@barbudreadmon Yes, the problem was the hiscore.dat file. It turned out that instead of the actual file I did download the github html page containing the file.
Thanks.
Is there a screen in RetroArch that gives all the versions in one place? If not, how can I easily get my version numbers of RA, RP and lr-fba to post
Press Select + X while in game and the RetroArch RGUI should pop up. You can see the RA and emulator's version at the bottom of the screen.
RetroPie version is shown at the top of the dialog when you start the RetroPie setup script from Emulationstation
I found out that the issue I am having corresponds with the fba emulator that I am trying to use. Switching to Mame2003, the game will work and the scores will save, but the gameplay is superior on fba so I want to get that working.
@cl9yst9rr I just can't find configs/all or configs/arcade. I'm pretty new to this
you should fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first so we can better assist you. current versions of retropie should 'just work' with hi scores so you shouldn't have to change anything, but it depends on what version you're running, what emulator, what game, and so on.