Ronoh55, thanks for the tips. I decided to start from a clean RetroPie Raspberry Pi 2 Version 3.0 BETA 4 and followed my previous steps and I got it to work.

However I ran into the same trouble you had I think in which the maps just loaded as tiles. I read your posts, but am not quite clear as to how or when to apply the patch you mention. Any chance you can write up some directions on how to download and apply the patch? If so, maybe I can then write up a full step by step tutorial on the most recent version of RetroPie.

Thanks for you help, this is a great game, I am getting my buddies addicted to it!