I am a subscriber to ETA Prime on Youtube. I got this email today about the M30 Bluetooth controller from 8bitdo being reviewed. Looks like an awesome pairing for this case!

@FiKiBE the link is online.

@kleenax Could you please remove @BobHarris' pictures in your post? :) It's a little inconvenient for others to have to scroll over them again. You can edit your posts via the three little bars at the right side of the posts.

Very similar to my build (including the Mayflash), although I cut some grooves in the expansion slot to add some USB ports.

I wired the reset and power button to work as well, using a coupleof trimmed microswitches and GPIO pins, think I used the 'PiGirl' script to add them easily, then set the reset button as an exit emulator option, as I just couldn't configure that with a standard Mega Drive controller.

@mitu wow it worked! thank you so, so much!

You have to scrape for Megadrive.

After poking around a little longer I have realized that I am in fact an idiot and dropped the file in the wrong folder. This is embarrassing. That being said, this controller is pretty great for retro console gaming.

Maybe you did not install the USB HID quirks for Raspbian? It is a known issue with the older Linux kernels and is described here in the section "Installing USB HID Quirks for the GamepadBlock" at https://blog.petrockblock.com/2017/10/10/tutorial-gamepadblock-raspbian/.

Did you read the documentation?

V2 of my toolkit may help you out. I have a script to do this exact thing.
https://github.com/Shakz76/Eazy-Hax-RetroPie-Toolkit

If you take a look at my channel (in my sig) the legacy (old) version of my retropie toolkit will also do this for you.

Hope this helps!
Forrest/Shakz/Eazy Hax

@mitu

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-genesis-plus-gx/genesis_plus_gx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive/Castlevania - Bloodlines (U) [!].gen" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

@herb_fargus I love this kind of stuff! New games for old systems is awesome. Really hits the nostalgia button and offers something new too. Now if only I could get more than 7fps in Goldfinger N64 my life would be complete.

I just realized that like 5 minutes ago, just tested it and it works!
Stupid of me, but thanks for the reply!

@petrockblog Hi there, just seen your response.

Yes, thank you, will be in touch.

@petrockblog said in GamepadBlock and 6-button genesis/megadrive controllers:

Yes - the 6 button controller for Genesis can be used with the GamepadBlock. You can switch to 6 button mode with the button combination "A+B+C+Start+Up".

Cheers! :)

@bowman I have never had to use any additional software for file access from my Mac to Pi3. I have always just used the Finder, Go menu etc.

That said, you may have a folder permissions issue that you could check using command line. It will be in your long term best interest to pick up some linux command line knowledge and try connecting to your Pi with SSH. You may need to use the pi config to enable SSH, but once done, you can get in using Terminal. Try ssh pi@retropie.local and use the password raspberryto login and now you can navigate with command line to check permissions, delete files that are not visible from the Finder, etc.

Or you could try resetting the ROM directory permissions using the technique in the FAQ. This would be a lot easier if it fixes things.