HBMame Libretro
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@sly-dc said in HBMame Libretro:
HBMAME emulates any kind of hacks like graphics, speed-ups (like Ms.Pac-Man going super fast), translated roms (French, Chinese, etc), new levels or new maps (like Tempest with all new levels or Bubble Bobble Lost Cave, which has ALL new levels or...Donkey Kong Spooky Remix or Christmas Remix...even Donkey Kong II: Jumpman Returns which this one makes it a complete new game).
As i was saying, most are already available on retropie, through FBNeo and/or mame2003+.
I didn't know tempest had hacks, any suggestion about the ones i should add to FBNeo ?
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Thanks for for giving some useful examples.
Tried some things but all compilations, libretro and standalone, fail on my "I3 x64" with debian 11.
Not really sure why, so for now I have to stop because it takes too much time for me.
Btw. Seems the libretro version isn't updated anymore.
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@folly said in HBMame Libretro:
Btw. Seems the libretro version isn't updated anymore.
Not surprising, afaik mame2003+ is the only mame libretro core with active maintainer(s)
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Aha, so it is on progettosnaps, earlier I wanted to have a look over there but you have found it already.
@barbudreadmon
Could be useful to check for FBNeo. -
@folly said in HBMame Libretro:
Could be useful to check for FBNeo.
I prefer a curated list of hacks people would like to play, rather than having thousands of hacks no one will play.
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Indeed, that a better way ;-)
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@folly said in HBMame Libretro:
Indeed, that a better way ;-)
Okay, this is a field where I can help, because curation is my thing :)
As you know I've already managed to get a lot of the better HBMAME games running by workarounds, so while it'd also be nice if something supported those ones natively to make life much easier for people, the below is a list of the ones that have so far defeated my attempts to run them, but are worth preserving because they're interesting and/or fun in their own right.
Alien Armada (HBMAME name aa.zip) - a remarkable hack of Crush Roller/Make Trax to play a good version of Space Invaders
Codename: Blut Engel (cnbe2018.zip) - completely original shmup.
Crash (crashh.zip) - Crush Roller/Pac-Man hacked to play a version of Head-On
Jonas Indiana And The Lost Temple Of RA (ltorb.zip) - completely original platform game.
Lazy Bug (lazybug.zip) - a hack of Crush Roller/Pac-Man to play a version of Lady Bug
Pac-Man X/Ms Pac-Man X (pacmanx.zip, mspacmnx.zip) - high resolution versions, discussed in previous thread but I wasn't clear if emulation of them was impossible entirely or just not possible via my fakeout method.
Pac-Manic-Miner-Man (pacminer.zip) - incredible port of the legendary Manic Miner to Pac-Man hardware.
Sokoban LE (sokoban.zip) - a completely original game, I've no idea where to start with this one.
Speccies 2 (speccies.zip) - see Sokoban LE.
Sqij (sqij.zip) - see Speccies 2.
Super Zola Pac-Gal (zolapac.zip) - as mentioned in the other thread, a Ms Pac-Man hack with a timer feature that I haven't been able to get to work like other Ms Pac-Man hacks.
Wavy Bug (wavybug.zip) - a hack of Crush Roller/Pac-Man to play a different version of Lady Bug to the one in Lazy Bug.
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Your reply is basically for @barbudreadmon, correct ?
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@jimmyfromthebay I'll probably add the hacks/HBs that run on original hardware, and maybe the ones which only require very small hardware modifications. I'm definitely not adding pacman HD. Also, we already support the 2 neogeo homebrews, although the required romsets might be slightly different from hbmame's.
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- cnbe2018 : i had to convert hbmame's romset to something usable in FBNeo, this game is PD so i'll share the converted romset here : https://anonfiles.com/Ba0ercD1x7/cnbe2018_zip . Note that i don't know if there is anything different from cnbe which we already supported : it's 12 years older but has the same warning about the game's development being on an infinite hiatus.
- ltorb : we supported that exact romset as ltorb1 years before hbmame... i just renamed ours for convenience because asking mamedevs to follow our naming is probably a lost cause...
- crashh : support added, nothing special to mention
- lazybug : support added, nothing special to mention
- pacminer : support added, nothing special to mention
- sokoban : support added, nothing special to mention
- speccies : support added, nothing special to mention
- sqij : support added, nothing special to mention
- wavybug : support added, nothing special to mention
The other pacman hacks aren't meant to run on real pacman hardware so they'd require more work as we don't support their "custom hardware" at all, i'll try to add them if i find the motivation.All hacks aside from pacman HD got added, sorry but i'm not into "HD remasters" and furthermore adding those would be a pain.Edit : i added aa and the 2 other hacks based on the same "custom hardware" (dderby and bace)
Edit2 : i added zolapac, but is it normal for this game to be very fast ? -
@barbudreadmon said in HBMame Libretro:
Edit2 : i added zolapac, but is it normal for this game to be very fast ?
Yes, it has the high-speed "cheat" option on permanently.
And thanks!
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@jimmyfromthebay said in HBMame Libretro:
Yes, it has the high-speed "cheat" option on permanently.
Thanks for confirming.
If you know of any other worthy hack/homebrew, let me know.
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@barbudreadmon said in HBMame Libretro:
If you know of any other worthy hack/homebrew, let me know.
I like all the vector-graphics mods, but at a minimum Vector Breakout (vbrakout.zip) seems like an extraordinary piece of work, turning Tempest into Breakout, which ought to be easier for people to enjoy. It took me days to figure out how to build it as a workaround.
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@jimmyfromthebay "Vector Breakout" added :)
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