what games to get?!

caver01

@mediamogul said in what games to get?!:

Yes! That game is very interesting. I only just read about it on the other thread, but tried it and I need to get further into it. However, does it work better with analog sticks? I feel very clumsy with my 8-way arcade stick.

mediamogul

@caver01

It should respond 1:1 with 8-directional controls, but MAME may have only mapped 'up', 'down' 'left' and 'right' for some reason. It might be worth investigating in the game-specific control settings to see what additional options are available.

caver01

@mediamogul I will look at it again. MAME definitely treats the diagonals as combined, but the game feels like it gives you finer control over that--aiming at angles other than 90 and 45 degrees I mean. Maybe it only looks that way given the isometric design. Regardless, I love the look and feel. Gameplay reminds me somewhat of Alien Syndrome in some respects.

caver01

@mediamogul Ok, so I guess Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters used an Atari "hall effect" joystick which is basically an expensive analog stick. I am betting this game plays nicely on a joypad with analog stick. With only microswitches on mine, it's a little harder to control--like playing Sinistar or Food Fight--you can do it on an 8-way but it's just not the same. :-(

Eventually, I may consider U360s to replace my venerable HAPP Supers.

mediamogul

@caver01 said in what games to get?!:

Ok, so I guess Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters used an Atari "hall effect" joystick which is basically an expensive analog stick.

Nice find! Atari was always innovating the industry in those days. I'm sure I don't have my controls as optimized as they could be. I'll have to take a look at tightening things up for some higher scores.

Parzival

Do you guys have the working file name for alien vs predator?

caver01

@Parzival It's avsp . It tested OK on Pi2 by someone using AdvanceMAME (.106) but you can look it up on other game lists linked in the wiki.

Headwave74

Wonderboy

Track & Field

mediamogul

Polybius

caver01

@mediamogul said in what games to get?!:

Polybius

Funny. But seriously, there is a PC game--has it been ported?

Parzival

@mediamogul I wish that there was a rom for that tho

Charco

Streets of Rage Remake. This is all.

Charco

@Parzival CPS2 games run best on lr-fba-Next in my opinion

backstander

Don't forget Starfighter (1984)!

mediamogul

@caver01 said in what games to get?!:

there is a PC game--has it been ported?

It hasn't been ported, but there are quite a few people running it through WINE, so that might be an option here with a fair bit of effort. There is also a 2600 'Polybius', but it's a different project and doesn't seem to be as engaging as the Windows release.

Edit: Remember, as with any game, if you start to go mad from playing 'Polybius' and your eyes begin the bleed, it might be time for a nice game of chess.

caver01

@backstander Both of these titles were made as PC games. @mediamogul Doesn't WINE require x86 architecture? If there's a way to emulate a windows environment, I think I'd rather have the WinIPAC utility than either of these!

mediamogul

@caver01 said in what games to get?!:

Doesn't WINE require x86 architecture?

For the most part yes, but there is work

on marrying it to Qemu-i386. It might not ever be anything to fully depend on, as WINE itself can be pretty finicky on a good day, but minor applications and utilities should function just fine. Also, I might be underestimating 'Polybius', but it doesn't look like it would require much more horsepower than what could be achieved with this approach. The Pi itself might need a few speed bumps though.

Belowstupid

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