Frodo-X: Commodore 64 Emulator for Xbox Beta 2 ---------------------------------------------- Author: DragonZ Let me first apologize for the atrocious time between releases. I've been wanting to update this for like ever. Real life unfortuately has first dibs on me, and I program for a living. So programming more when I get home is sometimes very tough to get motivated for. Anyone who is in my field I'm sure can sympathize. Anyhow, I found some time about a week ago and decided to get some additions into it. I still have a few more things left I wanna wrap up, so Im hoping to release another version soon (without a year passing ;) ) Enjoy! /DZ ***READ CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY!!!*** Quick Info ---------- - Roms go in \C64ROMS - Maximum of 4096 files in a directory - Roms *MUST* be in either .D64 or .T64 format. PRG files are not supported - USB Keyboard Notes: RUN/STOP = ESC Key RESTORE = F11 RESET C64 (the emulation, not the xbox app) = F12 F1-F8 are various typed shortcuts while in the Basic screen but operate as normal in the games - Zip Support Notes: Bundle up all the disk files into one single zip. Follow the naming conventions noted below in the Multi Disk Game notes for the contents of the zip file, otherwise this feature *WILL NOT WORK* - Multi Disk games (if you want them to work properly) should be follow one of the conventions below: Foo1.d64, Foo2.d64, ... FooA.d64, FooB.d64, ... Foo-A.d64, Foo-B.d64 Foo-1.d64, Foo-2.d64 Basically make sure the last character of the filename (not the extension) is the character that is incremented for each disk. During a game, hitting the WHITE button will swap to the next disk (granted they are named properly). Once at the final disk, the next WHITE button push will loop it back to disk 1. - C64 Bios Roms reside in \BIOS (Basic ROM, Kernal ROM, Char ROM, 1541 ROM)... No BIOS.. No Work. - Sound can sound messed up during the beginning of a game. *THIS IS NORMAL*. If you have ever used a real C64 you will know that intros can sometimes cause strange noises while the game is coming up. Once the game starts, the sound is fine. - Sound could also temporarily sound funny when restoring a Savestate. If this happens, it will rectify itself fairly quickly - Flashing screen, garbled characters, black screen while a game is coming up. *THIS IS ALSO NORMAL* This is all normal behavior for the C64 :) - Loading games with 1541 True Emulation (loading game with the Right Thumb) makes for quite a bit longer load time between the time you hit your selection and the game comes up. THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT. When in 1541 Mode, the emu tries to emulate the drive perfectly thus sacrificing speed. There is nothing we can do about this. You will just have to wait until it loads. Some games will not run unless they are loaded with 1541 True Emulation on. It is the way the games were written to access the drive. Again there is nothing we can do about it. If you want to play a game bad enough that needs the 1541 emulation, you will just have to wait it out. - Frontend Keys Y: Help Screen A: Load Game Right Thumb: Load Game with 1541 True Emulation (Needed for some games to work) X: Rescan rom directory for new roms Black: Return to Dashboard LEFT/RIGHT Trigger, DPAD: Move Through Game List Back + Start: Delete all Savestate files - In Game Keys Left Thumb Click: Load selected game DPAD UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT: Joystick Movement A: Fire Button Y: Swap Joystick Ports Right Thumb Click: Return to Frontend B + DPAD UP: Simulates hitting the Y key on the C64 (handy for getting through trainers or intros) B + DPAD DOWN: Simulates hitting the N key on the C64 (handy for getting through trainers or intros) B + DPAD LEFT: Simulates hitting the SPACE key on the C64 (handy for getting through trainers or intros) B + DPAD RIGHT: Simulates hitting the ENTER key on the C64 (handy for getting through trainers or intros) X + DPAD UP: Simulates hitting the UP Arrow Key on C64 X + DPAD DOWN: Simulates hitting the DOWN Arrow Key on C64 X + DPAD LEFT: Simulates hitting the J Key on C64 X + DPAD RIGHT: Simulates hitting the K Key on C64 BLACK + DPAD UP: Simulates hitting the F1 Arrow Key on C64 BLACK + DPAD RIGHT: Simulates hitting the F3 Arrow Key on C64 BLACK + DPAD DOWN: Simulates hitting the F5 Arrow Key on C64 BLACK + DPAD LEFT: Simulates hitting the F7 Arrow Key on C64 Back: Save State for Current Game Start: Load State for Current Game White: Change to Next Disk in a Multi Disk Game (see notes above on this) Left Thumb X/Y: Move screen position Right Thumb X/Y: Scale screen Credits / Thanks ----------------- Flagg: Getting me into programming to begin with Lantus: One of the nicest guys I've met. Thanks for all the help you gave me and the long hours we wasted on the V*** source ...*shudders* Turok: Keeping it real in TO Superfro, Op-code & Plonk: For the great Mame-X menu code which was a great reference point to build upon. Tzu: Multiple help sessions, words of advice :) Frodo author Christian Bauer: For the clean and *readable* source code for a great little 64 emu XDev channel: Various chats, rants with a great bunch of guys c4ever guys: You guys all rock TO-DO (In priority order) ------------------------- - Try and release any future releases in a more timely manner (no promises, but ill try) - On-Screen Keys selection (had some issues with it, and didnt wanna hold up this release any longer, I will finish this up ASAP) - More frontend clean up (more specifically the help page) - Compile another xbe with the Frodo SC DEFs, supposedly the SC build is slightly more compatible - On-Screeen LED showing the status of the 1541 Drive - Maybe finish the On-Screen Keyboard I originally planned to do ages ago and is 1/2 done (actual keyboard graphic overlay) Change History --------------- Beta 2 (July 19th 2003): - Added Zip file Support - Added USB Keyboard Support - Cleaned up frontend game list - Added new background image (C64 computer pixel art courtesy of robotriot: http://omr.planet-d.net/) Beta 1 (August 8th 2002): - Initial Release