Add Fairchild Channel F

Unknown

I would like to request that we add Fairchild Channel F to retropie. This console was released in 1976 the first to use a microprocessor and game cartridges. I think that it is very important that we make this important piece of video game history compatible with retropie. Due to me being in college and my embarrassing lack of understanding of how to add new emulators I cannot add this myself. However I have found a libretro Emulator that should be compatible.
https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF
You can also find more information about the console here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F

Please consider adding this.

mitu

The libretro core for Fairchild ChannelF is already included in RetroPie.

Unknown

@mitu My apologies. I cannot find it in the Docs.

Unknown

@mitu
I have begun work on adding Fairchild to the docs. However I need to know how to add the system to retropie. Do you know of any guide to instruct me on this?

mitu

@Unknown said in Add Fairchild Channel F:

However I need to know how to add the system to retropie.

Like any other emulator/port, you just install it and the system will be added in EmulationStation.

Thorr69

@mitu said in Add Fairchild Channel F:

@Unknown said in Add Fairchild Channel F:

However I need to know how to add the system to retropie.

Like any other emulator/port, you just install it and the system will be added in EmulationStation.

And add at least 1 rom to the folder

Unknown

@mitu
What emulator do I need to install? It’s not in the docs so I don’t know which.

sleve_mcdichael

@Unknown looks like these 2:

$ grep -rnie "addsystem" ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/ | grep "channelf"
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-fbneo.sh:93:    addSystem "channelf"
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-freechaf.sh:42:    addSystem "channelf"

barbudreadmon

@Unknown make sure to read https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ if you intend to use FBNeo for console emulation.

Unknown

@barbudreadmon @sleve_mcdichael
Thank you for that information.

Unknown

I have now created a pull request to add it to the docs.
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Docs/pull/133

Unknown

@barbudreadmon @mitu @sleve_mcdichael Fairchild-channel-F is now officially in the RetroPie Docs. Thank you for your assistance in finding the information.

barbudreadmon

@Unknown while ~/RetroPie/BIOS/channelf.zip is not wrong, this is actually the 2nd fallback path. The core will prioritize bios found at ~/RetroPie/roms/channelf/channelf.zip then ~/RetroPie/BIOS/fbneo/channelf.zip

mitu

@barbudreadmon said in Add Fairchild Channel F:

The core will prioritize bios found at ~/RetroPie/roms/channelf/channelf.zip then ~/RetroPie/BIOS/fbneo/channelf.zip

I've mentioned the fbneo sub-folder being also read for BIOS files in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Fairchild-ChannelF/#bios.