@Comm64WTB if you are using vice, you just press f12 then add the second disk etc to drive 8 when it asks for it. If the game supports multiple drives then you can pre add drives 9 to 11 with those disks. Most games afaik though didn't support multiple drives (Ultima 4 supported two drives)

All sorted guys. I have found that editing the actually config file for the roms is an easier approach for some reason. Thank you for your help.

@mitu success - I'm now in. Thank you so much for your help - much appreciated and sorry for my daft questions

@mitu Ah, I like that. I actually do have everything in the rom folders because I keep the files on an SSD, so I think that will be way easier than my idea. Actually I'll try both because I'm curious if they'll both work, and I'll tell my results here in case it helps anyone else in the future that gets themselves in a bind like I did.

@ExarKunIv I have ordered a SF30 Pro. This time from a fairly reputable website. So from what I have seen, do I need to update the firmware before trying to register it with Retropie or should I only do that if I get confiugration issue? Thankfully there seems to be more videos and support for the Bluetooth version of their controllers.

@mitu
That's aces, thanks Mitu. I was just worried that there might be some jiggery-pokery going on behind the scenes, and if I kept doing this it could cause a problem I hadn't thought of.

@Clyde Thanks Clyde I'll have a look. Cheers for the heads up.

Go to launchbox or game faq and see if the game has an alternate title. I know I had issues and it couldn't find Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 until I put the full title as the name. Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3 - Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Twisted Metal III won't scrape, but Twisted Metal 3 will... it doesn't take much to throw off the scraper.

@tigerzblud See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#default-core-controls-for-all-emulators and pick the controller that resembles yours the most to see how RetroArch "sees" the buttons of your controler regardless of their labelling.

You are correct about the 49-way control, and yes it can be replicated.
I'm currently using MAME-2003 and a PS4 controller. The left analog stick absolutely works well with Sinistar. When playing, gradually rotate the stick and you will see it handles more than 8-way control.

FWIW: I couldn't get the same results with MAME-2003-Plus. I think it has special configurations to handle analog, but I never researched, as 2003 (standard) does the job well.

Yes, other games are fine. I am quite sure it's a bug and proposing a fix here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/592

@Foxsec said in Joystick Conflicts:

I was writing down every step and making a code box for everything that came up and I tried that rmmod that Mitu suggested and i checked the quirks file after and it worked!

Both set of joysticks and buttons are now configured

Thanks so much for your help guys, really really appreciate it :)

thats wierd, for me it would not work with modprobe and i remember reading somewhere that it was supposedly blocked, but whatever.

atleast it works for you now.

Hi, this also happens to me. No problems with Pi 3B+, but I just got a new Pi Zero W, and freezes all the time with RetroPie.

I've tried this versions:

Retropie 4.5.1 -> when it freezes I stil can do F5 in Web Manager and see the temperature, or sometines reboot with Putty if I already had one session opened. And one of those times, Putty threw this when it froze:

pi@retropie:~ $ Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.163849] Internal error: Oops: 837 [#1] ARM Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.167201] Process emulationstatio (pid: 681, stack limit = 0xcebb6188) Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.167355] Stack: (0xcebb7fa8 to 0xcebb8000) Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.167463] 7fa0: be82d520 00000001 be82d520 00000001 00000000 00000003 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.167653] 7fc0: be82d520 00000001 00000004 000000a8 00000000 00000000 00000005 00000000 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.167844] 7fe0: 00000000 be82d518 00000000 b66ea124 80000010 be82d520 00000000 00000000 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 23 16:22:05 ... kernel:[ 1835.168038] Code: f10c0080 e5992008 e35204bf 1b000de1 (e5991000)

RetroPie 4.5 -> Also freezes randomly.

RetroPie 4.4 -> Also freezes, but exits EmulationStation and shows "Segmentation Fault". I have and screenshot if you need it.
And Putty threw this:

pi@retropie:~ $ Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.770533] Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] ARM Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.773455] Process emulationstatio (pid: 444, stack limit = 0xc0e68188) Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.773619] Stack: (0xc0e69e48 to 0xc0e6a000) Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.773741] 9e40: 00000010 00000000 00000020 00000030 00000030 00000020 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.773942] 9e60: 00000200 c0e69e8c c0e69edc c0e69e78 bf078ba0 c015a1e4 cd592b60 c0e69ea0 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.774148] 9e80: c1eaec00 0000b00a 00000001 be9481d8 c0e69ea8 00000000 00000000 00000ff0 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.774353] 9ea0: 020a4371 00000ff0 c13b8de0 cd5dc660 c0e69eec c0e69ec0 c004c3a0 c0623aec Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.774556] 9ec0: c004c99c c0040a14 00000000 c13b8de0 00000001 cea06f00 c0e69f1c c0e69ee8 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.774755] 9ee0: c0046b2c be9481b4 cf2edd88 c9627320 00000004 00000004 c0e68000 00000000 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.774956] 9f00: c0e69f7c c0e69f10 c016c824 c05025c4 c0e69f74 c0e69f20 c063068c c0046adc Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.775156] 9f20: c0e69f44 c006fae0 c0e69f6c c0e69f38 3cbc4f68 c01773f8 cb6ef900 b5feb564 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.775358] 9f40: be9481b4 be9481d8 400cc404 00000004 c0e69f6c c9627321 be9481b4 c9627320 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.775562] 9f60: 400cc404 00000004 c0e68000 00000000 c0e69fa4 c0e69f80 c016cf20 c016c794 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.775762] 9f80: 0000b00a b5feb564 be9481b4 be9481d8 00000036 c000ffa4 00000000 c0e69fa8 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.775963] 9fa0: c000fe00 c016cee8 b5feb564 be9481b4 00000004 400cc404 be9481b4 0000b00a Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.776164] 9fc0: b5feb564 be9481b4 be9481d8 00000036 00000000 be948374 003be5cc 02164608 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.776365] 9fe0: b5feb240 be9481a4 b5fd8c08 b66ef80c 80000010 00000004 00000000 00000000 Message from syslogd@retropie at Aug 24 00:24:08 ... kernel:[ 812.777184] Code: e51f1528 e24b207c ebffea8d e1a09000 (eafffc25)

RetroPie 4.3 -> Also freezes

NOOBS_v2_8_2 -> Raspbian Ok, update everything..., until I install RetroPie manually, then it freezes right away!

I have to try Recalbox...

It's OK I found how to have the Kempston Joystick at the start of Fuse :) you have to add the following line

input_libretro_device_p1 = "513"

to file /opt/retropie/configs/all/zxspectrum/retroarch.cfg

Just a quick bit of advise this should be set in quick menu->options the option names can and do change there is no reason to edit any files

I found a solution here in the later comments:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7843/boxart-screenshot-display-same-time/3

I had to add <marquee>./marquees/, <image>./images/ AND <video>./videos/ on each gamelist (duplicated multiples via regex) even though there's no video folder.

The presence of the video field enables for a marquee to be loaded instead, when <showSnapshotNoVideo> is set to true.

Check if your repositories don't have any conflicts - I'd remove any 3rd party repos then re-try the installation.

@respite If you don't like the GUI, then on the same page there's an explanation on how to override the controls for a certain system - MD/Genesis in your case - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#example-per-system-control-override-retroarchcfg. The file you need to edit is the retroarch.cfg in your /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive folder.