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WayneJ253

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I've tried jzintv, sometimes it works and sometimes not (and I know I have good ROMs) ;is there any other Intellivision emulator out there or wil;l we see an improved jzintv.


Oh what about a Vectrex emu just out of curiosity..
 
There is a vectrex emu somewhere, isn't it? Or did I just dream that I have one on my emulator-SD?
 
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Got the Vectrex, works great,


Hopefully there'll be an Intellivision emu with better compatibility
 
I tried over a dozen Intellivision games and not a single one failed. What games did you try and how did they "not work"?
 
I've tried Beauty and the Beast (blank screen), Swords and Serpent (blank screen), Diner (crashes to desktop) just off the top of my head
 
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That's really weird. It was there, I'm sure. Guess I'll have to reupload. I'm also pretty sure I tested with Beauty and the Beast, it was one of my favourite games back in the day, but it's been a while so as soon as I get a chance I'll test it again.
 
Thanks. I wish it weren't so, but sometimes I need a lot of reminders.


http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=jzintv.WizardStan.1


As far as Beauty and the Beast (among others) apparently I was mistaken in my memory of testing it before. This is one of the games reported not to work in the emulator itself (a google of jzintv and "beauty and the beast" yields many other complaints) and not something wrong with the Pandora port specifically. Sorry. I'd suggest talking to the original author, but it hasn't been touched in 6 years so I don't know if he'd be interested in investigating.
 
This emu and the Intellivision is the primary reason I am getting a Pandora! I cannot wait to blissfully pass the time away on long weekends dragging the kids to lord knows what small town to sit for hours watching basketball... and me playing playing the Pandora oblivious to it all.
 
WayneJ253 said:
I've tried Beauty and the Beast (blank screen), Swords and Serpent (blank screen), Diner (crashes to desktop) just off the top of my head
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You need a memory map config file for some games. Create a .cfg file with the same name as the game, eg. Diner.cfg for game Diner.int.

Beauty and the Beast

[mapping]
$0000 - $1FFF = $4800Diner
Code: 
[mapping]
$0000 - $1FFF = $5000
$2000 - $4FFF = $9000
$5000 - $5FFF = $D000
Swords and Serpent works without a .cfg file, at least for me.
A list of memory map configurations can be found here...

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/203179-config-files-to-use-with-various-intellivision-titles/

I never owned a Intellivision, but I used to play Astrosmash sometimes on the PC. Now I installed jzIntv on the Pandora and it works very nice. :)

astro_smash_intv_1.png astro_smash_intv_2.png astro_smash_intv_3.png astro_smash_intv_4.png astro_smash_intv_5.png astro_smash_intv_6.png

Since I prefer to use A/B/X for the action buttons (instead of L/R/Select), I created a custom keyboard file for Astrosmash.

This is the default keyboard map. It can be overwritten with the file /pandora/appdata/jzintv/default.kbd.

MAP 0

UP PD0L_D_N
RIGHT PD0L_D_E
DOWN PD0L_D_S
LEFT PD0L_D_W

JS1_N PD0L_J_N
JS1_NNE PD0L_J_NNE
JS1_NE PD0L_J_NE
JS1_ENE PD0L_J_ENE

JS1_E PD0L_J_E
JS1_ESE PD0L_J_ESE
JS1_SE PD0L_J_SE
JS1_SSE PD0L_J_SSE

JS1_S PD0L_J_S
JS1_SSW PD0L_J_SSW
JS1_SW PD0L_J_SW
JS1_WSW PD0L_J_WSW

JS1_W PD0L_J_W
JS1_WNW PD0L_J_WNW
JS1_NW PD0L_J_NW
JS1_NNW PD0L_J_NNW

; Whoops, I lied. Apparently the numbers are used by the right controller by default already. The left controller has no way of typing numbers by default
; We'll just fix that here, eh?
0 PD0L_KP0
1 PD0L_KP1
2 PD0L_KP2
3 PD0L_KP3
4 PD0L_KP4
5 PD0L_KP5
6 PD0L_KP6
7 PD0L_KP7
8 PD0L_KP8
9 PD0L_KP9

RETURN PD0L_KPE ; enter
BACKSPACE PD0L_KPC ; clear

LCTRL PD0L_A_T ; top two side buttons
RSHIFT PD0L_A_L ; bottom left side button
RCTRL PD0L_A_R ; bottom right side button

LALT PAUSE
Here are the Pandora key symbols to be used in the .kbd file.

-------------------
Pandora Key Symbols
-------------------

L R

Y
/ \
A B
\ /
X

A : HOME
B : END
X : PAGEDOWN
Y : PAGEUP
L : RSHIFT
R : RCTRL
START : LALT
SELECT : LCTRL
And this the keyboard map Astrosmash.kbd for the game Astrosmash.int.
Code: 
/pandora/appdata/jzintv/roms/Astrosmash.int
/pandora/appdata/jzintv/roms/Astrosmash.kbd
Code: 
MAP 0

UP PD0L_D_N
RIGHT PD0L_D_E
DOWN PD0L_D_S
LEFT PD0L_D_W

JS1_N PD0L_J_N
JS1_NNE PD0L_J_NNE
JS1_NE PD0L_J_NE
JS1_ENE PD0L_J_ENE

JS1_E PD0L_J_E
JS1_ESE PD0L_J_ESE
JS1_SE PD0L_J_SE
JS1_SSE PD0L_J_SSE

JS1_S PD0L_J_S
JS1_SSW PD0L_J_SSW
JS1_SW PD0L_J_SW
JS1_WSW PD0L_J_WSW

JS1_W PD0L_J_W
JS1_WNW PD0L_J_WNW
JS1_NW PD0L_J_NW
JS1_NNW PD0L_J_NNW

; Whoops, I lied.  Apparently the numbers are used by the right controller by default already.  The left controller has no way of typing numbers by default
; We'll just fix that here, eh?
0 PD0L_KP0
HOME PD0L_KP1
PAGEUP PD0L_KP2
RCTRL PD0L_KP3
4 PD0L_KP4
5 PD0L_KP5
6 PD0L_KP6
7 PD0L_KP7
8 PD0L_KP8
9 PD0L_KP9

RETURN PD0L_KPE ; enter
BACKSPACE PD0L_KPC ; clear

PAGEDOWN PD0L_A_T ; top two side buttons
END PD0L_A_L ; bottom left side button
RSHIFT PD0L_A_R ; bottom right side button

LALT PAUSE
This maps the following keys.
Code: 
X/B/L = Sidebuttons = Fire
A     = Button 1    = Auto Fire Mode
Y     = Button 2    = Single Shot Mode
R     = Button 3    = Hyper Space
The game instructions can be found here.
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/instructions/space/astro.txt

The current startup script jzintv.sh does not remember the last ROM directory (at least for me).

I created a simplifed version with the following requirements.

BIOS file grom.bin : /pandora/appdata/jzintv/grom.bin
BIOS file exec.bin : /pandora/appdata/jzintv/exec.bin
ROM directory : /pandora/appdata/jzintv/romsAnd here's the script.


Code: 
#! /bin/bash

# check for bios files and rom directory

GROM_BIN="./grom.bin"
EXEC_BIN="./exec.bin"
ROM_DIR="$PWD/roms/"

if [ ! -r "$GROM_BIN" ]; then
  zenity --error --text "Missing BIOS file \"/pandora/appdata/jzintv/grom.bin\". Exit program."
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -r "$EXEC_BIN" ]; then
  zenity --error --text "Missing BIOS file \"/pandora/appdata/jzintv/exec.bin\". Exit program."
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d "$ROM_DIR" ]; then
  zenity --error --text "Please create ROM directory \"/pandora/appdata/jzintv/roms\" and put your ROMs there. Exit program."
  exit 1
fi

# rom file selection dialog

ROM_FILE=$(zenity --file-selection --title="Select ROM file" --filename="$ROM_DIR")

case $? in
  1|-1)
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

# check for game specific keyboard file (must be in the same directory as the rom file)

KB_FILE="${ROM_FILE%.*}.kbd"

if [ ! -r "$KB_FILE" ]; then
  KB_FILE="./default.kbd"
fi

# set nubs and start emulator

NUB0_MODE=$(cat /proc/pandora/nub0/mode)
NUB1_MODE=$(cat /proc/pandora/nub1/mode)

echo "absolute" > /proc/pandora/nub0/mode
echo "absolute" > /proc/pandora/nub1/mode

./jzintv -v1 "$ROM_FILE" --kbdhackfile="$KB_FILE"

echo "$NUB0_MODE" > /proc/pandora/nub0/mode
echo "$NUB1_MODE" > /proc/pandora/nub1/mode
Just save it as /pandora/appdata/jzintv/jzintv.sh.

Hope this stuff is useful for somebody. :)
 
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What about the intellivoice games? Never was able to get 'the voice' working with those few games that support it.
 
Whoops, sorry. I am so easily distracted. :(

Get a copy of the ivoice.bin rom and stick that in the pandora/appdata/jzintv directory, and then put this jzintv.sh file in there as well. Voice will start working, at least Bomb Squad and B-17 work.
 
WizardStan said:
Whoops, sorry. I am so easily distracted. :(


Get a copy of the ivoice.bin rom and stick that in the pandora/appdata/jzintv directory, and then put this jzintv.sh file in there as well. Voice will start working, at least Bomb Squad and B-17 work.
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I quote...."MATTEL ELECTRONICS PRESENTS B-17 BOMBER".... was missing jzintv.sh file. FYI  The games SameGame and Robots, Space Spartans and Bomb Squad the intellivoice works perfectly.

Worth the wait  ;)   . I thank you kindly.
 
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