Hey guys awhile back I bought a USB NES controller (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-NES-Controller-PC/dp/B002YVD3KM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388455255&sr=8-1&keywords=nes+usb+controller) and basically I want to play my NES games with it but when I go to setup the gamepad it wont let me save the settings cause I cant map enough buttons (its lacking like 4 buttons) is there anyway to force it to use the controller even though all the buttons wont work on all games?

also is there anyway to use a second keyboard so me and my dad can play?

I have made a project of creating the retro NES all in one gaming console using USB SNES controller and a 512 RPI.

After working my way through some of the initial hang-ups (ie, the path for config file has changed since 99.9% of the websites or forums have posted guides) I have now come to two issues that I haven’t been able to find a solid answer for.

The first is regarding wireless connection using a micro usb wifi dongle. I have the recommended Edimax 150Mbps nano usb wireless adapter, however I’m not sure how to go about setting up the wifi connection through RetroPi, or if it is even possible. An article I read recommends using the pre-installed GUI with the Raspbian OS, however the only thing I have installed on my card is the RetroPie. Is there a way to set up a wireless connection so I don’t need to plug in the ethernet cable with only the RetroPie installed, or do I need to partition the SD and load the Raspbian OS?

The second issue is regarding games lagging, particularly on larger games such as for the N64. I read in some previous postings on the N64 emulator that they were a bit buggy, some games don’t work and they may have lag issues. However, some of these articles were a bit dated, up to a year old. I figured there would be some improvements by now but I have not seen any “fixes” for game lag, and very few mentions of it at all. I read that I should overclock my RPi to the max it will go (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=58395) and also to enable frame skipping.
Are there any recommendations for fixing lag or making these games playable, or are the N64 games just not really in a working condition at the moment?

One final thought.. is it the same to run the config file and edit it in the command screen interface on the Pi as to use WinSCP from my primary computer, click “edit” on the .cfg and modify/save the text?

Any answers, suggestions or better links would be appreciated.

OK, So I have Retropie installed and the emulators up and running.

Everything works GREAT using both controllers in the Retropie Game select screens.

When I load Super Mario World, controller two becomes almost non responsive.

Controller 1 works just fine.

I’m using a pair of Tomee SNES USB controllers.

Both controllers are set up identically in the retroarch.cfg file

they both work flawlessly on the NES roms, but for some reason controller 2 doesn’t respond at all in SMW for the SNES.

Any suggestions?

Hey all! New member here (long time reader tho) with lots of love for this wonderful project! I have built this arcade cabinet for a dear friend and the final part is to get the controls set up for the only emulator I’m running on the Retropie – the Picodrive.

I have installed the IPAC-2 along with 2 arcade joysticks start buttons and action buttons, testing it’s functionality in various text editors and programming tools (downloadable from Ultimarc.com) and it’s working flawlessly. Setting up the Emulationstation controls works without problems too.

BUT

Since a week or so I’ve been trying to get the retroarch config file correct – all with various but all more or less catastrophic results =(. Nothing I do in the Retroarch config file seems to have any effect whatsoever and I’m getting really frustrated. I’ve been reading these forums trying out all kinds of things without success:

1. Updated pretty much everything
2. Tried to disable SNESDev
3. Installed a powered USB-hub
4. Reprogrammed the IPAC-2 controller to use the exact keys understood by Retroarch

Any hints, tips, suggestions or advice would be really appreciated since this cabinet will soon have to be wrapped up in christmas paper! =)

ps. English is not my native language so please ask me to clarify if some things doesn’t make sense ds.

Cheers and many thanks in advance!
Tomas

First of all, want to say thanks to petrockblog, aloshi, and everyone involved with this forum. the RetroPie is amazing (when it works) and it’s getting better every day.

Anyway, I just moved all my roms over to a USB flash drive. I finally learned how to make the pi automount the drive, and I pointed the es_systems.cfg to the right place so all the roms show up.

The problem is that the pi is listing all the roms in the directory first with a *__ in front of the file name. Then at the end of that list, all the correct file names show up. The ones with the *__ do not load, the ones without it do load. So I can deal with it for now but I don’t want all my roms showing up double, then having to scroll down to the correct ones in order to play games.

This only started happening when I used USB storage for the roms. Any ideas? it looks like these are showing up as hidden files in each directory, and the pi won’t let me delete them (using ssh)

Haven’t seen this problem show up anywhere else on this forum or on the net in general.

any help would be awesome, thanks

Hi All

I really need some help getting a controller working I have tried two avenues with no luck!

First I’ve tried a standard unbranded pc usb controller – which is recognised by the pie and lets me setup through the input configuration no problem. However when I come to save the input settings I just get ‘Script Error’. If I just select the Retro Arch emulator it does say done but then the controller won’t work in game.

I’ve also tried setting this up through the updated setup script it says controller is recognised but when it asked me to configure I just get time out when pressing buttons on the pad?

Secondly I’ve tried a wired xbox 360 controller – I’ve installed the xboxdrivers and enterered this code ‘xboxdrv -D i 0 –next-controller -i 1 –next-controller -i 2 –next-controller -i 3 –deadzone 4000 –dbus disabled’

This appears to set the controller up as the xbox light stops flashing and the player 1 light is on. However after pressing enter on the above command I get the message about the software being free to redistribute etc. but then just a flashing cursor no command prompt – when i reboot the xbox controller is no longer recognised!-( would using a powered usb hub solve this problem?

Sorry for the long post but if anyone can offer any assistance in getting either controller working it would be very much appreciated.

Many Thanks
Jason

Thought I would share a project I am currently working on. Sure other people have made this before but here is my take on it.

So far most things are working. Wired the SNES power button to the microusb extension cable. I also wanted all of the pi ports accesable so I think I did a decent job cramming them all into the back of the snes. All thats really left is making snesdev reboot with one button press on the gpio adapter, tweaking the emulators and settings, and adding a theme. Maybe a few other tweaks. Here are some pics:

I tried the new feature. I updated both setup script and binaries. I use a Xbox 360 remote controller with a usb receiver. A little feedback:
– /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/configs/, I had to create the directory. Is this correct?
– Why do you remove the keyboard input config from the es_input.cfg? It doesn’t hurt ;)
– also in es_input.cg, joystick section, the buttons configuration for left, right, down and up is missing or the d-pad. So I can’t navigate through emustation.

Hay all,

Thought I would share on here my RetroPie case. It has 2 ports for SNES connectors and a button on the front via the GPIO adaptor. Video and audio is via 3 RCA connectors at the back of the machine. Power and SD cards on the underside and USB on the top.

Files at Thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:180691

(PS its a long print, the shell took 11 hours on my printer with a further 2 hours for the base!)

Hi! I have my psx ROMS in a usb hdd. The frontend can see them and are playable, this isn’t the issue. The problem is that the system gives a timeout error when starting with the hdd conected, and before this, some emulators dont work properly. This is the error code:

udevd[190]: timeout: killing ‘/usr/share/usbmount/usbmount add’ [365]
udevd[190]: ‘/usr/share/usbmount/usbmount add’ [365] terminated by signal 9 (killed) done

Thanks in advance.