@sleve_mcdichael Thanks for your help. Swapping USB ports doesn't work, perhaps because the iCode controllers are all linked to 1 USB connection. The script looks very cool, and I think would solve the problem except for assigning controllers per individual games within rom's (the script handles global and rom-specific, but not individual game setup). I assume it just links to retroarch config, but I'd have to use some method to reassign while within each game I'd like to customize.

@mitu sorry topic. freudian slip.

@sleve_mcdichael Iv turned the joystick round, wired them both the same on the decoder, reconfigured. Tryed the joystick and seems ok, so just gotta play a few games when i can get the time now, i still gotta do the christmas thing, but should find out in a bit. thanks for your help

@sleve_mcdichael You are THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so embarrassingly ignorant. I have spent 2 weeks trying to fix this and it was just the order I plugged the buttons into the controller? AAAAUUUUGGGGGGG!!!! Thankfully I can (and frequently do) laugh at myself;)

Thank you again!!

Rob

I haven't tried it using FBneo so maybe I'll do that. Failing that I'll just get hold of the NES version I guess.

@seannyboy08 Can't know without finding the cause of the issue.

@mitu thank you! So once I do this, it will allow me to choose if I use the joystick/controller for a game? Do I have to input the user binds for each input?

@iandaemon one option might be to use one of these atari flashback joysticks. Haven't tested myself but it supports the extra buttons youd need
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It was that indeed. Sorry, I had forgotten that I had a previous emulationstation (yes, from Ubuntu repos) install in the machine. I just re-installed the machine, and got everything from the RetroPie-Setup script this time. It works like a charm!

Thanks a lot for you help!

@r3fear that screen is started by Emulationstation, so you cannot use a script to launch it, since it's within the application itself.