Awesome! Thanks @mitu and @BuZz !

- George

@gpmcty You probably figured this out a long time ago but the config file is in the /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/ folder.

It depends if you enable the option ROM folder for gamelists & images in Selph's Scraper. I do have enabled it, so my gamelists are located in the rom folders, not in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved about the possible locations.

@hallda12 What I think it might happen is that the triggers are actually registered as analog axes instead of just button presses. The xpad driver has a parameter for this (triggers_to_buttons) which is always on in the RetroPie installations and disables this behavior. It doesn't seem that xpadneo has a similar parameter - or it behaves differently.
You can try and running jstest /dev/input/js0 from the command line and see how the trigger appear - button presses or axis movement.

Got it thanks again for all the help. I guess this brand is more commonly referred to as a shenwen controller and that's what the pi recognized it as.
After installing the PS3 drivers, I used this guide to help:
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/54522/retropie-ps3-controller-over-bluetooth/54630

I appreciate the help as I'm now able to play from the comfort of my couch, as opposed to a folding chair I had set up in front of the TV.

Thanks you for sharing the solution.
I have fixed the link to the Libretro assets page in the Wiki, hopefully in the future this will be useful for people trying out the Game & Watch emulator.

@mitu Thanks a lot, all is clear.

ANSWERING YOUR OWN QUESTION AGAIN DEPARTMENT:

Don't ask me to explain this, but to navigate the boot menu you have to hold up on the joystick while tapping the down cursor key on the keyboard.

And I was right, get past that and the emulation is superb, bringing some real curios to the Pi. (For many years, the Tutor had the ONLY home-TV licenced port of Scramble, the only other format to get one being the Vectrex. Quite a brutal version of Mr Do as well.)

Ok, I found the problem : the rom I used was a .z64 one I grabbed from an emulation web site, and this rom was apparently patched for the z64 linux graphic plugin for mupen64 and this confused the controller setup. I got another one and this time it works...

@Ronoh55
FYI - think your issue with this one would be wrong quote signs used. eg:

custom_viewport_width = “960” custom_viewport_height = "720”

note the different types of quote signs you’ve used around the numbers. only the vertical ones are right - " - not the slanted type. in fact, i’m not sure you need quotes around things like the aspect ratio index, but check an existing config to be sure.

@mancity I believe it's under experimental packages.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/#installing-additional-emulators

You could also look into the new(ish) run ahead feature. It helps to eliminate input lag and from what I understand works very well on early system emulators. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17438/new-emulation-method-to-eliminate-input-lag

@WDW plug in a working controller and press start then exit emulationstation(takes you to command line).
type: sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh (setup menu)
then go to config, then find bluetooth. (while youre here check 8bitdo hack is off). Next forget devices and reconnect one gamepad.
If it stays connected then:
run: jstest /dev/input/js0 (checks input of first controller device- press buttons)
If the previous works then you might have a problem with emulationstation or something thus i dont know how to fix.

If not then try the following:

sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

(resets bluetooth adapter)

sudo invoke-rc.d bluetooth restart

(then restart it)

sudo bluetoothctl

(open bluetooth commandline)

scan on

( start scanning)

output looks like this:

[CHG] Controller xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Discovering: yes [NEW] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx LAPTOP-4BNKAVN8 [NEW] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 8BitDo N30 Pro 2 [bluetooth]# pair E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(pair your mac address)
will output like this

Attempting to pair with E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Connected: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Modalias: usb:v2DC8p2865d0100 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 ServicesResolved: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Paired: yes Pairing successful

(then trust it)

trust E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(then connect it)

connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

NOTE- change the address to yours.

@mitu i read it but was unsure as i really dont want to scrape each emulator seperately as per ( Skyscraper -p snes -s screenscraper) suggests. also i was wondering if that same thing could be done from the graphical interface. If not what command syntax would i use to scrape all roms/emulators?

Originally i think i used the built in scraper from emulationstation and it scraped almost all of them but this time it did barely any.

@johny8 How did you determine that ? You claim is rather ridiculous. 'Sabotage' ?

@meleu No, I think it's still needed :). In this case, the modification in RetroArch (gamepad order is the same as connection order) helps, but it's not helping people with gamepads that are always connected or the ones that have cabinets and wish to plug in a controller and have it as P1.

@Dustin_3487 said in Game freezing issue.:

All I see is raspberry pi being sold at multiple websites, a lot of them with games pre installed so I figured they were allowed to do it.

That doesn't mean it's legal. You should just ask for a refund.

@mitu I see. I understand. Thank you for the help. I will see if i can find an alternative to NESPi case. Well, the biggest reason i got it was because of the Safe Shutdown script. Pressing a button to turn off the console is neat, so i can prevent any corruptions to the SD Card.