CONSOLE

The Ultimate FB runs nanochess’s excellent CoolCV emulator on a

Raspberry Pi 2. You will see some computer code with booting, but I’ve
tried to keep this to a minimum. It takes about 20 seconds to boot, so
stretch out your fingers and prepare for some classic gaming! Once
you’re in, you shouldn’t have to reboot. The RESET on the FB actually
reboots the computer and does not reset the game you’re playing— this
is done from your controller (see below).

CONTROLS
The Ultimate FB is set up for original ColecoVision controllers by
default. You can also use the controllers listed below. In order to
change controllers, you need to press and hold the button listed below
while powering up or resetting the system until the boot screen (first
ColecoVision screen) appears. After that, your last controller used will
be remembered in the future. Note - this has to be done for both Player1
and Player2 controllers independently. Also, if you decide to use a non-
CV controller for Player1, you’ll need to have a CV or CV FB controller
plugged into Player2 to handle the keypad functions.

Supported Controllers:

• Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 2600 Keypad, 2014 INTV/CV

Flashback controllers: press and hold the zero button on the keypad.

• Coleco Rollerball: the switch should be set to Rollerball (not

Joystick). press and hold zero on both hand controllers. With a USB
keyboard attached to the FB, hit F5 in game to enable.
Supported Controllers (CONT):

• Coleco Steering Wheel: connect a Coleco controller and press and

hold zero. Connect the steering after the controller is recognized. With a
USB keyboard attached to the FB, hit F5 in game to enable.

• Sega Master System and Genesis 3/6: press and hold the START key
on the controller (which is button 1 on Master System, dedicated button
on Genesis).

• Atari 2600 and Atari 2600 Driving controllers, press and hold the fire
button or side button (the only button on the controllers).

• Atari 7800 Proline controllers, press and hold the left side button.

• TI-99 controller, press and hold button #1. Only one controller in port
A is recognized. Port B will not work with TI-99 joystick.

• Amiga/Commodore controller, press and hold fire button or button #1

on 2 button controllers.

*** To activate the joystick mode for the Coleco Rollerball and
Steering Wheel, hold ONLY the asterick (*) key on both controllers.

Game Selection Screen

Left fire button: Select
Right fire button: Go back / cancel
*: Options
#: Menu
2: Move up 10 games
8: Move down 10 games
Joynub: Move through games, menu options, cursor.
In-Game Controls
RESET: Hold R fire button and press * on the keypad.
PAUSE: Hold R fire button and press 0 on the keypad.
EXIT: Hold R fire button and press # on the keypad.

Let’s Fire Up Some Games!

In order to start playing games, hook up an HDMI cable, plug in your
power supply, and turn on your TV and the Ultimate FB. Hit the left fire
button at the ColecoVision Games Available screen. Select a game with
the joynub and press the left fire button to play the highlighted game.

NOTE: If the game selection menu or games are getting cut off by your
TV, you may have to change the aspect of your TV by selecting Full
Native, Disable Zoom, Game Mode, etc.

Transferring roms via USB

The Ultimate Flashback also has a built-in function that automatically
copies ROMs from a USB stick to the Ultimate FB.
• On your Mac/PC, create a folder on your USB stick called “retropie”.
• With the keyboard hooked up to your FB, exit by hitting F4.
• Unplug your keyboard and plug in the USB stick.
• The first time you plug the USB stick into the Ultimate Flashback, a
ROM directory is generated in the retropie folder, which only takes a
few seconds. Wait until the flashing on your USB stick stops and then
you can unplug the stick.
• Plug the stick it into your Mac/PC and copy your ROMs into the
retropie -> roms -> colecovision directory on the USB stick. Eject.
• Put the USB stick back into the Ultimate Flashback and the ROMs are
automatically copied over. When the flashing on your USB stick ends
unplug your USB stick.
• Reboot your Ultimate Flashback or plug your keyboard back in and
type in “emulationstation” to see your new games!
Wifi Setup
Plug a USB keyboard into the USB dongle sticking out of the back of
the Ultimate FB.

Turn on your Ultimate FB. Once the “ColecoVision games available”

screen pops up, hit F4 on your keyboard to exit into Linux Command
Line.

You’re going to edit the wifi network file next. Type this in at the
command line prompt:
sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Use the keyboard arrow keys to move through the file.

Change the text inside the quotes to your own wifi network and
password:

network={
ssid="network"
psk="password"
}

Now save the file by pressing ctrl+x then y, then press enter.

Now reboot by typing:

sudo reboot

Wait for the “ColecoVision games available” screen again and exit with
F4. Type in “ifconfig” at the prompt. One line down under “wlan0”
you’ll see “inet addr:” followed by your IP number. Write the IP number
down - you’ll need to get your Ultimate FB connected to wifi.
Transferring roms via wifi
I suggest you use the excellent free FTP program Cyberduck to transfer
roms from your computer to the Ultimate FB. Launch Cyberduck and
click on Open Connection.

Select SFTP up at the top. Type in your Ultimate FB IP address in the

Server box. Use “root” for your Username and “raspberry” for the
password and click Connect.

Once connected, click on the /root folder and select /. Navigate to the
home -> pi -> RetroPie -> roms -> colecovision folder. You should see
the built-in roms here.

Now simply drag and drop your roms into this folder. You’ll have to hit
F4 and type in “emulationstation” at the prompt or reboot the FB to see
your new games.
Adding box art to your games
With your Ultimate FB connected via wifi as above, you can add box art
images to the roms that you’ve added to your system.

• Using Cyberduck, browse the directory /home/cb/ to see if the box art
you need is already there. If not, you can upload box art to the /home/
cb/ directory. Make sure the picture file is under 100k or there will be
a noticeable slowdown when scrolling through that game in the game
selection screen.
• Back on the FB, highlight the game you want to edit and press * on
the controller in the game selection menu and select Edit This Game’s
Metadata.
• Move down to Image and hit the left side button. Hit the left side
button again to enter text. Move the cursor with the joystick.
• Using your attached USB keyboard, type in /home/cb/yourgame.jpg
and hit Return. With the controller, move down and select Save. You
should see your box art appear in the menu. *WARNING* Hit F4 or
exit EmulationStation once you’ve saved your changes to permanently
save them.

Deleting Roms
There’s a couple of ways to do this:
• Using Cyberduck, navigate to the home -> pi -> RetroPie -> roms ->
colecovision folder, select the game, then hit your delete key.
• In the game selection menu, highlight the game you want to get rid of,
then press *. Select Edit This Game’s Metadata and move down to
Delete. You will likely need to reboot the system after this.

Credits
• Thanks to intvdave, pimpmaul69, mthompson, and iesposta for all the
help!
• Please contribute to nannochess’s excellent CoolCV emulator via
Paypal ($9 USD suggested) to b-i+y-u+b-i (at) gmail.com