wonder how do you get log file what do i need to put in command prompt to bring it up in log thank you for your information i like to troubleshoot my issue myself 
Launch from the command line with --menu --verbose >> log.txt 2>&1
are you familar with sony pocketstation hunterk? or at least mess folder structure trying get it to work in mess
No, I’ve never used MESS for consoles. I think you need to have softlists and hashes in some directory… There’s a thread somewhere on the forum that goes over where to put things for intellivision, and this should be similar.