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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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                                  • RiverstormR
                                    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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                                          Ashpool @barbudreadmon
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                                          @barbudreadmon said in Goodbye fbalpha, welcome fbneo:

                                          @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.

                                          :up: as it has a real meaning, I am all in for keeping that information "\o/"

                                          Edit: As I, so far just used (with a few exceptions) FBA/FBNeo just for Neogeo roms and due to your discussion with @Riverstorm over at the other thread and here (M2k3+), I am inclined to reconsider my personal evaluation/stereotype of speed over accuracy in regards to FBN and I 'am therefore stepping back from those thoughts of preferring mame cores over FBN ones by now because of accuracy assumed.
                                          Now to that hires dip ;> I've read about it on the FBNEo libretro pages, but I am missing further informations beyond the "1080p" datum. Does it mean that previous 800x600/600x800 / 640x480/480x640 information should be treated as 1440x1080 for 4:3(H) and 810x1080 for 3:4(V) in Applications which are utilizing/queriieng that info (usable then with an option of true/false dipswitch set: aka -> use dat size, or 1080p one)?

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                                            Riverstorm @barbudreadmon
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                                            @barbudreadmon - Cheers, it looks spot on now! If I see anything else that looks off I let you know and many--many thanks for adding that last bit of geometry information. It looks spectacular and will come in very handy! :)

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