c64 C64 Dreams (massive curated C64 collection)

[kyzumi]

On 7/21/2025 at 5:17 PM, Zombeaver said:

You can either press Numpad Minus + F1 or back + guide on an Xbox controller.

What is it you're trying to do exactly? You should be very careful about changing anything in Retroarch as it has the potential to create problems quite easily depending on what you're doing.

I managed to figure it out! It was in the configuration option. now my changes to hotkeys work fine

[NLS]

(since I cannot post in discord)
 

[JoJoJuJu59]

Update on the problem I've been having getting certain new games e.g. Steel Ranger to run,  By checking this thread and messing around with game.cmd and game.bat files, I fixed the problem and even learned how to add some missing games to C64 Dreams I played on original hardware like Stationfall (a difficult infocom text adventure).  I also learned how to add my own manuals.  C64 Dreams has been a great project and Zombeaver has done a superb job making all the old C64 classics available to us in an easy, curated and pre-configured package.  Even if he stopped working on it, I feel it's polished enough to leave as is.  All new releases and missing old games can be easily added yourself.  Thanks for all the effort. 

A question though: what's a good color shader/reshade to use to add just a bit more color (very little) to make that C64 palette pop a bit more so the colors look slightly more saturated like the old Sega Master System, Amiga, ZX Spectrum or Atari ST but not oversaturated?  That's one thing I miss in the Commodore 64 is the default slightly dull color palette, imo, compared to these old systems.

Edited Thursday at 02:01 AM by JoJoJuJu59

[launchretrogirl2562]

3 minutes ago, JoJoJuJu59 said:

Update on the problem I've been having getting certain new games e.g. Steel Ranger to run,  By checking this thread and messing around with game.cmd and game.bat files, I fixed the problem and even learned how to add some missing games to C64 Dreams I played on original hardware like Stationfall (a difficult infocom text adventure).  I also learned how to add my own manuals.  C64 Dreams has been a great project and Zombeaver has done a superb job making all the old C64 classics available to us in an easy, curated and pre-configured package.  Even if he stopped working on it, I feel it's polished enough to leave as it.  All new releases and missing old games can be easily added yourself.  Thanks for all the effort. 

A question though: what's a good color shader/reshade to use to add just a bit more color (very little) to make that C64 palette pop a bit more so the colors look slightly more saturated like the old Sega Master System, Amiga, ZX Spectrum or Atari ST but not oversaturated?  That's one thing I miss in the Commodore 64 is the default slightly dull color palette, imo, compared to these old systems.

About adding games to it. Stigzler made a tool for that so you don't need to do it manually anymore.

 

[JoJoJuJu59]

Just now, launchretrogirl2562 said:

About adding games to it. Stigzler made a tool for that so you don't need to do it manually anymore.

Alas, I tried the tool and got errors pointing to the directory paths needed to get it to work so I did a new install of C64 Dreams and it worked but then I got an error about a missing text file.  I assumed it was because the tool is a new and still needs bugs worked out (?).  I went back to my old install of C64 Dreams because I added so many new things to it and didn't want to lose them.  I'll attempt it again perhaps with a later version that recognizes my current directories.  The manual method for me (thanks for your post showing us how to do it, btw) isn't a biggie because I only add a game once in a blue moon.

 

[stigzler]

If you post details of the errors or reproduction steps in the linked post, happy to take a look. A video of the error via OBS and YouTube would also be helpful

[JoJoJuJu59]

10 hours ago, stigzler said:

If you post details of the errors or reproduction steps in the linked post, happy to take a look. A video of the error via OBS and YouTube would also be helpful

Here's the directory structure that causes problems: K:\games\C64 Dreams v0.60\C64 Dreams.  It accepts where my LB folder is for that first required path but I get the invalid directory message for the C64 dreams folder. Note: the "C64 Dreams v0.60" folder is where the launchbox,exe is.

Edited Thursday at 05:37 PM by JoJoJuJu59

[stigzler]

5 hours ago, JoJoJuJu59 said:

Here's the directory structure that causes problems: K:\games\C64 Dreams v0.60\C64 Dreams.  It accepts where my LB folder is for that first required path but I get the invalid directory message for the C64 dreams folder. Note: the "C64 Dreams v0.60" folder is where the launchbox,exe is.

Can you move this over to my topic as originally requested so as not to take the OP off topic? Also, struggling to understand what you're saying here. A quick vid via OBS is your best option alongside showing your directory structures.

Edited Thursday at 11:32 PM by stigzler