Amstrad CPC

Amstrad

Computer - Lifespan: 1984 - 1990

Amstrad CPCWikipedia

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

Libretro-Cap32 remap override

RetroBat has setup a specific capability to automate libretro-cap32 remapping from a json file.

The JSON file is located in the folder system\resources\inputmapping of the RetroBat installation and is named libretro_cap32.json.

Inside this file, it is possible to force a remap for specific games, which will be automatically identified by RetroBat based on the filenames listed in the json "Roms" section, or with the normalization of the filename and the json "Name" value:

In the above example, if the BombJack game is launched with RetroBat, the buttons L2, R2 and select from the gamepad will automatically be assigned to keyboard keys 1, 2 and J of the keyboard:

Do not hesitate to share your own game remaps with the RetroBat team.

In case you update this file, place your version in the user\inputmapping folder of your RetroBat installation, else it might be overwritten with a RetroBat update.

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.