@capeman Thank you.
I'll just stick with the vga crt set up, I'm more than happy with the results right out of the box (I'll have a play with some settings myself) compared to the lcd with scanline shader effects.

Much appreciated.

A little update to my own issues.

The color issues where solved with adjusting the TV. The games going back to the menu are not an issue with the TV, (duh) I forgot I refreshed the build and probably need to adjust what emulator the rom uses. I'll need to play with the resolutions a bit more to see what looks best, I made some progress with the TV output settings but will probably just run the options remotely through ssh to adjust retropie / emulator settings.

Now if only I could magically shave 50-75 lbs off the CRT! (the things a beast)

@CrossCheck The advXYZ set of utilities (including the emulator) are installed in /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin - see Advmame. You'll have to run them from a command line, outside of EmulationStation.

I set my desktop to 640x480 and now there is black bars on the left and right. Possibly because ntsc is 720x480? This is better though as the image isn't squished anymore.

EDIT: That did it. 720x480 with a render resolution of 640x480 gives me a full 4:3 picture in moonlight. Cheers.

CRT... I watched a fun video on those TVs before... just incase anyone is interested, here it is.

@ChoccyHobNob nice! I had no idea =)

@DJKatastrof, thank you for the details. Sounds like I should check into the background tiling. I'll play with that over the weekend.

Regarding image size - yup I was referring to boxart/screenshot images scraped for each game. Sometimes I have seen larger ones cause stuttering when moving between games in the list.

If you up for sending me the theme yes that would be awesome and helpful to compare. And vise versa if you want any help sorting through z-index items or other theme aspects don't hesitate to ask either.

Thank you for your help

No one have any idea? Something to do with hdmi timings maybe? How do I solve this?

I highly recommend the workbench theme from Rookervik: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5552/release-amiga-workbench-emulationstation-theme

It's my daily driver! Clean and easy to read with a pixelated touch. My favorite thing about it is that lots of info is shown at the same time and stuff rarely gets cut from the side on a CRT.

Also, if you say you're using a CRT, I just wanted to link you a cool little script I use to set the overscan: https://github.com/ukscone/set_overscan
Super useful, play around with the disable_overscan and overscan_scale values to make sure the system does what you want.

@caver01 thanks for your suggestions, I did change the theme and it helped a bit, but the main issue was my overscan settings. Uncommenting and increasing the left and right values slightly made a huge difference. Feels much more official now, lol. Thanks again.

@mikechi2 Hi mike! Any news about RetroTINK-ULTIMATE?

Hi @Capeman! I'd like to resume your work. What do you think? Can I start from your semifinished piece? Can you share the partial theme package? thank you so much

@edmaul69 Yes, tried the game mode. Thanks!

@redmomi Np Happy CRT Gaming 😉

@UserFlynn

Unfortunately, it isn't that simple. If you want to play these games, you'll need to look into a Windows or Mac-based setup with a PC gaming gun solution from either Ultimarc, ArcadeGuns.com or Mayflash.

@Emre https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@Jakob-Holz glad to see it is working for you. Unfortunately so many guides tell you to add lines to the bottom of the config but fail to mention it is already on the page somewhere else and may or may not be # hashtagged out.

@mmmfloorpie This is the cable I'm using. https://www.amazon.ca/Zune-A-V-Output-Cable/dp/B000IXLHOM

thank you so much, that seems to have completely fixed it! is there any other way i can force screen settings without getting this error?