All the credit of the caprice32 Emulator to Ulrich Doewich
You can download the caprice32 original source code here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/caprice32/
This core also use some code from wiituka/pituka (c) 2004-2016 David Colmenero http://code.google.com/p/wiituka/
CPC464+/CPC6128+/GX4000 - ATM as Work in Progress (c) 2016-2019 Colin Pitrat https://github.com/ColinPitrat/caprice32
And of course for the RetroArch/Libretro team : "http://www.libretro.com"
The core work pretty well and give the fantastic ability to use the RetroArch Shaders.
Try some CRT shaders and welcome back to the 80s on you're good old CPC.
Launch a TAPE (cdt), DSK or M3U, and game should autostart.
| JOY BUTTON | CPC |
|---|---|
| B | FIRE1 |
| Y | SPACE |
| START | J (to select [J]OYSTICK on game-menu) |
| DPAD-UP | JOY-UP |
| DPAD-DOWN | JOY-DW |
| DPAD-LEFT | JOY-LEFT |
| DPAD-RIGHT | JOY-RIGHT |
| A | FIRE2 |
| X | S |
| - | - |
| L | INTRO |
| R | SHIFT |
| L2 | CTRL |
| R2 | COPY |
| JOY BUTTON | CPC |
|---|---|
| B | F1 |
| Y | F2 |
| START | K (to select [K]EYBOARD on game-menu) |
| DPAD-UP | Q |
| DPAD-DOWN | A |
| DPAD-LEFT | O |
| DPAD-RIGHT | P |
| A | SPACE |
| X | H |
| - | - |
| L | INTRO |
| R | SHIFT |
| L2 | CTRL |
| R2 | COPY |
JOY INCENTIVE (INCENTIVE GAMES)
| JOY BUTTON | CPC |
|---|---|
| B | SPACE |
| Y | W |
| START | F |
| DPAD-UP | CURSOR-UP |
| DPAD-DOWN | CURSOR-DW |
| DPAD-LEFT | CURSOR-LEFT |
| DPAD-RIGHT | CURSOR-RIGHT |
| A | A |
| X | C |
| - | - |
| L | P |
| R | L |
| L2 | R |
| R2 | U |
If you press [SELECT] you could make a combo with other buttons:
| JOY BUTTON | ON CPC WRITES |
|---|---|
| SELECT+B | CAT |
| SELECT+Y | |CPM |
| SELECT+A | RUN"DISK & RUN"DISC |
| SELECT+X | |TAPE & RUN" |
| SELECT+START | SHOW VIRTUAL-KEYBOARD |
| SELECT+DPAD-UP | [1], [Y] |
| SELECT+DPAD-DOWN | [2], [N] |
| SELECT+DPAD-RIGHT | [3], [R] |
| SELECT+DPAD-LEFT | [4], [S] |
F9 MEM SNAPSHOT LOAD/SAVE
F10 MAIN GUI
F12 PLAY TAPE
Choose AMSTRAD KEYBOARD in Quick Menu > Controls to customize your retropad keys per game.
When you have a multi disk game, you can use a m3u file to specify each disk of the game and change them from the RetroArch Disk control interface.
A M3U file is a simple text file with one disk per line (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U).
Example :
Alive (F).m3u
Alive (F) - Disk 1A.dsk
Alive (F) - Disk 1B.dsk
Path can be absolute or relative to the location of the M3U file.
When a game ask for it, you can change the current disk in the RetroArch 'Disk Control' menu :
- Eject the current disk with 'Disk Cycle Tray Status'.
- Select the right disk index.
- Insert the new disk with 'Disk Cycle Tray Status'.
When the core start, the first disk will be mounted and the first executable autostarted (if autostart is enabled).
If the autolaunch option of the core does a pretty good job to guess what command must be executed to launch a game on the CPC, there is some problems (cpm disk and strange catalogs for the most).
You can specify a command to be executed on the CPC when the emu launch.
All you have to do is to add a comment like this in the m3u file :
#COMMAND:<YOUR_COMMAND_HERE>
Even for one disk game, you can create a m3u file like this one :
Jack the Nipper II... In Coconut Capers.m3u
#COMMAND:|CPM
Jack the Nipper II... In Coconut Capers (E).dsk
If enabled a RUN the first bas/bin found in DSK
Select Joy/Overlay configuration
Select internal resolution, the 544p option is almost for games that uses mode 2 (hires mode, very rare)
Select disk/tape model (6128) or just tape model (464), 6128 is the most compatible model to play
Select color monitor or monochrome
Emulated Monitor brightness, default value is 8.
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CPC-PLUS model is in WIP state, do not use yet.
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Android version is not fully tested/optimized.
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Old3DS need some optimizations (~18fps).