rogerxy Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Hi Dunno if this is the right place to post but I'm new to Colecovision emulation & having trouble with quite alot of homebrew rom files on the Colem emulator. Out of the 120 downloaded rom files (from various places), 20 works and the rest get "Failed loading file". Have I managed to get 100 faulty rom files out of 120 or is there some compability/settings issue that I've missed? Rom files of games from back in the days seem to be working 100% so it looks like it's homebrews only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I imagine someone can explain it fully but I believe a lot of homebrew designed for colecovision takes advantage of after market hardware to boost some of the specs to make it closer to the capabilities of the nes and the sega mark 3, hence a big number of ports from the mark 3. I don't know if there is formal emulation for this additional hardware and hence why it might not be working. Thanks to any Additional posters who have better or more correct information on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 Thank you very much for your answer Mike, it would surely make sense if what you write is the case. Hopefully there is a way to emulate said hardware if so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 You may have better luck with the CoolCV emulator... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 24 minutes ago, Pixelboy said: You may have better luck with the CoolCV emulator... Unfortunately not, only get a black screen when trying to run the roms in CoolCV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Do you drag-and-drop the ROM files from Windows File Explorer into the CoolCV application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 Yes I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Try Blue MSX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, roadrunner said: Try Blue MSX Unfortunately no difference there. Does it matter what kind of COL emulation I chose? Some other settings I need to do? Edited August 20, 2022 by rogerxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 These are free downloads so hopefully it's ok if I'll attach some of them here if anyone would be interested to try if they can get a single one of them to work on their setup airbattle.rom bombjack.rom boxxle.rom circus_charlie_cv.rom ghostblaster.rom killerinstinct.rom kingsvalley.rom squares.rom straycat.rom trackandfield.rom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 From a old thread here at AA, see if this helps Some Blue MSX discussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerxy Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Thank you very much roadrunner, I will check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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