ColEM (Coleco)

jilt · 10-16-2009, 06:07 PM

When I run the emu, it usually goes to a black or blue screen (havn't run it in a while) for quite a while before it runs the game. Maybe you aren't leaving the thing run long enough.

I have the sd card set up as follows
apps (root)
-colem
--.DS store , boot.dol, icon, meta, readme colem

the roms are set up on the sd like this:
roms (root)
-romscol
--coleco.rom + all my coleco roms

Hope this helps. I will try to post a screen shot of my sd card but not sure if it will work. If it does, the three windows on the left show the file structure for the emulator itself and the three on the right show the rom structure and the important coleco bios file ( i blanked out the roms so you could see the bios file easier)

zack15439 · 10-16-2009, 06:25 PM

how long does it seriously take? my folders are set up like you described.

jilt · 10-16-2009, 09:26 PM

Just checked and it took almost a full minute to load - blue screen. I would suggest redownloading the emulator and/or getting another bios copy. I also remember seeing somewhere about when you rename the bios to coleco.rom you have to make sure you don't accidentally rename it coleco.rom.rom I think vista hides the file extensions or something like that.

colecomatt · 10-17-2009, 05:51 AM

ok i will try letting it sit. but my problem is none of the roms every show up at all. I have a picture of the colecovision system on the top part of the screen and an empty gray box on the bottom.

jilt · 10-17-2009, 06:40 AM

are your roms zipped or unzipped? I think they needed to be unzipped.

colecomatt · 10-17-2009, 01:31 PM

they are unzipped, i already play them with bluemsx on my PC with no issue

goldenegg · 10-21-2009, 11:42 AM

I've only been able to get ColEm running on non-SDHC cards. It runs great on regular SD cards. When running on a SDHC card, it will not list any ROMs.

colecomatt · 10-21-2009, 12:52 PM

Thanks for the reply, I will see what type of card I have and get back to you. Can you play these games with a gamecube contoller?

StokeCity · 10-23-2009, 06:02 AM

gamecube controllers will work, but curiously not all of the two or three directional controls on the pad will work, but at least one will