have an SD card that you've already pre-installed just the Retropie OS onto, flashing one of these images will completely overwrite it. You CAN do what I did though and install your own Pi image / OS and then just copy the ROMs from a build to your vanilla setup. Probably easier to use a pre-built image though.
Would love any of these my connection is soo shiat it would take weeks to download... A better list for many would be a smaller 2d arcade/console list. Awesome video don't get me wrong wished I could download it. Best small size image plz!
It is as a torrent I downloaded it last week. You just have to search for it in the archives Unfortunately I only got 2-3 hosts at a time and it literally took 72hrs to download the torrent
I downloaded this torrent as well but the image seems to be missing so many consoles! I can run NES games and some SNES but for some reason there’s a lot missing. Several sections don’t even have games in them. Many games will start but then immediately stop and kick me back to the main selection menu. Not sure what went wrong but the image size indicates that I downloaded all of it. Feels like it didn’t finish processing or something got corrupted. Anyone else have these issues?
i purchased a BeiErMei retro pi sd card i have a rasberry p 4 b i put the card in and all i get is the multicolor raspberry pi startup screen and it just hangs there anyone got any idea what i am doing wrong ..great video btw
Great review, thanks for the great conent! 2play would be one of those mentions missed, as he provides PlayBox, the base to VirtualMans image: ua-cam.com/video/bUbiCH0mRIU/v-deo.html Latest version is on RP 4.6.1... i am guessing we going to see a new VMan image in the next months
Im new to Rasberry Pi. I Currently am Running the 256G Wolfanoz Which is great but to be honest I dont need so many Games. Im looking for something that has Saturn/Dreamcast/ps1/Gamecube stuff. hopefully someone makes one.
@@xhiltonx Oh I thought that the Dreamcast was great. I guess Im over expecting the poor Pi4 Capabilities. I thought that they had gotten Dolphin Working but its very slow from what I saw.
How do i extract the image?Everytime i try to extract the Wolfanoz Supreme Build it says "Unexpected End of Data" on 7zip. It also downloads as 220 different zip files each with a 600mb image.
Bought me a Pi 4. Was using Damaso Image, I like it but I own a 4K tv and it does not play nice with that image. So....I know I ordered 512 SD and DL this image. The card will get here first before the image is finished DL.
Looks like this whole emulation thing is infinitely easier to deal with than when i last messed with MAME years back. Used to have to add our own roms and if you misplaced anything, it basically broke everything lol. Oh and it looked like dog shit.
I can not find one working pre-made image from Arcadepbunks. Always getting a black screen using their images. This isn't all that much fun trying to setup a Raspberry Pi4 I strongly suggest if you aren't a techie type stay far away from these Raspberry Pi devices.
The only thing I want is to use my own ROMS here. Would personally like to see a "Motion Blue" kind of Rom from these creators. Basically, a ROM with all the goodies -(minus) games. 200,256,500GB is just too much to download. Motion blue is now too old and doesn't have the latest enhancements and scripts. If we try to update it. Then it becomes buggy and useless. I don't know how difficult a task it would be for the creators of these ROMS to just provide there tweaked emulator ROM without Games so that the download is manageable. But, I certainly think that more people would be able to use it this way rather than downloading the whole ROMSETS again and again.
Yea, Motion Blue based images were the best while they were current. Infact, most of these new image makers use the scripts from Motion Blue (many were originally from Motion Blue and have just been re-used over and over). I don't think David is doing anything anymore with Motion Blue and/or RetroPie. I think he's retired from the scene (along with Dwayne Hurst). I did like his base images the best. They were straight forward, we could easily copy our own roms/media over, and just worked. Sometimes, it seems these newer image makers are making things too complicated and adding in too many scripts, etc. Plus, how many times do they expect people to keep download these large images with the same roms as all images before it .. and all that's different is just a new theme?
I been working on a retropie setup, I'm starting to look into setting up a hyperspin setup too. Look for attract mode for raspberry Pi, just starting looking into it but if you havent found the information It looks like hyperpie can do this.
USENET TIP: Turn off auto-extract That will solve 95% of user problems. Auto extract gets overzealous, and starts extracting archives within - meaning all zipped roms!
The Wolfanoz images are garbage. I have tried several and they all fail and need modifying to get them to work and none have worked for me on a Raspberry Pi400.
The sheer amount of fucking hoops you have to go through, specifically for Vman is an absolute shame. It would be nice if You explained these hoops instead of blowing right passed these mandatory steps. All that work to tell us about these imgs yet so many steps left out.
@@drewtalks - I thought I was being very polite then! I was only trying to educate. Sorry for any offence caused and I love the work you do for the gaming community...
build your own retropie image! security-wise you really shouldn't download somebody elses image you're one script away from having your mom's only fans account hacked
Two thumbs up on the video Drew. Without people like you explaining this content, some of us would really be lost.
Thats true
Personally for me, it has been virtualman 512GB. It has a fit finish and polish not found anywhere else. He has a great community and often first with features for support and long term sustainability.
Can you configure controls on his build? Wolfanzo you have to go with his pre-made controls.
Vman 512 is fantastic! And the Vman community is always there to help. And thanks to Drew and others for helping me getting it setup on an external 2TB USB drive!
Share the wisdom bro. How can we get set up on a 2 T drive.
Need the link to the convo, want
I am so in love with the Virtualman images. 512 expanded with 1tb ssd on my tv and the 64 in one of my A1up units. Lots of support and he is a good dude. I love my Pi3 Wolfanoz images and now really want to try out a Damaso 4 build. Stay safe man. 🤘🏻
Looooooooooooooooooove the 512gig Vman image! It's beautiful! Use it all the time! Best image I've come across over the years
Really plays that well on a Pi 4 4gb? I got te 256 one and it kinda sucks but I want something more... plays Dreamcast and GameCube well?
This week I bought the raspberry pi 4 and a 512gb card from Amazon. Needless to say was very expensive. Now I can't find the vman 512gb image on traditional sources. Some one PLEASE help.
What do the images do do they come with ROMs or are they just bios? I just got the Raspberry Pi 4GB and I'm new to all this
@@cidfacetious3722 an image has roms and themes. Themes helps with navigating the image and often gives it a cool factor. Roms are simply games.
@@49cohibas53 thanks dude now I need to figure out why Majora's Mask only runs at 9 FPS LOL that's the one Zelda I missed out on and the main reason I bought this thing
I got the 256gb wofanoz build and have been using it for 3 years on my bartop arcade and it's beautiful, no issues. Love all the games
Great video drew ! Good job to all builders 👾
VMAN's 512 image is AMAZING!
Hey Man, love your videos and appreciate U! Learned so much watching....Look forward 2 more great stuff coming out with the Pi.
Thanks for a very detailed review of the 3 images mentioned!
yo, I like yo style who kid..mighta got a new sub. keep up the content frfr
@DrewTalks - Thanks for making this video I love your reviews. Always helpful. I'm using the 256 wolfanoz. You have any idea how to change the controls for Atomiswave/Naomi racing games? They are set up for steering wheel and pedals. I'd like to use a joystick but I cannot seem to figure it out in retroarch. Thanks again for the awesome videos
Thank you for:
-- making this vid
- giving us a content creator other than ETA PRIME covering SBCs ;)
Great channel! An absolute must!
@drewtalks thanks for all your great info on retropie it has really helped me out. I have one question, would you recommend putting retrorama on a PI4? I know it is an older image but I love the design.
I completely forgot how to mount these images and put them on an SD card can you point me into one of your videos where you teach how to mount it the image onto an SD card
Great content. I love your passion. I took an older image Rick Dangerous 300gb. Although everything worked I wanted to add Kodi. In doing so I ran all the updates and after I noticed that none of input config's worked :-) Is there a way to revert back to the input config's prior to the update? What would recommend? Also what would recommend as far as an image with a focus on DreamCast and Arcade? I can go uptop 1TB SSD. Thanks for all your hard work. Great info.
I wanna buy a already made 1 seen a pi3 Sega master system pre loaded but the seller wanted $400 . That can't be right ?
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I turn 36 in June so I treated my self to the arcade xtension 32' 4player upright DIY cab going to be a hell of a summer yeah buddy
Happy Birthday dude and have fun with the arcade🎂🎂
Boy, did you ever get that one right!
I have issues with writing the Vman 512gb image. BalenaEtcher keeps failing all the time! I might just try a 1TB external drive and 8gb SD. I would say that one looks awesome though!
Your videos have been great. Unfortunately, none of my attempts to burn an image worked. When I write to sd card using etcher (on mac os) it partitions the card and doesn't boot correctly. For example, with Supreme Pro, I get two partitions (264mb) and "disk5s2" (27gb), then a blank screen when I boot. Any suggestions?
Try doing it on a pc see if you can borrow one
Always prefer doing it myself rather than pre made images. Sure I might not be great at all the fancy stuff but I’ve got what I need and did it myself. Sometimes the setup is just as fun as the final result.
How do you update the images like the 512 one you showed first?
And why does my nachos rpi3b image not run n64 or playstation? Because only 1gb ram?
I got the new rpi4 so that's why I'm watching this but I've heard others had no issues running n64 on pi3b but I can't on my 64gb nacho image.
OMG Brother, what is the theme at the very beginning of the video? I've never seen it before and I think its awesome. And keep up the great work, I love your content 👍👍
Is it possible to burn the 512gb Virtualman on a USB drive and make it work with the new boot to USB from PI? Maybe a video on how to do it? :) Please!
Just curious to know if you get the image without roms, do you get all the themes, backgrounds, music, games info, optimizations for the emulators and you just need to drop the rom packs? Otherwise I don't see why someone should get an image from those sources (with all the risks you go through, since getting a pre-built image may have all sorts of nasty backdoors to exploit your home network for example), if then you need to build everything as if you had a standard retropie image.
the raspberry pi emulator rabbit hole is one hell of a ride.
lol for real
Can you put these images on a common pc as well? Have so many spare parts lying around, that I would rather just use a pc as a dedicated retro machine.
What is that super-clean theme at 10:50 ? It's so great. What about the opening theme at 0:08?
Any of these work with Raspberry pi4 B? I've been told these don't work for the newer ones
How do you change the titles of the games? Got a lot of names with numbers, versions, regions at the end of each title. I changed the metadata and saved but when I turn the pi back on the next day, the long titles are back. What's up with that?
Can you do the same review for 128GB images? Above that is still expensive in some countries.
Great review.
What shader is best for pixalation and does screen size make a diffrence ?
Do any 1TB SD Cards work in the Raspberry Pi 4? If so, anyone have a good suggestion?
I'm looking for a Pi 4 fully loaded build. I have a 128gb card. Which one should I go for? The ones I find on arcadepunks take days to download via torrent. Any suggestions?
I bought a Wii U to mod into an emulation machine and was really unhappy with the results. Even NES games took a very long time to load. Will a Pi satisfy my urge for classic gaming?
Question from a new PI user who has watched several of these videos...
Do these packs contain the retropie file or are they on top of it? I have retropir running now but have yet to add a pack
The images are complete Retropie images - OS + ROMs + settings + everything. You literally flash-n-go. If you have an SD card that you've already pre-installed just the Retropie OS onto, flashing one of these images will completely overwrite it. You CAN do what I did though and install your own Pi image / OS and then just copy the ROMs from a build to your vanilla setup. Probably easier to use a pre-built image though.
cant wait for the official retropie release. dreamcast games have been playing sooooo much better now with an overclock.
Will all of these images work with the Pi 4 B 1GB? I tried Wolfanoz.Supreme.Pro.RPi4-Wolfanoz but it freezes after it loads.
What theme is that with the old tv showing the collections?
Can I put the 512 vman on a 512gb micro SD. I'm not sure if there is enough space.
Hi please help. I have downloaded a 32gb retropie image for my PI4, how do i install it onto the SD card?
Would love any of these my connection is soo shiat it would take weeks to download... A better list for many would be a smaller 2d arcade/console list. Awesome video don't get me wrong wished I could download it. Best small size image plz!
Where do you find Wolfanoz's 254 image now days? It's not on acradepunks anymore?
It is as a torrent
I downloaded it last week. You just have to search for it in the archives
Unfortunately I only got 2-3 hosts at a time and it literally took 72hrs to download the torrent
@@Kbreaux10 THANK YOU! Not sure why they would make the archives button so hard to find.. It only took me 13 hours to download thankfully!
I downloaded this torrent as well but the image seems to be missing so many consoles! I can run NES games and some SNES but for some reason there’s a lot missing. Several sections don’t even have games in them. Many games will start but then immediately stop and kick me back to the main selection menu. Not sure what went wrong but the image size indicates that I downloaded all of it. Feels like it didn’t finish processing or something got corrupted. Anyone else have these issues?
Subscribed! I’m have a raspberry pi 4 pre-loaded already hooked up ready to go
Im looking for the best, largest rom set for a cocktail vertical setup that can play horizontal games using a split screen shader. Thnx!
i purchased a BeiErMei retro pi sd card i have a rasberry p 4 b i put the card in and all i get is the multicolor raspberry pi startup screen and it just hangs there anyone got any idea what i am doing wrong ..great video btw
Great review, thanks for the great conent! 2play would be one of those mentions missed, as he provides PlayBox, the base to VirtualMans image: ua-cam.com/video/bUbiCH0mRIU/v-deo.html
Latest version is on RP 4.6.1... i am guessing we going to see a new VMan image in the next months
Can you delete games from an image like this? For example I don't like sports games.
can this be done with a pi + usb ssd ?
where is the forum link ?
Im new to Rasberry Pi. I Currently am Running the 256G Wolfanoz Which is great but to be honest I dont need so many Games. Im looking for something that has Saturn/Dreamcast/ps1/Gamecube stuff. hopefully someone makes one.
Your gonna need a pc to run them type of games we'll really
@@xhiltonx Oh I thought that the Dreamcast was great. I guess Im over expecting the poor Pi4 Capabilities. I thought that they had gotten Dolphin Working but its very slow from what I saw.
Is there a torrent for Vman 512 for Pi 3?
that one you have to join vman forum link in description
@@drewtalks its up on arcade punks as well, but the Vman forum has all the trouble shooting and guides iirc.
Any new favorite since this video?
[32GB]-Supreme.Pro.Pi4.BASE-SupremeTeam didn't work on pi 4 B.
I got the [256gb]-Wolfanoz.Supreme.Pro.RPi4-Wolfanoz
today, not bad, but I want BETTER, the 512?
yeah try the 512
i cant find 512 image for pi4 some reason i see 512 dream cast image
Does anyone know if Pi 4 images will work on the Pi 4B? Because it looks like Amazon are only selling the 4B now...
The Wolfanoz image works perfectly on Pi 4B, can't say anything about the other two images shown in this video. Good luck!
Hello guys, wich portable retro console you like?
I am looking for a 128gb Image.. please let me know which one is the best to download?
Any of the recent ones on arcadepunks all good
I’ve just purchased the sandisk 512GB as it was on offer. Hope it works with this now. Just started watching this vid
Nice just buy a good brand and from a trusted source
How do i extract the image?Everytime i try to extract the Wolfanoz Supreme Build it says "Unexpected End of Data" on 7zip. It also downloads as 220 different zip files each with a 600mb image.
I got 200+ rar files 900mb each. Having the same question
do these choices of yours work on the pi4 8gb model?
I'd like to know also thanks
yea it does, this was made during the 4 gb version so ofc the 8 gb one will work
SSJ99Gohanisthebest 8gb has different architecture. It’s not just a better pi. It’s built differently
Do any of these have light gun games?
Yes a few but not a ton
@@drewtalks which one?
5:47 to bypass the lengthly intro
Thanks. Jesus Christ that was 5 minutes of rambling.
@@morganghetti Agreed! Sheesh!
Great vid Can you let me know some of the communities where I can get some more information about downloading images noob here
check my channels and arcadepunks.com has a lot of stuff
Does Vman have a website?
Yes vman forums
@@drewtalks thanks
Total noob here, downloaded wolfanoz 256gb, but it's 200+ rar files, how do I get an. Img from that. Help please.
Get 7zip open the first file of 200 and then extract the .img file. Once you have img file write it to your micro sd card using etcher
Bought me a Pi 4. Was using Damaso Image, I like it but I own a 4K tv and it does not play nice with that image. So....I know I ordered 512 SD and DL this image. The card will get here first before the image is finished DL.
I'm in the same exact boat right now....sucks waiting that long for the DL to finish
Is a Pi4 more powerful than an ODroid XU4 at this point? Because XU4 still has more CPU.
no xu4 slightly better
There is no better combination than 400gb King Royal Image from DZ - Raspberry Pi 3b / 3b +
He man? Is that a game? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Where can I download the image
Arcadepunks normally.
Hello friend can you help me to activate my account in backups I registered but need activation
Looks like this whole emulation thing is infinitely easier to deal with than when i last messed with MAME years back. Used to have to add our own roms and if you misplaced anything, it basically broke everything lol. Oh and it looked like dog shit.
Anyone knows a good build for pc
I can not find one working pre-made image from Arcadepbunks. Always getting a black screen using their images.
This isn't all that much fun trying to setup a Raspberry Pi4 I strongly suggest if you aren't a techie type stay far away from these Raspberry Pi devices.
The only thing I want is to use my own ROMS here. Would personally like to see a "Motion Blue" kind of Rom from these creators. Basically, a ROM with all the goodies -(minus) games. 200,256,500GB is just too much to download. Motion blue is now too old and doesn't have the latest enhancements and scripts. If we try to update it. Then it becomes buggy and useless.
I don't know how difficult a task it would be for the creators of these ROMS to just provide there tweaked emulator ROM without Games so that the download is manageable. But, I certainly think that more people would be able to use it this way rather than downloading the whole ROMSETS again and again.
Yea, Motion Blue based images were the best while they were current. Infact, most of these new image makers use the scripts from Motion Blue (many were originally from Motion Blue and have just been re-used over and over).
I don't think David is doing anything anymore with Motion Blue and/or RetroPie. I think he's retired from the scene (along with Dwayne Hurst).
I did like his base images the best. They were straight forward, we could easily copy our own roms/media over, and just worked. Sometimes, it seems these newer image makers are making things too complicated and adding in too many scripts, etc. Plus, how many times do they expect people to keep download these large images with the same roms as all images before it .. and all that's different is just a new theme?
BEST ARCADE ONLY PI IMAGE - HYPER SPIN STYLE PLZ PLZ PLZ
I been working on a retropie setup, I'm starting to look into setting up a hyperspin setup too. Look for attract mode for raspberry Pi, just starting looking into it but if you havent found the information It looks like hyperpie can do this.
"it's like asking who your favorite child is... "
My dad : "your brother"
512gb Virtualman forever
It's nice!
USENET TIP: Turn off auto-extract
That will solve 95% of user problems. Auto extract gets overzealous, and starts extracting archives within - meaning all zipped roms!
The Wolfanoz images are garbage. I have tried several and they all fail and need modifying to get them to work and none have worked for me on a Raspberry Pi400.
I strongly disagree with your assessment
128GB_VIRTUALMAN!_v1.5U-4.6.1_RETRO-ARCADE-BLISS_Pi4
God tier
What happen to RICK DANGEROUS 😡 he is ONE OF THE best in the game 👑❤️🔥👑
He's still doing his thing,making massive 1tb images
The Best Iso is El Señor de los Jueguillos
The sheer amount of fucking hoops you have to go through, specifically for Vman is an absolute shame. It would be nice if You explained these hoops instead of blowing right passed these mandatory steps. All that work to tell us about these imgs yet so many steps left out.
Perhaps there's an address you can write in to complain and get your money back?
I have in an invite. The community is worth it. Dm me
You said at the end of the video that you're using a kitchen metaphor...
Its an analogy you're using, not a metaphor.
You're welcome
at first I was like thanks for the clarification however the "you're welcome" at the end came off very dude in his grandmas basement
@@drewtalks - I thought I was being very polite then! I was only trying to educate.
Sorry for any offence caused and I love the work you do for the gaming community...
@@michaelandrews2784 lol all good I thought you were trolling me
build your own retropie image!
security-wise you really shouldn't download somebody elses image
you're one script away from having your mom's only fans account hacked
those links are like two hundred bucks my dude.
I have a 3b, it was 35 bucks! damn bro
inflation is real on pi! thought they were dedicated to the cheapness. 2020 rip off man
eric clapton
I wish you would get to the point faster.
what point is that?
Sounds like you said a lot of nothing
Please just get to the point
bro theirs literally a spreadsheet with the answers in the first minute of the video
There's not that many out so kind of a pointless video
Do you know how to exit a game in the vman image?