How to setup both Atari 5200 and Atari 800 with lr-atari800 core?

adriansos666

I'm able to play games for both systems, however each time I start ROM for other system, I have to go to the RetroArch GUI and select default Atatri system, then re-launch ROM.

It seems system selection (5200, 800, 130XE etc.) is saved in retroarch-core-options.cfg file and can have only one entry per core. If I select Atari 130XE from RetroArch GUI it will show up as atari800_system = "130XE 128K) " in the config file. When I start A800 game it will start but when I try to start 5200 game it will fail, because core will start with Atari 130XE which will try to boot 5200 cartridge and will go to the Atari's self test screen.

I have tried to put separate "atari800_system = " lines in each system's retroarch.cfg but those are still overwritten by the retroarch-core-options when game launches.

Is there any other way of separating those two systems beside saving separate config per each game?

Thanks.

MajorDangerNine

Try adding this to your Atari 5200 system folder's retroarch.cfg.

core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/atari5200/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

I'm pretty sure that should work.

adriansos666

@eckaji You were right, it did the trick. Thank you for your help.

MajorDangerNine

@adriansos666 Welcome. Glad I was able to help.

davidgrohl

Hi,
I had the same problme but i cannot resolve it.
@MajorDangerNine could you explain me how to resolve the problem with more details?
Thanks a lot.

MajorDangerNine

@davidgrohl

Learn how to use SFTP or Samba-Shares.
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#sftp
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares
If using SFTP, go to /opt/retropie/configs/all/atari5200/retroarch.cfg, or if using Samba-Shares, go to configs/all/atari5200/retroarch.cfg.
Add core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/atari5200/retroarch-core-options.cfg" to the retroarch.cfg above the #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg" line.