@lostless legend! Thanks mate, sorry for being so daft!

@marky489 zdoom will work with controllers. You need to enable controllers in the options, then in that controller you need to turn off axis 4 and higher otherwise you will spin in circles in gameplay. Set what you want axis 0-3 to be. Then there is another option outside of the controller setting where you assign buttons and keys. Configure your controller in there. It sets it up for every doom engine game you use zdoom for. The only issue is you need to use the xboxdrv to set up the esc key and the enter key so you can exit/ use menu without a keyboard. Left and right on your controller is up and down in the menu

@matamualomia also try

"button(6), button(7)“ or
"button(6)/button(7)“

I agree with @vikingrock .

Drastic is an amazing emulator and work 100% for all games I tested.

Only barrier for some games is the actual touch pad but many don't require one.

@adam1290 Have you looked through this?. And this thread could help.

looks like your fuse.sh is corrupted. Have you edited any of the files manually ? You should check the contents of the file referenced - could be sdcard corruption.

I find macs gave issues with Linux symbolic links on smb shares. They show up as blank folders. On the pie the genesis and mega drive folders are the exact same folder. Only a tag in Linux that makes the genesis and mega drive folders one in the same from the os point of view. Like alieses on mac or shortcuts on windows, but deeper rooted. It doesn't just point like the other two.
So do Everything in the mega drive folder.

@chipsnblip said in Savestates save slowly:

avestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/SaveS

I thought of this solution but I also use the hard drive on PC with Retroarch. It's helpful to have the savestates in the same folder as the rom! ;)

@hansolo77 you're confusing linux drivers with retroarch input drivers.

udev driver in retroarch supports rumble IF

the core does (pcsx does) your controllers linux driver's udev implementation does (?)

I appear to have stumbled into facebook by accident. Excuse me. Carry on lads...

@mena Please don't hijack the original post. But to answer your question, most likely it will also protect the USB devices connected to it from power surges. These USB ports are meant to power or charge devices only and does not have data communication capabilities. USB devices such as USB keyboard/mouse, USB game controllers, etc will require both power and data and therefore have to be connected to the RPI USB ports and draw power from it as well.

@jay81uk simonster is right about the power requirements of various RPi models. So what is yours?
The Kindle Fire power supply normally will provide 1A current which 150ma more than the one from chromecast.

@sselph worked great on all of the Systems but the sega Genesis Mega Drive. Thanks again for all your help.

thegamesdb,net API is offline. Use a different scraper or just wait. How many times is this issue going to be posted? Oh, just checked their site, it's all new and fancy.

I am still having the same problem with the built-in-EmulationStation scraper.

As TheGameDB.net guys state in their FB page on September 8:
"Hey guys and girls,
Happy Friday! :D
There'll be a small amount of disruption to the service shortly while be perform an
upgrade of some of the equipment in our server rack. It shouldn't take long and we'll
post an update once we've completed the works."

Their site is back on but the API is still facing some difficulties.

@jonnykesh you're right i am on the wrong website lol! doh!!!

@markwkidd Good to see there is an active thread on the topic! Just posted there and hoping dankcushions's groundwork will make it easier for Offline and others to pick up the to-do for mame2010.

Mark this one as solved. Here is the current procedure for getting these to work:

Update 8bitdo firmware. Clear all previous paired Bluetooth devices. Make sure 8bitdo hack is OFF. With only a keyboard plugged in and both controllers off, turn on and pair each controller. Take one of the paired 8bitdo controllers and once back in emulationstation, hit start and assign the buttons.

Very important, you MUST assign the buttons in ES even if you have previously assigned the buttons while the controller was plugged in. The controller on Bluetooth is actually viewed as a different controller than when it is plugged in so your button map doesn't transfer over. Enjoy!