Barebones Overview
Barebones is no longer recommended.
Presently we recommend Batocera for all new Raspberry Pi Sinden users going forward.
Please note that Barebones 9.1 is now woefully obsolete. Our intention was to wait for an official RetroPie image for Raspberry Pi 5 to be released before building Barebones on top of that, but several years later that still hasn't materialised.
The information given here is still valid for those who still wish to use Barebones on a Raspberry Pi 4, however be mindful that, as the Raspberry Pi OS version it was built on is now deprecated, it is not easy to bring the image up-to-date.
A Pre-Configured Image for The Sinden Lightgun on the Raspberry Pi
What Is BareBones?
- BareBones is an image for the raspberry pi4/400 that contains:
- RetroPie V4.8.2 (RPI 4/400)
- Mixed input mode support (Lightgun and Non-Lightgun games)
- Latest 1.8 Sinden Software
- A fix to 1.10 Retroarch Y-axis bug along with fullscreen border
- Lightgun Game configs (with bezels and pedal support) for all known-working games
- Generic bezels for non-lighgun games, including some dynamic bezels.
- Sinden Lightgun scripts streamlined (start / stop all, arcade removed) w/ new calibration screen
- Supermodel3 lightgun scripts
- 32bit overlays added to Hypseus
- Added Emulator support (LR-MAME, LR-MAME 2010/2015, and more)
- StormedBubbles versions of mame emulators featuring quality-of-life hacks and fixes for many games
- Exclusive Golly Ghost scoreboard for 16:9 screens
And much more!
3DO, NES, SNES, PS1, Genesis, Sega CD, Mastersystem, Dreamcast, Naomi, Atomiswave, Hypseus-Singe, SuperModel, PnP, DS, C64, Tic-80, lr-FBNeo, lr-mame2003-plus, lr-mame and more are setup ready to go!
Check the Compatibility List for list of all supported systems and information on what romsets and other files are recommended.
Who is making BareBones images?
BB1-7 original creator: HarryDog “I am a hobbyist retro gaming enthusiast from the UK. Fuelled by beer and tea I am striving to get as many retro lightgun games as I can running on the Raspberry Pi.”
BB8 Team: cheeky8555, LutherGond, prince_rakeem, wiggy808
BB9 Team: Widge, LuthorGond(StormedBubbles), Golden Shellback