Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC (short for Colour Personal Computer) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.
Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
---|---|---|---|---|
lr-caprice32, CapriceRPI | amstradcpc | .dsk .cpc | none | /opt/retropie/configs/armstradcpc/retroarch.cfg |
Emulators: CapriceRPI, lr-caprice32
ROMS
Accepted File Extensions: .dsk .cpc
Place your Amstrad CPC ROMs in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amstradcpc
Joystick Controls Setup
As usual for a "classic" computer, a keyboard is needed for optimum input control. Flight simulators or complex building simulations require a variety of key combinations. For further input we need a connected (real) keyboard or a Virtual Keyboard. This can be called with the START+Y-Button of your PAD in lr-caprice32 (older versions < 4.5 make use of Y-Button only)
When we talk about joysticks, these are directly interpreted as cursor inputs by the CPC. The fire button is displayed as X
. So if you press right HAT button a right arrow will be printed. So you see the CPC interprets the joysticks input as ASCII code, very unsimilar to the Atari 2600 or C64. But the devices use all a D-SUB-9 connector and theoretically even a Megadrive/Genesis PAD could be connected to this machines (afaik Start or Select button bridges 5V and Ground -- risk of a short circuit with possible damage to original hardware).
JoyPad setup for lr-caprice32
By default the RetroPad
is selected as controller input we have to select Amstrad Joystick
to make the Virtual Keyboard work. Enter the retroarch core by using SELECT + Y
on your pad, now use Retroarch -> Quickmenu -> Controls -> User [1-4] Select Device Type Amstrad Joystick and save the overlay.
Now you can launch the Virtual Keyboard to configurate any game. If the overlay window seems to stuck then press Select-Button on your pad to activate it and move its white cursor with the HATs. A-Button selects the character.
A more elegant way is to directly edit the configuration file with nano /opt/retropie/configs/amstradcpc/retroarch.cfg
and add input_libretro_device_p1 = "513"
. So the file could look like this
# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line
input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/amstradcpc/"
input_libretro_device_p1 = "513"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "513"
#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
JoyPad setup for CapriceRPI
Default keys:
* Analog1 / HATs is cursor control
* Y-Button brings up the Virtual Keyboard
* X-Button brings up configuration menu (with possibitly for save state)
* B-Button is FIRE (lr-caprice uses A-Button)
* A-Button is character Z
CapriceRPI
If you are open into a ROM from EmulationStation and it opens to a blue screen you can type
CAT
e.g. CAT results:
CABAL .BI1
CABAL .BI2
CABAL .BIN
CABAL .LV1
RUN"CABAL
@
when you try to type "
, then the Pi may be configured for the English (UK) keyboard layout, in which case you can type "
by trying to type @
.
QUICK START CONTROLS
F5: reset
F6: exit
Keyboard Controls will vary by game
lr-caprice32
lr-caprice32 utilises Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/amstradcpc/retroarch.cfg
Links of interest / References
[Solved] Amstrad CPC - Virtual Keyboard? lr-caprice32\ How to remap Keyboard chars to specific Joypad buttons