Mapping Keys to Game Controllers in ZEsarUX

In this tutorial, I will show you how to map keys to game controllers in ZEsarUX for keyboard only games and for games that use a Kempston joystick but reserve some actions to the keyboard.

Introducing ZEsarUX, a new Speccy Emulator

ZEsarUX is a new ZX Spectrum emulator from developer Cesar Hernandez Bano. What I like about ZEsarUX is the out of the box support for game controllers. In this tutorial, I will guide you through setting up ZEsarUX in RetroPie and playing your first Spectrum games.

RetroPie 3.0 Update

If you wish to create scripts to run DOS games in RetroPie as outlined in the tutorial in this blog, then you need to make the following small changes to get them to work in RetroPie version 3.0.

Install OpenTyrian

In this tutorial, I will show how to install OpenTyrian, an open source port of the DOS vertical shoot'em up Tyrian. Insane at the Raspberry Pi forum has amended the original source code of OpenTyrian to add SDL with dispmanx support. He has been able to recreate the best Tyrian experience for the pi. As Tyrian was made freeware in 2004, there's every reason to check it out.

DOSBox Configuration for Individual Games

In this tutorial, I will show how to configure DOSBox to make sure that it uses the correct mapper file for your game.

Default (Arcade) Mapping for DOSBox

Over the next two tutorials, I will show how I have used DOSBox config and mapper files for games in my Retropie build. In the first tutorial, I will share my default configuration that I use for most games which I would describe as arcade-style. In the second tutorial, I will share the configuration for games that require more complex mapper files.

Configure Game Controllers in DOSBox

In this tutorial, I will show how to use the DOSBox mapper to configure game controllers.

Configure Game Controllers for Wolf4SDL

In this tutorial, I will show how to alter the source code to configure game controllers for the Wolfenstein 3D port, Wolf4SDL .

Install Wolf4SDL

In this tutorial, I will show how to download and install the Wolfenstein 3D port, wolf4sdl as well as how to integrate it into Retropie.

Run DOS games in Retropie

In this tutorial, I will show how to add DOS games to Retropie. The games will launch automatically from emulationstation, then return when the game is exited. I will be using DOSBox as the emulator. rpix86 may be faster but DOSBox supports mapping game controllers, something I will cover in a future tutorial.