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    Colecovision for x86/64 ?

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      Neo-Rio
      last edited by

      I've built RetroPie on an intelNUC running ubuntu 16.04LTS x64
      I'm looking for Colecovision emulators, but there just isn't any.

      I note that CoolCV only has a binary for the raspberry pi, so that rules it out (unless the author wants to share the source)
      I have managed to build ColEm on ubuntu without much fuss. It does require some X11 libs and zlib1g-dev though. Ideally I'd want it to use SDL though...

      Is there any reason why Colem can't be added to the experimental package list?

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators
        last edited by

        I posted on the other thread with more details but an x86 build of coolcv is here:

        http://atariage.com/forums/topic/240800-coolcv-emulator-for-mac-os-x-linux-windows-and-raspberry/?fromsearch=1

        Also technically the following emulators emulate the colecovision to varying degrees:

        bluemsx, FBA, AdvMESS, colem, adamem

        Personally I prefer coolcv.

        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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          Neo-Rio
          last edited by Neo-Rio

          OK, I see the coolcv_x86_64 and coolcv_i686 binaries in the latest "all" bundle.
          Not sure how I missed this earlier.
          In any case, coolcv isn't enabled on retropie x86, so I can't install it from the retropie_setup as it doesn't show up in any of the package lists.

          Might be worth adding now? Perhaps try to determine which build would be required (i686,x86_64) at module install time?
          Or perhaps just go with i686 for compatibility? (I hardly think it's going to stress the computer's memory :) )

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