Recording Gamplay

Gopher2600 can record all user input and playback for future playback. This is a very efficient way of recording gameplay and results in far smaller files than a video recording. It also has other uses, not least for the recording of complex tests for the Regression Database.

To record a gameplay session, use the record flag. Note that we have to specify the run mode for the flag to be recognised:

> gopher2600 run -record roms/Pitfall.bin

This will result in a recording file in your current working directory, with a name something like:

> recording_Pitfall_20200201_093658

To playback a recording, simply specify the recording file instead of a ROM file:

> gopher2600 recording_Pitfall_20200201_093658