Amstrad CPC

Amstrad

Computer - Lifespan: 1984 - 1990

Information

Emulators

  • libretro: cap32

  • libretro: crocods

  • capriceforever

Games Location

📁 roms \ 📂 amstradcpc

File extensions

.dsk .sna .tap .cdt .voc .m3u .zip .7z

System Features

Retroachievements
Netplay
Controller autoconfig

lr-cap32: YES lr-crocods: NO capriceforever: NO

lr-cap32: YES lr-crocods: YES capriceforever: NO

lr-cap32: YES lr-crocods:YES capriceforever: YES

Features

RetroAchievements
NetPlay

YES

YES

BIOS

No BIOS files required for Amstrad CPC.

Controls

Cap32 & crocods cores allow you to choose between the following controller types:

  • JOYSTICK

  • KEYBOARD (Consider enabling Game Focus feature for keyboard games)

  • LIGHTGUN (cap32 only)

Retrobat Button
Amstrad CPC key

START

RETURN

SELECT

SPARE

D-PAD

D-PAD

Left analog stick

D-PAD

Right analog stick

Fire 2

Fire 1

L1

cap32: CTRL

R1

cap32: INTRO

L2

cap32: F1

R2

cap32: F2

L3

R3

Visual keyboard

cap32 : Press START + to display the visual keyboard while running the game.

Specific system information

Force Cap32 core to use a specific command line when running a game

Cap32 libretro core offers an "autorun" fonctionnality that would automatically type the command line to execute the game in the Amstrad BIOS. However, in some cases for .dsk files, the command line might be incorrect.

To solve this issue, it is possible to use a .m3u file to force a different command line, proceed as follows:

Create a .m3u file with any text editor and specify: - the command line to be executed - the filename of your game

Exemple:

#COMMAND:RUN"COMMANDO.BIN
Commando (Europe).dsk

With this file, RetroBat will inform the emulator to run the "Commando (Europe).dsk" file and to write the command line RUN"COMMANDO.BIN

Once the .m3u is created, you can run it from within RetroBat with the Cap32 core.

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