Old Computer Appreciation Thread

Folly

Have the PC-88 and PC-98 up and running.
PC-88 was a pain in the ass with the BIOS.
(searching, checking checksums, renaming)
(still missing FONT2.ROM and FONT3.ROM, but it works without)
Seems that the retropie docs are a bit outdated with the filenames.

You can have the same problem with th PC-98 if you don't find the good files though. But I was fortunate enough.

Zering

@AdamBeGood The sequel is excellent.

@Folly Excellent! What games did you try?

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly Excellent! What games did you try?

On the PC-88 : 1942
On the PC-98 : Yume no Sei (13cm)

They were just a quick test.
Have to wait for the better ones. :)

Zering

@Folly The PC88 has this really strange game called Wibarm that is worth a look. Otherwise, Dragon Slayer 1 and 2 are fun!
On the PC98 I can't recommend Rude Breaker enough. Flame Zapper Kotsujin and Rusty are also very good.

Folly

@Zering
Thanks, will try these.

Zering

@Folly Having said this, Dragon Slayer 2's definitive version can be found on the MSX1 (the MSX2 is inferior, weirdly), with a smashing score by Yuzo Koshiro!

Folly

@Zering

wibarm asks for a data disk. how do i do that ?

Zering

@Folly if I recall, you need to go into subsystems and follow all the menus to load all the discs at once.

Folly

@Zering

I just have one disk.

Zering

@Folly I'll look into it now.

Your rom is wrong. You should have a game disk and a user disk.

AdamBeGood

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@AdamBeGood The sequel is excellent.

I'm playing the sequel now, I struggled not to take a shed load of hits in Genocide 1. It seemed rather attritional. I wouldn't rule out that I am playing it poorly though! Genocide 2 seems a lot better - lovely intro also. I've played the first couple of levels now.

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly I'll look into it now.

Your rom is wrong. You should have a game disk and a user disk.

Found that subsystem in retroarch menu.
Just one back (z).
Will have to search then.

Zering

@AdamBeGood Yeah I agree with you. The second one seems a lot more accessible, but both left me feeling as though I wasn't playing them right. However I really enjoy their presentation, the graphics and sound are astounding.

@Folly Let me know how you get on, I've booted up the PC88 for the first time yesterday since I've had the Pi 4 and it's acting up a bit haha

Edit : Wibarm won't boot on my end either. Weird. It worked fine before and I haven't changed anything.

Further edit : Sorted, it loads but there's a looooong wait. If your controller has a vibration function, the emulator uses the vibration to signal when it's accessing the disc drive. Neat.

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly Let me know how you get on, I've booted up the PC88 for the first time yesterday since I've had the Pi 4 and it's acting up a bit haha

Edit : Wibarm won't boot on my end either. Weird. It worked fine before and I haven't changed anything.

Will let you know how I get on.
Will try some other games first to know the emulator a bit better.
My pi4 goes pretty flawless !

Zering

@Folly Yes it's pretty impressive what the Pi 4 can do isn't it?
By the way. When you get to Rude Breaker. There's a lot of slowdown unless you crank up the CPU Clock Multiplier. 24 did it for me.

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly Yes it's pretty impressive what the Pi 4 can do isn't it?
By the way. When you get to Rude Breaker. There's a lot of slowdown unless you crank up the CPU Clock Multiplier. 24 did it for me.

Ok, will see.

Zering

@Folly Any cool games you can recommend for the MSX1/2/Turbo R?

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly Any cool games you can recommend for the MSX1/2/Turbo R?

Here are just a few:

MSX1 :
Oils-well : super addictive

Blagger
pinguin adventure: was always fun

Turbo-R:
Undead Line

MSX2:
Salamander : The super nemesis
Konami Game Collection Special (1989)(Konami)[SCC+]:simple but addictive
(2 times, the second choice)
(I have an individual rom, but can't find it now)

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@Folly Salamander is awesome, hard as hell though.
Speaking of Salamander did you happen to take a look at the X68000 version?
It's crazy how much Konami supported those computers. It seems to me that along with Compile they completely dominated the MSX.

I'll try some of those games tonight!

Folly

@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:

@Folly Salamander is awesome, hard as hell though.
Speaking of Salamander did you happen to take a look at the X68000 version?
It's crazy how much Konami supported those computers. It seems to me that along with Compile they completely dominated the MSX.

I'll try some of those games tonight!

What I have seen, it's realy amazing.