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

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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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        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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            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
                last edited by

                @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
                            last edited by

                            @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
                              last edited by

                              @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
                                last edited by

                                Coleco Homebrews now supported by MAME 0.265

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                                  Folly
                                  last edited by

                                  My script, from version 0265.01, will add the sgm module when installing coleco or colecop from the script.
                                  Seems the sgm module doesn't affect normal games when the sgm module is inserted.
                                  That way all supported non-sgm and sgm games can be played with the same runcommand.

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