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 **Materials**\\
 You will need at a minimum:
-(1) Raspberry Pi (I used the Pi 3 Model B)
+  * (1) Raspberry Pi (I used the Pi 3 Model B)
-(1) Power source (for low impact stuff an android phone charger worked for me while I waited for an actual power chord to arrive in the mail)
+  * (1) Power source (for low impact stuff an android phone charger worked for me while I waited for an actual power chord to arrive in the mail)
-(1) hdmi cord
+  * (1) hdmi cord
-(1) Television or Monitor with HDMI capabilities
+  * (1) Television or Monitor with HDMI capabilities
-(1) keyboard
+  * (1) keyboard (USB)
-(1) mouse
+  * (1) mouse (USB)
-(X) Game controller(s) (my recommendation is to start with a version of the SNES controller)
+  * (1) thumb drive / Memory stick / etc ...
+  * (1) MicroSD card (at least 8GB, preferably)
+  * (X) Game controller(s) (my recommendation is to start with a version of the SNES controller) Note: You can not use the originals, you will need the USB versions.
 optionals\\
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 **Procedure**\\
-: With the Pi in hand, you will want to install the heat sinks.
+**1:** With the Pi in hand, you will want to install the heat sinks.
 <blockquote>"The larger one goes neatly on the main Broadcom SoC,
 and the smaller fits on the LAN chip."[1]</blockquote>
+**2:** Make sure to insert the Micro SD card into the Pi before screwing the Pi into the case (if you have chosen to use the case)
+**3:** Plug the HDMI cord into both your screen and the Pi.  As well as the Power cord.
+**4:** If you purchase a kit, you normally get the SD card with the Pi with NOOBS preinstalled to assist with installation of Raspbian and Retropie.  If you do not have those preinstalled you can get a wonderful walk through [[https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/noobs-install|Here]]
+Note: You will need the keyboard and mouse for this step.
+**5:** With the thumb drive, you will want to format it to FAT32 if it is not already in FAT32 formatting.  This can be done with windows in the file explorer by right clicking on the thumb drive and selecting properties and be looking for FAT32 or NTFS and make sure it is FAT32, reformat if necessary.
+- Once formatted put the thumb drive into the Pi, and give it a minute or so then unplug and put into your main computer.  The thumb drive will now have some directories(folders) in place.  You will want to put any of your ROMS into the specified console directory.  For example:  Super Mario World SNES ROM would go into the "snes" directory.
+Note: Capitalization matters!  Raspbian is a Linux type system where SNES and snes are completely different.
+**6:** Once the thumb drive is containing all the ROMS desired, insert into the PI and allow it time to save those files to the Micro SD card.  In my experience it took a couple of minutes or less.  The higher number of ROMS the longer it will take)
+**7:**  At this point once thumb drive is removed, you will want to restart emulation station through the Retropie Menu.
+**8:** **Pro Tip:** Use Steven Selph's Scraper!
+This scraper from what I have found is an upgrade from the default scraper that is built into emulation station.
+<code>
+To run:
+~/Retropie_Setup/retropie_setup.sh
+then select
+    * Manage Packages
+    * Manage optional packages
+    * scraper (Bottom of list)
+    * Configure / tools
+</code>
+if running the scraper on the pi itself, expect it to take some time![3]
 **References**\\
-[1] https://www.modmypi.com/blog/how-to-install-heat-sinks-on-the-raspberry-pi
+[1] [[https://www.modmypi.com/blog/how-to-install-heat-sinks-on-the-raspberry-pi|Great source on Heatsink installation]]\\
+[2] [[https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/noobs-install|NOOBS installation]]\\
+[3] [[https://github.com/sselph/scraper|Steven Selph's Scraper]]\\

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