# How to setup BlueMSX for Colecovision? **URL:** \ **Category:** GameShell\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155 "2019-03-10T20:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/1 "2019-03-10T20:17:49Z")
Did someone managed to make BlueMSX work for Coleco emulation? Where do you place your BIOS? How to rename the BIOS? Where do you place “Database, Machines” folders? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/2 "2019-03-11T16:52:45Z")
Forget it. Found the way. 🙂 If someone else is wondering how to, here it is: **1** - Download the full BlueMSX from this link: [bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel\_download/blueMSXv282full.zip](http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282full.zip) **2** - Unzip the files and move the “Databases” and “Machines” folders to /home/cpi/apps/emulators/bios. If there is no “bios” folder, create one. **3** - Download bluemsx\_libretro.so.zip from this link: [buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx\_libretro.so.zip](http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx_libretro.so.zip) and unzip it. **4** - Move bluemsx\_libretro.so to /home/cpi/apps/emulators. **5** - Create a action.config script and write this in it: ROM=/home/cpi/games/COLECO ROM\_SO=/home/cpi/apps/emulators/bluemsx\_libretro.so EXT=col,COL LAUNCHER=retroarch -L TITLE=COLECO Roms SO\_URL=https://http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx\_libretro.so.zip \*You can use Notepad++ to do this and then rename your file to action.config and move it using your preferred method. I use Filezilla. **6** - Move the action.config script to /home/cpi/launcher/Menu/GameShell/20\_Retro Games/COLECO. If you do not have a COLECO folder, create one. **7** - Create a COLECO folder in /home/cpi/games/ **8** - Move your games there and play! **Step 9** : Point Retroarch to the right BIOS folder. Go into Retroarch, Settings, Directory, System/BIOS and change it to your BIOS folder located in /home/cpi/apps/emulators/bios If someone have a better way to explain all of this, you are welcome to share your method. ---
**Author:** ![JayWiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JayWiggins](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JayWiggins)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/3 "2019-03-22T23:17:01Z")
Hey Lix, I can’t get the roms for this to load. The screen shows the roms then I select one and the screen goes black and then back to the retro games screen. Any ideas ? ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/4 "2019-03-22T23:25:36Z")
Could be the rom or your launcher script contains a typo… Does this happen for all your roms? Are they unzipped? Or…Did you setup Retroarch to look at the right BIOS folder? ---
**Author:** ![JayWiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JayWiggins](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JayWiggins)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/5 "2019-03-22T23:53:26Z")
Hey, this happens for all roms. I followed your steps to the T. ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/6 "2019-03-22T23:58:29Z")
And what about the Retroarch settings? You also need to point Retroarch to the right BIOS folder. ---
**Author:** ![JayWiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JayWiggins](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JayWiggins)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/7 "2019-03-23T00:00:22Z")
ROM=/home/cpi/games/COLECO ROM\_SO=/home/cpi/apps/emulators/bluemsx\_libretro.so EXT=col,COL LAUNCHER=retroarch -L TITLE=COLECO SO\_URL=[https://http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx\_libretro.so.zip](https://http//buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx_libretro.so.zip) The retroarch bios I didn’t do, let me try ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/8 "2019-03-23T00:01:08Z")
Here is my latest action.config for Coleco: ROM=/home/cpi/games/COLECO ROM\_SO=/home/cpi/apps/emulators/bluemsx\_libretro.so EXT=ZIP,zip,7Z,7z,col,COL LAUNCHER=retroarch -L TITLE=COLECO Roms SO\_URL=https://http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx\_libretro.so.zip You can skip zip and 7z, I do not believe its supported anyway… ---
**Author:** ![JayWiggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JayWiggins](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/JayWiggins)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/9 "2019-03-23T00:04:25Z")
Thanks Lix, The bios change fixed it!!!🙂 Many many thanks ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/10 "2019-03-23T00:04:54Z")
Yay! Happy gaming m8! I will add it to the steps. ---
**Author:** ![ITCactus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ITCactus](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ITCactus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/11 "2019-07-13T23:04:52Z")
just tried it with OS 0.4 and Launcher 1.25 (since it pre-configured in the “Retro Games” folder), and realized, that the SO URL is wrong, and launcher can not download emulator. the Web-browser on PC also can’t… looks like it supposed to be changed to: `SO_URL=https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armv7-neon-hf/latest/bluemsx_libretro.so.zip` i raised an issue on github (hope they fix it in the Launcher) > ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/12 "2019-07-13T23:16:08Z")
Because it has changed since I posted the first post. ---
**Author:** ![wolo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/wolo/32/2927_2.png) [@wolo](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/wolo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/13 "2019-07-29T15:39:52Z")
@Lix, The SO\_URL path is still the same. It was just a typo in your original post. Notice the “[https://http](https://http)://” at the beginning? If you edit your first post and remove the extra “http://”, it will work just fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lix](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lix/32/3394_2.png) [@Lix](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/14 "2019-07-29T15:51:16Z")
I did not made that typo in my GameShell…Just here. For some reasons I am unable to edit the post and correct it to not mislead others… ---
**Author:** ![wolo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/wolo/32/2927_2.png) [@wolo](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/wolo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/how-to-setup-bluemsx-for-colecovision/3155/15 "2019-07-29T16:07:33Z")
It’s ok. Thanks for trying! I appreciate your instructions. My Colecovision games weren’t filling the screen properly, so I hit **Shift+Menu** , scrolled down to **Options** and then set **Crop Overscan = Enabled**. Now they look great! Note: that step may only be necessary if you have **Retroarch \> Settings \> Video: Aspect Ratio = Core Provided**. I prefer that setting because it helps my MAME games retain their original aspect ratios.