Dempsey_86 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 View File Vicepetx VicePETX Commodore PET Emulator port for XBox. User Guide: - Emulates Commodore PET - Excellent compatibility - ported from Vice - Loads disk images, PRG/P00 files Default ROM dir is D:\PETGAMES =============== Important Notes =============== There is some initial weirdness when starting games for the first few times. At startup, when you load a game it will sometimes boot normally and then present with the "LOAD ..." "SEARCHING FOR..." text and then seemingly hangs. Sometimes it just takes a while, other times requires exiting the game and restarting. Sometimes it takes a number of restarts before things finally "kick in" but after that everything runs fine the first time. I would have investigated this problem more, but I suspect that 99.9% of the people who use XBox emulators will either not try this one at all or will not use it again after the first time because the games are not captivating by today's standards at all. I ported it for my own personal amusement since there are a number of titles that I enjoyed very much decades ago. ============= Configuration ============= Almost everything can be changed from the configuration menu. Here are the things that require manual modifications to the VICEPETX.INI file included in the package: Samba share name - goes in the [GENERAL] section. Example: smbshare=SMB://USERNAME:PASSWORD@COMPUTERNAME/SHARENAME Screenshot directory - default is E:\SCREENSHOTS - goes in [GENERAL] section Example: screenshot_dir=E:\SCREENSHOTS Skin directory - where skins can be found. Default is D:\EMUSKINS - goes in [GENERAL] section. Example: skin_dir=D:\EMUSKINS Save directory - this is where you want all your saved games to be stored. Default is E:\SAVES\VICEPETX. Goes in [GENERAL] section. Example: save_dir=E:\SAVES\VICEPETX The default ROM directory INI setting goes in the [GENERAL] section as follows: rom_dir=d:\PETGAMES If you change any of the above items, then you must upload the new VICEPETX.INI file to your XBox, load up VICEPETX, then select "Force Reload D:\\*.ini Settings" from the Configuration menu. Please note that this will overwrite any of the setting changes you might have made after you first loaded VICEPETX. Controls: =============== Menu Navigation =============== Select menu options with the DPAD or with R/LTrigger. The speed of R/LTrigger movements can be controlled by : Configuration -> Menu Scroll Speed There are some places where you can enter or change values. This can usually be done in a variety of ways include DPAD Left/Right, R/L Trigger, and L/R Thumb. Try all of them if the values are changing too slowly. "A" selects the highlighted choice. "B" cancels/returns. "Y" from a file-select list will go up one directory. Screenshots: Credits: X-port for porting a great collection of emu's over to the xbox, releasing the source code, and answering my stupid questions. Atariage (Albert in particular) - For providing a place for me to ramble on. For encouragement in general. Gilou9999 for suggestions, etc. Bigby, Du0ph0ne, TheMaster3, Nytmar3 for some beta testing. Comments of support from various interested parties. If I missed anybody shoot me an email and I'll update this file. Does anyone use this emu? Submitter Dempsey_86 Submitted 07/13/23 Category Emulators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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