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Game HAT User Manual
OVERVIRE
This Game HAT will turn your Raspberry Pi into a classic game console in a
second, recalls you all the gaming pleasures in the memory.
FEATURES
3.5inch IPS screen, 480×320 resolution
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60 frame experience, smoothly display, no more frame loss
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Compatible with Raspberry Pi A+/B+/2B/3B/3B+ (Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W/Zero
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WH requires another HDMI cable)
Integrates battery charge circuitry, powered from one 18650 lithium battery (NOT
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included), plays anywhere anytime
Battery capacity indicator
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Onboard speaker and earphone jack, listen to the familiar BGM from the old days
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Game HAT
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  • Page 1 Game HAT User Manual Game HAT User Manual OVERVIRE This Game HAT will turn your Raspberry Pi into a classic game console in a second, recalls you all the gaming pleasures in the memory. FEATURES 3.5inch IPS screen, 480×320 resolution ⚫...
  • Page 2 Game HAT User Manual PICTURES Game function keys according to specific game ⚫ Start+Selection to exit current game ⚫ Menu, Up/Left, Down/Right, Exit, this four keys on the bottom allow to adjust ⚫ screen brightness/contrast, volume, etc.

  • Page 3: Hardware Connection

    - If you use Raspberry Pi Zero/Raspberry Pi Zero W, you need to use HDMI cable Toggle the Battery switch of Game HAT to OFF, and mount 18650 battery to it. We provide image with driver pre-installed, you can download test image or you can also download original Retropie image and install driver manually.
  • Page 4 6) If you want to exit from current game, you can press buttons “Start” and ”Select” at the same times 7) You can press the 4 buttons on the right side of Game HAT to adjust volume and brightness of LCD, Press Menu to open OSD menu, and press Up/Left or Down/Right to choose options, then press Menu to confirm option and adjust it.
  • Page 5 1) Download and unzip it to get .img file 2) Write the .img file to TF card by Win32DiskImager.exe 3) After writing, copy Game HAT driver you download to root directory of the TF card. 4) Open the config.txt file which is also on root directory, append these statements to...
  • Page 6 Game HAT User Manual 5) Inset the TF card and a USB keyboard to Raspberry Pi, open Battery switch to power on Raspberry Pi. After booting, press F4 to open Terminal. 6) Execute commands as blow. (Make sure you have copy driver to Raspberry Pi as step 3) sudo tar xzvf /boot/Game-HAT-*.tar.gz...
  • Page 7 Game HAT User Manual ADD NEW GAMES Maybe default games in test image are not those you want, you can also add games as you like. Size of most games are always large, so we need to expand filesystem fist. Choose...
  • Page 8 Game HAT User Manual Choose 7 Advanced Options -> A1 Expand Filesystem, Enter->Finish, (physical keyboard is required) Choose OK, and reboot.
  • Page 9 Game HAT User Manual Prepared game ROMS. Here we recommend a really cool rom website: http://coolrom.com/ You can download ROMS of various games there to your PC. If you like Sony Playstation games, you can choose. Find the games you want and download it. For example: http://coolrom.com/roms/psx/39719/Tekken_3.php...
  • Page 10 Game HAT User Manual unzip the zip you download to get ROMs as below Update ROMs Connect your Raspberry Pi to network (Make sure the network you connect is in the same LAN as your PC). Find SHOW IP in Retropie list, press “A” to query...
  • Page 11 Game HAT User Manual Open it with the IP address on your PC Copy ROMs to related directory as below Then on emulator choose page, you can press “Start”->QUIT->RESTART EMULATIONSTAION, press “A” to confirm. Then restart emulator, you can find...

  • Page 12: Other Common Operations

    Game HAT User Manual OTHER COMMON OPERATIONS For more operations, you can read Retropie Instructions PINS (LCD) If the pins which are note with NC it means that the pins is not used by LCD, you can use them for other usage.
  • Page 13 Game HAT User Manual Ground Ground BCM=5，WPI=21 Ground DOWN BCM=6，WPI=22 BCM=12，WPI=26 LEFT BCM=13，WPI=23 Ground RIGHT BCM=19，WPI=24 BCM=16，WPI=27 BCM=26，WPI=25 BCM=20，WPI=28 START BCM=21，WPI=29...