lr-beetle-supergrafx is now very laggy.

akafox

Ok so the chd info I used Exile II: Wicked Phenomenon in cue/bin form..together they run 535.2MB. The chd is 285.0MB. I kept getting an error on the starting the game though. "This software is super CD-ROM and requires either the turboduo or the super system card 3.0" Not sure there..get that on both cores...
(Anyone have a solution?)

So..I'll test another...
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon cue/iso format 548.2MB chdman reports a 48% crushd down to 237.8MB. Not too shabby. It loads just fine. No problems sound and all. Runs smooth.

Note that I had to manually add the .chd extension to the es_systems.cfg by typing sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg Then I looked for pcengine (ctrl+w) and then between <extension> tags I inserted .chd and .CHD and saved the file. Finally restarted emulationstation. ES found it and loaded it just like any other game.

The pce fast core will load cd-com only in cue the supergrafx will load cue or chd. Maybe they will add that to the fast core soon. Anyway those are my findings.

Darksavior

@akafox I tried Exile 2 chd on pce-fast. It works fine. Now to convert the rest of my library. I used QT Chdman gui with default compression. Can't troubleshoot the problem because it's my first time converting to chd and it worked on the first try.

edmaul69

@darksavior what are you using to convert them?

Darksavior

@edmaul69 QT Chdman gui which is a part of the qmc2 package http://qmc2.batcom-it.net/index.php/download

You still need to hunt down chdman.exe seperately. I could only find it in that killer instinct backup guide website. Unless anyone recommends a later version.
EDIT: Doh, latest is in the mame package. I'll restart my conversions..good thing I have a 6 core(12 thread) cpu:)
Re-tested Exile 2 with mame 0.188's chdman.exe..still works.

darknior

Just for information, yesterday i try the 5 games on SuperGrafx and all is working fine for me. I only use this emulator for SuperGrafx games :)

akafox

@darksavior So strange..I wonder what my problem is then..I know it worked at one point. It says something about the card 3.0 but..I have that..or I wouldn't be able to even start the game in retroarch...shrugs

Are you sure it was the pce fast core? my setup won't even see a chd with that core..even on a pc..but I could be wrong..

And yes i am using QT Chdman gui as well...

On a side note...Crash Team Racing (for the psx) is 605.7 MB cue/bin. pbp format is (and works perfectly..and supported in the psx core) is 372.9 MB. The chd from is 317.9MB (but of course I have no way of testing it..yet..) This is good news though for our PIs..that can only hold 512GB (once they are less than $125.00!) on an sd card. Yeah I know we can use a hard drive but that is just more wires and cords and stuff that can go wrong.. ;)

Shizzmoney

Updated from source, and all is swell. Thanks BuZz!

Darksavior

@akafox I think I updated pce fast from source.

akafox

updated and working great thank you (ooohh shiny!)

We have nes and snes and megadrive and N64 controller clones...we need at least a six-button pcengine controller...I feel like the sega police are going to come get me for using the "wrong" controller ;)

edmaul69

@akafox i modified all my pc engine controllers for my setup. I recommend the avenue pad 3 and the avenue pad 6. You could probably use an nec avenue pad 6 controller (or any other pc engine controller) with one of these:

http://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/nes2usb/index.php

Darksavior

@akafox Why? No pc-engine game requires a 6 button pad. It's recommended for sf2, but at that point, why not play the arcade version instead? I modified a pce pad with some ps3 chip the size of a quarter that I was never going to use. Pad feels a bit too loose but I think it's more due to the wear and tear. I bought it used. I wouldn't mind buying a new pce/tg16 2button pad, but they're impossible to get. There's one ebay seller that sells "oem" new but they're too much $ .

edmaul69

@darksavior that is not correct. All of the pc engine cd "arcade" games require a 6 button controller as they are all 4 button games. And saying "why not play the arcade version" if we all did that why play any games that arent on mame? I enjoy playing the same game on several consoles. I dont like confining myself to one version.

Darksavior

@edmaul69 I like to play the definitive version of games. Not limiting myself at all. There is the rare occasion where the console ports are better. Like Rush N Attack/Green Beret. In some cases, completely different games that share the name only. Ports of arcade fighting games? Not that I know of. There might a few that might add extra characters (sfa3) or maybe different art for endings (sf2 snes).

Back in the day when these games we're released I would've been fine, but there's so many choices now with emulation that I have the luxury to choose the best version. Usually people go to the ports for nostalgia, not because it's "better".

akafox

Well that is what I mean..why no tg-16 or celeco..or even intellivision usb controllers?

We have everything else...yeah I know most games for the pc engine was 2-buttons..but why not get a 6-button.."so I have one" well I didn'tmean to start a "fight" i'll use the genesis pad...I can use a nes pad for two button..but no turbo. Yeah I can use the genesis...

edmaul69

@akafox here are a 2 player and 1 player adapters for intellivision and coleco plus most 9 pin controllers. The 2 player ultimate pc interface does more than the single player vision-daptor. (Both made by same person) I use these adapters. Best adapters made.

ultimate pc interface