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What Is This?

RetroCake is a tool used to setup a RetroPie-like environment on Windows Operating Systems.
You can use EmulationStation as a desktop application, or you can setup a Windows machine to be a dedicated Emulator Machine.

This tool does not include ROM or BIOS files, they need to be supplied.

All RetroCake files are contained in C:\RetroCake\ by default. If you find a bug, or have a feature request please use the github issue tracker.

Supported Systems Include:

3do
ags
amiga
amstradcpc
apple2
atari2600
atari5200
atari7800
atari800
atarijaguar
atarilynx
atarist
bbcmicro
c64
coco
colecovision
daphne
dragon32
dreamcast
fba
fds
gameandwatch
gamegear
gb
gba
gbc
gc
intellivision
mame
mastersystem
mega-cd
mega32x
megadrive
msx
mvs
n64
nds
neogeo
nes
ngp
ngpc
pcengine
ps2
psp
psx
saturn
scraper.exe
sega32x
segacd
sfc
sg-1000
snes
vectrex
virtualboy
wii
wiiu
zxspectrum

Some Systems Require BIOS files

They are listed below

Amiga         C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\kick13.rom OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\kick20.rom OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\kick31.rom
Atari800      C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\ATARIXL.ROM (BIOS for Atari XL/XE OS) OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\ATARIBAS.ROM (BIOS for the BASIC interpreter) OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\ATARIOSA.ROM (BIOS for Atari 400/800 PAL) OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\ATARIOSB.ROM (BIOS for Atari 400/800 NTSC) OR C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\5200.ROM (BIOS for the Atari 5200)
Atari 7800    C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\7800 BIOS (U).rom
CoCo          C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\bas13.rom
Dragon32      C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\d32.rom
Dreamcast     C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\dc_boot.bin AND C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\dc_flash.bin
FDS           C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\disksys.rom
gba           C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\gba_bios.bin
psx           C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\SCPH1001.BIN
PS2           C:\RetroCake\Emulators\PCSX2\bios\ANYPS2BIOS.bin
neo geo       C:\PATH\TO\ROMS\neogeo\neogeo.zip
sega cd       C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\us_scd1_9210.bin (or rename to bios_CD_U.bin) OR eu_mcd1_9210.bin (or rename to bios_CD_E.bin) OR jp_mcd1_9112.bin (or rename to bios_CD_J.bin) for Europe and Japan respectively
Sega Saturn   C:\RetroCake\RetroArch\system\saturn_bios.bin

Once the automated installer is done simply double click EmulationStation on your desktop

The List Of Features Is As Follows:

Automated Installers

There are 3 options for automated installation.

No ROM Dirs

This option is if you do not wish to use the default ROM directories (C:\RetroCake\ROMS)
Once the setup is completed you will need to edit the es_systems.cfg to change the ROM directories to your liking.
This option is great for people who have ROMS on another drive (like me), or just do not wish to use the default folder.

Default Installer

This option handles the ROM directories for you.
It creates a system folder for most supported ROMS.
Once installation completes the ROMS folder is opened and you can transfer ROMs into the system folders.
This option is great for people who do not have gigantic (1TB+) collections and can easily fit their ROMs on the C: drive.

Custom Installer

This option is to setup ROM directories like option 2, but in a place of your choosing.
You will be prompted for the main folder you'd like to use.

Syntax: E:\ROMS, D:\Games, F:\Retro, etc.
No trailing \

All system subdirectories will be added to the folder specified.
EX:
If E:\ROMS is specified the following folders will be created

E:\ROMS\3do
E:\ROMS\ags
E:\ROMS\amiga
E:\ROMS\amstradcpc
E:\ROMS\apple2
E:\ROMS\atari2600
E:\ROMS\atari5200
E:\ROMS\atari7800
E:\ROMS\atari800
E:\ROMS\atarijaguar
E:\ROMS\atarilynx
E:\ROMS\atarist
E:\ROMS\bbcmicro
E:\ROMS\c64
E:\ROMS\coco
E:\ROMS\colecovision
E:\ROMS\daphne
E:\ROMS\dragon32
E:\ROMS\dreamcast
E:\ROMS\fba
E:\ROMS\fds
E:\ROMS\gameandwatch
E:\ROMS\gamegear
E:\ROMS\gb
E:\ROMS\gba
E:\ROMS\gbc
E:\ROMS\gc
E:\ROMS\intellivision
E:\ROMS\mame
E:\ROMS\mastersystem
E:\ROMS\mega32x
E:\ROMS\mega-cd
E:\ROMS\megadrive
E:\ROMS\msx
E:\ROMS\mvs
E:\ROMS\n64
E:\ROMS\nds
E:\ROMS\neogeo
E:\ROMS\nes
E:\ROMS\ngp
E:\ROMS\ngpc
E:\ROMS\pcengine
E:\ROMS\ps2
E:\ROMS\psp
E:\ROMS\psx
E:\ROMS\saturn
E:\ROMS\sega32x
E:\ROMS\segacd
E:\ROMS\sfc
E:\ROMS\sg-1000
E:\ROMS\snes
E:\ROMS\vectrex
E:\ROMS\virtualboy
E:\ROMS\wii
E:\ROMS\zxspectrum

And a config file for EmulationStation will be generated to make adding ROMS drag and drop

Manage EmulationStation

Update/Install EmulationStation

This is for updating EmulationStation.
It also backs up your current EmulationStation to C:\RetroCake\Backups with a timestamped Zip file.
The backup is in case something breaks with a newer build when updating.

Manage es_systems.cfg

This is for generating and editing es_systems.cfg

Manage EmulationStation Themes

This tool has several features, and will setup GIT to C:\RetroCake\Tools\Git

Install/Update All Themes

Relatively Self explanatory. This installs every available theme for EmulationStation.

Install/Update Individual Themes

This option lets you select the theme you want by name and install 1 by one.
Useful if you do like wish to install 80 themes and just want a specific one.

Theme Gallery/Previews

This downloads previews for all available themes and writes them to a HTML file.
The HTML file is them launched with your default browser.
Hover over the image to see which theme it belongs to.
This is to help with the Individual theme downloader so you can see what you're getting.

Manage RetroArch

Install RetroArch 1.6.7

This installs the latest Stable Build of RetroArch. In case you wanted to revert from a nightly build.

Update RetroArch to the Latest Nightly

Updates RetroArch, self explanatory.

Generate Clean RetroArch.cfg

This generates a RetroArch.cfg with nearly default settings
Changes made are as follows:

All Games Start in Fullscreen.
You can bring up the RetroArch menu with Start and Select

Update RetroArch Cores to the Latest Nightly Build

Self Explanatory This updates all RetroArch Cores (108 total)

Manage Additional Emulators

This option installs emulators for systems that RetroArch cannot emulate. Current emulators are:

AppleWin
Hatari
BeebEm
XRoar
Daphne
jzIntv
PCSX2

Manage ROM Directories

This creates the default ROM directories in C:\RetroCake\ROMS
You can also create custom ROM directories like E:\ROMS
You can also Share the ROM Directories from here if using a dedicated Emulator Box.

Manage Dedicated EmuBox Settings

Setup All Dedicated Emubox Settings

This option will do a full setup and turn your RetroCake Installation into a Dedicate Emu Box.
This option includes installation of all of the options below.
The only user requires input is during the Auto Login setup.
This is due to how Windows handles Auto login.

RetroCake Auto Start Options

From here you can select if you'd like to Automatically start RetroCake (EmulationStation) upon login.
This goes hand in hand with Auto Login.
You can also remove the Auto Start settings if you no longer with to have Auto Start.

Setup Auto Login

Self Explanatory.
Opens the netplwiz menu.
Guides you through setting up Auto Login.

Setup RetroCake Folder Shares

Setup RetroCake Shares With Default Rom Directory

Sets up the following shares

ROMS
BIOS
EMULATORS
EmulationStation

The ROMS folder uses the default C:\RetroCake\ROMS

Setup RetroCake Shares With Custom Rom Directory

Sets up the following shares

ROMS
BIOS
EMULATORS
EmulationStation

You will be asked to enter the ROMS directory.
This option is if you installed using a custom ROMS directory.

Remove RetroCake Shares

Self Explanatory.
Removes all shares created by this script.

Setup System Name

From here you can set your PC's hostname to the default RetroCake, or to any custom hostname you'd like.
This is to make it easier to access the shares on the computer.

System Cleanup

This option is for cleaning up parts of RetroCake or removing RetroCake entirely.
Mostly used by me for Testing, but if anyone needs to clean up and remove files this is for you.