Launchbox

[pjduplooy]

Hi

 

Has anyone any experience using Launchbox (https://www.launchbox-app.com/)?

 

I want to see if it can be configured for use with any of the TI Emulators. 

 

There is a thread (https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/48594-configuring-ti994a-for-launchbox-with-mame-emulator/) on how to do this for MAME, but for some reason I cannot get it to work.

 

Any guidance would be appreciated.

[+mizapf]

7 hours ago, pjduplooy said:

but for some reason I cannot get it to work.

 

1. What did you try?

2. What error message did you get?

[JB Freeware]

I have and use it. The trick is you have to be able to launch a game using the command line. I don't think Classic99 allows you to launch a game using the command line. You could set it up to launch Classic99 by itself but then again what would be the point in doing that.

 

As a side note I do know that Batocera will launch TI software VERY well. It's a Linux program but there is a Windows Installer that will install everything to a USB drive that you could boot from.

 

https://batocera.org/

 

 

[pjduplooy]

Hi JB

 

I use MAME for this, and can run from command line.  Launchbox however does not import a game fully.  With regards to Batocera, I use Retrobat.  I have toyed with the idea of using Batocera, but at this stage I cant use a spare machine for that.

[JB Freeware]

1 hour ago, pjduplooy said:

Hi JB

 

I use MAME for this, and can run from command line.  Launchbox however does not import a game fully.  With regards to Batocera, I use Retrobat.  I have toyed with the idea of using Batocera, but at this stage I cant use a spare machine for that.

Well the nice thing is you do not have to. The install for Batocera will go to either a hard drive or a USB drive. You can install on a USB and boot from that if you want Batocera (An external USB hard drive also works great)

 

If what you already have works... well if it ain't broke... you know

[globeron]

@pjduplooy I moved to Retrobat (see the other thread) very easy to start from Windows and stable, I have videos on my YouTube channel TI99 VIDEOS (I started with Batocera, see other thread, but then you need to boot from USB and I noticed that it is slower on the same device).  On whtech you can find a complete rpk package with preview images and videos (300+) and recently I changed the preview thumbs eg. blasto has two brochures  some modules even have 3 different manuals. 

Edited June 2 by globeron

[pjduplooy]

Hi globeron.

 

I have been on Retrobat for a while now.  Like it a lot.

[globeron]

Hi @pjduplooy did give launchbox a try (they use the same emulators as in Retrobat), but I could not get it to work so far

and it is not so easy to setup. Is there any specific reason to use Launchbox?  

 

if it is only for games, I think Retrobat makes your life easier and very flexible to configure per game. I tried several others as well,

but this is the best (btw. I use PS4 Controllers with DS4Windows in XBOX mode and the Hidecontroller utility, then I programmed with

Pad2Key  with buttons like 1,2,3 and REDO, BACK, QUIT, ENTER, 5 ( for MarioBros) then for 95% of games there is no need to touch the keyboard.

Everything manageable from the couch 🙂

[Tursi]

On 5/29/2024 at 8:56 AM, JB Freeware said:

I don't think Classic99 allows you to launch a game using the command line.

It does. I just never got it into the manual.

 

If your game can be loaded with drag and drop or User->Cartridge->Open (ie: if the autodetection works), you can pass any one of the rom files to the command line to launch it.

 

classic99.exe -rom <one of the ROM files>