RetroX supports games that need more than one disk or disc. While running the game, press Back to open the RetroX Menu to select the option Swap Disk to swap the current disk for the second one (or third, fourth).
To add a multi disk game, create one folder with the game name, then add the disks inside using the format name.diskX.ext, where ext could be adf for Commodore Amiga, dsk for MSX, and so on.
For example, this is a Commodore Amiga multi disk game:
Shadow of the Beast/ Shadow of the Beast/beast1.disk1.adf Shadow of the Beast/beast1.disk2.adf
And this is an MSX multi disk game:
Aleste 2/ Aleste 2/aleste2.disk1.dsk Aleste 2/aleste2.disk2.dsk
RetroX will use the directory name to detect the game. In these examples, they will be detected as shadowofthebeast and aleste2.
Apart from those name conventions, these other name structures are also supported (case insensitive):
- Game name (disk 1).ext
- Game name (disk 1 of 2).ext
- Game name Disk 1.ext
- Game name CD1.ext
Additional files
As in any other game, you can add your own covers, screenshots and configurations for multi disk games. Those files go directly into the folder. For example:
Turrican II Beta/ Turrican II Beta/turrican2.disk1.adf Turrican II Beta/turrican2.disk2.adf Turrican II Beta/cover.jpg Turrican II Beta/shot.0.png Turrican II Beta/shot.1.png Turrican II Beta/shot.2.png
Using more disk drives in Amiga
Commodore Amiga supports more than one disk drive; some games allow you to put each disk in its own drive, so you don’t have to swap the inserted disk. For example, the game Soccer Kid supports 4 drives, and you put one disk on each drive. Jaguar XJ220 supports 2 drives, and so on.
If your game supports more than one drive, just open the game details screen and select how many drives you want.