No game works

[qwertologe]

I tried c64_20190213.fw and c64_20181006.fw and about 30 games (.d64) - none worked.

The disk content gets listed, i can select the files with a mouse pointer. The games load but they do not work (a single color or fancy ascii-art / bitmap-art like frozen screen).

Do you have any idea?

[Schuemi]

Sorry to hear that. Normally a lot of games are working...
I made good experiences with the release group "remember". Almost all games work. In addition, the game should not use a fastloader, or, if possible, it should be turned off. You can also try to activate the 1541 emulator in the menu after loading the floppy.

[v666]

I have seen that for some specific games - for example Activision's ALIENS - using NAV will not work to properly load the game.

What I had to do is - just like Schuemi specifies above - is go old school and perform the following steps:

Assumptions:

1. C64-GO is your installed firmware and will start upon your device power on
2. Your folder structure is correct - you have all BIOS files in place and rom files in place
3. You are using fw C64_20190319.

Steps to load game:

1. Press device menu button (left most, first button in your 4 button row) to enter emulators menu options.
2. Select 1541 emulation - mine appears as OFF by default - press A to set it ON
3. Select Reset to Basic - you are sent to the C64 BASIC command line.
4. Press device menu button to show Emulator options again.
5. Select Change disk option - select your d64 file.
6. You are returned back to the C64 BASIC command line.
7. Press and hold SELECT button and press UP so that virtual keyboard widget appears (fantastic tool).
   Leave the keyboard there, we will be using it for a while.
8. Using the virtual keyboard, press all required keys to input the following line:

LOAD "*" ,8,1

Notes: You only need 2 blank spaces - one after D, one after the 2nd "
To set character: " you can press SHIFT LOCK, (nothing seems to happen when pressed - a little mark to indicate it's on, would be nice) and then number 2.
Note that pressing SHIFT LOCK locks the SHIFT key, you have to press SHIFT LOCK again to disable it to continue typing the correct characters. So, the complete button sequence for a ", is SHIFT LOCK, 2, SHIFT LOCK.
For any mistakes, you can press INST DEL which acts as backspace/clear.

9. Once you have entered the above instruction, press RETURN key in the virtual keyboard (do not confuse it with key RESTORE)
   If everything went fine, Program contents will start loading. Messages will appear during the process:

SEARCHING FOR ...
LOADING FROM ...

Your blue light should turn on while this process is taking place.
In case of my example game, loading time takes a minute.
This time can vary depending on the game.

10. Once LOAD instruction finishes, you should see the READY prompt appear, along with your square cursor flashing. (Nostalgia!)
11. You should still have the virtual keyboard open - use it to type the instruction:
    RUN
    and press RETURN key.
12. The magic should start now.
    Depending on the game loaded lots of things can happen here.
    If you believe you're all set you might want to remove the virtual keyboard - do so by pressing the device menu button once.
    Enjoy.

So happy I was able to run the best ALIENS game ever made!

[v666]

Check the notes about the Virtual Keyboard in this Emulator's main page.
There's a faster way to use SHIFT in the virtual keyboard.