Note that the ''Delete'' and ''Backspace'' keys are swapped on the emulated keyboard because of the CPC keyboard layout. So you may want to reassign those. Escape on the CPC is mapped to the key left of "1" on the PC keyboard. Alt-Enter switches between windowed and full screen mode.
==ROMsand extension hardware==
Just as in MAME, some MESS ROMs have parent ROMs that also need to be installed. E.g., <tt>cpc6128.zip</tt> also requires <tt>cpc464.zip</tt> to run. (See the links section for CPC ROM filesfor MESS.)
ROMs often only work with a specific version of MESS. This does not seem to affect CPC ROMs, but other systems sometimes give an error message when ROM filenames or checksums do not match what MESS expected.
sdlmess cpc6128 -lslot
One These are (as of them is MESS 0.159): *for "-centronics" pl80 COMX PL-80 ex800 Epson EX-800 lx800 Epson LX-800 lx810l Epson LX-810L ap2000 Epson ActionPrinter 2000 printer Centronics Printer digiblst Digiblaster (DIY) *for "-exp" ssa1 SSA-1 dkspeech DK'Tronics Speech Synthesiser rom ROM Box, which multiface2 Multiface II pds Programmers Development System (CPC Target) rs232 Pace RS232C interface amsrs232 Amstrad RS232C interface sf2 SYMBiFACE II amdrum Amdrum playcity PlayCity smartwatch Dobbertin Smartwatch The ROM Box expansion can be used to load extension external ROMs such as [[MAXAM]]:
sdlmess cpc6128 -exp rom -rom1 /path/to/MAXAM.ROM