The Videopac+ G7400 is a console developed by Philips. It was released in 1983.

Place your ROMs in /userdata/roms/videopacplus. Most games were also backwards compatible with the original Videopac/Magnavox Oddyssey2, to play games in this backward compatibility mode adjust the ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGSMODEL or simply place your ROMs in /userdata/roms/o2em.

This system scrapes metadata for the “videopacplus” group(s) and loads the videopacplus set from the currently selected theme, if available.

  • Emulator: RetroArch
  • Folder: /userdata/roms/videopacplus
  • Accepted ROM formats: .bin, .zip, .7z
MD5 checksum Share file path Description
562d5ebf9e030a40d6fabfc2f33139fd o2rom.bin Odyssey2 BIOS - G7000 model
f1071cdb0b6b10dde94d3bc8a6146387 c52.bin Videopac+ French BIOS - G7000 model
c500ff71236068e0dc0d0603d265ae76 g7400.bin Videopac+ European BIOS - G7400 model
279008e4a0db2dc5f1c048853b033828 jopac.bin Videopac+ French BIOS - G7400 model

Place your Videopac+ ROMs in /userdata/roms/videopacplus.

RetroArch (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple “cores”, which are essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the libretro API, so that's why cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as “libretro: (core name)”. RetroArch aims to unify the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform.

RetroArch configuration

RetroArch offers a Quick Menu accessed by pressing [HOTKEY] + South button (B SNES) which can be used to alter various things like RetroArch and core options, and controller mapping. Most RetroArch related settings can be altered from Batocera's EmulationStation.

Standardized features available to all libretro cores: odyssey2.videomode, odyssey2.ratio, odyssey2.smooth, odyssey2.shaders, odyssey2.pixel_perfect, odyssey2.decoration, odyssey2.game_translation

ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS BACKEND odyssey2.gfxbackend Choose your graphics rendering
⇒ OpenGL opengl, Vulkan vulkan.
AUDIO LATENCY odyssey2.audio_latency Audio latency in milliseconds, turn it up if you hear crackles
⇒ 256 256, 192 192, 128 128, 64 64, 32 32, 16 16, 8 8.
THREADED VIDEO odyssey2.video_threaded Improves performance at the cost of latency and more video stuttering. Use only if full speed cannot be obtained otherwise.
⇒ On true, Off false.

libretro: O2EM

O2EM is an open-source Magnavox Odyssey² emulator. This is the libretro port of that.

libretro: O2EM configuration
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all systems this core supports
EMULATED HARDWARE global.o2em_bios Choose what Odyssey/Videopac system to emulate
⇒ Odyssey 2 (NTSC) o2rom.bin, Videopac G7000 (European) c52.bin, Videopac+ G7400 (European) g7400.bin, Videopac+ G7400 (France) jopac.bin.
CONSOLE REGION global.o2em_region To force 60hz or 50hz if the auto detection fail
⇒ Autodetect autodetect, NTSC NTSC, PAL PAL.
SWAP GAMEPADS global.o2em_swap_gamepads Some games accept player 1 input from controller 2
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
CROP OVERSCAN global.o2em_crop_overscan Remove the border around the edges of the screen
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
GHOSTING EFFECT global.o2em_mix_frames Simulate CRT phosphor ghosting effects
⇒ Off disabled, Simple mix, Ghosting (65%) ghost_65, Ghosting (75%) ghost_75, Ghosting (85%) ghost_85, Ghosting (95%) ghost_95.
AUDIO FILTER global.o2em_low_pass_range Soften the hash sound effect from some games
⇒ Off 0, 10% 10, 20% 20, 30% 30, 40% 40, 50% 50, 60% 60, 70% 70, 80% 80, 90% 90.

New to Batocera v32, a recent update to libretro: O2EM added sample support for emulating the voice synthesis module. Download the samples from O2EM's homepage (hover over “Misc” near the top of the page) and extract them into /userdata/bios/voice. Sid the Spellbinder requires its own pack, but if you're not intending on playing that game they're not required.

To confirm they are loaded correctly, K.C.'s Krazy Chase! plays a voice sample almost immediately after starting a game.

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

  • systems/videopacplus.txt
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