@RetroFox

It's possible to have Daphne exit with the combination you want by using an external mapping solution. I have all all my emulators exit using 'select+start' to match the RetroArch scheme. You can find a guide here tailored specifically to RetroPie. The learning curve is somewhat steep, so you'll want to decide if the juice is worth the squeeze.

@derebo The ROMs with pat the end are for the Pioneer board. From the .txt file inside of one:

Pioneer version of board uses same ROMs as Hitachi version, except 5473c and 5474a are not used, and IC3 (5596) and IC10 (?) are added. NoTE: The ROMs in IC3/IC10 on my board are apparently not the same as the 'standard' ones. I was told that these ROMs did not work when swapped into a board that had a different set, and vice-versa. If I can find out any more info (and/or get a dump of the other ROMs), I will!

OK so the difficulty thing I got working fine so that now hides the arrow and action presses.

I've ditched the idea of going directly into the Daphne Emulator at bootup since I found a better theme that I don't mind it as much having the option up there before going to the game selection.

So the only two problems I'd still like to figure out is:

Why in Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp when I die it starts to play the death scene and then a second or two of another death scene before going back to the next life.

And the Cthulhu PCB not being recognized after it's reboot. Checked other forums regarding the Cthulhu PCB and no one seems to have any info with it regarding RetroPie and why it doesn't get recognized on bootup until it's unplugged and plugged back in.