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    Trouble loading Emulators on Retro pie

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    • DougAD
      DougA @Salabros
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      @salabros Make sure you didn't unzip your ROMS. They are meant to be stored as ZIP files.

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        RedZombieHD @DougA
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        @douga said in Trouble loading Emulators on Retro pie:

        @salabros Make sure you didn't unzip your ROMS. They are meant to be stored as ZIP files.

        Are they? None of my roms are on my Pi as zip files. Only .nes for Nintendo games etc.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @RedZombieHD
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          @redzombiehd I think he refers to arcade (mame) ROMs, those are not meant to be unzipped.

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          • DougAD
            DougA @mitu
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            @mitu Correct, I should have been clearer.

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            • SalabrosS
              Salabros
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              I was finally able to see my ROMS now the trouble I'm having is once I load the ROM it doesn't let me use my controller. I can use it in the main menu to select the game I want BUT once the game loads it doesn't and I do see on the bottom left of the screen in yellow where it says "gamepad: xbox 360 controller usb" but I can't move or anything. I read somewhere that I might need a keyboard? Also on the main screen, the menu pops up doesn't have the option to configure gamepad anymore it only says "Sound setting". The version of Emulation station I'm using is v2.7.5

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Salabros
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                @salabros You should be able to configure your gamepad again, there is a Configure Input menu entry down on the start menu in Emulationstation. Does your controller work in Emulationstation ?

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                • SalabrosS
                  Salabros @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu it works on emulation station but it doesn't work after the rom is loaded.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @Salabros
                    last edited by mitu

                    @salabros Can you use the RetroPie-Setup script and re-install the xpad driver - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xbox-360-Controller/#xpad-driver - then re-boot and re-test ?

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                    • SalabrosS
                      Salabros @mitu
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                      @mitu I ended up having to reflash the micro USB it was damaged aparetnly. It works now... just have to do some fiddling around HA! Thanks for all your help guys!!

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Salabros
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                        @salabros said in Trouble loading Emulators on Retro pie:

                        I ended up having to reflash the micro USB it was damaged aparetnly

                        You mean the micro SD card ? Glad it worked out, welcome to RetroPie !

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