Ok - I've got SOTN basically playable.

Using the retroarch overlay config GUI (select+X in game) I set:
frameskip to 1
custom viewport width 1440 (x3)
custom viewport height 816 (x3)
integer scale on

other settings:
hw biliner filtering - turning this to off makes the game look significantly better on my big flatscreen from apx 3 meters away, but doesn't seem to impact performance (disclaimer that I prefer a pixelated look to a blurred look for my scalers)

other observations:
loading savestates seems unstable until loading a regular game save. not sure if its related to my settings changes or not.

@BuZz ok. Thanks.

Thank you!

Actually, being in the RetroArch menu is similar to being in an emulator, none of my controllers seem to register (except arrow keys here). Frustrating, have to pull the plug again.

@PetroRie In-game saving

Cool man thanks ill get started with your little example.

@screech
Ran some N64 roms and have five that won't scrap. Ran it two different times with your new software.

http://pastebin.com/QYYApU0f

@Kresenko Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@mediamogul more info about RetroArch and RetroAchievements compatibility can be found here: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/wiki/RetroAchievements

@frank I made two posts recently related to this issue. Check these threads:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/52026
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/49544

@rbaker thanks for this. Like I said am a massive n00b on this stuff.
Much appreciated.

@robertybob
that could be an explanation why it doesn't work if it's only developed for the RPi.

I'm using the PulseEight-CEC-Adapter ( https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/104/usb-hdmi-cec-adapter ) in a Zbox Nano CI320 with 8GB RAM and 64 GB Sandisk SSD and Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop amd64 as operating system.

Would be nice if we get it Work on RetroPie x86. The CEC-function is one of the missing functions in my Box. In Kodi does it work. My system is configurated to stop Kodi if another windowed application like emulationstattion is getting startet, so the adapter shouldn't be used by Kodi anymore before emulationstation appears.

Can anybody tell me the meanings of the throwed exceptions in my pervious post and how to troubleshoot them?

Greetings

Nicke

@AndersHP said in How do you organise romsets? MAME and (in particular) consoles:

you need a set newer than 0.78 to reliably generate a 0.78 set from it.

My knowledge stops with the tutorial video. The commentary from @herb_fargus was helpful in suggesting this.

@msilveira85
It is not clear what you are asking or what your problem is.

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first