Old Computer Appreciation Thread
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@folly
You are a retro treasure!!! I wiped the old aa310 and archimedes folders & files, then dropped in your new commit and added the 440/1. I am now happily back in business exploring the Archimedes game catalog .
Not yet seeing how this system was a supposedly superior rival to the Amiga, at least on the gaming front, but continuing to try it out.
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Currently on holiday, but will check it out when I return. I have been making my own Carbon themes for lesser known/utilized or forked systems like X68000, PC98, Atomiswave, Naomi, etc...
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Can you join this thread, in time ?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29961/request-for-artists-working-on-themes-needs-for-lr-mess-mame-additionsHere we are working on the lesser known systems adding them to themes.
I have also forked the carbon theme, as you will see in the thread.
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@folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:
Reply on your old posts about Alltynex and Mad Stalker.
With the added "-ram 6M" for fmtowns (works good with mame):
- Alltynex is working now
- Mad Stalker can be loaded now, but it freezes when you want to play
(Can you test your version again of Mad Stalker ?)
Pictures of Alltynex (works also in lr-mess, but has some slowdowns on start):
Pictures of Mad Stalker (it freezes on the second picture) :
@Folly Can you give me a quick reminder on how the hell to do this? How do I get ram - 6m working? Do I need to download your fork again?
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You can update my script if you want.
Everything is described in the first part of the first post.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone/1
The fmtowns system with-ram 6Mis install-able from thespecial systems with slotdevices.Or if you have fmtowns already installed you can just add
-ram 6Min the lines like this :
In /opt/retropie/configs/fmtowns/emulators.cfglr-mess-system-fmtowns_-ram_6M-cdrm = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/fmtowns/retroarch.cfg \fmtowns /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame -autoframeskip -ui_active -ram 6M -cdrm %ROM%" mame-system-fmtowns_-ram_6M-cdrm = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c -ui_active fmtowns -ram 6M -cdrm %ROM%" mame-system-fmtowns_-ram_6M-cdrm-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c -autoframeskip -ui_active fmtowns -ram 6M -cdrm %ROM%"Good luck.
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@folly So if I already have fmtowns then I can just amend the emulators.cfg lines for this? I do have that installed, so that should be easy. I'll try that tomorrow!
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Yes indeed, this would work.
But you should check the "front-end" script later on.
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@folly I am sure the script is great, and when I have the time I'll definitely look at it.
Allyntex is looking good on mess, Turbo Outrun runs much better on mame now - definitely playable.
I get Blank Screen with Mad Stalker - which emulator selection are you using for that?
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I used mame for "Mad Stalker" but it freezes and therefor is not playable.
I was thinking maybe you have a better version.
I read that fmtowns hash tables are improved in mame 0.235 .
This should mean better game compatibility.
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@folly I'll give it a go again but my version wasn't even getting that far...
More compatibility is always good!
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@folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:
I used mame for "Mad Stalker" but it freezes and therefor is not playable.
I was thinking maybe you have a better version.
I read that fmtowns hash tables are improved in mame 0.235 .
This should mean better game compatibility.
We should test this in the future.Bump. Finally got both Mad Stalker versions I have to fully boot, but encountering the freezing issue you mention. I hope to have some time to get back to exploring more of these retro games and systems, if work slows down enough over the holiday time...
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Great, I like to hear about your tests ;-)
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@folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:
Great, I like to hear about your tests ;-)
Seconded! Good work.
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Finally I got
MAD STALKERworking.
Tested with fmtmarty, but should work with fmtowns too.In :
/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/hash/fmtowns_cd.xml
You can find that the mouse on port 2 has to be disabled with this game.So you can use a game specific
runcommand emulators.cfg line.
Then disable the mouse in the mame gui.
After that the game-specific config is written after quitting the game.
Next time it will use this config if the game is booted with thegame-specific lineagain.
(It works with both mame and lr-mess)
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@folly Great effort! I'll try this out when I get the chance. Brilliant detective work.
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@adambegood I've had a go now but I get a black screen when the game shoud lanuch. I'm using mame fmtowns -6m
I'll have another try in a bit.
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-6m is not needed with this game it works with the default (2m).
-6m is not bad though ;-) .Make sure you load with
game-specific, otherwise, when you edit the mouse setting, other games will have no mouse.Good luck !
I use these files (running the .cue with fmtowns) :
pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie/roms/fmtmarty $ sha1sum M*
876ab6b804a0f3da6fd1cbeb1a7d2230e2adfcc3 Mad Stalker.ccd
24807473d74f384bc130400fa7287803812c0012 Mad Stalker.cue
05280e943e6fd90c64a495e4c8e3c65df6a3481d Mad Stalker.img
f2883a900489beef51f3880ff697b1635e72eaa5 Mad Stalker.sub -
@folly Hmmmm I have a .chd, maybe the file is bad then. I'll look for your version.
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Btw
You should use frameskipping,
It can take a while before the game starts.
It takes about 30 seconds, on my end.
With a CHD it can take longer because it's CHD is compressed.You can check your mailbox.
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