{"id":1700,"date":"2021-08-30T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T15:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/?page_id=1700"},"modified":"2022-06-17T19:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T19:11:18","slug":"game-boy-core-for-chameleon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/?page_id=1700","title":{"rendered":"Game Boy core"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page is the home of the newly-ported Game Boy core for Turbo Chameleon 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an experimental core, and while I do my utmost to make sure it works for  everyone and will try to help solve any problems that arise, <strong>you run this core entirely at your own risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you\u2019d like to show your appreciation for this core, or  motivate me to work on this and other cores in future, donations are  welcome at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/paypal.me\/robinsonb5\"><em>https:\/\/paypal.me\/robinsonb5<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/coresforchameleon\"><em>https:\/\/patreon.com\/coresforchameleon<\/em><\/a><em>.   Anyone donating \u00a320 or more via PayPal or sponsoring on Patreon at the  second tier will be thanked by name in a \u201cCore Supporters\u201d shout-out  page in subsequent releases.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong> it\u2019s vitally important that you  download the correct version of the core for your Chameleon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game Boy for Chameleon V1 hardware:<\/strong>  If you have a  single mini-DIN socket on the left hand side of your Chameleon, to  which a breakout cable attaches for the keyboard and mouse, then you  have V1 hardware and need this version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retroramblings.net\/snapshots\/GameBoy_TC64v1_20210830.zip\">GameBoy_TC64v1_20210830.zip<\/a> &#8211; initial port.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game Boy for Chameleon V2 hardware: &nbsp;<\/strong>If you have  three mini-DIN sockets on the left-hand side, with the keyboard and  mouse plugging in directly, you have V2 hardware, and need this version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retroramblings.net\/snapshots\/GameBoy_TC64v2_20210830.zip\">GameBoy_TC64v2_20210830.zip<\/a> &#8211; initial port.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Using the core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Flash the .rbf file into your Turbo Chameleon 64 using the chaco utility, and optionally copy the autoboot.gb file to the root directory of your SD card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To play Game Boy Color games you will need to download a copy of the Game Boy Color BIOS &#8211; named gbc_bios.bin &#8211; and copy it to the root directory of your SD card.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the Turbo Chameleon 64 can&#8217;t support more than three gamepad buttons via the DB9 ports, the extra buttons are mapped as follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Gamepad button<\/th><th>PS\/2 keyboard<\/th><th>C64 keyboard<\/th><th>CDTV controller<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Start<\/td><td>Enter<\/td><td>Return<\/td><td>Play*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Select<\/td><td>Right shift<\/td><td>Right shift<\/td><td>Volume up*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Button A<\/td><td>Right Alt<\/td><td><\/td><td>Button B<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Button B<\/td><td>Right Ctrl<\/td><td><\/td><td>Button A<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robinsonb5\/nes\/#other-keys\"><\/a>Other keys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Function<\/th><th>PS\/2 keyboard<\/th><th>C64 keyboard<\/th><th>CDTV controller<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Menu<\/td><td>F12<\/td><td>&lt;- (top left)<\/td><td>Power<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The scandoubler can be toggled on or off by holding down the menu button for a period of 1 second or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can return to the Chameleon C64 core by pressing the middle and rightmost buttons on the Chameleon cartridge simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source code can be found at github, as usual &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/robinsonb5\/gameboy\">https:\/\/github.com\/robinsonb5\/gameboy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge thanks to everyone who&#8217;s supported my projects in recent months &#8211; it&#8217;s very much appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Game Boy core was originaly written by Till Harbaum with further development and fixes by Gyorgy Szombathelyi, Bruno Duarte Gouveia and paulb-nl.   The audio implementation is from the PACE project, and the T80 CPU core is by Daniel Wallner and Mike Johnson.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is the home of the newly-ported Game Boy core for Turbo Chameleon 64. 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