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Overview ​

Supported Platforms:

  • Fujitsu FM-Towns

ref: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/51492-fm-towns-unz-guide-not-for-the-faint-hearted/

ref: https://gekk.info/articles/fmtowns.html ← Very good article explaning about various Unz emulator issues to take note of when launching game.

Notes ​

  • Use Unz emulator instead of MAME core in Retroarch for better compatibility.
  • Update 2023-12-19: Use Tsugaru instead of Unz for better feature, e.g. full screen scaling support.

Emulator Setup ​

  1. Copy ROM to the folder.

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See https://github.com/captainys/TOWNSEMU/blob/master/command.md for more list of command line support.

See http://www.emu-france.com/nonfilebase/FM_Towns_Emulator_Guide-_EN.pdf for instructions to setup the emulator in English and some guide to setup some games.

Downloads ​

http://ysflight.in.coocan.jp/FM/towns/Tsugaru/e.html

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Launchbox Setup ​

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Default command line parameters:

"c:\Programs\LaunchBox\Emulators\tsugaru_v20231124\rom" -fullscreen -gameport0 key -scale 150 -freq 40 -yeswait -fd0 "C:\Programs\LaunchBox\Emulators\tsugaru_v20231124\disk.d77" -cd

TIP

  • The first param is the location to FM Town ROM, not your game ROM!
  • Use -gameport0 phys0 if you want to use gamepad. Else use key to use keyboard.

Paste the following AHK to Running Script

Escape::
	Process, Close, Tsugaru_CUI.exe
	ExitApp

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