CAPRICE32 4.5+ LIBRETRO - changelog

All the credit of the caprice32 Emulator to Ulrich Doewich

You can download the caprice32 original source code here

• This core also use some code from wiituka/pituka (c) 2004-2016 David Colmenero
• CPC464+/CPC6128+/GX4000 (c) 2016-2019 Colin Pitrat : https://github.com/ColinPitrat/caprice32
• Part of the autorun fixes (see catalog/amsdos_catalog and format.c) are inspired on the great work of Frédéric Coste (Fredouille) on caprice-forever.

And of course for the RetroArch/Libretro team : "http://www.libretro.com"

The core works pretty well and give the fantastic ability to use the RetroArch Shaders.

Try some CRT shaders and welcome back to the 80s on your good old CPC.

Usage

Launch a TAPE (cdt), DSK or M3U, and game should autostart.

Game Database

Our game database is based on clean-cpc-db. A database that has checked every game so that you don't have to spend whole day of finding the correct and functional version of your favorite game. In clean-cpc-db you'll find only clean versions with no weird intros or menus, just working games!

Due to the creation of this database, we have started a small game mapping project, to bring an easyest CPC plug and play experiencie! You can help us...

• Contribute with your RMP files

When a game is detected as a clean version, a green disc icon appears at the bottom.

Keyboard emulated layout

English layout

Spanish layout

French layout

Keyboard Custom Binds

Choose AMSTRAD KEYBOARD in Quick Menu > Controls and User 1/2 config different than joystick to map your retropad keys per game/rom.

Caprice brings some default keymaps confings, these configs are detailed at libretro docs: https://docs.libretro.com/library/caprice32/

Features not covered in docs

• New Model: [cap32_model] (6128 | 464 | 664 | 6128+)

Choose which Amstrad CPC model to emulate, currently added 646 to allow BASIC 1.0 games and DSK

New filename flags (case insensitive)

• "[664]": Force BASIC 1.0 and AMSDOS ROMs, to allow play correctly first CPC games.
• "BASIC 1.0": Force 464 model when you load CDT or 664 model if use DSK.
• "[CPM]": Force load CPM BIOS first, useful for some infocom CPM games.

Examples :

Alive (1990)(Company)(fr)[664].dsk => 664
Manic Miner (UK) (1984) (Version Basic 1.0) [Amsoft].dsk => 664
Harrier Attack (1986)(Amsoft) [Basic 1.0].cdt => 464

Known Bugs

• CPC+ Emulation have some issues

• Old3DS need some optimizations (~18fps).