MAME ROW #93 - Out Run

GtBFilms

@madrikxiv Quite possibly!

Not on my copy though.

My copy of ZX Spectrum Outrun was on a C90 playground pirate tape!

pjft

@gtbfilms Probably not a C90 for mine, but certainly similar - maybe 60 or so, as it was a pain to find the exact tape position for subsequent games :) Those TDK tapes were classic!

GtBFilms

@pjft I used to note down the tape counter position of each game on my C90s on the inlay card.

Then I got a new tape deck.

And it turns out the tape counter speed was totally arbitrary between tape decks and all my carefully recorded numbers were useless!

Aaargh, I can still feel the pain!

obsidianspider

I couldn’t get Cannonball to work, maybe it was my my ROM set, but I only spent half an hour on it. On my Super Famicom Pi I did remap my buttons so B is gas, A is brake, L is down shift and R is up shift. Much easier to play than the default button mapping with a Super Nintendo controller.

GtBFilms

@obsidianspider yeah it is a bit picky about specifically which ROM version it will work with. I had to message about with a few different ones before it worked.

pjft

Here is my high-score list for now.

As you can see, I can't make it past level 4 :P Still, it's a fun run, always.

7.515k is my top score.

I'm making some changes to Cannonball to better support the digital gamepad as I saw several comments (and I myself experienced it) where if you wanted to use analog controls for driving you really needed to use a keyboard to navigate the menus, which kind of defeats my use case where I want to play it with my PS3 controller without having to have a keyboard around.

I submitted the PR there, so if there aren't any issues and it's approved, that's a change I hope will benefit others.

Also, I've been listening to the OutRun OST on Spotify thanks to this.

youxia

I'll sit this one out I guess. Don't have the correct advmame romset, but more importantly I'm not very good at racing games (though like to play them). My score would not even get on your board :D

pjft

@youxia I'm fairly sure that the fbalpha ROM runs fine on AdvMame. At least I can change between AdvMame and one of the lr cores with the ROM I have, and if you're saying that the mame one doesn't work then it's likely the other one.

youxia

@pjft Thanks, I've tried it just now but only one rom worked (upright Rev B). By worked I mean the sound was garbled anyway, video questionable and controls all over the place - could not define the steering for the life of me. I just don't have enough time/mental stamina to fight with this atm.

On the other hand I played some lr2003 OutRun with my own music playing and it was not so annoying. I even managed to get 500k-ish score. Maybe I could get into it after all. I wonder, is lower fps cheating? Coz it sort of slows down? Or does it actually slow down (don't feel like it) or is just the sfx out of sync?

Stuart2773

a very interesting video regarding the emulation of OUTRUN

AndersHP

Cool to see OutRun winning this week - but does these racing games even play without a steering wheel?

Tried Pole Position a while ago, and couldn't get anything but the menus to work.

pjft

@andershp They do play, but if you have a Dual Shock or XBox controller, you can use the joystick as well for analog.

Stuart2773

@gtbfilms said in MAME ROW #93 - Out Run:

I also remember a very similar game to Outrun, where if you revv'd your engine too much at the starting grid girl, your 'girlfriend' got out the car in disgust and you had to race in the car by yourself. I mentioned this at my local Retro Club but no-one else could remember what game that was, or even remembered seeing it.

TURBO OUTRUN

GtBFilms

@stuart2773 awesome! Thanks!

pjft

No OutRun updates?

youxia

@pjft Guess your +750k is the one to beat ;)
I only manage 300-500K range ones.

AndersHP

Cool to see a true classic on this weeks MAME ROW, though these old racers arent really my thing.

Brigane

@andershp I agree with you although you might change your mind if you tried the real arcade machine.
I know you're Danish so if you live near Copenhagen you can try it out at Bip Bip Bar :)

AndersHP

@brigane I'm pretty sure you're right. What I meant was more in reference to emulation.

I never was at BipBipBar, but will definitely go some day!

obsidianspider

MAME ROW #94 is live