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Colecovision

Before we can even talk about controls we need to talk about emulating colecovision and it's such a PITA. I used coolCV before but noticed that this emulator is not installed by default and does not work with pie 4. Instead retropie now defaults to lr-fbneo-cv.

emulators.cfg

emulators.cfg located here
\\Donkeykong\configs\coleco
Has the following contents:

        
lr-fbneo-cv = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbneo/fbneo_libretro.so --subsystem cv --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
default = "lr-fbneo-cv"

lr-fbneo-cv

So I was all gung ho on switching over to this core, but now realizing I hate this thing. The reason is that it refuses to run any .rom files. Instead it only wants a specific rom set that cvAddicts does not use and most importantly requires really crappy 5 letter file names with zip at the end. Dat File
fbNEO

dkong

dkong.zip instead of donkey-kong-1982.rom. At least dkong I can guess at, most of the titles are crap. Sure I guess this is a mame convention but still it's annoying. Why do we still have to support dos and 8 character file names?
Eventually I'll have to switch over to this emu, for nmow skipping

coolcv

To Install

telnet in
sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
Manage Packages
Manage Optional Packages
coolcv
install from precompiled binary
This puts in emulators.cfg
coolcv = "/opt/retropie/emulators/coolcv/coolcv_pi %ROM%"
Did not change default though

coolcv_mapping.txt

Run coolcv to generate coolcv_mapping.txt here
\\Donkeykong\configs\coleco
' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick fullscreen no joystick_1_vert joy0 axis1 joystick_1_horiz joy0 axis0 joystick_2_vert joy1 axis1 joystick_2_horiz joy1 axis0 up_1 key1073741906 right_1 key1073741903 down_1 key1073741905 left_1 key1073741904 left_button_1 key32 joy0_0 right_button_1 key109 joy0_1 button3_1 key1073741939 button4_1 key1073741939 key1_1 key49 key2_1 key50 key3_1 key51 key4_1 key52 key5_1 key53 key6_1 key54 key7_1 key55 key8_1 key56 key9_1 key57 key*_1 key111 key0_1 key48 key#_1 key112 up_2 key119 right_2 key100 down_2 key115 left_2 key97 left_button_2 key9 joy1_0 right_button_2 key113 joy1_1 button3_2 key1073741939 button4_2 key1073741939 key1_2 key114 key2_2 key116 key3_2 key121 key4_2 key102 key5_2 key103 key6_2 key104 key7_2 key118 key8_2 key98 key9_2 key110 key*_2 key106 key0_2 key107 key#_2 key108 key_save key1073741882 key_restore key1073741883 key_exit key1073741939 key_pause key1073741884 key_reset key8 key_rolling_controller key1073741886 key_record_video key1073741887 key_record_audio key1073741890 key_screenshot key1073741891 key_fast_disk key1073741889 key_sync key1073741885 key_codes key1073741888 adam_shift_i shift alt key49 adam_shift_ii shift alt key50 adam_shift_iii shift alt key51 adam_shift_iv shift alt key52 adam_shift_v shift alt key53 adam_shift_vi shift alt key54 adam_i alt key49 adam_ii alt key50 adam_iii alt key51 adam_iv alt key52 adam_v alt key53 adam_vi alt key54 adam_shift_wildcard shift alt key119 adam_wildcard alt key119 adam_shift_undo shift alt key117 adam_undo alt key117 adam_shift_move shift alt key109 adam_move alt key109 adam_shift_store shift alt key115 adam_store alt key115 adam_shift_insert shift alt key105 adam_insert alt key105 adam_shift_print shift alt key112 adam_print alt key112 adam_shift_clear shift alt key99 adam_clear alt key99 adam_del ctrl alt key100 adam_shift_delete shift alt key100 adam_delete alt key100 adam_ctrl_up ctrl key1073741906 adam_ctrl_right ctrl key1073741903 adam_ctrl_down ctrl key1073741905 adam_ctrl_left ctrl key1073741904 adam_nul ctrl key50 adam_soh ctrl key97 adam_stx ctrl key98 adam_etx ctrl key99 adam_eot ctrl key100 adam_enq ctrl key101 adam_ack ctrl key102 adam_bel ctrl key103 adam_bs ctrl key104 adam_ht ctrl key105 adam_lf ctrl key106 adam_vt ctrl key107 adam_ff ctrl key108 adam_cr ctrl key109 adam_so ctrl key110 adam_si ctrl key111 adam_dle ctrl key112 adam_dc1 ctrl key113 adam_dc2 ctrl key114 adam_dc3 ctrl key115 adam_dc4 ctrl key116 adam_nak ctrl key117 adam_syn ctrl key118 adam_etb ctrl key119 adam_can ctrl key120 adam_em ctrl key121 adam_sub ctrl key122 adam_fs ctrl key51 adam_gs ctrl key52 adam_rs ctrl key53 adam_us ctrl key54 adam_shift_backspace shift key8 adam_shift_tab shift key9 adam_esc key27 adam_exclamation shift key49 adam_quotes shift key39 adam_number shift key51 adam_dollar shift key52 adam_percent shift key53 adam_ampersand shift key55 adam_multiply shift key56 adam_leftparen shift key57 adam_rightparen shift key48 adam_colon shift key59 adam_less shift key44 adam_greater shift key46 adam_question shift key47 adam_at shift key50 adam_cr key13 adam_up key1073741906 adam_right key1073741903 adam_down key1073741905 adam_left key1073741904 adam_bs key8 adam_ht key9 adam_space key32 adam_apostrophe key39 adam_comma key44 adam_period key46 adam_slash key47 adam_semicolon key59 adam_leftbracket shift key91 adam_rightbracket shift key93 adam_bar shift key92 adam_leftsquare key91 adam_rightsquare key93 adam_backslash key92 adam_home key999 adam_up_right key999 adam_right_down key999 adam_down_left key999 adam_left_up key999 adam_home_up key999 adam_home_right key999 adam_home_down key999 adam_home_left key999 adam_power shift key54 adam_plus shift key61 adam_underscore shift key45 adam_equals key61 adam_tilde shift key96 adam_grave key96 adam_minus key45

Attach a USB Keyboard

Attach Keyboard press F7 to make it show key codes that are pressed.
From this we can get Joystick Button presses.
Here is what I got

1. up_1 key1073741906
2. right_1 key1073741903
3. down_1 key1073741905
4. left_1 key1073741904
5. Fire Button key1073742048
6. P2 Start Key50
7. P1 Start Key49
8. Left Coin Door Key53
9. Right Coin Door Key54
10. Back Control 2 Key27
11. Back Control 1 Key13

Fixed coolcv_mapping.txt

' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick fullscreen no joystick_1_vert joy0 axis1 joystick_1_horiz joy0 axis0 joystick_2_vert joy1 axis1 joystick_2_horiz joy1 axis0 up_1 key1073741906 right_1 key1073741903 down_1 key1073741905 left_1 key1073741904 left_button_1 key1073742048 joy0_0 right_button_1 Key50 joy0_1 button3_1 key1073741939 button4_1 key1073741939 key1_1 key49 key2_1 Key53 key3_1 Key54 key4_1 Key27 key5_1 Key13 key6_1 key54 key7_1 key55 key8_1 key56 key9_1 key57 key*_1 key111 key0_1 key48 key#_1 key112 up_2 key119 right_2 key100 down_2 key115 left_2 key97 left_button_2 key9 joy1_0 right_button_2 key113 joy1_1 button3_2 key1073741939 button4_2 key1073741939 key1_2 key114 key2_2 key116 key3_2 key121 key4_2 key102 key5_2 key103 key6_2 key104 key7_2 key118 key8_2 key98 key9_2 key110 key*_2 key106 key0_2 key107 key#_2 key108 key_save key1073741882 key_restore key1073741883 key_exit Key49 Key53 key_pause key1073741884 key_reset key8 key_rolling_controller key1073741886 key_record_video key1073741887 key_record_audio key1073741890 key_screenshot key1073741891 key_fast_disk key1073741889 key_sync key1073741885 key_codes key1073741888 adam_shift_i shift alt key49 adam_shift_ii shift alt key50 adam_shift_iii shift alt key51 adam_shift_iv shift alt key52 adam_shift_v shift alt key53 adam_shift_vi shift alt key54 adam_i alt key49 adam_ii alt key50 adam_iii alt key51 adam_iv alt key52 adam_v alt key53 adam_vi alt key54 adam_shift_wildcard shift alt key119 adam_wildcard alt key119 adam_shift_undo shift alt key117 adam_undo alt key117 adam_shift_move shift alt key109 adam_move alt key109 adam_shift_store shift alt key115 adam_store alt key115 adam_shift_insert shift alt key105 adam_insert alt key105 adam_shift_print shift alt key112 adam_print alt key112 adam_shift_clear shift alt key99 adam_clear alt key99 adam_del ctrl alt key100 adam_shift_delete shift alt key100 adam_delete alt key100 adam_ctrl_up ctrl key1073741906 adam_ctrl_right ctrl key1073741903 adam_ctrl_down ctrl key1073741905 adam_ctrl_left ctrl key1073741904 adam_nul ctrl key50 adam_soh ctrl key97 adam_stx ctrl key98 adam_etx ctrl key99 adam_eot ctrl key100 adam_enq ctrl key101 adam_ack ctrl key102 adam_bel ctrl key103 adam_bs ctrl key104 adam_ht ctrl key105 adam_lf ctrl key106 adam_vt ctrl key107 adam_ff ctrl key108 adam_cr ctrl key109 adam_so ctrl key110 adam_si ctrl key111 adam_dle ctrl key112 adam_dc1 ctrl key113 adam_dc2 ctrl key114 adam_dc3 ctrl key115 adam_dc4 ctrl key116 adam_nak ctrl key117 adam_syn ctrl key118 adam_etb ctrl key119 adam_can ctrl key120 adam_em ctrl key121 adam_sub ctrl key122 adam_fs ctrl key51 adam_gs ctrl key52 adam_rs ctrl key53 adam_us ctrl key54 adam_shift_backspace shift key8 adam_shift_tab shift key9 adam_esc key27 adam_exclamation shift key49 adam_quotes shift key39 adam_number shift key51 adam_dollar shift key52 adam_percent shift key53 adam_ampersand shift key55 adam_multiply shift key56 adam_leftparen shift key57 adam_rightparen shift key48 adam_colon shift key59 adam_less shift key44 adam_greater shift key46 adam_question shift key47 adam_at shift key50 adam_cr key13 adam_up key1073741906 adam_right key1073741903 adam_down key1073741905 adam_left key1073741904 adam_bs key8 adam_ht key9 adam_space key32 adam_apostrophe key39 adam_comma key44 adam_period key46 adam_slash key47 adam_semicolon key59 adam_leftbracket shift key91 adam_rightbracket shift key93 adam_bar shift key92 adam_leftsquare key91 adam_rightsquare key93 adam_backslash key92 adam_home key999 adam_up_right key999 adam_right_down key999 adam_down_left key999 adam_left_up key999 adam_home_up key999 adam_home_right key999 adam_home_down key999 adam_home_left key999 adam_power shift key54 adam_plus shift key61 adam_underscore shift key45 adam_equals key61 adam_tilde shift key96 adam_grave key96 adam_minus key45