Best choice for Intellivision emulator?

[Sgt Jack V]

All the ones I've seen look outdated, and Nostalgia, the first one I tried out, didn't seem to work properly. I would like to emulate the Intellivision easily.

[mr_me]

What operating system are you using? I use jzintv, it's actively supported by the author.

http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/

 

It has no GUI but you can use the system file manager as a front end or choose from a number of third party front ends (eg. Launchbox)

 

You have to find your own copies of the system files exec.bin and grom.bin and place in the rom folder. Then in Windows you can just drag and drop games on to jzintv.exe. I suggest using a script file, .bat file in windows. eg. "path\to\jzintv.exe" -z3 -f1 -v1 %1

 

The website version 20170708 has a joystick bug. Here is the fixed version from the author.

jzintv-20170719-win32.zip

 

 

edit:

What wasn't working properly with Nostalgia?

 

Some game rom files need a similarly named cfg file. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/203179-config-files-to-use-with-various-intellivision-titles/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3480601

Edited August 3, 2017 by mr_me

[mr_me]

Jzintv documentation (included with download):

 

Jzintv.txt http://spatula-city.org/%7Eim14u2c/intv/jzintv-1.0-beta3/doc/jzintv/jzintv.txt

Command switches http://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/jzIntv

Custom button mapping http://spatula-city.org/%7Eim14u2c/intv/jzintv-1.0-beta3/doc/jzintv/kbdhackfile.txt

[Keatah]

Wonder why the author has not posted the fixed version on his website?

[ClassicGMR]

Which version of Nostalgia are you using? 4.2 sucked but 5.0 works every time I install it on a new system right out of the box.

 

http://intellivision.us/intvgames/nostalgia/nostalgia.php

 

EDIT: Works plug-n-play with the Vision-daptor as well.

Edited August 4, 2017 by ClassicGMR

[mr_me]

Wonder why the author has not posted the fixed version on his website?

You can ask him directly [http://www.leftturnonly.info/]. He's very responsive to email and pm but doesn't seem to read the forums much.

 

Which version of Nostalgia are you using? 4.2 sucked but 5.0 works every time I install it on a new system right out of the box.

 

http://intellivision.us/intvgames/nostalgia/nostalgia.php

Could be that he's got the wrong version of exec.bin and grom.bin. There was a homebrew version of the system files that doesn't work with most of the original games. Otherwise Nostalgia works reliably but has a couple of issues.

Edited August 4, 2017 by mr_me

[roadrunner]

I use Bliss

[zetastrike]

I use whatever Byte Knight includes in the Ultimate Flashback. With the Ultimate PC interface and Flashback controllers, it's 100x better than fiddling with the original hardware and controllers.