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      G30FF @barbudreadmon
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      @barbudreadmon I was playing some NeoGeo games on my Pi, and I tried out the Crossed Swords II MVS/AES conversion (crswd2bl.zip). The game has a number of graphical glitches, with sprites that appear to stutter and flicker. They don't seem to affect gameplay, and the game still works aside from this. I don't think it's an issue with the conversion, as I see the same problem using a Redump version of the Neo Geo CD version. The bug is not present if I run the game in lr-neocd, but it is present in lr-fbneo.

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        barbudreadmon @G30FF
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        @G30FF Thanks for the report ! I'm surprised no one ever reported that one, the fix is on git.

        FBNeo developer - github - forum

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          G30FF @barbudreadmon
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          @barbudreadmon Yep, the problem is fixed now! Thanks!

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            G30FF @barbudreadmon
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            @barbudreadmon It seems that now the flickering sprites issue is happening in Blazing Star, on the level 2 backgrounds at least.

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              barbudreadmon @G30FF
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              @G30FF Sorry for the late answer, i wasn't home for the past few days. The issue was reported and fixed upstream last week, but i couldn't sync the libretro port immediately, it's done now :)

              FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                G30FF @barbudreadmon
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                @barbudreadmon No problem at all! I built from source and can confirm it's fixed. Thanks!

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                  roslof
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                  Well done FB-Neo crew (@barbudreadmon and @dinkc64) for pulling this off so quickly. Do y'all ever sleep?

                  marblmd2.jpg

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                    barbudreadmon @roslof
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                    @roslof Another rarity named "Megumi Rescue" was also dumped and added over the past few days :)

                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                      roslof @barbudreadmon
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                      @barbudreadmon said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                      @roslof Another rarity named "Megumi Rescue" was also dumped and added over the past few days :)

                      So, you don't sleep. And you're keeping me up. :P

                      megrescu.jpg

                      ...and I think dinkc64 might be a robot.

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                        Machtroid
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                        Is there an easy way for me to see what games have become supported in fbneo since the last time I updated this emulator in retropie, lets say May of 2021? I want to update but I would like to know how many games have become supported in the past year or so, if possible.

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                          barbudreadmon @Machtroid
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                          @Machtroid said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                          Is there an easy way for me to see what games have become supported in fbneo since the last time I updated this emulator in retropie, lets say May of 2021

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                          @Machtroid said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                          I want to update but I would like to know how many games have become supported in the past year or so, if possible.

                          Not including clones & hacks, probably more than a hundred.

                          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                            Folly @Machtroid
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                            @Machtroid

                            I compared the arcade dat files for game names.
                            (2 may 2021 and recent)

                            Up until now 399 game entries were added. ( removals not take into account here !)
                            273 of them are clones.

                            The non-clones are :
                            akatana aa alpha1v bace borench bublbust chinhero berabohm columns columns2 crashh crush cyclemb cyclshtg dderby deathsml dsmbl dicegame discoboy dfkbl ddpdfk ddpsdoj dokaben2 dynamski espgal2 exerion finallap finalap2 finalap3 fourtrax harem heiankyo hypernoid ibara ibarablk ltorb lazybug looptris magicstk marblmd2 megrescu mslughb missile headonch mrsdyna mspactwin mmpork mushisam futaribl futari15 shoottv nsub nycaptor namenayo neopang 3in1semi nostromo ooparts peekaboo pinkswts playball pcktgal potopoto powerbal wldcourt ws puyo puyopuy2 ichir tantr mushitam redclash ribbit samurai ssonicbr sonicfgt shangkid skydest sokoban speccies sqij stkclmns suzuka8h suzuk8h2 daraku ctower tfrceac timesup twinsqua vsrbibbal vsbattlecity vscastlevania vsclucluland vsdrmario vsduckhunt vsexcitebike vsfreedomforce vsfrombelow vsgoonies vsgradius vsgumshoe vshogansalley vsiceclimber vsmachrider vsmightybomjack vsninjajkun vspinball vsplatoon vsraidbbay vsslalom vssoccer vsstarluster vssmgolfla vssmgolf vssmb vssuperskykid vssuperxevious vstetris vstkoboxing vstopgun wwmarine soniccar wbml xenocrisis zerohour zunkyou

                            Conclusion: amongst others a lot of Nintendo VS titles have been added in the last year.

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                              roslof @Folly
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                              @Folly said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                              Conclusion: amongst others a lot of Nintendo VS titles have been added in the last year.

                              And every Cave game, I believe (some of the best bullet-hell shmups you'll every see).

                              @Folly this is great. I know how to do diffs, but not how to easily extract the deltas like you did. Cheers!

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                                YFZdude @roslof
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                                @roslof
                                A clever use of grep and cut will produce a one word per line list of strictly the rom names.

                                After that there are probably numerous ways to compare them. I would likely use Excel (Calc) to paste the two lists into two columns and then use a formula with a combination of IF and VLOOKUP to display a blank cell in column 3 if the value in column 2 is found within column 1, else display the rom name in column 3.

                                Alternate method might be if you already use clrmamepro you can just insert the new .dat file and let it tell you what you are missing. I believe wholly missing roms show up differently than roms with a file or two mismatch indicating they have been redumped.

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                                  Riverstorm
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                                  This was quick and dirty for fun as I had something close already written in Python but there might be mistakes. :) I did a straight compare between the DAT from may 1st, 2021 and the current one (3 days ago). Game ROM names only no BIOS files, if they changed even.

                                  I came up with 352 additions (that does count games that were renamed so the real number might be a bit lower). Something for example like bloodstm10 renamed to bloodstm104, it's going to count it as new.

                                  Comparing them in reverse I came up with a list of 25. I would assume these are the games that were renamed or possibly removed from FBNeo. The lists are below.

                                  New and renamed games:

                                  3in1semia
                                  aa
                                  akatana
                                  aliens4
                                  alpha1v
                                  armwarb
                                  astyanaxa
                                  asukaja
                                  asurabusj
                                  asurabusja
                                  asurabusjr
                                  atombjt
                                  bace
                                  batsugunc
                                  blastero
                                  blazstarcm
                                  bloodbrom
                                  bloodstm104
                                  bloodstm110
                                  bloodstm210
                                  bloodstm220
                                  bloodstm221
                                  bloxeedc
                                  bloxeedu
                                  borench
                                  borencha
                                  borenchj
                                  brkthrubl
                                  brkthrut
                                  bronx
                                  bublbust
                                  bucanera
                                  cadashgo
                                  chinhero
                                  chinhero2
                                  chinhero3
                                  chinherot
                                  cityatta
                                  cnbe2018
                                  colt
                                  column2j
                                  columns2
                                  columnsj
                                  columnsu
                                  crashh
                                  crshrace2a
                                  crush3
                                  ctower
                                  cybotsam
                                  cyclemb
                                  cyclshtg
                                  dderby
                                  ddpdfk
                                  ddpdfk10
                                  ddpsdoj
                                  deathsml
                                  devilfshg
                                  devilfshgb
                                  dfkbl
                                  dicegame
                                  dietgoea
                                  discoboy
                                  discoboyp
                                  dkfreerun
                                  dkongbp
                                  dkongbp1
                                  dkongchm
                                  dkongchm1
                                  dkongitd
                                  dkongss
                                  dkongst
                                  dkongst2
                                  dkongtj
                                  docastle2
                                  docastleo
                                  dogyuunb
                                  dokaben2
                                  dorunrun2
                                  dorunrunc
                                  dorunrunca
                                  doubledrsp
                                  douni
                                  dsmbl
                                  dynamski
                                  earthjkrb
                                  emeraldah
                                  espgal2
                                  espgal2a
                                  exerion
                                  exerionb
                                  exeriont
                                  finalap2
                                  finalap2j
                                  finalap3
                                  finalap3a
                                  finalap3bl
                                  finalap3j
                                  finalap3jc
                                  finallap
                                  finallapc
                                  finallapd
                                  finallapjb
                                  finallapjc
                                  finger
                                  floritas
                                  floritasm
                                  fourtrax
                                  fourtraxa
                                  fourtraxj
                                  futari10
                                  futari15
                                  futari15a
                                  futaribl
                                  futariblj
                                  galpaniex
                                  galpaniska
                                  harem
                                  headonch
                                  heiankyo
                                  hiryuken
                                  hotminda
                                  hsf2pp
                                  hypernoid
                                  ibara
                                  ibarablk
                                  ibarablka
                                  ichir
                                  ichirbl
                                  ichirj
                                  ichirjbl
                                  ichirk
                                  irion
                                  jojobanrb
                                  kangarool
                                  kchamptec
                                  kf2k3ps2sp
                                  killbld100
                                  kof2001ru
                                  kof2002ps2
                                  kof2k1rp
                                  kof2kxxx
                                  kof97ip
                                  kof97tp
                                  kof98bc2nd
                                  kof98eckg
                                  kof98ecky
                                  kof98ratio
                                  kof99eur2
                                  kov21022
                                  kov2dzxx
                                  kovassge
                                  kovassgn
                                  kovlsqho
                                  kovplus12dw
                                  kovplus20tx
                                  ktiger2p
                                  lazybug
                                  legionj2
                                  looptris
                                  magicstk
                                  magmaxa
                                  majest12ua
                                  majest12ub
                                  marblmd2
                                  megrescu
                                  midres2
                                  mirninjaa
                                  missile
                                  missile1
                                  missile2
                                  mmpork
                                  mooncreg2
                                  mototoura
                                  mrsdyna
                                  mslug2unity
                                  mslug3unity
                                  mslug4a
                                  mslug4lw
                                  mslug4unity
                                  mslug5unity
                                  mslug5wd
                                  mslughb
                                  mslugunity
                                  mslugxunity
                                  mspacmanlai
                                  mspactwin
                                  mushisam
                                  mushisama
                                  mushisamb
                                  mushitam
                                  mushitama
                                  namenayo
                                  neopang
                                  nitrobalb
                                  nostromo
                                  nsub
                                  nycaptor
                                  oldsplusok
                                  olibug
                                  ooparts
                                  orlegendea
                                  outfxiesja
                                  pacminer
                                  painter
                                  pcktgal
                                  pcktgal2
                                  pcktgal2j
                                  pcktgalb
                                  pengo6
                                  pinkswts
                                  pinkswtsa
                                  pinkswtsb
                                  pinkswtssc
                                  pinkswtsx
                                  playball
                                  potopoto
                                  powerbal
                                  punisherhr
                                  punisherly
                                  puyo
                                  puyobl
                                  puyoj
                                  puyoja
                                  puyopuy2
                                  pzlbreaka
                                  radarscpc
                                  raflesiau
                                  redclash
                                  redclashs
                                  redclasht
                                  redclashta
                                  redhawksa
                                  redufob3
                                  ribbit
                                  ribbitj
                                  roboarmya
                                  rodlandjb2
                                  route16d
                                  ryourano
                                  samuraij
                                  saurobl
                                  sdojak
                                  seawolft
                                  sengoku3eb
                                  sf2amf10
                                  sf2amf9
                                  sf2rk2
                                  sfiii2h
                                  sformulaa
                                  sfz2alr1
                                  sfz3mix
                                  shangkid
                                  shoottv
                                  silkwormb2
                                  skydest
                                  skysharkb
                                  sokoban
                                  soniccar
                                  sonicfgt
                                  sotsugyok
                                  spcmission
                                  speccies
                                  spf2xpri
                                  spiero
                                  spinlbrkup
                                  spool3
                                  spool3i
                                  sqij
                                  ssf2us2
                                  ssf2xjr1trn
                                  ssonicbr
                                  stkclmns
                                  stkclmnsj
                                  striderfix
                                  supershp
                                  suprmatk
                                  suprmatkd
                                  suzuk8h2
                                  suzuk8h2j
                                  suzuka8h
                                  suzuka8hj
                                  svghk
                                  tail2nosa
                                  tantr
                                  tantrbl
                                  tantrbl2
                                  tantrbl3
                                  tantrbl4
                                  tantrkor
                                  tdragonb3
                                  tempall
                                  temped
                                  temptwst
                                  tfrceac
                                  tfrceacb
                                  tfrceacj
                                  tfrceacjpb
                                  timekill120
                                  twinsqua
                                  umk3uk
                                  vbrakout
                                  vsbattlecity
                                  vscastlevania
                                  vsclucluland
                                  vsdrmario
                                  vsduckhunt
                                  vsexcitebike
                                  vsfreedomforce
                                  vsfrombelow
                                  vsgoonies
                                  vsgradius
                                  vsgumshoe
                                  vshogansalley
                                  vsiceclimber
                                  vsmachrider
                                  vsmightybomjack
                                  vsninjajkun
                                  vspinball
                                  vsplatoon
                                  vsraidbbay
                                  vsrbibbal
                                  vsslalom
                                  vssmb
                                  vssmgolf
                                  vssmgolfla
                                  vssoccer
                                  vsstarluster
                                  vssuperskykid
                                  vssuperxevious
                                  vstetris
                                  vstkoboxing
                                  vstopgun
                                  wavybug
                                  wbmlbg
                                  wbmlbge
                                  wbmld
                                  wbmljod
                                  wbmlvcd
                                  wofabla
                                  wrallyc
                                  wwallyja3p
                                  wwfmanac
                                  wwmarine
                                  xenocrisis
                                  xmvsfcph
                                  xsleenab
                                  xsleenaba
                                  zerohour
                                  zerohoura
                                  zerohouri
                                  zolapac
                                  zunkyou
                                  

                                  Reverse compare (possible renamed games or removed from FBNeo altogether):

                                  asurabusa
                                  devilfsg
                                  kf2k2ps2b
                                  kinst
                                  kinst13
                                  kinst14
                                  kinst15ai
                                  kinst2
                                  kinst210
                                  kinst211
                                  kinst213
                                  kinst214ai
                                  kof97inv
                                  kof97t2020
                                  kof98eck20
                                  kof98eckvs
                                  kof99rp2f
                                  kovassga
                                  kovplus2020tx
                                  ltorb1
                                  roboarma
                                  spcdraga
                                  spinlbrkjp
                                  umk3pb1
                                  umk3uc
                                  
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                                    barbudreadmon
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                                    @Riverstorm Let's continue the discussion from mame2003+'s topic here, i did a few changes and the raster/vector info is now available in our dats. FYI i added the geometry info last year by user's request.

                                    Afaik Killer Instinct is the only game that was ever removed from FB, so i'd assume the other games were renamed.

                                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                      Ashpool @barbudreadmon
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                                      @barbudreadmon & @Riverstorm Sorry to interrupt - but for a personal project of mine (started aeons ago) where I am converting mame/FBN xmls t via python into csv/xlsx into human readable columns I am interested in... (short rant: ever changing xml struct, I never found a reliable source for the changes, and what each entry really mean...), but I am curious - ever since (listxml was possible) in mame - they differed in screen vector or raster, later lcd,svg and maybe others where added... but whenever mamedat/xml is refering to screen = vector, width and heigth (x/y pixel resolution) is ommited (makes sense IMHO), but FBN is providing such (well, maybe an artifact before type vector was added, as it was provided before for vector games)... is the (previous) x/y-data for vector games of any use and how could it be utilized? Or was it just a necessity out of not differing between raster/vector?

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                                        Riverstorm
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                                        @barbudreadmon - That looks amazing! You're amazing!! I very much appreciate the addition and completeness of the geometry information I know you don't need to look inside a DAT to utilize it but I find myself always looking inside DAT's. There is always extraneous information that is useful beyond the core info. needed to build sets.

                                        I did a quick once over and the only thing that flagged for me was aztarac. It's listed video type is raster. I've played it several times and always think of it as a vector game but you never know.

                                        @Ashpool - Yeah that threw me too like LCD, on and on etc. but some actually had an LCD along with the regular screen.

                                        With vector games I basically think--infinite resolution (no pixels). They had a start and end point for each line but not a resolution. You probably know all that though since you been digging through DATs a long time.

                                        Barbudreadmon might know better since emulated vector games truly aren't running on vector monitors for most of us (I would assume). So with that thought they probably needs some type of "boundary" defined with the (pixel) resolution or something to that effect. That's just a guess at best but I know what you mean with it being omitted in MAME. I am curious myself now.

                                        @barbudreadmon - Thanks again cheers to you and the team--we have to get you a beer or two or three or a 6 pack for the amazing emulator and support! :)

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                                          Riverstorm
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                                          Yeah I think they have just been renamed (besides Killer Instinct & Killer Instinct 2). Just a few examples of the short list of 25 comparing the 2021-05-01 to the current DAT.

                                          Old name:

                                          kof98eck20
                                          kof98eckvs
                                          kof99rp2f
                                          umk3pb1
                                          umk3uc
                                          

                                          New name:

                                          kof98eckg
                                          kof98ecky
                                          kof99rp
                                          umk3p
                                          umk3uk
                                          
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                                            barbudreadmon @Ashpool
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                                            @Ashpool this is the default width/height at which we emulate those vector games (meaning if you don't turn on the hires dips), i intend to keep it like this for now.

                                            @Riverstorm said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                                            I did a quick once over and the only thing that flagged for me was aztarac. It's listed video type is raster. I've played it several times and always think of it as a vector game but you never know.

                                            And you are absolutely right, i added the GBF_VECTOR flag to several dozens of games yesterday but it seems i missed 2 boards, it should be ok now, thanks for the report !

                                            FBNeo developer - github - forum

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