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      Folly @AdamBeGood
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      @adambegood

      Yes indeed, this would work.

      But you should check the "front-end" script later on.
      I works really amazing ;-)

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        AdamBeGood @Folly
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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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          Folly @AdamBeGood
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          @adambegood

          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.

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            AdamBeGood @Folly
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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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              testudo @Folly
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              @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

              @adambegood

              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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                Folly @testudo
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                @testudo

                Great, I like to hear about your tests ;-)

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                  AdamBeGood @Folly
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                  @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                  @testudo

                  Great, I like to hear about your tests ;-)

                  Seconded! Good work.

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                    Folly @AdamBeGood
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                    @adambegood @testudo

                    Finally I got MAD STALKER working.
                    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 the game-specific line again.
                    (It works with both mame and lr-mess)

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                      AdamBeGood @Folly
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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 @AdamBeGood
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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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                          Folly @AdamBeGood
                          last edited by Folly

                          @adambegood

                          -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

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                            AdamBeGood @Folly
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                            @folly Hmmmm I have a .chd, maybe the file is bad then. I'll look for your version.

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                              Folly @AdamBeGood
                              last edited by Folly

                              @adambegood

                              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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                                AdamBeGood @Folly
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                                @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                @adambegood

                                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.

                                I left it for ages...

                                I've actually found it myself but I'll check my mailbox. I have to go out now but I'll try the Folly version later! :)

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                                  Folly @AdamBeGood
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                                  @adambegood

                                  I have to out too.
                                  I hear it later.

                                  Good luck !

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                                    AdamBeGood @Folly
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                                    @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                    @adambegood

                                    I have to out too.
                                    I hear it later.

                                    Good luck !

                                    I'm still seeing black screen, I presume I just run the .cue yep?

                                    Should I update my MAME core?

                                    Hope you're having a good day.

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                                      Folly @AdamBeGood
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @adambegood

                                      I had to work, thankfully no rain.

                                      It's good to update mame.
                                      The binary is equal or higher than 0237.

                                      But I think it's something else.
                                      Do other games run ?
                                      Does lr-mess work ? (or is it the same story ?)

                                      Check your runcommand.log.

                                      Btw:
                                      Autoframeskipping doesn't work that good over here.
                                      With F9 you have to press until it's on frameskip 10 to get almost fullspeed.

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                                        AdamBeGood @Folly
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                                        @folly Let me have a play and report back. I'll have a look at the log.

                                        Other games do work on MAME for FM Towns. lr-mess is the same story.

                                        Edit: is this the island postie job? Glad you didn't get rained on.

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                                          Folly @AdamBeGood
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                                          @adambegood said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                          @folly Let me have a play and report back. I'll have a look at the log.

                                          Yes you should check that.

                                          Other games do work on MAME for FM Towns. lr-mess is the same story.

                                          Strange !
                                          If this works than it looks like the files of Mad Stalker are wrong somehow.
                                          I tested the version I recommended, unzipped and running the .cue should work.

                                          Edit: is this the island postie job? Glad you didn't get rained on.

                                          Not today, but I still do that, often, twice a week.

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                                            AdamBeGood @Folly
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                                            @folly It was the version of MAME. Updated from Source and the game works fine! Thanks so much for all the help.

                                            I was very surprised when it loaded up!

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