Atari Jaguar: Lr-mess and Lr-virtualjaguar bench test

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from: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27999/calling-pi-4-atari-jaguar-fans/59?_=1601927012766

Bench test for Atari Jaguar games (romset) with lr-mess and lr-virtualjaguar (no prototype) on Pi4

Feel free to add your comments or your optimizations or personal setups

My settings (not necessarily the best). Just to match with games performances below.

#--------------------------------------------------------------
#PI4 OVERCLOCK v3d_freq = 850 
over_voltage=8
v3d_freq=850
#gpu_freq=750   not needed 
#hdmi_enable_4kp60=1  not needed after some_test
arm_freq=2100
#--------------------------------------------------------------

retroarch-core-options.cfg for Lr-Mess

mame_current_frame_skip = "1"

With Lr-virtualjaguar, some games are fasters with Quick Menu/Options/ Fast Blitter = on in Retroarch menu (like Fight for life (Europe), I recommend to use It most of the time

Analog Sensitivity must be fix at 0.3 for Lr-Mess

Best emulator = X

Air cars
Lr-Mess : 50-52 FPS (playable with sound)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 55.88 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) X

Arena Football 95
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Stuck on the main screen (not playable)

Atari Kart
Lr-Mess : don't load (see comments in MAME hash file)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 36.65 FPS (slow,Fast Blitter = on ) X

Attack of the mutant penguins
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 32.3 FPS (playable, slow) X

AVP (Alien vs. Predator)
Lr-Mess : 56 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, almost full speed)

Barkley Shut Up and Jam!
Lr-Mess : Stuck on the main menu (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 45 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable, no sound) X

Battle Sphere Gold
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)

Breakout 2000
Lr-Mess : 40.22 FPS (slow, no sound, not fun to play)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 35 FPS (terrible sound, slow, not fun to play) X

Brett Hull Hockey
Lr-Mess : Games won't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Games won't load (not playable)

Brutal Sports Football
Lr-Mess : 60.08 FPS (almost full speed, no sound issue) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.26 FPS (almost full speed)

Bubsy
Lr-Mess : 51.57 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 33 FPS (slow)

Cannon Fodder
Lr-Mess : 60.3 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.12 FPS (almost full speed, choppy sound)

Checkered Flag
Lr-Mess : visual issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 45-48 FPS ( Must have Fast Blitter = on, fast, playable) X

Club Drive
Lr-Mess : grafx issues, no sound (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : shut down after 20 sec. (not playable)

Cyber Morph
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 20.58 FPS ( grafx issues with Fast Blitter, choppy sound, difficult to play) X

Defender 2000
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.37 FPS ( Fast Blitter = on, sound is little bit choppy, playable) X

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Lr-Mess : 37.33 FPS (slow but playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 36.3 FPS (Must have Fast Blitter = on , slow but playable)

Doom
Lr-Mess : 34 FPS (playable - low FPS but looks normal, very playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 28 FPS (very slow - half screen only)

Double Dragon V
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (almost full speed, sound issue)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (almost full speed) X

Evolution: Dino dudes
Lr-Mess : 51.57 FPS ( playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 35.16 FPS (slow, no sound but playable)

Fever Pitch Soccer
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 40 FPS (little bit choppy, playable)X

Fight for life (Europe) Must be Europe version
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.16 FPS (must have Fast Blitter = on, playable)X

Flash Back
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, sound issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59 FPS (almost full speed, playable) X

Flip Out!
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)

Gorf 2000
Lr-Mess : screen freeze after 10 sec.
Lr- virtualjaguar : 59.6 FPS (almost full speed, No sound) X

Hover Strike
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, sound issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 39.4 FPS (Grafx issues with Fast Blitter = on but essential to play, It's not really playable with a good experience) X

Hyper Force
Lr-Mess : 39 FPS (slow, almost playable.. maybe) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : (Black screen after option menu)

I War
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 17 FPS (Grafx issues with Fast Blitter = on,very slow, It's not really playable with a good experience) X

Iron Soldier
Lr-Mess : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)

Iron Soldier 2
Lr-Mess : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen when game starts, (not playable)

Jack Nicklaus Cyber Golf
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : Black screen (not playable)

Kasumi Ninja
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 27.73 FPS (PAL = on, Fast Blitter = on, very slow, not really playable) X

Memtrack
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : won't load properly (not playable)

Missile command 3D
Lr-Mess : grafx issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 29.68 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, slow, playable) X

NBA JAM Tournament Edition
Lr-Mess : major sound issues, screen issues (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 39.77 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, choppy sound, slow, playable) X

Phase Zero
Lr-Mess : screen freeze (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 18.14 FPS (Fast Blitter = off, choppy sound, very slow) X

Pinball Fantasies
Lr-Mess : 60.2 FPS (no sound, full speed)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 53 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) X

Pitfall
Lr-Mess : game freeze after 20 sec.(not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 34.71 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, slow, not fun to play) X

Plunky Duck in Hollywood
Lr-Mess : game freeze (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : controller issue (not playable)

Power Drive Rally
Lr-Mess : Black screen after 20 sec. in the race (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : shut down after loading (not playable)

Protector: special edition
Lr-Mess : Won't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : 46.6 FPS, Fast Blitter = on, sound little bit choppy (playable)X

Raiden
Lr-Mess : 59.9 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.2 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed, sound less perfect than lr-Mess )

Rayman
Lr-Mess : 60.07 FPS (almost full speed, No sound)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.01 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed ) X

Ruiner Pinball
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)

Sensible Soccer: International Edition
Lr-Mess : 60.2 FPS (Full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.05 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, Full speed)

Sky Hammer
Lr-Mess : Black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 34.7 FPS Black screen, Freeze after 20 seconds (not playable)

Soccer Kid
Lr-Mess : It loads but It stops on the options menu
Lr- virtualjaguar : 58 FPS (Fast Blitter = on,almost full speed ) X

Space War 2000
Lr-Mess : Freeze, grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 53.09 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable) X

Super Burnout
Lr-Mess : (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)

Super Cross
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, playable) X

Syndicate
Lr-Mess : 60.26 FPS (Full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 44.83 FPS, (Fast Blitter = off, playable)

Tempest 2000
Lr-Mess : 46.5 FPS (choppy sound, playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 31.95 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, playable, soundtrack issue, playable)

Theme Park
Lr-Mess : controller issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 48.93 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, no soundtrack, playable) X

Tiny Toon
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.45 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, no sound, half screen, not really playable) X

Total Carnage
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 38.67 FPS, (Fast Blitter = on, the sound is a bit choppy , playable) X

Towers II
Lr-Mess : controller issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: Grafx issue (not playable)

Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy
Lr-Mess : Grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.1 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed) X

Troy Aikman Football
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 58.27 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, almost full speed)

Ultrabrain
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)

Ultra Vortex
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59.12 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, full speed) X

Val d'Isère: Skiing and Snowboarding
Lr-Mess : grafx issue (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 24.33 FPS (PAL = on, Fast Blitter = on, slow, playable) X

White man can't jump
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: black screen (not playable)

Wolfeinstein 3D
Lr-Mess : black screen (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 34 FPS ( Fast Blitter = on, playable) X

Worms
Lr-Mess : 60 FPS (full speed) X
Lr- virtualjaguar: 59 FPS (full speed)

Zero 5
Lr-Mess : 56 FPS (no sound, almost full speed)
Lr- virtualjaguar: 53 FPS ( almost full speed) X

Zool 2
Lr-Mess : 53.04 FPS (playable) X
Lr- virtualjaguar : 38.67 FPS (Fast Blitter = on, playable but slower)

Zoop!
Lr-Mess : don't load (not playable)
Lr- virtualjaguar : black screen (not playable)

No prototype