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    MAME ROW #8: Pac & Pal

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    • GtBFilmsG
      GtBFilms @meleu
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      @meleu wow, that's amazing. I have a friend who is into skateboarding tricks but nothing like that! Pretty cool!

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @GtBFilms
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        @GtBFilms said in MAME ROW #8: Pac & Pal:

        Future Pinball

        I love Future Pinball! Talk about a project, I'd love to make a full size virtual pinball table with a giant flatscreen monitor and a few smaller ones for the back glass and score readouts. Time, money and available space sadly prevent me from living the dream though.

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          GtBFilms @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul yeah, I've seen a few of these electronic pinball machine builds using full size HD TV and force feedback etc. on YouTube. They do look absolutely awesome.

          I know a guy locally who was talking about building one, he's built a full size arcade cab with switchable control panels previously, but I don't think it's come to anything yet.

          Sadly I have neither the cash, the expertise, nor the space for such a build. They look incredible though.

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          • mediamogulM
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            It's funny how both familiar and foreign this game has felt at the same time. I worked out a couple of pattern-based strategies for the first few levels to stun the ghosts twice with each special item. That, along with keeping my peripheral vision locked to miru at all times so that she doesn't get away with anything, helps to a point. However, after about stage six or seven, I'm really just trying not to get caught by the ghosties. I'm gonna knock it on the head for this one and let my score stand at 89850.

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            • GtBFilmsG
              GtBFilms @mediamogul
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              @mediamogul excellent score. I had another go on the PC on Friday, it was easier with a D-pad. However I didn't beat your score.

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                Hey guys. I'm sorry for not playing with you this week. The oil platform that I work will go through an audit and I'm having a lot of work in the last few days.

                But my day off starts the day after tomorrow and I'll play with you in the MAME ROW #9: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5336/mame-row-9

                Cheers!

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                • pjftP
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                  @meleu Real life happens some times, thanks for still making all of this happen!

                  I'm sad that I didn't have a lot more chances to play Pac & Pal - I was having a good time with it. I will likely return to it in the future when I have the time - it was an enjoyable game, and one I wouldn't have discovered without ROW!

                  Congrats @mediamogul @GtBFilms for your great scores!

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @meleu
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                    @meleu

                    Not a problem. Looking forward to the next one.

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                      backstander @meleu
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                      @meleu
                      Thank you for hosting this! Sorry to hear about the audits but I just watched the movie Deepwater Horizon (2016) and that disaster could have been prevented if BP would have allowed for proper audits instead of rushing because they where behind schedule. Stay safe @meleu :-)

                      I didn't have much time to play Pac & Pal but I could only get to the 2nd level so I didn't bother taking a picture of my high score but I did visit family this weekend and we got pretty competitive playing the Gameboy version of Tetris!

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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                        @backstander said in MAME ROW #8: Pac & Pal:

                        we got pretty competitive playing the Gameboy version of Tetris!

                        It's a great game to get competitive over. Arguable the best version of the game as well.

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                          @backstander @mediamogul Fully agreed.

                          In fact, any way to play it two player on RetroPie - or a similarly fun 2P competitive Tetris game?

                          That's one of the few games I get to play with my wife, but no version so far has been fully successful in winning us over - tried Tengen Tetris on the NES, Tetris Gaiden on the SNES, Tetris Plus 2 on MAME...

                          The closest one we got was the one in SNES on the Dr. Mario + Tetris bundle.

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                          • meleuM
                            meleu @backstander
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                            @backstander said in MAME ROW #8: Pac & Pal:

                            I just watched the movie Deepwater Horizon (2016)

                            I watched only the trailer when I went to watch Dr. Strange. Only the trailer was enough to make me have a huge lump in my throat.

                            I'm not sure if I'll watch this movie some day.

                            Now let's vote on Kung-Fu Master for the MAME ROW #9! :)

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                              @pjft said in MAME ROW #8: Pac & Pal:

                              @backstander @mediamogul Fully agreed.

                              In fact, any way to play it two player on RetroPie - or a similarly fun 2P competitive Tetris game?

                              yeah, tgb-dual. not looked into it myself https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/56jcnn/how_do_you_install_tgb_dual_gameboy_multiplayer/

                              That's one of the few games I get to play with my wife, but no version so far has been fully successful in winning us over - tried Tengen Tetris on the NES, Tetris Gaiden on the SNES, Tetris Plus 2 on MAME...

                              tetris battle gaiden is my fave :) ninja kid OP!

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                                pjft @dankcushions
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                                @dankcushions Thanks, will look into that in the coming days.

                                Tetris Battle Gaiden is awesome, even though the powers add an extra layer of complexity to my non-gamer wife. I am a gentleman and do not use them against her :)

                                That being said, what's most distracting to her is the fact that the pieces "glide" rather than "jump" when moving to the sides (i.e. they move pixel by pixel, rather than moving one full grid block at a time). I know it's an animation thing, but it's quite distracting for her as she can't fully control the blocks quite as she wants to.

                                Oh well :)

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                                  backstander @pjft
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                                  @meleu

                                  I watched only the trailer when I went to watch Dr. Strange. Only the trailer was enough to make me have a huge lump in my throat.

                                  I really want to see Dr. Strange but you may not want to watch Deepwater Horizon if you work in that environment.

                                  @pjft @dankcushions dankcushions

                                  yeah, tgb-dual. not looked into it myself

                                  I use tgb-dual with the Gameboy Tetris and it works like a charm! It just displays both Gameboy screens side-by-side. You can also pick if you want just the left Gameboy's sound, just the right or both or non.

                                  That's one of the few games I get to play with my wife, but no version so far has been fully successful in winning us over - tried Tengen Tetris on the NES, Tetris Gaiden on the SNES, Tetris Plus 2 on MAME...

                                  I use to would play "The Next Tetris" on the PSX back-in-the-day and it's a lot of fun! I haven't tested it on RetroPie yet.

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                                    backstander @backstander
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                                    I just tried the bin/cue & pbp versions of The Next Tetris for PSX in both lr-pcsx-rearmed & pcsx-rearmed and the Dreamcast version of The Next Tetris Online Edition in Reicast and non of them would work. Dreamcast version just kicks back to ES after the BIOS screen and the PSX versions will get up to just before loading the game's title screen and will freeze with a black screen.

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                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @backstander
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                                      @backstander

                                      A lot of the sprite-based games behave poorly on emulators that focus primarily on 3D system titles. This could be an example of that.

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                                      • dankcushionsD
                                        dankcushions Global Moderator @backstander
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                                        @backstander could you post your /dec/shm/runcommand.log? i'm guessing BIOS issues

                                        EDIT after a psx fail.

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                                          backstander @dankcushions
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                                          @dankcushions

                                          could you post your /dev/shm/runcommand.log? i'm guessing BIOS issues
                                          EDIT after a psx fail.

                                          lr-pcsx-rearmed runcommand.log
                                          http://pastebin.com/qnFkasD6

                                          pcsx-rearmed runcommand.log
                                          http://pastebin.com/68K73PvC

                                          reicast runcommand.log
                                          http://pastebin.com/yVxmCzEx

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                                            A bit rusty, but any SNK/Neo Geo fighting game with Joe Higashi in it I can do reasonably well. His play has some similarities to Ken/Ryu, and he has some very impressive close-quarters combos.

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