@davidstone83 If you are using lr-mame2003 and you have configured your keyboard and controller correctly in emulation station then select should be coin and start should be start. These are the default buttons for RetroArch emulators. It sounds to me like you have borked something or you are using a third party image.

@chrissphinx Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Make sure you are using an official image, or have done a manual install yourself. We will not support 3rd party images.

there will probably be alot of work to have the boxart and videos on the external wont there

Well guys, I won't be tearing apart the NES! :)

@meleu @itsnitro Is there a way to connect my cartridge slot to the pi and get it to run? I would like to keep as much a I can original, and I will refurbish it a bit. But I'd still keep as much as I can original. Possibly even the remotes VIA an adapter. Even the metal plates I'll keep. So if there is a way to convert my own current slot to the adapter that would be great. (Also I live outside of the USA, so shipping can be very expensive.)

@XVO That's actually not too terrible since it comes with controllers (assuming they work well).

im not sure on the version i dont know how to find out. but ya it still works in my pie 2
the image and instructions i used where from the petrock i think and it was a new sd card.
i did hget a sd card with noobs on it already when i got the pi3 and i started it up tht that and instaled rasbian but that shouldnt matter if i take that card out and put my retropie card in right

With the initial instal you should have folders for all the systems supported.

0_1491786919877_upload-1189b81c-f415-4b0f-a811-a6c6fedefe2d

this is an example of how the roms directory will look inside something like WinSCP. You can also access your roms directory through samba by typing \\RETROPIE into your file explorer's menu or alternatively \Exa.mple.Ip.Address for example mine would be \\10.0.0.4

Good luck with the project, but you can fit everything in the case without removing ports from the Pi. I even (almost) fit a USB drive inside.

I mean, if you want to, you can, but it's not required for it to fit.

@jesterking said in Backup my retropie error?:

That being said, the best... method of backing up the entire SD card that I could find is in this link

At the end of the day, making an sd backup externally really is the best, most all-encompassing method. The same advice is given in the official RetoPie documentation as well.

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/updating-retropie#making-a-backup-option-1

Nuke them? Heh, are you secretively running an underground 0day box lol. You can enable root and connect to the Pi trough your PC via an FTP browser such as FlashFXP, you can immediately browse trough all dirs remove files etc.

I got it working!! you may close this thread if need be or leave it open for everyone to see if this can help them anyways.....

i feel really dumb but live and learn right anyways so i extracted the iso from the gz file using 7zip which i did not read up on stupid of me anyways i used winflash tool and burned the img on to my sd card and it corresponded took the retropie and finished :)

still does not explain why at first it would not take my sd card when i flashed it and put NOOB on it as i was not burning on to the sd because it states it does not require a burn but anyways :D

@AlexMurphy

@herb_fargus edited my reply, see where i made the mistake in my answer

Thanks the 7" is a ribbon cable, leaving my HDMI port free on the Pi.. .. Having a Bluetooth issue as well will start a new thread.

@MacEns Try going into /boot/config.txt and remove the hash symbol at the start of config_hdmi_boost=4. This will increase the HDMI signal. Or swap out the cable. If it is displaying on and off and your TV is giving you that warning I would say that is your issue. This value can also be changed up or down.

@curt7088 good to know that everything is working now :)

Nice build

@BuZz
Thanks a lot, it's working now! :)