How to get Intellivision to work on 4.1

mediamogul

I have looked at these videos on Youtube

Have you read and followed the RetroPie documentation? It could be that you're testing games that require memory map files as noted here.

ThatGuy-UNo

@mediamogul Thanks, I totally misread that. I will let you know if it works!

edmaul69

@ThatGuy-UNo you need to give the bios file 775 permissions. They used to go in /opt/retropie/emulators/jzintv/roms/ but i think the retropie 4.2 version of jzintv changed it to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/ so i would try putting them in both locations.

mediamogul

@edmaul69

They used to go in /opt/retropie/emulators/jzintv/roms/ but i think the retropie 4.2 version of jzintv changed it to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/

It looks like the new location is noted in the docs. The video he used might have pointed to the older location.

edmaul69

@mediamogul i had to change it back because i have to change jzintv to my copy everytime i update because retropie uses a really old version that a few games like the homebrew ms pac-man wont play on. There was a problem in jzintv that didnt correctly emulate something that a real intellivision did.

mediamogul

@edmaul69

Are you now using the most recent jzintv? If so, how does it run?

edmaul69

@mediamogul the version i use, i have had for a long time. The one i use is available on intellivision.us . Not sure of anything that the version that retropie might have changed, but i know that it doesnt play ms. pacman so i dont try anything further.

ThatGuy-UNo

@mediamogul Hello again. So I got the bios from the video that I posted. I download the game Space Armada and renamed it on the spreadsheet in addition to downloading the right config file and renaming it as well. Here is a picture!!![0_1493675936754_Intellivison.JPG](Uploading 100%) What am I doing wrong?

ThatGuy-UNo

mediamogul

@ThatGuy-UNo

It doesn't look like I needed a config file for 'Space Armada'. Can you post it's contents?

AlexMurphy

@mediamogul Feck the Intellivision. ColecoVision is where it's at. Better games, better graphics. Check it out.

ThatGuy-UNo

@mediamogul What contents do you mean? I can't simply send a link where I got the game cause that be breaking the forum rules. What games can I download that will work using the bios files that I got from the 2nd video?

@AlexMurphy Appreciate your enthusiasm on the other side of the fence

AlexMurphy

@ThatGuy-UNo What fence? ColecoVision is better!!!! We can have both. That's why I love emulators. I'm only trying to have a joke.

mediamogul

@ThatGuy-UNo

What contents do you mean?

I was referring to the contents of the config file.

What games can I download that will work using the bios files that I got from the 2nd video?

Try something basic like 'Burger Time!' and see if it loads. It shouldn't need a memory map. If it doesn't work, we'll compare the checksum of our BIOS files.

@AlexMurphy

pft... Everyone knows all the best titles came out of GameaVision.

AlexMurphy

@mediamogul Nonsense! All the best games were on the FUNARAMA-VIDEO-FUN-SUPER-MACHINE I had them all. And I beat all 756 of the games released. Even the really shitty ones involving Smurfs!

ThatGuy-UNo

@AlexMurphy Lol sorry :P just being frustrated with the emulator atm :/

AlexMurphy

@ThatGuy-UNo You own a Pi. Frustration is a thing. I remember when I was about to stamp on it like a horrible cockroach. I was where you were once. Don't lose hope!

ThatGuy-UNo

@mediamogul The contents of the config file where the google doc ones from the wiki

mediamogul

@ThatGuy-UNo

I'm re-familiarizing myself with the mappers and if memory serves, mapper 0 loads by default unless otherwise instructed and therefore any game using it doesn't need a config file. That leaves only 30 to be made from a North American set.

mediamogul

@ThatGuy-UNo

You can get the md5 checksum of the BIOS files from the command line by typing:

md5sum /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/exec.bin

and

md5sum /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/grom.bin

The result of mine are:

62e761035cb657903761800f4437b8af /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/exec.bin
0cd5946c6473e42e8e4c2137785e427f /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/grom.bin