# Picade with emulationstation not working

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076 "2017-06-20T11:20:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dbl](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/dbl)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076/1 "2017-06-20T11:20:08Z")

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Hi, I have a Picade board connected to a PI3 running Emulationstation. I have wired up the controller and buttons to the Picade. I cannot get the Emulationstation software to work with the Picade. Do I need to do something to enable it?

Apologies if this is a dumb question. I am new to PI and Picade.

Thanks, DBL.

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076/2 "2017-06-21T09:59:02Z")

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Picade PCB or Picade HAT?

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**Author:** ![mpiovra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mpiovra](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/mpiovra)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076/3 "2017-07-16T07:57:44Z")

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Hi there,  
Did you manage to solve the issue ?  
I just. Bought my Picade, built it and I have the same problem : Joystick and buttons work properly in Retropie menu but don’t work in all emulators, so I can’t play with anything.  
I have asked for support in the forum, but no one answered yet.

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**Author:** ![mpiovra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mpiovra](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/mpiovra)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-with-emulationstation-not-working/5076/4 "2017-07-16T08:04:34Z")

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Mine is Picade PCB that came with the Picade diy box set.