retropieRelease 1.8 introduced PicoDrive and PiFBA while refreshing frontend and emulation components.
An independent historical summary.
This entry covers the original announcement at its publication date. Its compatibility statements, download recommendations and contact information may have changed. It is not a current release announcement from this project.
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For current download choices, start with our legacy-image catalog. For Raspberry Pi 5, see the development-build findings and testing plan. Historical installation commands should not be applied to a different hardware generation without review.
Original article and title: RetroPie project. Summary: retropie.us. The full original article, its comments, and its media have not been republished.