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Channel-F

The Channel-F is a console developed by Fairchild. It was released in 1976.

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

Quick reference

BIOS

MD5 checksum Share file path Description
ac9804d4c0e9d07e33472e3726ed15c3 bios/sl31253.bin
da98f4bb3242ab80d76629021bb27585 bios/sl31254.bin
95d339631d867c8f1d15a5f2ec26069d bios/sl90025.bin

ROMs

Place your Channel-F ROMs in /userdata/roms/channelf.

Emulators

RetroArch

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: channelf.videomode, channelf.ratio, channelf.smooth, channelf.shaders, channelf.pixel_perfect, channelf.decoration, channelf.game_translation

ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS BACKEND channelf.gfxbackend Choose your graphics rendering
⇒ OpenGL opengl, Vulkan vulkan.
AUDIO LATENCY channelf.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 channelf.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: freechaf

libretro: freechaf configuration

Controls

Here are the default Channel-F's controls shown on a Batocera Retropad:

Troubleshooting

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

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