GPD pocket retropie v4.4 & linux17.10.1 unity setup

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Published on April 24, 2018 10:18:30 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L3r5G5_VQ

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My serious retro gaming setup on my gpd pocket with latest retropie v4.4 on my duelboot windows 10 & Linux 17.10.1 unity Ps4 controller setup.

GPD Pocket Retropie v4.4 setup via linux ubuntu 17.10.1 unity.

The gpd pocket is quite a popular device i wanted to use it for retro gaming. So i decided to see if i could get Retropie v4.4 latest running on it after abit of fiddling it works great and pretty much runs anything at full speed even N64. So if you have a gpd pocket and fancy using it for some retro gaming follow the quick guide below to get it up and running.

Instructions guide

1) First you will need to get ubuntu distro on your gpd pocket i used ubuntu v17.10.1 unity from stockminds downloads page here https://gpdpocket.cre.ovh/ you will need to write the file to a usb stick and boot from usb to get it installed as a duelboot setup.

2) Once you have your gpd pocket setup with ubuntu 17.10.1 unity we need to change the host name as retropie will not compile all the cores properly. So open terminal and change the host name by typing the command below then reboot your device.
hostnamectl set-hostname gpd-ubuntu

3) Now head over to the retropie wikki below and follow the guide to install retropie 32bit install on your ubuntu distro its pretty easy just follow the steps
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Debian

4) It will take quite some time to build the cores so sitback and relax and let it install once its done it will be ready i would recomend to make a shortcut on your desktop afterwards to retropie from the applications menu for easy starting of the app.

5) Thats is your done enjoy your retropie setup on gpd pocket ;)