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    Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.

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    • DTEAMD
      DTEAM @Folly
      last edited by DTEAM

      @folly said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

      FBNeo : 34/36 work

      can only load from FBNeo rom-sets (with this setup)
      using coleco num-pad key's can be an issue sometimes <---------------------

      @barbudreadmon
      Is there a way to set buttons in retroarch like this:f10f27de-e099-11e6-97a4-ecbbc82c9e46.png

      lr-Fbneo is one of my favorite emulator, but for Coleco it's not playable with the actual controller setup.

      Am I wrong?

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        barbudreadmon @DTEAM
        last edited by barbudreadmon

        @dteam said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

        Is there a way to set buttons in retroarch like this

        You mean as default mapping ? Well, i've no strong attachment to current coleco default mapping, but is there any reason for this one to be better ?

        FBNeo developer - github - forum

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        • DTEAMD
          DTEAM
          last edited by DTEAM

          @barbudreadmon said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

          You mean as default mapping ?

          No, that's fine I reset my retroarch file. Now It's seems ok. Sorry for that.

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            barbudreadmon @Folly
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            @folly said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

            8afd7db2 root-beer-tapper-1984.rom
            546f2c54 mr-do-s-castle-1984.rom
            ef50e1c5 one-on-one-basketball-1984.rom

            Those 3 are already supported, just different versions of the romsets (tapper, mrdo and 1on1). I added another bunch of coleco games today, i'll try to finish your list this week-end.

            FBNeo developer - github - forum

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              barbudreadmon @Folly
              last edited by

              @folly i just finished that list

              FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                Folly @barbudreadmon
                last edited by

                @barbudreadmon said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

                @folly i just finished that list

                Thank you for the lot of work you have done 😊
                Very cool to see that we now have great support almost all games.
                Perhaps I will some tests with other romsets too, but I think we are very good now.
                When I have some time, I will convert my roms to FBNeo romsets to test them.

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                  Folly
                  last edited by Folly

                  In this thread many coleco roms have been added to FBNeo.
                  I have made a small script that will convert all the these roms to fbneo rom-sets.

                  Perhaps it's not perfect, but it will work on most files.
                  Make sure you :

                  • (always be sure you have backups)
                  • update fbneo from source so the roms will work and the new dat-file can be used in this script
                  • add coleco.rom,colecoa.rom,czz50.rom,svi603.rom to the rom directory
                  • cd to your rom directory
                  • check if crc32 is installed on your computer otherwise install it first (check with "crc32 *")
                  #make the directory fbneo_zips inside the rom directory
                  mkdir fbneo_zips
                  #list only the roms you want to convert and use every file to automate things
                  ls -w1 *.rom|grep -v coleco.rom|grep -v colecoa.rom|grep -v cczz50.rom|grep -v svi.rom|while read line
                  do 
                  #get the crc of the rom
                  crc=$(crc32 "$line")
                  #read the fbneo name from the dat using the crc if there is a match, with no match the string becomes empty
                  fbneo_name=$(cat '/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbneo/dats/FinalBurn Neo (ClrMame Pro XML, ColecoVision only).dat'|grep -B 4 $crc|grep "game name"| cut -d '"' -f 2)
                  #check if it isn't empty and output all the data and create the zip file
                  if [[ -n "$fbneo_name" ]];then
                  echo $crc $line $fbneo_name
                  zip fbneo_zips/$fbneo_name.zip "$line" coleco.rom colecoa.rom czz50.rom svi603.rom
                  fi
                  #until every file is done
                  done
                  
                  

                  Just copy and paste this in the terminal or make your own script file.
                  Good luck !

                  Edit :
                  Year 2025
                  Above script doesn't work any more, you can find the fixed one over here :
                  Post 13 : B how to build coleco romset for fbneo ?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by mitu

                    @folly said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

                    #This file can be removed, it seems to be a temporary file created by zip
                    rm "fbneo_zips/.zip"

                    This is most likely a broken filename or stray newline that generates this, zip doesn't create any temporary .zip files.

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                      Folly @mitu
                      last edited by Folly

                      @mitu

                      Thanks for the information ;-)

                      I made a small mistake.
                      I used a condition instead of an if function.
                      So the zip line used the empty strings and the not wanted strings also, therefor creating the not wanted .zip file.
                      I have updated the script, the problem should be solved now.

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                      • DTEAMD
                        DTEAM @Folly
                        last edited by

                        @folly
                        Hi folly , I didn't found an equivalent for fbneo (for those games)

                        Do you know if they exist?

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                          Folly @DTEAM
                          last edited by Folly

                          @dteam

                          They exist.
                          They are in the retropie-archive of cva...... .

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                            barbudreadmon @DTEAM
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                            @dteam

                            • Stone of Wisdom exists (romset is named stonew)
                            • We got the Destructor romset from 1984 (romset is named destruct)
                            • I don't see the 4 others, so i guess we don't emulate them ?

                            I'll add the 4 missing games and the 2010 variant of Destructor later today.

                            FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                              DTEAM @barbudreadmon
                              last edited by

                              @barbudreadmon said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

                              @dteam

                              Stone of Wisdom exists (romset is named stonew)
                              We got the Destructor romset from 1984 (romset is named destruct)
                              I don't see the 4 others, so i guess we don't emulate them ?

                              I'll add the 4 missing games and the 2010 variant of Destructor later today.

                              Thanks !

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                                stoogesfan87 @Folly
                                last edited by stoogesfan87

                                @Folly Except for one problem. I can't find BIOS_XP.ROM or mecha-8-2013.rom. What can I do?

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                                  Folly @stoogesfan87
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @stoogesfan87

                                  Check this post / thread :
                                  The great Super Game Module mystery / post 13

                                  Mecha-8 is a homebrew game and can be found on cvaddict.

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                                    rimoco
                                    last edited by rimoco

                                    I know it's been a while, but I was able to fix the issue with bluemsx by changing the option "Cart Mapper Type (Restart)" to "Auto" and saving an override for the directory only.
                                    I prefer bluemsx over the others emulators due to it been the one supporting Retroachievements.

                                    Hope that helps!

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                                      Folly @rimoco
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @rimoco

                                      For lr-bluemsx the option "Cart Mapper Type (Restart)" to "Auto" is on by default at least on my image.
                                      I tried mecha-8 but it doesn't work like you said.

                                      Which game did you use, was it mecha-8 ?
                                      What did you save exactly ?

                                      Can you give some more information ?

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                                        rimoco @Folly
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                                        @Folly

                                        I tried several games from the original Colecovision romset, such as: Antartic Adventure, Boulder Dash, Burger Time, Keystone Keepers and so on, all working fine.

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                                          barbudreadmon @rimoco
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                                          @rimoco said in Colecovision Start-Up Error: Turn Game Off Before Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module.:

                                          I tried several games from the original Colecovision romset

                                          This topic is mostly about coleco adam & sgm games

                                          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                            DTEAM @barbudreadmon
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                                            Coleco Homebrews now supported by MAME 0.265

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