emulators and "press fire"

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hi,
this must be a simple question,
which emulator you recommend for windows,
and some games start by saying " press fire to continue" , which bouton should i press? , i can´t go on cus i don´t know the fire b. , and they don´t give the chance to redifine keys in the beggining

thanks

[Tony]

"this must be a simple question,
which emulator you recommend for windows,"

Well, ALL CPC emulators are very good nowadays.

I recommend WinAPE32. Best accuracy.

There are also:
Caprice32. Easy to use, very good accuracy, the slowest.
CPCE. Quite good, fast.
NO$CPC. Not very accurate, TURBO fast.

So it's up to you to decide, depending on the speed of your PC and on the features you like most.



"and some games start by saying " press fire to continue" , which bouton should i press? , i can´t go on cus i don´t know the fire b. , and they don´t give the chance to redifine keys in the beggining"

The CPC is a computer, so almost any key on your PC keyboard (except for the function keys on the top row) may be the fire button. Although many games let you redefine the keys, 99% of them let you use a joystick. So your best bet is to use a joystick. Either a real one or an emulated. I personally use these keys for the emulated joystick:

Home for Up
End for Down
Delete for Left
Page Down for Right
Right Control for Fire1
Context Menu Key for Fire2

These keys do not interfere with any keys on the emulated CPC keyboard.

So the main advantage of using a joystick, real or emulated, is that you can always go directly into the action without searching for the keys!

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thanks,

im trying WinAPE32 and caprice 32, but im having this problem whit WinAPE32, i try to load a game , but im not being able to do this, any game i try to insert on disk A or B, nothing happens for a while, and then appears one cars game, is always this game that appears ,
in caprice 32, i don´t have this problem, but i can´t resize the window as it can be done in WinAPE32.... so if you can give a help on how to load a game in WinApe32 ...
thanks...

[Tony]

"im trying WinAPE32 and caprice 32, but im having this problem whit WinAPE32, i try to load a game , but im not being able to do this, any game i try to insert on disk A or B, nothing happens for a while, and then"
"so if you can give a help on how to load a game in WinApe32 ..."

See my response to your other post.

", but i can´t resize the window as it can be done in WinAPE32.... "

Hmm, if I get this correctly you mean you use a SMALL window in WinAPE32 so that you get better speed. If this is the case, you should know that if you want more speed you can also go fullscreen (F10 in Winape32, ~ (the key below ESC) in Caprice32). Just make sure that you choose a 8-bit or 16-bit color resolution for full-screen, since these modes are faster than 32-bit modes. Smaller screen resolutions (like 640x400 instead of 1024x768) also are faster. You can choose these resolutions from the menus of each emulator.




"appears one cars game, is always this game that appears , in caprice 32, i don´t have this problem"

Burnin' Rubber is a very nice racing game built' in the CPC+ machines. You can press the NUMERIC KEYPAD 2 key of your PC keyboard to play immediately when WinAPE32 starts. (if you don't want to wait for 30 seconds ! ! !)


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Emulated joysticks
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The emulated joystick keys in WinAPE32 can be viewed in the options menu (F12), in the "input" tab.

There at the right you can see "Joystick". Six keys may be used for each emulated joystick button (for Joystick Up, for Joystick Down etc.)

After you have chosen the keys you prefere, click "Save" and as a filename use "default.kbd". Say yes if answered to replace it.

This way you may use your favorite keys as an emulated joystick every time you use WinAPE32. Just make sure these keys are not too common, like letters, numbers etc. because you may be unable to use these keys when loading dsk games. For example if you use A for joystick fire 1, and you need to load a disk game in an emulator that has a name "Rambo", then when typing the letters you would get: RXmbo

So perhaps you shouldn't change the default keys for the emulated joystick ...

;D

[Foxy]

Has anyone managed to get the keys to work on Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, if so how? - I can't get the cursor to move - I seem to remember the original game only worked with a joystick.

[Tony]

Indeed, some games would only work with a joystick. (this seems to be one of them

The default keys for the emulated joystick in WinApe32 are located at the numeric keypad. Be sure to have Num-Lock OFF. Also in this emulator you can reconfigure the emulated joystick keys or use a real joystick.

All other emulators have similar features.

Bye