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      boots to command line. Emulation station won't load; illegal instruction

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      @mitu said in boots to command line. Emulation station won't load; illegal instruction:

      dmesg | grep Model

      Thank you. Nothing happened when I tried that command. However I tried cat /proc/cpuinfo and I do indeed have a Zero W (not what I ordered). I will flash the proper image for this model and try again. Thank you for the help!

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      n64 games 2 player support ?

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      @mitu said in n64 games 2 player support ?:

      Open the configuration file for Mupen64Plus in /opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini (also accessible via file shares at \\retropie\configs\n64\InputAutoCfg.ini) and remove the keyboard entry, see if it changes the player order.

      I removed the keyboard entry and rebooted and that solved the problem. Thanks!

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      Raspberry Pi 4B 10 Inch LCD Video Game Console to TV Includes 13000 Games problem

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      Yeah, I'd say the vendor probably "locked" their version of EmulationStation and it can't be altered without their action. The free official image as mitu directed is the best option if you want control over your system.

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      Newbie - Stuck at some kind of boot-up screen

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      @thesterninator a usb flash drive should not cause power issues. And seriously start fresh. It will teach you how the whole RetroPie system works.

    • UnknownU

      neo geo pocket help needed

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      @Unknown It will not disable them, the emulator can read both zip and 7z compressed files. If you have scraped the games already you could run into a problem with emulationstation looking for whatever-your-game-is-named.ngp instead of whatever-your-game-is-named.zip (or .7z) which can be solved by rescraping or editing the gamelist.xml for neo geo pocket.

      [edit: realized I worded the first sentence very poorly...]

    • UnknownU

      Having trouble with adding Nintendo DS

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      UnknownU

      I counldn't figure out how to use drastic, so I used Ir-dusume 2015 instead, which works great and is 10x easier to use.

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      RetroPie Doesn't boot on Pi model 3b

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      @mitu

      Hey thanks for your help, I actually have solved the problem via first installing raspbian then retropie following the video below after installing with NOObs and now I everything works as intended.

      Still have no idea why the boot didn't work for me but at this point I am more interested in relaxing and playing some lovely 8bit games on my Picade. May be I can bump this later on when my curiosity kicks back in.

      Have a great day.

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      new poor knowledged user needs help

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      @retroven As recommended have a look at the docs, but here is a couple of quick answers

      Most popular emulators are already installed and will show up automatically when you add roms. Optional emulators can be installed from retropie-setup if needed but for that you will need the docs Adding artwork is easiest using a scraper such as skyscraper https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/#lars-muldjords-skyscraper Not sure but probably. I haven't updated on my pi as it is all set up and working great
    • LerisL

      Mudlet: play retro online text games (MUD, MOO, MUSH, etc.)

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      I just remembered that Retropie is doesn't support Buster yet so it would'nt work on Retropie just yet.

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      Newbie question on adding Roms via USB

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      Thorr69T

      The auto-USB copy function has historically only copied NEW files from USB to Pi. It would go through the files on the USB stick and copy over anything that wasn't already on the Pi. You don't lose anything on the pi.

    • DanielsanD

      Dumb questions about Retropie ORA for OGST (Helps needed)

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      DanielsanD

      Even the Bezel issue has been solved, it shows the MD stuff as uninstalled while are properly installed...

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      Some buttons not responding during PS controller configuration

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      @AJ2425 said in Some buttons not responding during PS controller configuration:

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this points to it being a controller issue.

      Well, if the controller works with your PS2, then it's an adapter issue - you might want to get that checked - or try it also on a PC.

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      Questions about controller buttons, logins, and Steven Scraper

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      @mitu said in Questions about controller buttons, logins, and Steven Scraper:

      but when we're talking about custom tags,

      Thanks for the quick response. I'll try the autostart and login.

      I don't have any custom tags...I just want to make sure that the redone videos aren't overwritten by the original videos. I'm not too worried about the favorite/playcount/etc stuff right now. I just want to get this all up and running. I ordered a replacement SANWA JLF-TP-8YT-SK joystick to swap into my controller. The stock stick is not very accurate, but I got it super-cheap and couldn't pass it up.

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      Your favorite games...

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      My most favorite is Final Fantasy. I used to really like Minecraft (that I downloaded free from apknite), but my bias has turned to FF for a while

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      Pixel removal and reinstall

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      @mitu its reinstalling now thanks so much for your help i love the rasperry pi and am having a blast learning this

    • CederickC

      Current OC possibilities (Flirc Gen 2 & 3 B+)

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      CederickC

      Forgot to ask about the best memory distribution? Since I remembered that you can change it via startx pretty easily.

      Also thanks for the help so far!

      Using Kodi 18 Beta 4 as well now and I like it alot.

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      Micro USB extension question

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      KleenaxK

      Final Update:

      Turns out it was my charger all along . Here is what I ended up doing.

      From my Pi3 I run a DC Barrel Jack to Micro-USB B Male Connector (http://a.co/d/4yVdU3c) . Then from the barrel jack I have a normal power supply (http://a.co/d/7j0vMr3) . No voltage issues at all and everything seems fine.

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      Where to find Coding to copy paste for Retropie

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      @mcsteve

      Assuming your controller has enough buttons to support all of the N64 buttons, all of those buttons are available by default if you configured all of the buttons on your controller during the initial gamepad detection. If you need to reconfigure it I recommend resetting your controller configuration in the Retropie system menu->Retropie Setup so that it prompts you again.

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      Please help (games not showing)

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      @trendkiller

      I just wanted a retro machine to play some games and now it's backfiring on me and I'm out of a lot of money

      We see problems like this come up a lot with pre-made RetroPie setups found on places like EBay and Amazon. Unfortunately, the machines shipped out are usually just hanging by a thread of functionality due to the seller's lack of care/knowledge. As a result, we are unable to support these particular setups. RetroPie is actually free and runs on very inexpensive hardware. It's really important that you set the system up yourself so that you'll be more intimately acquainted with the components and better understand what may have gone wrong as problems arise. The good news is that, despite being initially scammed by an unscrupulous seller, you now own all the components necessary to begin fresh with a clean install of your own making. Should choose to do so, all the information you'll need is laid out here.

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      NES controller not working with New ControlBlock2 build

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      Also, the config file is located in the folder supplementary within the driver folder ControlBlockService2.