If i stay with my original .cfg i can boot on date/hours and move left/right down/up but i cannot confirme with sélect. And just if i change mapping on my .cfg, when i launch it s black screen ans reboot main menu of reicast.why reboot if i modified the .cfg?

So I had some time to think about this while at work, and I think it might be easier to just use that NES to USB circuit (link). By using that circuit, I can combine both NES ports into a single USB plug. I saw some walkthrough examples where somebody had used that exact circuit in an NES, and the ports line up perfectly. I was also looking last night, and found a DB9 to USB adapter that might work well for Sega and Atari controllers. I've only heard of the Raphnet NES adapters from other builds, and don't know how well the Mayflash Adapter will work, and if it will work with ATARI as well.. I'd really like somebody to help me figure out if this is a good option, because I'd really like to have the option to install a way to use original controllers where possible.

Since I'm on the topic of controllers.. I have another major question. Does the system handle correctly the mappings for multiple controllers and types? So far, while waiting for all my hardware, I've been testing with just a Wireless Xbox 360 controller. I also have a Saitek P2500 controller that I was originally using before I got the Wireless Xbox 360 dongle. So does RetroPie/RetroArch still work if I have say.. 2 Xbox controllers? What if I have an Xbox Controller and the P2500? What if I don't have those, and just have 2 NES controllers? What if I'm really crazy and I'm using an NES controller and a Sega Master System controller (they're the same design more or less). Does the system handle multiple controllers, mix and match controllers, or even just 1 different controller per system? Since I'm still in the build phase, I don't have this issue NOW, but I'd like to know if this has come up and if there is a way through it.

Thanks guys! Also, I got my NES console in the mail today.. so I'm getting closer to build time!

@Lyle_JP

The ISO format doesn't make use of a cue sheet. Because of that and a few other format differences, they're really only useful for imaging unprotected, single track CDs and DVDs. You can convert between the two formats, but you'll always get data loss with anything more complicated than a single track disc.

@meleu

not accessible via internet, but I am a network security specialist, who loves Linux, all my desktops, and laptops have been patched, I was just trying to ensure complete coverage in my house.

thanks,

Note - please see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and format your posts with markdown (logs / configs in code blocks please).

you should also provide details of things like retropie version / and platform when posting.

I would prefer if you posted the exact output of ls rather than typing it in manually in a different format.

Note you can't embed pastebin data here - just post a link.

You should remove the sudo lines form rc.local - /var/log/syslog might contain details of why it isn't working.

@spannernick1 This blog post may help since you basically want to detect a GPIO button press and then send a keypress (Select+B) to reset the game.

@cbarr Manufacturer: SZMY-POWER CO.,LTD

SZMY-Power is a Chinese manufacturer. Looks like the controller is not official Sony brand. What you would want for this brand is the "Gasia only" driver, which it sounds like you've been using.

@dankcushions I was able to get Galaga to work by disabling the video driver. Apparently it was using a proprietory driver. That said I cannot get the sound to work. I will do a separate post on that issue.

@BuZz Thanks for formatting my post. I was able to get Galaga to work on Linux Mint by disabling the proprietory video driver. However I do not have any sound. I will do a seperate post for the sound issue.

Thanks for the tip. I just installed it and now it's "autosave completed!". Although the game won't load anyway for some reason :/

@herb_fargus thank you very much, i edited the first es_systems.cfg but didn't edit the one in /home/pi/.emulationstation

I also got this problem problem

@Danorak1981 you would be surprised how well the packaging is done on a bootleg card. I have seen so many bootleg items over the years while doing repairs at a video game store. I have learned how to detect the differences in bootleg products in most cases, but most people cant tell the difference.

@KevTastic84 can you paste in pastebin.com your /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg?

Well, I tried that but I am not sure that it is a good idea. I "hacked" it so that only positive values are passed into the kernel API. This is what happened:

jstest /dev/input/js0 shows a range of 268 to 32768 (instead of -32k to +32k.) evtest /dev/input/event10 shows ranges from 128 to 255 (instead of 0 to 255)

So I don't get 0 still. Might be a problem.

ES can be correctly configured on device configuration with the analog triggers.
But still for example Crazy Taxi on Dreamcast can't be correctly played with analog triggers. In fact, patching the value range didn't have an effect at all. When you accelerate using right trigger you only reach like 15 km/h :)

I assume something like this: all the analog axis are signed 16 bit values ranging from -32k to +32k. The analog trigger is just 8 bit from 0 to 255. So I think that libretro also expects the 16 bit input range. But when the controller only delivers 8 bit you won't be able to trigger the full value range (only get values of a maximum of 255 instead of 32k).
I think they tried a fix here already:
https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro/issues/40#issuecomment-252248501

I believe I have resolved this issue for people updating - but those already with a broken fba/emulators.cfg - can delete the config, and re-install the emulators again which will restore it (same for the arcade/emulators.cfg if that is being used)

@herb_fargus Perfect. Thanks!

np. Configuring controllers is explained here - https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/First-Installation - configuring additional controllers is under the "start" menu in ES (as you have found). Once configured in ES other emulators are set up automatically etc.