Amstrad CPC 6128 Plus support?

[JimmyFromTheBay]

This is supposedly supported by lr-caprice32 but has anyone actually got it working? Whenever I try to run a game from a DSK file requiring the Plus (I've got the options set to 6128+), all I get is a little menu box offering a choice between Amstrad BASIC and the GX4000 cartridge Burning Rubber (which I haven't loaded).

If I choose the former I get the BASIC prompt but doing a CAT says there's no disk loaded, and if I choose the latter it boots Burning Rubber but it doesn't play properly.

(Retropie 4.7.1 on a 3b.)

[JimmyFromTheBay]

Wee bump for this one, because it's the same on the Pi 4 and I'd really like to get the amazing Plus port of Frogger running. Anyone?

I've got cpc6128.zip, cpc6128f.zip, cpc6128s.zip and cpc6128sp.zip in my BIOS folder. Runcommand log: https://pastebin.com/Qthcm2YM

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@jimmyfromthebay Solving Your Own Problems Dept:

Finally cracked this and can now play the astonishing homebrew port of Frogger, which is the only game I've had to use this method for.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Install the lr-mess fork with the CPC6128+ emulator, as detailed here:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone

Specifically you're installing cpc6128p.

2. Get a copy of ParaDOS, which I believe is legally available from here:

http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/ParaDOS

2. Extract ENGPADOS.CPR and put it in your CPC ROMs folder. You don't need the other files from the zip.

3. Load ENGPADOS.CPR from EmulationStation, and choose lr-mess-system-cpc6128p-cart as your emulator from the Runcommand options.

4. Hit Tab to go into File Manager and load up (in this case) frogger.dsk in flop1. Hit Tab again to get back to the Amstrad.

5. Type (in this case) RUN"FROGGER and hit Enter. (If you don't know the filename you want to load, type CAT.)

Job done!

You can skip step 4 and speed things up by changing the line in EMULATORS.CFG to include the line -flop1 /home/pi/cpc/frogger.dsk (or wherever you've put the disk file). So the full line is:

lr-mess-system-cpc6128p-cart = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/amstradcpc/retroarch.cfg \cpc6128p /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame -autoframeskip -ui_active -flop1 /home/pi/cpc/frogger.dsk -cart %ROM%"

[dmmarti]

@jimmyfromthebay

Ooohhh......nice find!!!

I'm gonna test this out and then get the Google spreadsheet updated.