retro-cs

The Retro-Computing Systems.

Inspired by the Vintage Computer Club. Always a work in progress and a labor of love. There is no master plan. Feel free to contact me for more information.

See my MAGFest presentation on this emulator here:

Notes on the systems in progress:

• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128
• Pac-Man
  • and Ms. Pac-Man
• Galaga

Development notes:

• Memory
• MOS Technology 6502 series processor
• Pac-Man
• Zilog Z80 processor

Requirements

Go and SDL2 are needed to build the application.

Linux

Install SDL with:

sudo apt-get install libsdl2{,-image,-mixer,-ttf,-gfx}-dev

Install go from here:

https://golang.org/dl

macOS

Install go and SDL with:

brew install go sdl2{,_image,_mixer,_ttf,_gfx} pkg-config

Windows

It's never easy on Windows. Go needs to use mingw to compile the SDL bindings. Follow the instructions on the go-sdl2 page:

https://github.com/veandco/go-sdl2#requirements

Install go from here:

https://golang.org/dl

ROMs

ROMs are not included in this repository. Follow the directions for each system to obtain the proper ROMs or ask for the resource pack.

Installation

go get github.com/blackchip-org/retro-cs/...

Run

~/go/bin/retro-cs -s <system>

where <system> is one of the following:

• c64
• c128
• galaga
• mspacman
• pacman

Use the -m flag to enable the monitor.

Escape key to exit if in full screen mode.

License

MIT