youki Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Speaking about Emulator , i tried some game with BlueMSX , i have created a new machine based on Colecovision and added just 32k of RAM starting from 6000 to DFFF . Curiously game like : Dragon's lair and Super Zaxxon works and few others that require the SGM works perfectly. But with the same configuration Buck Rogers and Subroc do not work and still ask me for SGM or ADAM... Is there a difference in memory management between them and Dragons's lair and Super Zaxxon ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Speaking about Emulator , i tried some game with BlueMSX , i have created a new machine based on Colecovision and added just 32k of RAM starting from 6000 to DFFF . Curiously game like : Dragon's lair and Super Zaxxon works and few others that require the SGM works perfectly. But with the same configuration Buck Rogers and Subroc do not work and still ask me for SGM or ADAM... Is there a difference in memory management between them and Dragons's lair and Super Zaxxon ?? The SGM detection routine must be different between the various games. Some routines actually verify the presence of the SGM's sound chip, which won't be found if only RAM was added to the machine. EDIT: In the case of Buck Rogers and SubRoc, are you sure your RAM range is correct? The range should be 2000h to 7FFFh for 24K of RAM, if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 To my knowledge, only CoolCV and blueMSX support ROMs that require the Super Game Module. Those that don't require the SGM should normally run on any ColecoVision emulator. No promises, obviously. ;)By the way, I added some cheats for Caverns of Titan to the first post of this thread. They should be useful for such a tough game. Have you thought about adding a Cheats page to your site so these are in an easier spot to find in a year or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Speaking about Emulator , i tried some game with BlueMSX , i have created a new machine based on Colecovision and added just 32k of RAM starting from 6000 to DFFF . Curiously game like : Dragon's lair and Super Zaxxon works and few others that require the SGM works perfectly. But with the same configuration Buck Rogers and Subroc do not work and still ask me for SGM or ADAM... Is there a difference in memory management between them and Dragons's lair and Super Zaxxon ?? Add 8K of RAM at 2000 to 3FFF and 16K at 4000 to 7FFF. It could work. The BlueMSX version supporting the SGM module hasn't been released widely I think. One of the causes that triggered me to write CoolCV. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Have you thought about adding a Cheats page to your site so these are in an easier spot to find in a year or two? If anyone asks, I'll just direct him/her to this forum thread. Seems far easier than coding extra HTML. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Tarzilla Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 If anyone asks, I'll just direct him/her to this forum thread. Seems far easier than coding extra HTML. Now you get lazy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Add 8K of RAM at 2000 to 3FFF and 16K at 4000 to 7FFF. It could work. The BlueMSX version supporting the SGM module hasn't been released widely I think. One of the causes that triggered me to write CoolCV. Thanks a Lot , Buck Rogers and Subroc works with that setting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin_power Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Merry Christmas.. Thank you.. I've been enjoying the colecovision homebrew scene here since I bought my first one "Battle of Hoth". Mappy is one of my favorites too. Dan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika73 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Ok... So now I need SGM... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 i have managed to make work all games in Blue MSX (without SGM support) , except traffic jam until now. For King's Valley and Thexder, i had just to change one byte in the Rom and it works. For the other one, just the RAM setting in the emulator is enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbndr Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Wow! Thank you very much for this generous gift Pixelboy. Have a wonderful holiday and keep up the great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 As one who has spent a lot buying from Team Pixelboy, thank you for the present of cheats and roms! "Try before you buy" may increase demand for actual carts. Usually I would only buy a game I had played in the past, mostly arcade, and a few unknown SGM titles because I have SGM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcoleco Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Very happy to see the evolution of TeamPixelboy, the budget games and now this big release of ROM files and news of some more incoming games. I'll use my AtariMax Ultimate SD for ColecoVision with these games... any chance to get the manual txt files to put in the multicart as well? Playing with emulators is nice but I want to show this to my friends next time I see them with the real hardware and have a retro gaming party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Holy crap that is awesome!! Thanks Pixelboy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Mighty generous of you, Pixelboy. Thank you so much, and a very merry Christmas to you and yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapinbeau Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Holy crap! Buck Rogers, Zaxxon, Subroc, Dragon's Lair! I totally remember playing these! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiliteZoner Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Thank you guys for the amazing gift and thanks to Willy for pointing this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Thanks so much Luc for the gifts and the update. Enjoy the Holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 how awesome, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaWu Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) To my knowledge, only CoolCV and blueMSX support ROMs that require the Super Game Module. Those that don't require the SGM should normally run on any ColecoVision emulator. No promises, obviously. By the way, I added some cheats for Caverns of Titan to the first post of this thread. They should be useful for such a tough game. Thank you for the nice Christmas present. Just for info, the multi-system emulator called vdmgr 0.1.7 (Windows) support ROMs that require the Super Game Module too. Language (GUI): English, French, German and Japanese http://www.geocities.jp/g_lsluk/ Edited December 26, 2017 by AnnaWu 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerf Herder73 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow! So many games. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E.R.O. Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Just for info, the multi-system emulator called vdmgr 0.1.7 (Windows) support ROMs that require the Super Game Module too. Thank you for the heads up. I use this for Neo Geo Pocket but forgot it does Coleco as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Thank you, Luc for all the fantastic games you've published to keep ColecoVision gaming fresh and alive, and thanks for the generous Christmas ROMs. Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Hot damn, my heart stopped when I saw those! Pixelboy, you're the best! Thank you so very much! I hope you had a Merry Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Ive been trying to hunt down copies of Deep Dungeon and Dragons Lair for a while now (i.e. Hombrew Heaven, eBay, etc). Thanks to Luc, I can at least play them tonight! What an incredible Christmas gift!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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