IR-CD-I ???

Folly

@escc1986

Step 3 :
Goto :

emulationstation
RetroPie
RetroPie-Setup
manage packages
manage experimental packages
lr-mess-cdi
install the source ( is a fast install )

escc1986

ok i just renamed the directory
ok i just downloded the pack did

wget https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup
--2020-09-27 18:49:39--  https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.112.4
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.112.4|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘RetroPie-Setup’

RetroPie-Setup          [  <=>               ] 127.99K   597KB/s    in 0.2s

2020-09-27 18:49:40 (597 KB/s) - ‘RetroPie-Setup’ saved [131066]

escc1986

now im not sure how to unpack it ? or did i just unpack it by downloading it ?

Folly

I presumed you would download it through your browser and than you have to unpack it and push it with filezilla to your pi.

However you can use this (if you are in your /home/pi directory) :
git clone https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup.git

This will not work :
wget https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup

escc1986

@Folly

im sorry i never learned how to change diectorys in putty ...

ad since that didnt work ... im a bit confused , sorry to be such a noob and a bother

so in putty how do i change directory ?

or

how do i download it on my browser and extract the files via filezilla ?

(ok i downloded this from the site (RetroPie-Setup-master.zip)

What should i do with RetroPie-Setup-master.zip

Folly

@escc1986

Through putty you are in the terminal or CLI ( command line interface ) of your pi.
So you can run programs and use bash commands.
You can find out your "private work directory" by typing :
pwd

This will give you the path you're in at the moment, and should give you :
/home/pi

If that's the case you can use the "git clone" command.

escc1986

@Folly

thank you

i typed pwd
said i was in home/pi

then i used the git clone https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup.git

then this message appered

git clone https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup.git
fatal: destination path 'RetroPie-Setup' already exists and is not an empty directory.

nott sure if i did something wrong

Folly

@escc1986

Earlier you tried the wget command.
This created a file called RetroPie-Setup.
You have to remove that file with this command :
rm RetroPie-Setup

Than try "git clone" again.

escc1986

@Folly

sorry for the mess

i did the
rm

typed the git clone

hjere is the message

 git clone https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup.git
Cloning into 'RetroPie-Setup'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 16, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (16/16), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
remote: Total 34313 (delta 10), reused 10 (delta 10), pack-reused 34297
Receiving objects: 100% (34313/34313), 21.96 MiB | 9.28 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (24919/24919), done.

looks like it got downloded properly , thank you

now what is the next step i should take

Folly

@escc1986

You did great, you will learn big time with this.

Step 3 :
Goto :

emulationstation
RetroPie
RetroPie-Setup
manage packages
manage experimental packages
lr-mess-cdi
install the source ( is a fast install )

escc1986

@Folly

thank you kindly for the encouragement , im sweating bricks here lol ... i guess cause all this is new and im filled with nerves

ok i just installed from source

Folly

@escc1986

I can imagine. ;-)

Now a difficult part !

Step 4 :
You will have to find the BIOS roms.
lr-mess will look for this BIOS file : cdimono1.zip

Normally it would contain :
cdi200.rom
cdi220b.rom
cdi220.rom

But with the "new lr-mess" it has to contain :
cdi200.rom
cdi220b.rom
cdi220.rom
zx405037p__cdi_servo_2.1__b43t__llek9215.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7201
zx405042p__cdi_slave_2.0__b43t__zzmk9213.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7206

The last 2 files can be taken from the cdi910 file. (think it's also a zip)

So if you have both files (cdimono1.zip and cdi910.zip). Unzip those 2 and create a new zip file called cdimono1.zip that contain the 5 files described above.

You have to push that file to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS like you normally would do.

escc1986

@Folly

thank you

please give me a moment to try to find these zips

Folly

@escc1986

Indeed that can take a while.
Tomorrow we will go further.

Have your games ready :-) (*.chd)

Good luck !

escc1986

@Folly

honestly , Thank you for the kindness and patience with me :)

i compiled the 5 files you requested

made them into one zip cdimono1.zip

do i put it in the root of the bios folder

or in the mame folder ?

i have 1 chd game to test ;) "Hotel Mario "

Folly

@escc1986

Your welcome.
You can always upvote my important posts, you know. ;-)

Well this way I also learned a thing or two.

Just put your cdimono1.zip in the BIOS directory :
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/cdimono1.zip

We are not done yet !
We will have to work on the config files.
This is also not an easy task.

For now you can try to run your game.
If it starts, you come into the Philips CD-I BIOS menu.
You will probably notice that the pionter is drifting and that the joystick buttons will not work.
Also the mouse and mouse buttons will not work and you will see a black emulated "liquid crystal display" in the screen with "CD-I"
If buttons are not working, you can't press the "play" button, so you can't start the game !

These symptoms are due to the fact that lr-mess has also config files.
In other words, lr-mess is not a pure libretro core.
It's a sort of chameleon.

So it took me 1,5 years to get the mouse fully working !

Step 5 :
To make it easier for you, you can just use my configs.

Placed my configs here :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/retropie-philips-cdi-tools
I advise you to download it with your browser and extract it.
The configs are in the config directory. Then you have to push those files with filezilla to /opt/retropie/configs/cdimono1/<config files>
( Remember to make a backup of your old config files first !)

In these configs I :

enabled the mouse (does not work if you run emulationstation from the a Desktop enviroment, should work for you though)
added joystick/mouse buttons
removed the black CD-I lc-display within the screen
turned off the "gui" of lr-mess so "tab" key will not work

If you are interested :
I have bundeled all information, about the configs, in my script (not working at the moment with the "new lr-mess") :
Just open retropie_philips_cdi_setup.sh with a text editor.
You can read that if you want.
Though the directory's are different, the info of the configs are essentially the same.

escc1986

@Folly

Your so Helpful , Thank You For Everything

I was able to get everything to work thanks to you

I ran into some trail and errors with my set up but everything seems to be working for me now

From my tweaking I decided to stick with the default configuration ( I like the "Tab" key GUI for more options )

at first I tried the game and your right , nothing worked , I then proceeded to copy all your configuration setting in mine and got the mouse to work ... except my controller Dpad wasn't working , and the tab button wasn't working

So I did a reinstall to get the default settings , yes nothing works , mouse is disabled and all with default settings

So I tried this

I then opened the RetroArch GUI

Went to Options
Enabled In Game Mouse

And viola!!!!

The mouse worked for the CD-I Start up menu

I then proceeded with tab (opened up cd-I GUI )and configured my controller to the appropriate settings to play "Hotel Mario "

This is Great and Wonderful , Thanks to you :)

My only trouble some thing right now is I have that Horrible big White CD-I logo in my screen while playing any game

May I ask what is the appropriate settings that I should change or add so I can still my Screen cleared of this logo ?

Hope you can guide me

Thank you

Folly

@escc1986

Great to hear it's working.

To remove that logo you have to go to the "gui" of lr-mess with the "tab".
Choose video options and then select : Main Screen Standard (4:3)
I think when you exit the "gui", the video option will be saved.

Folly

@escc1986

You should know that with this new lr-mess, DVC (Digital Video Cartridge) games will likely still not work.

escc1986

@Folly

Thank you once again Folly , you have been so nice by helping me and I appreciate it so much

I made the video changes as you suggested and it worked wonderfully , also yes it does save the video setting , so I don't have to change it everytime :)

Also appreciate the advice that the DVC games don't work , no problem at all I'm enjoying so much of the cd-I content and games , plus I'm happy so many games are dedicated to my little one so he is enjoying it just as much ;)