Old Computer Appreciation Thread
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@AdamBeGood I suspect I got lucky.
I encourage you to keep trying, you're bound to find the right Bios eventually.
In the meantime why don't you try Rude Breaker? A bit of Compile shooting might be good for you ^^Is your rude breaker an .Fdi?
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood I suspect I got lucky.
I encourage you to keep trying, you're bound to find the right Bios eventually.
In the meantime why don't you try Rude Breaker? A bit of Compile shooting might be good for you ^^Is your rude breaker an .Fdi?
I've just been playing it - I like it! It's good for the frustration of BIOS hunting.
I'll keep trying. :)
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@AdamBeGood can you share your settings for lr-np2kai?
The fact that you can even launch BASIC tells me your BIOS are good, I think the issue might be something else.
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Which settings would you like?
I am so confused now. I can't remember which BIOS bought up the Japanese message, and I'm not sure if that is a better state than where I am now, with "How many files?".
You are right though, it was blank screen at the start. I think maybe the Japanese text was best.
When I enter any answer to "How many files?" I get a screen that says NEC N-88 Basic, so I wonder if this is a PC88 BIOS?
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly Did you test it yourself?
Yes, just a few directory's
Well, everything is at your own risk ofcourse :-)
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood can you share your settings for lr-np2kai?
The fact that you can even launch BASIC tells me your BIOS are good, I think the issue might be something else.
Think so too.
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@AdamBeGood Okay, that's just weird.
I would recommend that you start from the beginning. Get fresh rom files. Don't worry about checksums yet and use the .wav files you have. Just make sure they're pc98 bios.If that doesn't work I'll need all the settings under options in the retroarch menu. That way I can compare to mine.
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When I enter any answer to "How many files?" I get a screen that says NEC N-88 Basic, so I wonder if this is a PC88 BIOS?
Yes, it is.
"How Many Files?" , I got this when I was running a bad .m3u with the extension capitalized. Perhaps you are running a bad file. -
Here's another game for you guys to try!
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Here's another game for you guys to try!
Okay, I have more games working! Do you guys use .hdi files? They don't seem to work.
I had a version of Mystic Square downloaded, but I guess that isn't going to work for me...
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@AdamBeGood I use hdi, fdi, and fdd. Some games don't work but my installation seems stable overall.
If you get a BASIC prompt then something in your settings must be wrong. Especially if you've got more games working now.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Here's another game for you guys to try!
That's a nice one. Looks like "Aleste".
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@Folly The Aleste games are awesome. And Zanac, by the same dev, on the MSX1.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly The Aleste games are awesome. And Zanac, by the same dev, on the MSX1.
Do you happen to know the maker of Mystic square ?
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@Folly It's a doujin game i think, literally made by one guy (ZUN I think is the name he goes by).
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly It's a doujin game i think, literally made by one guy (ZUN I think is the name he goes by).
It's part of the Touhou project if that helps.Thanks.
Not found, have to wait for a bunch more.
And then upack all of them. Everything is huge. -
@Folly It's not in the Neo Kobe set if that's what you're unpacking.
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@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly The Aleste games are awesome. And Zanac, by the same dev, on the MSX1.
Do you happen to know the maker of Mystic square ?
Have to unpak on maker. Hard to find that way.You asking that question makes me think you may be getting your games the same way I am. If so, it is very strange that mine isn't running .hdi
.hdms seem to work for me. Puyo Puyo (have to switch disks), Gandhara, World Tour Golf are all good. I've just tried Warau Salesman as well, all good.
I'll get the settings to you in a bit - do you want the Options section? That is the main thing I guess, I haven't changed anything there really, but certainly no changes elsewhere. Any config files?
Edit: One .hdm that has failed is Night Slave - "No System files"
Further Edit:
Options
FDD2
Ja
OFF
500ms
50ms
PC-9801VX (I've tried VM also)
2.4576 Mhz
Intel 80386
5
3
OFF
OFF
OFF
uPD7220
Full 255 lines
OFF
OFF
PC9801-86
ON
OFF
ON
fmgen
100
64
28
64
92
64
128
Off
0
3
Off
PC-9821Xe10,Xa7Ee...
OFF
ON
OFF
Intel 82434LX
OFF
ON
ON
R-Stick
R1
Arrows
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly It's not in the Neo Kobe set if that's what you're unpacking.
Thanks
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@Folly The neo kobe set only has floppies. For hard disk images you guys will have to look elsewhere.
I don't believe there are many sources for pc98 rlms @AdamBeGood, so I don't think your roms are bad.
That's right, it's what's under options i need to look at. I feel like we might be missing something simple.
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