@mitu ... oh! of course... I honestly thought I was typing that into the LR/RA forum ... senior moment I suppose. I even went looking for replies and couldn't even find my OP.

@Ashpool thanks for the reply! ... you've helped me rule out some things and gave me more to think about and research. I'm determined to get RetroArch working seamlessly with both a keyboard and my arcade controls (none of which resembles a gamepad go figure!)

@barbudreadmon

That's what I was trying to find online.

In the video description, he stated it was only intended for FightCade.

None of the comments helped any.

I just needed for Retroarch in Retropie to ignore two CRC errors.

But yeah, this worked!

Looks really good too!

Thank you in bunches! :D

@mitu Thank you so much! This fixed the problem. I was sure it wasn't a wiring issue, but I guess it goes to show how little I really know about computers, lol. Thanks for the help :)

@jayuni100 see here:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#how-would-i-start-from-command-line-say-the-snes-emulator-by-itself

/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ "<SYSTEM>" "<ROM>" To automatically start a specific system and a game directly instead of EmulationStation, you need to edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh and add the above line (again replacing the variables with your own values). Then, in the same file, remove any line containing #auto entirely to avoid EmulationStation or KODI to autostart again.

@ExarKunIv

Just got sound working op the pi5.
I need to edit the chown line in the script in order to make sure the config file has the correct rights.
Seems the suggestion from Lolonois to edit that line wasn't correct.
If the rights are ok then you can alter the audio driver/output in the UI and it will be saved in the config file.

Made the commit.

Welcome to the forum :)

Wow, this hardware is also already retro. However, it can be refurbished for the 2020s.

For the Pi 4 or 5 there has been recently a thread https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/36439

If smooth N64 emulation is a must then it is a Pi5.

The current IPAC won't work. But if you are satisfied (also in terms of inputlag) you can use a IPAC for USB. You can also wire the GPIO directly as you have 12 buttons per player. I recently released a project which is compatible with the Pi5 (and earlier).

You will also need some adapters between the Pi's micro HDMI and the monitor connection (VGA, DVI, regular HDMI). Driving a CRT is a different story.
For the Pi 5 you will also need an USB audio device (any C-Media compliant stick will do).

Have fun!

@WildDog Not my expertise there. You should make sure you are exiting the game properly to ensure that if the game is able to retain scores, it will. (Turning off the machine will not let scores save. You have to exit the game with the hotkey combo.)

@Lolonois that's perfect thank you

looking at the Linux build it's already compiled. when i get the pi version to start building it stats that OpenBOR is not found more specifically that /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openbor-fflns/OpemBOR is missing now i am going to try with the openbor that is able to be installed with the retropie setup and see if that works.

@BAZLOCO thanks. I did this years ago and the notepad file must have been overwritten. I will run the test then later the file w mappings. Appreciate it. Once done I will take a stab at altering intellivision. Much appreciated.

Yup, all good here now :)

@krullbeast said in games i can't get to work on pi4b driving me wakuwaku:

my set-up running MAME 2003 with non-merged 0.78 roms

From my experience, there is a 99.99% chance a part of that sentence is wrong, meaning either you are not using MAME2003 for those games, or you are not using 0.78 romsets for those games, logs would confirm. The 0.01% remaining would be that that your files are corrupt or that MAME2003 simply can't run those games (it'd be surprising but never say never about a MAME game flagged as working properly while it actually doesn't). Which leads to the main question: why you are using MAME2003 on a pi4 to run those games ? There are multiple options that are plain better, almost any other option actually.

@krullbeast said in games i can't get to work on pi4b driving me wakuwaku:

RetroPie Version Used: standalone version in PINN

So what is that exactly ? One of those 3rd party builds that are not supported here ? It would explain a lot about your issues.

@barbudreadmon oh I follow you now. And that's nice to know about the mame keys. That will be useful to me shortly.

Thank you again for helping me understand all of this.

Luckily in this instance, it was user error.

@wtstreetglow1 Just letting anyone in the future know that after my research. Final Burn Neo games still go in the fba rom folder and mame 078 go in the mame-libreto rom folder

@SaturnX said in Adding 2xUSB Gamepads to Arcade Setup for P3/P4?:

What’s the best approach for this such that I don’t muck up my controller settings?

There's not much to do besides connecting the controllers and configuring them in EmulationStation. The only caveat is the controller order - it's possible the external controllers to switch places with the encoders and replace the P1/P2 slots, but if you don't keep the external gamepads connected all the time it's not going to be a problem.

I’m concerned that I’ll mess up the controller configurations and I don’t have a complete understanding of how controller configuration files are set behind the scenes.

Generally the configuration files are matched based on the controller name, unless your external gamepads are also named DragonRise, ... (highly unlikely), configuration files will not be a problem.

Also is it possible to limit the 4p setup to just select games? Is that even necessary?

It's not necessary, you just have to pay attention to the games that have 4p/2p versions and not start the 2p when playing with 4 controllers by mistake (like TMNT / Sunset Riders / etc.).