Thomson Computers - Emulator

YuT666

Hi,

an option for the Thomson 8-Bit computers would be great. The best emulator DCMOTO is sadly not available for Linux, but there are still DCMO5, DCTO8D & DCTO9P for Linux.

Regards

Tom

YuT666

After "some" month ... still no chance for a Thomson emulator in Retropie?

YuT666

Very "polite" ... no answer. Thanks ...

Thanks for the downvote ... all hail to the "retro-scene".

I only asked a polite question, nothing more and nothing less. No reaction is not polite ... whats wrong with it? Too much effort to answer a normal question?

herb_fargus

If you want something included feel free to submit a pull request. If you don't know how to code, feel free to learn. It's all anyone else has done.

YuT666

@herb_fargus

Well, i'm only talking about the "ignorance" ...

I asked this question nearly a year ago and there was NO reaction. So i think, that other people are NOT interested ...

No simple "Yes", "No" or "you could work with us together" since one year and that is the reason why i'm complaining.

@dankcushions

You really don't know, what i'm talking about ... so your downvote is VERY unpolite.

Please delete my account. I don't want to be here anymore. I don't like such arrogant people like you. Crazy, you really don't know what i mean and you gave me a "down" ... i only wanted to help to implement a new emulator. You don't know me and my intension, so your behaviour sucks.

Thanks for nothing and good luck.

dankcushions

@YuT666 no answer is a pretty clear answer. it's no-one's responsibility to address every single thread in this forum, or indeed work with you to include an emulator that apparently only you want. THAT is arrogance.

i downvoted you because you're entitled and rude.

edmaul69

@YuT666 the thomson appears to be a french computer. So many people like me probably didnt respond as i assume most of us dont have any clue what this obscure computer is. And just because it exists on linux doesnt mean it will work on an arm processor for us pi users. And with the work that the retropie team does and all the extensive work buzz does, i doubt that this would be a high priority. Hell i would think even an rca studio ii emulator would end up higher on the list than this.

hermit

a few months ago, the Retroarch/Libretro team created the book version of the Theodore emulator for Thomson.

https://docs.libretro.com/library/theodore/

https://github.com/Zlika/theodore

It could be an interesting addition

SuperFromND

Surprised to see a thread about the Thomson machines! I'm currently waiting on RetroPie to update with support for the Pi 4 before PR'ing any new cores, but once that update does get released I'll test this core and create a scriptmodule for it.

Zlika

Hi!
I'm the author of the Theodore emulator. It currently emulates most of the Thomson 8bit computers (MO5, MO6, TO8, TO8D, TO9, TO9+ and Olivetti Prodest PC128, the MO6 export version for the Italian market). I plan to add TO7 and TO7/70 in the future.
The emulator is optimized to be usable with only a game controller: features like autostart and virtual keyboard allow to play to most of the games without the need for a keyboard (but you can of course still use a keyboard if you want to).
Its integration in Retropie should be straightforward, the most "complex" thing from my point of view is the related artwork to create.
You can contact me if you have any question/problem, or create an issue in the github repo if needed.
Regards
Thomas

spud11

@Zlika This is interesting. Are you intending to provide Pi support (3 or 4)?

mitu

@spud11 It's a Libretro core, and it already works on the Pi.

spud11

@mitu Thanks for explaining.

Zlika

@spud11 yes, afaik this core works on all the platforms supported by Retroarch. And it supports save states and rewind.

spud11

@Zlika Thank you.

drhoemmal

Sorry, but how do I add a Core to Retroarch in Retropie?
In the Menu with e Emulator Packages I cant find Thomson Emulator "Theodore".

Thank you for your instruction

mitu

@drhoemmal said in Thomson Computers - Emulator:

Sorry, but how do I add a Core to Retroarch in Retropie?
In the Menu with e Emulator Packages I cant find Thomson Emulator "Theodore".

It has to be added to the RetroPie Script in order to appear in the menu.
If you'd like to do it manually, then you'll have to create a scriptmodule similarly to ones already available (see here for a list).
Since this is also a new system, you'll have to modify the platforms.cfg and add the new system to Emulationstation, before installing this new core.

Zlika

Hi all!
Any update on the integration of the theodore core in retropie? How can I help?
Regards,
Thomas

mitu

@Zlika For now, the main dev branch is focusing on support for the Pi4 Raspberry model, so any new additions will probably happen after that.

That being said, the integration should be straightforward, like any Libretro cores it works with a minimal scriptmodule - I already tested it.

spud11

@mitu I agree. I installed the Thomson libretro core manually and I think that it works very well on my Pi3B Jessie based system.