+nanochess Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 After some years without updates, I've found there is now a public beta of BlueMSX v2.8.9 The news in Colecovision support are: o Support for Opcode Super Game Module. o Support for Super Game Controller. o Support for Colecovision Expansion Module #2 using mouse. http://www.vik.cc/bluemsx/blueforum/viewtopic.php?t=1980 Currently without installer, copy the bluemsx.exe over the older one. If it gives a Windows message you'll need a DirectX end-user runtime. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Sweet. I will have to check it out on my days off. Working 12 hour shifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 What is the super game controller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It's a joystick that looks like a fencing sword's hilt. There's a stick on the top and four buttons arranged in a vertical row along the bottom. A handful of games support it, including Star Trek, Spy Hunter, and Coleco's sports titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Awesome...it's been a long time. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It's a joystick that looks like a fencing sword's hilt. There's a stick on the top and four buttons arranged in a vertical row along the bottom. A handful of games support it, including Star Trek, Spy Hunter, and Coleco's sports titles. So the coleco brand name super action controller? Does bluemsx already support the standard coleco controller? Where would you buy something to convert the d9 to usb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 It's a joystick that looks like a fencing sword's hilt. There's a stick on the top and four buttons arranged in a vertical row along the bottom. A handful of games support it, including Star Trek, Spy Hunter, and Coleco's sports titles. Okay so it's a super action controller.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I assume there's just support for the two extra buttons and that dial. You MIGHT be able to get the actual controller to work with BlueMSX using a Stelladapter or something similar, but I wouldn't guarantee it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Where would you buy something to convert the d9 to usb? Here: http://home.comcast.net/~tjhafner/Vision-daptor.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I think I know what to buy myself for my birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) After some years without updates, I've found there is now a public beta of BlueMSX v2.8.9 The news in Colecovision support are: o Support for Opcode Super Game Module. o Support for Super Game Controller. o Support for Colecovision Expansion Module #2 using mouse. http://www.vik.cc/bluemsx/blueforum/viewtopic.php?t=1980 Currently without installer, copy the bluemsx.exe over the older one. If it gives a Windows message you'll need a DirectX end-user runtime. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 have you manage to play sgm game cause i try and i cant find the way to doing it. i can play dragon's lair and super zaxxon but not thexder and king's valley Edited November 30, 2013 by chart45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 have you manage to play sgm game cause i try and i cant find the way to doing it. i can play dragon's lair and super zaxxon but not thexder and king's valley I'm in the same boat. I have selected what appears to be the appropriate "machine" but can't get the game to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 hope that's not just a tease cause king's valley is a very nice and addictive game i play with one of my friends sgm and i hope so mutch to play again at my home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I'm in the same boat. I have selected what appears to be the appropriate "machine" but can't get the game to run. Were did you find the update to the supported Machnes because neither v2.8.2 or the 2.8.3beta from a couple years ago include the "ColecoVision with Super Expansion Module" machine setting. I saw the thread in the BlueMSX forum for the updates Machines config file and followed the link in that forum thread to another website, but can't find it anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 hope that's not just a tease cause king's valley is a very nice and addictive game i play with one of my friends sgm and i hope so mutch to play again at my home If you want play King's Valley on a emulator, just use BlueMSX and play the MSX rom file directly. It is the same game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurts Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Ok now i'm using the software BlueMsx 2.8.3 Beta the sgm test is ok for the 24k an soundchip but not the lower 8k is there someone can help me please! here is my config and result: Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Ok now i'm using the software BlueMsx 2.8.3 Beta the sgm test is ok for the 24k an soundchip but not the lower 8k is there someone can help me please! here is my config and result: Thanks! Just I've tested this new BlueMSX with my SGM test and your result is exactly what I could manage to get. There are several Opcode extensions in "machine edit" but I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to activate the lower 8K banked RAM. At least Mecha-8 sounds great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Just I've tested this new BlueMSX with my SGM test and your result is exactly what I could manage to get. There are several Opcode extensions in "machine edit" but I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to activate the lower 8K banked RAM. At least Mecha-8 sounds great Doesn't the "lower 8K" correspond to the ColecoVision BIOS? Perhaps Daniel Vik didn't implement the RAM override in blueMSX to reassign the lower 8K to regular RAM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurts Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Yes the lower 8K is the bios and that what i'm thinking too! thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Doesn't the "lower 8K" correspond to the ColecoVision BIOS? Perhaps Daniel Vik didn't implement the RAM override in blueMSX to reassign the lower 8K to regular RAM... I've tried to use the Opcode BIOS extension but it didn't allowed me to select the Colecovision BIOS (coleco.rom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurts Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I tried with Coleco Opcode Bios option with the bios coleco.rom and it's do the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 One of the blusMSX developers has suggested that the problem may be that the "machine" should have BOTH the Coleco bios AND the new SGM bios. I'm not sure that this is really the case because normal 32k games run fine with just the "xp" bios that the super expansion machine has been setup with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I don't think there's an actual BIOS inside the SGM. It's essentially extra RAM, an MSX sound chip and a few components that bind everything together. When a SGM game boots, the CV's BIOS is always active and accessible at first, and it's up to the game software to set the SGM so that the BIOS address range (0000h to 1FFFh) is "reassigned" to 8K of RAM inside the SGM (so that the game has 32K of RAM to work with, instead of just 24K). EDIT: Without knowing the specifics, I can only assume that blueMSX doesn't react properly when nanochess' test program puts the SGM in 32K RAM mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurts Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I just talk with mars2000you on bluemsx. Now he know the problem this is beacause he cannot remap memory in BlueMsx cause he tested it with the sgm_test.rom and we explain how the lower 8k works he will do the correction soon. There is no bios in the sgm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I just talk with mars2000you on bluemsx. Now he know the problem this is beacause he cannot remap memory in BlueMsx cause he tested it with the sgm_test.rom and we explain how the lower 8k works he will do the correction soon. There is no bios in the sgm. Thanks. Yeah, when I referred to the SGM bios I meant the machine bios included in the "ColecoVision w Super Expansion Module" folder names BIOS_XP.ROM. This file includes the original CV bios plus other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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