# C64 keyboard issue

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/c64-keyboard-issue/1170>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/c64-keyboard-issue/1170 "2018-08-02T18:20:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vod1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/dbc845/32.png) [@Vod1](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Vod1)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/c64-keyboard-issue/1170/1 "2018-08-02T18:20:37Z")

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I’m looking to play some C64 roms and downloaded the Vice\_x64\_libretro.so core. The game requires me to press keyboard keys to start the game (select level, etc). For this particular game (jumpman) I just need numbers 1-5, so remapping the light keys would be ideal, but since the keypad is a keyboard it doesn’t seem to make sense to remap a typed ‘u’ to a typed ‘1’ and so on.

One thought I had was to recompile the keypad code to make the light keys just be 1-5, but that seems like it will work for this game and later I’ll need to make more changes. Is there a better way of doing this per rom?

I did notice that the Core seems to have an overlay keyboard for this very purpose but the controls didn’t seem to work for moving the pointer.

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**Author:** ![acb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@acb](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/acb)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/c64-keyboard-issue/1170/2 "2018-09-02T14:21:58Z")

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Can the C64 emulator load/make memory dumps? Because if so, a workaround for games that need the keyboard to choose cheats at start time may be to run them with a keyboard, get past the menu, and then save the emulator state, and use that as the game file in the Clockwork Pi.

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**Author:** ![sbielmann](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/sbielmann/32/1190_2.png) [@sbielmann](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/sbielmann)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/c64-keyboard-issue/1170/3 "2019-01-21T18:43:32Z")

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@Vod1 did you, I am sorry, I just started with VICE this week end. There is no need to recompile anything.

RetroArch provides **overrides** and **remaps** which can be stored for each single game. For example having the game galaxian.d64, and I have **VICE x64** installed, then you would have:  
– **/home/cpi/.config/retroarch/config/VICE x64/galaxian.opt**  
– **/home/cpi/.config/retroarch/config/remaps/VICE x64/galaxian.rmp**  
The **opt** is the override, mine looks like this:

```auto
vice_Statusbar = "disabled"
vice_Drive8Type = "1541"
vice_DriveTrueEmulation = "enabled"
vice_SidModel = "6581F"
vice_C64Model = "C64MODEL_C64_PAL"
vice_UserportJoyType = "none"
vice_JoyPort = "port_2"
vice_RetroJoy = "enabled"
vice_Controller = "joystick"
vice_mapper_y = "RETROK_ESCAPE"
vice_mapper_x = "RETROK_F1"
vice_mapper_b = "RETROK_n"
vice_mapper_l = "RETROK_KP_PLUS"
vice_mapper_r = "RETROK_KP_MINUS"
vice_mapper_l2 = "RETROK_KP_MULTIPLY"
vice_mapper_r2 = "RETROK_ESCAPE"
vice_mapper_l3 = "RETROK_TAB"
vice_mapper_r3 = "RETROK_F5"
vice_mapper_start = "RETROK_KP_DIVIDE"

```

**vice\_JoyPort** let’s you define which joy stick port to use for this game, some want port 1, other port 2. **vice\_Controller** must be set to **joystick** (default is **keyboard** ) else the button to key remapping will not work. Here I have mapped **Y** button to **ESCAPE** key, which is Run/Stop on C64. And button **X** to **F1** and so on.

You can create these files either manually or with RetroArch when you go into the **Quick Menu** while the game is running, change the **Options** , then in **Controls** choose **Save Game Remap File**