MacGuyver

One more tip that I just discovered. It helped me to get more games working! I'll explain carefully. The example is "Load Runner". I loved playing this game on my Vic as a kid, but for the life of me, I couldn't get it working using VICE in Launchbox. I noticed in the TOSEC set available on archive.org there were the following ROM dumps of this game: Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[h][A000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[h][a][A000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[h][a][6000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[h][6000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[A000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[6000][multipart].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[6000].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)(b)[A000].crt Whereas in the Gamebase20_v3 set, there was only one Lode Runner dump: Lode Runner.zip which contained two files: Lode Runner-6000.prg Lode-Runner-a000.prg I tried everything to get these to work. The great tips listed above which worked on TAPs and other cartridges (using -autostart or -cartgeneric) did NOT work on any of these Lode Runner dumps. Then on the Vic20 Denial site, a user named Mayhem gave me the following tip of what needs to happen to run the Lode Runner.zip file on VICE via the command line: -cart6 Lode Runner-6000.prg -cartA Lode Runner-A000.prg You need the argument cartX, where X = 2, 4, 6, A, specifies the memory block to attach it to. Not sure you can execute loading the game with the files in a zip. This was the info I needed to sort this out! While I was NOT able to get Launchbox to run TWO separate files in the command line like suggested above, the information about the -cart command is very important. So next I focused on the ROM dumps that were not multipart. So in the list above, there were two rom files that were already joined together. Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)(b)[A000].crt Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)(NTSC-PAL)[6000].crt I could not get the (b) [A000] dump to work, but the 2nd [6000] dump does in fact work fine in Launchbox, by adding the -cart6 on the command line parameters line! Success! However, I for some reason this command does not work if the crt file is contained in a zip. So make sure to unzip it first! So in summary, if you are trying to run dumps from TOSEC, stay away from the multiparts, make sure files are unzipped, and use the following command line parameters: For .crt or .prg files ending in A000, use -cartA (must be capital A, small a does not work) For .crt or .prg files ending in 2000, use -cart2 For .crt or .prg files ending in 4000, use -cart4 For .crt or .prg files ending in 6000, use -cart6 Let me know if this helps you run any more carts!!! ?

Regarding the greyed-out parameters, to address this you need to click on the emulation tab on the edit game screen. Click "Use Custom Command Line Parameters" and enter -cartgeneric. I think it's really important to have specific command line parameters for specific games, depending on whether they are cartridges or not (i.e. a single command line parameter will not be useful for everything). You were mentioning problems with CRT files. What ROMset are you using? I ran a test on the following CRT file from the Gamebase20 V03 which I believe is the most up to date collection of ROMs available. The file I tested is called Omega Race (1982)(Commodore)-a000.crt The version of Vice that I'm using is WinVICE-3.2-x86-r34842 I tried the -autostart again and this time I realized that if I wait long enough on the black flashing screen, the TAP files do in fact work. I wish I knew how I could address the black flashing. I am running VICE full Screen.

I'm also having no luck yet getting the PRG and TAP files to run using VICE 3.2. I tried GuroDragon's suggestion of using -autostart but have not had any success. I just get a black screen.

Zombeaver states that there is a way at https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/43542-fs-uae-need-help-with-saving-whdload-games/

Here`s the trick - Right click the Vic cartridge game in Launchbox, and choose "Edit". Click on the Emulation tab. Check the box marked "Use Command-line parameters". Type in "-cartgeneric" into that field. Vic20 cartridges will suddenly work fine in VICE Vic20! I am using Version 3.2. Another tip, if you're looking for an easy way to exit Vice with the escape key, try the following, which I discovered at https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33372&sid=af3ea6ae0b8c6a35f2278b5d18f69d33 Find the file win_shortcuts.vsc, located in the Vic20 folder and open it with a text editor (for example Notepad). Add this line to the table: Code: KEY 27 IDM_EXIT X Vice can now be terminated with the Esc key.

Just wondering if there is any progress on making this a simpler process. I have a number of Gamebases and being able to import these would be fantastic...