RetroAchievements - eddywebs/RetroPie-Setup GitHub Wiki

RetroAchievements are a way to log your achievements on oldschool console games. It is integrated into RetroArch and is only supported by select cores (see chart).

You first need to create an account at http://retroachievements.org/ and then add your credentials to /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

cheevos_username = yourusername
cheevos_password = yourpassword
cheevos_enable = true

Since RetroArch 1.3.2 (used in RetroPie 3.7), the Hardcore Mode is supported. It disables the savestates and is optional. If you want to enable it add this line too:

cheevos_hardcore_mode_enable = true

##Supported Systems:

• Game Boy / Color (lr-gambatte - installed by default)
• Game Boy Advance (VBA-M)
• NES (lr-QuickNES - found in 'Experimental' menu, lr-fceumm - installed by default, but you have to [re]install it from source [see below])
• SNES (lr-Snes9x - installed by default, lr-pocketsnes - installed by default)
• Genesis/Mega Drive (lr-picodrive - installed by default)
• Sega 32x (lr-picodrive - installed by default)

To enable lr-fceumm for achievements you have to follow the instructions here to install it from source. Summing up:

Access the terminal and

cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh

Go to Install Individual Emulators from Binary or Source, choose lr-fceumm and install it from source. After that the lr-fceumm is able to register your achievements.