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    • Retro Arcade Fan
      Retro Arcade Fan last edited by

      The only remaining emulator I can't get working is Sam Coupe. I've followed the instructions at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Sam-Coupe/ and have tried both lr-simcoupe and simcoupe. lr-simcoupe brings me to a color bar screen and stops there. simcoupe brings me to a screen and gives me the error "Failed to insert desk 1" with the path of the rom. Even though the rom is there, it just won't load it.

      As always, any assistance is very much appreciated. Thank you.

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      • testudo
        testudo @Retro Arcade Fan last edited by

        @Retro-Arcade-Fan

        I am emulating SamCoupe on lr-mess-samcoupe, but if I recall correctly the boot procedure on SimCoup is the same.

        When you get to the colored bar screen hit the <SPACE> bar. It will bring up a black screen with a cursor. Type <BOOT><ENTER> and your game should load.

        Hit <SPACE> on this screen
        Screenshot from 2022-08-06 12-16-12.png

        Brings you to this Cursor Screen
        Screenshot from 2022-08-06 12-16-17.png

        Type<BOOT> and then <ENTER>
        Screenshot from 2022-08-06 12-16-22.png

        and your game should load.

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        • Retro Arcade Fan
          Retro Arcade Fan @testudo last edited by

          @testudo Which lr-mess-samcoupe? I have 5, none of which work. I either get a "missing files system cannot run" error or a gray screen. If I do just lr-samcoupe I get the color bars, but hitting spacebar just brings up a virtual keyboard that gets me nowhere.

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          • testudo
            testudo @Retro Arcade Fan last edited by testudo

            @Retro-Arcade-Fan
            Just lr-mess-samcoupe.

            I'm running on an x64 system, so don't know if that makes a difference.

            What about on lr-SimCoupe?

            Screenshot from 2022-08-06 12-47-55.png

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            • Retro Arcade Fan
              Retro Arcade Fan @testudo last edited by

              @testudo IMG_0039.jpg

              lr-simcoupe is the one I was talking about. color bars and space bar just brings up virtual keyboard.

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              • testudo
                testudo @Retro Arcade Fan last edited by

                @Retro-Arcade-Fan
                Using lr-simcoupe, does anything happen when you hit <9> on the number pad or <F1> at the color bar screen?

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                • Retro Arcade Fan
                  Retro Arcade Fan @testudo last edited by

                  @testudo Neither do anything. Only thing on the color bar screen that does anything is space bar bringing up the virtual eyboard.

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                  • testudo
                    testudo @Retro Arcade Fan last edited by

                    @Retro-Arcade-Fan said in Sam Coupe not working:

                    @testudo Neither do anything. Only thing on the color bar screen that does anything is space bar bringing up the virtual eyboard.

                    Darn, that's all I got.

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                    • Retro Arcade Fan
                      Retro Arcade Fan @testudo last edited by

                      @testudo That's alright. I appreciate the help! Hopefully someone else will read the post and come up with some suggestions.

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                      • Retro Arcade Fan
                        Retro Arcade Fan @testudo last edited by

                        @testudo So, I finally got it to work with simcoupe. Something about my romset just wasn't working. Found a new one and it's working just fine! Thanks again for all of your help.

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