@dankcushions I have the latest 4.0.1 and installed the latest lr-mame2010 from binaries and it still nags about being allowed to play blah blah

@singsonn the path in the cue sheet isnt started with something like "c:/../.../gamename.bin"? You have to remove all that info if it does. I had to fix tons of pcengine and sega cd games because of this. This might not be your problem but i havent seen your cue sheet.

@Dochartaigh are you sure the hyperkin controller uses the same mold as a real genesis? I opened up two of them to do that and they didnt match the official genesis 6 button. Maybe the retrolink? The retrolink n64 controllers can be case swapped but i havent found anything on the genesis controllers

@fpanichi

I had the same issue. I went into terminal on my mac and did a more hackfile.cfg and here is what I discovered.

{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
{*\expandedcolortbl;;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww10800\viewh8400\viewkind0
\deftab720
\pard\pardeftab720\ri0\partightenfactor0

\f0\fs24 \cf0 ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAP 0 ; keymap 0 (default keymap)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

; ***** Joystick #0 - Left Controller *****
; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad **
JS0_BTN_00 PD0L_A_T
JS0_BTN_01 PD0L_A_L
JS0_BTN_02 PD0L_A_R
JS0_BTN_03 PD0L_KP1
JS0_BTN_04 PD0L_KP2
JS0_BTN_05 PD0L_KP3
JS0_BTN_06 PD0L_KP4
JS0_BTN_07 PD0L_KP5
JS0_BTN_08 PD0L_KP6
JS0_BTN_09 PD0L_KP7
JS0_BTN_10 PD0L_KP8
JS0_BTN_11 PD0L_KP9
JS0_BTN_12 PD0L_KPC
JS0_BTN_13 PD0L_KP0
JS0_BTN_14 PD0L_KPE


; ** Direction Disc **
JS0_N PD0L_J_N
JS0_NNE PD0L_J_NNE
JS0_NE PD0L_J_NE
JS0_ENE PD0L_J_ENE
JS0_E PD0L_J_E
JS0_ESE PD0L_J_ESE
JS0_SE PD0L_J_SE
JS0_SSE PD0L_J_SSE
JS0_S PD0L_J_S
JS0_SSW PD0L_J_SSW
JS0_SW PD0L_J_SW
JS0_WSW PD0L_J_WSW
JS0_W PD0L_J_W
JS0_WNW PD0L_J_WNW
JS0_NW PD0L_J_NW
JS0_NNW PD0L_J_NNW

; ***** Joystick #1 - Right Controller *****
; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad **
JS1_BTN_00 PD0R_A_T
JS1_BTN_01 PD0R_A_L
JS1_BTN_02 PD0R_A_R
JS1_BTN_03 PD0R_KP1
JS1_BTN_04 PD0R_KP2
JS1_BTN_05 PD0R_KP3
JS1_BTN_06 PD0R_KP4
JS1_BTN_07 PD0R_KP5
JS1_BTN_08 PD0R_KP6
JS1_BTN_09 PD0R_KP7
JS1_BTN_10 PD0R_KP8
JS1_BTN_11 PD0R_KP9
JS1_BTN_12 PD0R_KPC
JS1_BTN_13 PD0R_KP0
JS1_BTN_14 PD0R_KPE


; ** Direction Disc **
JS1_N PD0R_J_N
JS1_NNE PD0R_J_NNE
JS1_NE PD0R_J_NE
JS1_ENE PD0R_J_ENE
JS1_E PD0R_J_E
JS1_ESE PD0R_J_ESE
JS1_SE PD0R_J_SE
JS1_SSE PD0R_J_SSE
JS1_S PD0R_J_S
JS1_SSW PD0R_J_SSW
JS1_SW PD0R_J_SW
JS1_WSW PD0R_J_WSW
JS1_W PD0R_J_W
JS1_WNW PD0R_J_WNW
JS1_NW PD0R_J_NW
JS1_NNW PD0R_J_NNW
}

Textedit on mac was adding a dash at the end of each line. I went in and edited the file with Notepad and here is what I ended up with.

; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAP 0 ; keymap 0 (default keymap)
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

; ***** Joystick #0 - Left Controller *****
; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad **
JS0_BTN_00 PD0L_A_T
JS0_BTN_01 PD0L_A_L
JS0_BTN_02 PD0L_A_R
JS0_BTN_03 PD0L_KP1
JS0_BTN_04 PD0L_KP2
JS0_BTN_05 PD0L_KP3
JS0_BTN_06 PD0L_KP4
JS0_BTN_07 PD0L_KP5
JS0_BTN_08 PD0L_KP6
JS0_BTN_09 PD0L_KP7
JS0_BTN_10 PD0L_KP8
JS0_BTN_11 PD0L_KP9
JS0_BTN_12 PD0L_KPC
JS0_BTN_13 PD0L_KP0
JS0_BTN_14 PD0L_KPE

; ** Direction Disc **
JS0_N PD0L_J_N
JS0_NNE PD0L_J_NNE
JS0_NE PD0L_J_NE
JS0_ENE PD0L_J_ENE
JS0_E PD0L_J_E
JS0_ESE PD0L_J_ESE
JS0_SE PD0L_J_SE
JS0_SSE PD0L_J_SSE
JS0_S PD0L_J_S
JS0_SSW PD0L_J_SSW
JS0_SW PD0L_J_SW
JS0_WSW PD0L_J_WSW
JS0_W PD0L_J_W
JS0_WNW PD0L_J_WNW
JS0_NW PD0L_J_NW
JS0_NNW PD0L_J_NNW

; ***** Joystick #1 - Right Controller *****
; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad **
JS1_BTN_00 PD0R_A_T
JS1_BTN_01 PD0R_A_L
JS1_BTN_02 PD0R_A_R
JS1_BTN_03 PD0R_KP1
JS1_BTN_04 PD0R_KP2
JS1_BTN_05 PD0R_KP3
JS1_BTN_06 PD0R_KP4
JS1_BTN_07 PD0R_KP5
JS1_BTN_08 PD0R_KP6
JS1_BTN_09 PD0R_KP7
JS1_BTN_10 PD0R_KP8
JS1_BTN_11 PD0R_KP9
JS1_BTN_12 PD0R_KPC
JS1_BTN_13 PD0R_KP0
JS1_BTN_14 PD0R_KPE

; ** Direction Disc **
JS1_N PD0R_J_N
JS1_NNE PD0R_J_NNE
JS1_NE PD0R_J_NE
JS1_ENE PD0R_J_ENE
JS1_E PD0R_J_E
JS1_ESE PD0R_J_ESE
JS1_SE PD0R_J_SE
JS1_SSE PD0R_J_SSE
JS1_S PD0R_J_S
JS1_SSW PD0R_J_SSW
JS1_SW PD0R_J_SW
JS1_WSW PD0R_J_WSW
JS1_W PD0R_J_W
JS1_WNW PD0R_J_WNW
JS1_NW PD0R_J_NW

JS1_NNW PD0R_J_NNW

The file is now clear text. I restarted emulation services and it worked great.

@backstander

Game mode was it! I'm dumb! Thanks...

@DeFect83 they might be the roms that have every version of one game all in one zip file. That is why this usually happens.

I tinkered around with the commands used in Mame and got it to work. I simply used the previous code written for the Command Argument and the Executable. I found that I have a few bad rom sets for Mame 2003, so I'll have to use ClrMame Pro to fix them. Neo Geo is actually working fine with the new commands that were added to the Command Argument and the Executable sections. My problem now is with PC Engine CD rom files. For some reason, I can't get those to launch from lr-beetle-pce-fast. You can look at that here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/42447

Thanks for your assistance :-).

@eekfonky have you installed any additional package sources?

@rablack97 I can make that work! I printed a panel for the HDMI, two USB-A, and a USB-B(power). I can cut the USB-B to micro USB (which is what is inside the arcade panel console), run a wire to that button(which I actually ordered yesterday), and then plug the other end into the pi.

@appleJimmies
Try it with a different microSD card. It sounds like the data is getting corrupted on shutdown. This usually happens with cheap generic microSD cards.

You might also try disabling Save Metadata On Exit in EmulationStation.

Check that your power adapter is 5V 2.5A.

Also, I doubt that you're doing this but I thought I would include it, if you're using some overclocking settings like especially overclocking your microSD card reader can cause weirdness like this.

@soulgriever that driver should probably not be used on Ubuntu etc. You should be able to pair a ps3 controller via the desktop Bluetooth GUI etc. However there are some known issues with ps3 and sdl2 which are not resolved on x86 - we have a custom sdl2 for the RPI, but it's not yet available for x86 etc.

No that file does not exist....

The is only a es_setting.cnf file and some emulators but not vice.

I'll think try to reinstall everything and start from scrats. The problem was that I started following the youtube guide which was for a preveius version and I have probably pressed somewhere i should not have done.

But right now I don't have the time to spend on it.

@fuzzyreets
I tried it when I first got my RPi and I tried again just last week but never got it to work.

I have been wondering if a powered USB hub might work? I haven't tested it yet but if the adapter isn't getting enough power than a powered USB hub should work. If it is because of another issue then it will not work.

So I'm better off using lr-mame2003 and roms from .78 romset?

thank you both for your responses. I did read those wiki articles, but obviously I don't understand exactly what they are saying. Seems like there is a LOT of information, but I'm having trouble deciphering it.

i've googled a bit more what exactly was the Problem...
so it is the Intel Dynamic Platform & Thermal Framework inside the Bios who made this Problem to me... it isn't a big Problem to disable it at all... even when it is not exactly a mobile Computer like mi Ockel Sirius B

@maximus76 the page on the wiki works. If it doesn't show up, you should keep trying. Make sure you have the latest non beta firmware. I have 3 8bitdo controllers all paired with those instructions.

@GtBFilms this is the reason i decided to not scrape anything. I scraped the nes and every single game that was the first in a series got named as the second so i had it listed them like this:

Lolo 2
Lolo2
Lolo 3

Super mario bros 2
Super mario bros 2
Super mario bros 3

Plus there were other games scraped as the wrong game.

Many thanks for your reply, they have helped me a lot.

Thanks for the information :)