@Substring yeah I get that. Once was the time I learned Visual Basic and tried c++ as a hobby. Now I'm struggling with controller mapping. Too much Sonic

@Substring 16 bits is the best era. Dreamcast? That was a shoddy old bit of tech anyway...funnily enough even on my 8 core pc I still cannot get Mame to run everything at speed. Too many variables I guess

@Substring thanks. I'll give it a try. I'm afraid too many years of windows have blunted my computing skill. But I'll try

@Substring is there a tutorial on how to do the core remap option per game? Like I said if not then I'll survive!

@Substring I actually only have issues on a couple of games. The keys are all messed up. I'll try your process but bottom line is if I can't manage it I'll just change the key bindings live when I want to play those games.

@Substring you misunderstand me. I know the only true emulator is the original system. What I meant was how far have you been able to exploit the pi3 hardware? What generation of system do you think runs at a smooth frame rate equal to the original system? Don't get me wrong as I enjoy playing stuff from the 8bit era mostly. It was a general question only just wondered what you guys were planning for the future. Oh I do have a mini crt but I assumed it would not work with the pi.

I was just wondering what is the most up to date system (computer/hand held/console) that it is possible to emulate smoothly with the current pi hardware? When I say smoothly I mean as it runs on the original hardware. And what is the next level of hardware required to break the next barrier of emulation? Also are any of the niche systems getting emulated in the future, or is that a not enough demand answer against how long it takes to code and integrate - BBC micro? Apple II? Atari Jaguar? CDi? 3DO?

@Pepe aha that makes sense. You are a star thank you. I will try it out

@Pepe thanks I have read this and tried it. No luck so I must be typing it in wrong. Does the first bit need to match the core name exactly? Or is it just a reference?

I bet I am posting this in the wrong section. Anyway I am trying to set a config specific to an emulator. I have read the manual and can get to the retroarch menu and make changes and also save the config file. I have even found where the file is saved. But I cannot make the recalbox config use these settings. Any ideas. What information is required?