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Okay, thanks, I suppose I can gIve that a try. I'm using the latest stable version. You would recommend reinstalling that over switching to a nightly or older version? And can I leave all the box images and such in Launchbox, or should I delete and reinstall that, too? From what I'm hearing/reading, RA is worth this effort, but if I keep running into issues, I may go back to individual emulators.

Dang! After adding more systems, the super-speed issue returned. It appeared on NES, SNES, and MAME. N64, Daphne, and Dreamcast all seemed fine. Though N64 could get a bit "twitchy" sometimes, like when I'm in 1080 Snowboarding in the character select screen and hit the Start key instead of A or B or whatever. After toggling various video settings on and off to test things, I set everything back to how I had it, and shut down LB. About 30 minutes later I started up LB and the speed issue was gone I still have Audio Sync and Hard GPU Sync on. Any thoughts on what might be happening?

Thanks, Soulchip! That was the final piece I needed to get it all working. For some reason the more complex string just wasn't working for me.

Thanks for all the input. I'll probably mess around with a few more cores after I get some more systems up and running.

Bam! That did it. Thanks! Needed to enable Hard GPU Sync. Should I also set # of frames for that?

Hello, I'm a Launchbox noob setting up for the first time. I've started with Retroarch and MAME & SNES cores (mame 2014 & tried both bsnes balanced and snes9x 2010). When I launch a game and start playing, it runs at crazy fast speed, about 20x to 30x speed I would guess. It does this in both MAME & SNES. I was using Hyperspin before, with dedicated console emulators, and games ran fine with that. Anyone have a clue what might be happening? Thanks. CPU: Pentium G2130 Ivy Bridge Dual-Core 3.2 GHz GPU: GT 640 Display: 4:3 CRT VGA monitor

Just starting to set up arcade and already frustrated with Retroarch GUI. They changed it apparently? Arrow keys are working instead of z & x, but interface now has multiple categories across the top like the PS3 GUI, and I can't figure out how to move across those. Only instructions I see online are for old GUI. EDIT: Nevermind, after starting RA up for a 4th or 5th time, the arrow keys suddenly started working to move main selections left/right. ...weird.

I think I'll be giving RA a try... for several systems, anyway. I watched a few videos, and it doesn't seem too terribly complex. As for the UI, it's not great, but not garbage either. However, while I won't say the PS3 UI is "bad" (lordmonkus), it's far from my favorite, and does sometimes border on irritating to me. But it's not like I should be spending too much time in it, right? As to your warnings, snarfo67, points taken, thanks, but they don't really apply to me, especially the controller stuff. I'm just setting up an arcade cabinet with a tankstick, and the only console games I'll have on it will be appropriate to those controls, or easily adaptable. If I want to play something odd, I'll just go pop a cartridge or disc into the actual console. Now I suppose i need to decide which systems to use RA for. I think Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, SMS, Genesis, Saturn, and PSX. Then use MAME, Daphne, and NullDC or Demul, Does RA have a good Atari 400/800 core?

Thanks bundangdon, but unfortunately, my Rocketlauncher isn't working right now. That's one reason I want to bypass it and just start over. I don't mind doing some tweaking here or there, but I'm looking for more simplicity in the setup right now. Also, I've forgotten how to use RL, so there's that.

Wow, I get back from the gym and here I already find myself with a project for the evening. Thanks, guys!

Thanks, Rincewind! I've started reading/watching a little about Retroarch, and I was a little dubious, but that may just be my old-school mentality kicking in. Does it complicate things a bit more? Are there drawbacks to using RA instead of individual emulators? And, maybe more importantly, can you recommend a good RA intro video or utube channel that may help with my trepidations?

Hello, I found my way here from a fluke viewing of a MetalJesusRocks youtube vid. I'm glad I caught it, because my arcade cabinet has been collecting dust for around 2 years, and Launchbox sounds like it may be just what I need to resurrect it. I was using Hyperspin and Rocketlauncher until I ran into an issue where a 2-player game key-combo (using a Tankstick) was kicking us out of the game. It had been so long since I set it all up that I mis-remembered how everything works, and in trying to fix the problem I instead made Hyperspin completely unusable. After several attempts to fix it, I gave up in frustration. I would have to relearn everything and almost start from scratch. So... dust collector. From what I've read and seen on youtube the last couple of days, Launchbox might be my savior. Since I already have all my emulators, roms, and game videos set up for HS & RL, I wanted to ask if it should be a simple, straightforward matter to set up from here? Anything I might want to watch out for? From some of the videos I've seen, I'm thinking i may want to update some emulators, too. And before anyone suggests I keep Rocketlauncher, please don't, I want to leave that hair-pull-inducing monstrosity far behind me. Thanks