@mitu said in Making Gambatte tell the difference between GB and GBColor: core_options_path = That was the bit I was missing. Never seen a "core_options_path =" line before. Thanks :)

Okay so I ended up reflashing the sd card and start from scratch, which helped.

@mindfieldx Yes, it's part of the 4.5 release: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/commit/47035624de6e26b52a9c0d7529926c307440a6f5

@DetroitKp The 2nd config you posted (corresponding to the USB controller being plugged in) is a full RA config, that is produced when you save the config from the GUI (or enable saving on exit). Are you sure it's the same file you're posting ? I don't think there's any mechanism in RetroPie to switch those files depending on the controllers used. Maybe the 1st file is the one from /opt/retropie/configs/all and the 2nd one from the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade ? When you configure a controller, Emulationstation will create a controller configuration file in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads with the button mappings, and that's all. Your configuration steps are fine, and to choose what player the controller gets assigned, you indeed have to set input_playerX_joypad_index. So 1st controller would have the index 0, assigning it to P3 would be input_player3_joypad_index = 0 etc. You can leave input_autodetect_enable to true , otherwise the auto-config mapping for the controller would not be loaded. I would check where the 2nd file is coming from and if it's from the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade folder, you should reset it to default: # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/" #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

I found the problem (or just one solution atm). There is something that libretro does not like in the driver implementation. Now I can fully play the Super Mario in the PC browser and on Android Chrome in my smartphone. Sorry for the noise and thanks for your time, but hopefully everyone will benefit from this once I have made a demo.

@raulitob You need to learn how folders and paths work in Linux. And also read carefully forum posts. In Linux, ~ has a special meaning - it's the home folder of the logged on user and its path is /home/<username>. So you're 2nd listing shows the contents of the ~/RetroPie/roms folder (=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms) and NOT the /RetroPie/roms folder. Please re-read by previous post on configuring the cache folder in Skyscraper's config.ini - which path did I specify ?

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.)

@SpudsMcToole I wonder if you get the same results by using content_directory="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x68000/ That might be something worth setting for disc based games.

@mediamogul That sorted the Channel F (with a bit of tweaking), cheers. The Astrocade I'd already fixed, and it works fine for every game I've tried EXCEPT Space Fortress (unfortunately the best game on the system), which used to run fine but now goes at about 1fps. I tried using your .RC file instead, but the exact same thing happened. The really freaky one is the Arcadia, though. I can get it to run no problem, right up to the point where I start any game, at which point it plays them by itself. No matter how I set the controls, the player ship will just lurch around, moving and shooting (or whatever) all on its own, regardless of whether I touch the controls or not. But here's the REALLY wacky part. If I boot up Pleiades on the Arcadia, it plays through the first three stages by itself. It's pretty good - it clears them all. So I wondered if I'd (somehow) recorded and then played back a previous game. But THEN, and only then, it gives me back control for the last stage (the one where you steer onto an airstrip dodging the parked ships). Keyboard and joystick both control the ship perfectly. Once I've steered to the target and completed the stage, the Pi takes over and plays by itself again. If anyone can explain any of THAT, I'm all ears.

@SpudsMcToole That's a pity. I've only got 4 games setup at present so haven't encountered that problem (albeit for some reason Elite simply won't work when I chain load it - I'll need to check whether it works with the run command instead).

I tried it and still, for some reason, it didn't work.

@Clyde yeah it worked without the remove command. ty :)

@mitu Same things happens...no folders (all, nes, snes and so on) will be copied. Nothing happens. It´s really odd. And...it´s ONLY the config folder that this happens to...all other folders seems to be copied.

@kane72 Ok I have tried that, switched to 4.3 and then attempt to launch and the Pi completely disconnects form the TV at that moment. I dunno. I'm ready to give up on this. I have made two posts and a great amount of time researching the internet for solutions with little responses either informing me that most people either just don't know or don't want to del with me on this. It is evident that some things are simple and self explanatory and other issues are much more complex and probably require an advanced knowledge of tech. I'm not sure if I would give my kids one of these things but on the flipside I have enjoyed learning the other aspects of the Pi. I will probably end up starting with a fresh copy of Retropie as all this screwing around has either erased files I have uploaded or change settings that I do not know how to fix. I do really appreciate your response .

Ooh! That's fantastic. Thanks.

@SartreFan please start a new topic with details. Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@drago-supremo The default settings - of the RetroArch included in RetroPie - is to use and preserve the apect ratio of the emulator used, scaled to the resolution of the your output. If you still want to change it, you can use the Runcommand launch menu (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#runcommand-launch-menu) to set the resolution per core (emulator) or game.

Look for the .rc file at /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame But be careful. Changing the .rc file is tricky and a can result in a failure to boot into advmame.

Blimey, blimey, blimey, blimey, blimey and blimey again! I swear that I'm not a paranoid schizophrenic, but I deleted the config files in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all/cfg/ rebooted a few times and the erroneous behavior was gone and my settings were not gone even though I deleted the settings files... Now for that weird behavior from pcsx-rearmed. Maybe that will disappear itself too.