ADAM Games on Retropie?

drylightn

Is it possible to run ADAM games on the Pie? I can't seem to find any info on it, so I assume it's a no?

mitu

@drylightn said in ADAM Games on Retropie?:

ADAM

What's an ADAM game ?

drylightn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

herb_fargus

Might be possible with coolcv or MESS. Haven't looked into it much but those would be the first two to check

flagrant99

coolcv 6.6 supports adam keyboard. See here. [https://sites.google.com/site/gregsqna/raspberry-pi/retropie/colecovision](link url)

mediamogul

@herb_fargus said in ADAM Games on Retropie?:

Might be possible with coolcv or MESS.

Both of those should work. The path of least resistance would definitely be CoolCV. I've used it to play a few Adam games and it's worked well.

drylightn

@mediamogul If I use coolcv, i wont be able to use overlays correct? Because it's not a libertro core? Also, would it be possible to create a seperate folder for my adam games and have that show up as a option on the emulation station main menu? I just would prefer not to mix the adam games in the same coleco folder which has my colecovison roms?

mediamogul

@drylightn said in ADAM Games on Retropie?:

If I use coolcv, i wont be able to use overlays correct?

Correct.

Also, would it be possible to create a seperate folder for my adam games and have that show up as a option on the emulation station main menu?

You can, but it's moderately involved. Also, if a pleasing aesthetic is what your aiming for, you'd also want to create artwork. If it's something you're intent on doing, I or someone else here will go into greater detail.

I just would prefer not to mix the adam games in the same coleco folder which has my colecovison roms?

You could always keep them separate by simply creating a folder at /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/ and name it something like 'Adam Games'. This is how I separate my TurboGrafx 16 and TurboGrafx CD games. Personally, I'm always more concerned with how a game runs and controls more than how it's presented. However, my profession centers around refining aesthetics for commercial output, so I do understand the appeal.

drylightn

@mediamogul Good idea on the directory thing. I may try that. From the sound of it online BlueMSX (which is libretro compatible) plays some of the carts. So maybe I'll try that first, and then switch over to Coolcv for other specific games that wont play.

100% agree that a pretty interface doesn't mean anything if the game runs like poo. It's just I've got so many of other systems running smoothly with overlays and fancy doodad's that the ones that don't drive me crazy in the back of my head. :)