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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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      @edmaul69

      Ah, oh well.

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators
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        When I did my initial tests a while ago with AdvMESS colecovision worked for me:

        https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/210

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @herb_fargus
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          @herb_fargus were the roms in zip or just .rom?

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          • edmaul69E
            edmaul69 @herb_fargus
            last edited by edmaul69

            @herb_fargus @mediamogul i figured the coleco out. In the emulators.cfg it needs to be %BASENAME%.rom. However princess quest does not work on it.

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @mediamogul
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              @mediamogul there are some differences in the new advmess. Set the magnify to 4 instead of 3 as i stated previously

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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                @edmaul69

                Good to know. My picture has improved very much.

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                  @mediamogul intellivision works with %ROM% several homebrews that use intellivision trickery that isnt emulated by mess lock up the system. Intellivoice and ECS do not work on advmess. They are supposed to work with intv -cart voice -cart 2 and intv -cart ecs -cart2 and i have all of the many bios that mess uses for intellivision.

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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                    @edmaul69 said in Fairchild Channel F:

                    Intellivoice and ECS do not work on advmess.

                    That's a shame. Half the novelty of 'B-17 Bomber' is that hilarious digital southern accent. When setting up jzintv, I remember being very pleased to see that it had support for the five supported games. It always reminds me of the movie 'War Games' to hear it in action.

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @mediamogul
                      last edited by BuZz

                      @mediamogul there are quite a few games with intellivoice support. A couple unreleased/ prototype games like space c**t and some homebrew games like missile domination and same game & robots.

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                      • AlexMurphyA
                        AlexMurphy Banned @edmaul69
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                        @edmaul69 Space c*nt? Never played it, any good?

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @AlexMurphy
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                          @AlexMurphy it was a mattel programmers inside joke. It is astrosmash with an adult twist. There was also a homebrew release of it with some improvements which make it possibly better than astrosmash.

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                          • mediamogulM
                            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                            last edited by mediamogul

                            @edmaul69

                            The adult retro games are bizarre. Subject matter aside, my favorite is 'Custer's Revenge' for the 2600. The fact that he's naked except for boots, neckerchief and a cowboy hat cracks me up.

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @mediamogul
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                              @mediamogul i used to own that and bachelor party. But i'm not sure i would have walked into a porn shop back in the day and say "i got to have that!" :D

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                              • mediamogulM
                                mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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                                @edmaul69

                                Especially when there's so much other fine merchandise to be had. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't they also sold behind the counter of traditional gaming retail outlets as well?

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                                • AlexMurphyA
                                  AlexMurphy Banned @mediamogul
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                                  @mediamogul Porky's was another on the 2600. Those shower scenes... 8 pink pixels. Hot.

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                                  • mediamogulM
                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @AlexMurphy
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                                    @AlexMurphy

                                    Ha! too funny. Some of the games, the Mystique titles I believe, even went the extra mile with packaging and added a little lock like you'd find on a child's diary that you'd have to open to add the pretense of security.

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                                    • AlexMurphyA
                                      AlexMurphy Banned @mediamogul
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                                      @mediamogul Haha brilliant. Image how disappointed you would have been... I suppose in those days people had better imaginations.

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                                      • OneSwitchO
                                        OneSwitch
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                                        Just wondering, has the latest release of RetroPie made life any easier in getting a Fairchild Channel F working? I'm also wondering, having seen a recent version of Mess running, if you can get home-brew and customised roms to work? I'm really keen to get a hacked version of Shooting Gallery working for TV-Powww! type use. A step by step idiot's guide would be massively appreciated if it is possible. :)

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                                        • edmaul69E
                                          edmaul69 @OneSwitch
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                                          @OneSwitch hacks and such work fine on advmess. Lr-mess and lr-mess2016 require mame specific roms and romset versions. Advmess should work just fine.

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                                          • OneSwitchO
                                            OneSwitch @edmaul69
                                            last edited by

                                            @edmaul69 Thanks for that. Appreciated.

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