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    AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
    last edited by 31 Jul 2020, 15:49

    @IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

    @langest You can find out a little more here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/franchise/1588-dodonpachi
    I really enjoy danmaku/bullet hell arcade games and CAVE makes some of the best. Psikyo is my other favorite for arcade shmups. A whole lot of CAVE games (and danmaku games in general) were released on Xbox over the years.

    I've discovered Cave since I've had my Pi. Really love their games. I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

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      IanDaemon @AdamBeGood
      last edited by 12 Aug 2020, 14:23

      @AdamBeGood said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

      I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

      I could get working well:
      DonPachi
      DoDonPachi
      ESP Ra.De.
      Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S.
      Guwange
      Progear: Storm of Progear
      DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
      Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
      Espgaluda

      I could NOT get working well:
      Mushihimesama
      Ibara
      Espgaluda II
      Ibara Kuro: Black Label
      Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara
      Mushihimesama Futari
      Muchi Muchi Pork!
      Deathsmiles
      Deathsmiles Mega Black Label
      DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu
      DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver 1.5
      Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas
      DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label
      DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

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        AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
        last edited by AdamBeGood 13 Aug 2020, 05:25

        @IanDaemon If you install Mame2016 from source now you can underclock the games, which does give a performance boost (depending on how perfect you want things to be of course, but they become playable to a degree for sure). This was talked about here : retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26807/deathsmiles-on-lr-mame2015-any-performance-tips

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          hooperre @sirhenrythe5th
          last edited by 13 Aug 2020, 12:16

          @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

          • DoDonPachi (best SHMUP ever (imo))
          • Jackal / Top-Gunner (TopDown-Shooter with Jeep. Very playable)
          • Paperboy
          • Samurai Shodown II
          • Galaga ´88

          How does Jackal compare to the NES version? I had that as a kid and didn't realize it was an arcade game.

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            sirhenrythe5th @hooperre
            last edited by sirhenrythe5th 13 Aug 2020, 13:15

            @hooperre and i did not know that there is a NES-Version :)
            So i cannot compare it, but i recommend to give the Arcade-Version a try, it is a great game IMO! I has got that special flow that makes you play it again and again ;)

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              IanDaemon
              last edited by IanDaemon 13 Aug 2020, 13:46

              @hooperre I thought Jackal was just an NES game. Maybe Nintendo of America pushed it or the arcade cabinets weren't released here?

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                hooperre @IanDaemon
                last edited by 13 Aug 2020, 15:23

                @IanDaemon

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackal_(video_game)#Ports

                Interesting.

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                  IanDaemon
                  last edited by 1 Sept 2020, 00:16

                  Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

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                    sirhenrythe5th @IanDaemon
                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th 9 Jan 2020, 06:38 1 Sept 2020, 05:37

                    @IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                    Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

                    Well, i play it like "Commando", "Mercs", Shock Troopers" and so on, i shoot in the direction i walk.
                    Works pretty good imo, the game gets hard anyway, but i reach section 3 and have a nice highscore-list.
                    In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

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                      barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
                      last edited by 1 Sept 2020, 07:22

                      @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                      In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

                      MAME doesn't have rotary stick support for those games ?

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                        sirhenrythe5th
                        last edited by 1 Sept 2020, 07:25

                        I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)
                        I only have Gamepads and ordinary Arcade-Sticks (HAPP-Parts) - no Rotary Joysticks.

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                          barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
                          last edited by 1 Sept 2020, 11:59

                          @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                          I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)

                          fwiw, FBneo uses some "hack" to directly map rotate left/right shorcuts to L1/R1, it makes those games quite playable even without rotary stick

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                            sirhenrythe5th @barbudreadmon
                            last edited by sirhenrythe5th 9 Jan 2020, 14:39 1 Sept 2020, 13:38

                            @barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
                            Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
                            I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

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                              IanDaemon @sirhenrythe5th
                              last edited by IanDaemon 9 Jan 2020, 16:00 1 Sept 2020, 14:58

                              @sirhenrythe5th I could throw grenades in front of me, but I could only shoot "up". If an enemy came from the side or the bottom I had to get below them to shoot them. :(

                              Shock Troopers 1 and 2 are both fantastic!

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                                SgtJimmyRustles
                                last edited by 2 Sept 2020, 01:15

                                Simpsons Arcade Game
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                                TMNT Turtles in Time
                                Raiden 1 + 2
                                DoDonpachi

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                                  VictimRLSH @sirhenrythe5th
                                  last edited by 2 Sept 2020, 05:28

                                  @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                                  @barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
                                  Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
                                  I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

                                  Does that work for Victory Road?

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                                    sirhenrythe5th @VictimRLSH
                                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th 9 Feb 2020, 07:08 2 Sept 2020, 06:03

                                    @VictimRLSH
                                    sure, you can map the inputs that way for every game meant to be played with a rotary stick.
                                    i did that with these titles:

                                    • Ikari Warriors
                                    • Ikari Warriors III
                                    • Time Soldiers
                                    • Victory Road
                                    • Caliber 50
                                    • SAR Search and Rescue

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                                      IanDaemon @Ashpool
                                      last edited by 18 Dec 2020, 18:39

                                      @ashpool But Donkey Kong 3 is so classic!

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                                        themazingness @IanDaemon
                                        last edited by 19 Dec 2020, 07:37

                                        Shao-lin's Road
                                        Time Pilot
                                        Arabian Magic
                                        Dig Dug
                                        Centipede

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                                          IanDaemon @themazingness
                                          last edited by 19 Dec 2020, 17:20

                                          @themazingness I couldn't get Arabian Magic to work well on the "Pi 3". You? Are you using a "4"?

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