Lowercase, in the BIOS folder.
[EDIT: actually, it was Exec.bin.... for some damn reason the first letter was capitalized and even as I replaced it with other versions all in lowercase, it kept the first letter capitalized. I deleted and replaced it with an all lowercase exec.bin and it works now! Thanks so much!]

@Potatopops9 It's explained in the Docs. However, the scraper does not currently work even if you'll be updating right now - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/20613/

Ok, it looks like everything is working normally now that I put a Ethternet cable in the machine, and it was able to install everything. Looks like I need the Ethernet cable to do stuff.

@mitu

Okay I tried reinstalling "advmame" from the source again as you suggested and now the permissions look like this:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 34 Jan 9 08:01 /home/pi/.advance -> /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame

First run with "1942.zip" is now working! Thank you!

@mitu I'm hoping it does make it onto Raspberry pi 3b or 4!

OK. Apologies for posting I wasn't aware of this. I'll look for help elsewhere.

Put that in some FAQ at the forum - along with that hdmi issue, or similar issues.

Ok, so it's already mess here, I want ask a question: what is faster - Raspbian installed straight to sd card, or that Pixel (lxde?) desktop installed in RetroPie? I have two sc cards (one with RetroPie and desktop, another one with Raspbian and on top of that RetroPie) and "clear" version of Raspbian is working slower than that desktop port on RetroPie.

Ok so I took a copy and then updated lr-fbalpha and it works with the neogeo.zip in the BIOS directory :)

@BuZz ooops sorry my bad.

@mitu thank you very much

@BuZz Yeah, it is! Alright!

where do the gamelists go?

After a leading a hard but virtuous life, I hope they go to heaven.

@300cpilot Purge would remove the system's config files, not any user configuration files - that's a rule for all packages. Glad you got it fixed.

@cl04ker I also have the same issue in 2019.... I'm trying to rotate my games for use with a vertical monitor... I was told to use : under /opt/retropie/configs/all/ in the configuration editor. The option I changed :

mame2003-tate_mode = "enabled"

While I'm able to change it from disabled to enabled, when I reset my pi it reverts back to disabled, WHY !?

@goobatroopa gles2n64 saves the day. Thank you very much for your assistance @quicksilver

@nipeters /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/emu.cfg

@mitu solved it!!!

On the driver screen for controllers I selected uninstall all, then reinstalled ps3 controller only.

Connected to player 1 immediately.

Thanks for your advice.
OJ

@mitu said in Controller only works on menu:

@X_Splinter This looks like a power issue - starting a game would increase the power draw and possibly reset/disconnect your wireless chip and the USB ports. Are you sure you're using a proper power source ? Are you using a case ?

Yes, what an idiot I swaped the power supply and didnt even notice, now it's late I'll try tomorrow with official power supply.

I hope thats the issue, it got to be it's only the thing that changed... the same happens when I open retroarch, also the system only shows the pop-up that a controller was disconnected when I reconnect it which is strange

I'll confirm tomorrow. Thanks

@garradam not safely shutting down can potentially cause corruption of your sd card. If your pi freezes you should remotely access your pi through ssh and safely shutdown that way. Often times it's only emulation station that isnt responding. There are a number of easy to use ssh apps for smartphones that are very convenient to use.