# I messed up retroarch

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Tags:** retroarch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292 "2019-03-23T19:44:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gabo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/gabo/32/3505_2.png) [@Gabo](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Gabo)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292/1 "2019-03-23T19:44:34Z")

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hi, i think i messed up retroarch, i don´t know what i did but i can´t choose any option, i mean configure, anything, also the games that i installed i can’t play it because when i press B button to play the game, the game freeze and don’t let me do anything, and i have no sound in my game shell, help please!!!

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**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292/2 "2019-03-24T00:56:07Z")

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I guess mainly two causes:

\*os image is too old, and you did a launcher update

\*retroach is messed

you can flash a new os-image, v0.21 or v0.3

> [@GameShell OS image files (v0.3-0.4)](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/gameshell-os-image-files/355):
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> [[WeChat%20Image\_20190709185851]](http://dl.clockworkpi.com/clockworkos_v0.4.img.bz2) \*\*v0.4 latest release note:\*\* 1. Updated Linux Kernel to 5.2.RC4 2. Activated midi device support in Kernel by default (Tested with AKAI MPK mini, using USB OTG cable), preinstalled samplerbox in /opt 3. Updated Launcher to v1.25 4. Optimized menu icons and orders 5. Launcher now support theme selection, added OP1 dark theme provided by @stingray 6. Added more Indie Games, including Planet-Busters (Q1 Game Jam), No. 909 (Q1 Game Jam), 2048, Hurricane. 7. We will …

you can download a default retroarch.cfg in `/home/cpi/.config/retroarch` ← requires ssh

default retroarch.cfg is here

> <https://github.com/clockworkpi/GameShellDocs/blob/master/retroarch.cfg>

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**Author:** ![Gabo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/gabo/32/3505_2.png) [@Gabo](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Gabo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292/3 "2019-03-24T00:58:21Z")

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thanks man, i will do it,

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**Author:** ![Gabo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/gabo/32/3505_2.png) [@Gabo](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Gabo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/i-messed-up-retroarch/3292/4 "2019-03-24T03:21:16Z")

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dude, it works, I’m so thankful 🙂