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MAME ROW #33 - Pac-Mania

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    obsidianspider
    last edited by obsidianspider 5 Oct 2017, 11:52 8 May 2017, 12:16

    This is the MAME Random Of the Week #33

    The three random numbers for this week are: 1610, 989 897, 1257.

    989 is Tokoro San no MahMahjan 2 and is a Mah Jong game, so it has been removed from consideration.

    Click here to vote which game you choose for MAME ROW #33

    The result of the poll is posted on Wednesday, so we have Monday and Tuesday for experimentation.

    1610
    Game Name: SD Gundam Psycho Salamander no Kyoui
    Company: Banpresto / Bandai
    Year: 1991
    ROM file name: sdgndmps.zip

    897
    Game Name: King of the Monsters (set 1)
    Company: SNK
    Year: 1991
    ROM file name: kotm.zip
    BIOS: neogeo

    1257
    Game Name: Pac-Mania
    Company: Namco
    Year: 1987
    ROM file name: pacmania.zip

    What is the MAME ROW?

    MAME ROW stands for MAME Random Of the Week. We randomly select an arcade game from the 0.78 MAME Reference Set to play on the week. The idea is to play games we've never played before, interact with other forum members, post hi-scores, share game strategies, fun facts, and (the most important) HAVE FUN!

    Notes:

    1. We usually post hi-scores screenshots after playing with only one credit. If you used more than one credit, please mention it on your post.

    2. There's no need to use RetroPie to join the MAME ROW! You can play it on any platform you want.

    Every Monday we create a topic at the "General Discussion and Gaming" forum section with the 3 random games to be voted. And on Wednesday we check the result.

    These "rules" are constantly being improved!

    Previous Rounds

    📷 @obsidianspider

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      obsidianspider
      last edited by 8 May 2017, 12:17

      Just looking at the videos for this week's choices has me excited to try them out. We've had some weeks where all the choices were stinkers, but this week I have a feeling it will be tough to choose a favorite!

      📷 @obsidianspider

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        StormJH1
        last edited by 8 May 2017, 18:07

        I enjoy these posts - I actually went through the earlier 32 of them to pull out some cool ones to check out. It's good exercise for finding out how they all run on the emulator, as well. These 3 look like one of the deepest lineups yet!

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          dankcushions Global Moderator
          last edited by 9 May 2017, 18:53

          @obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #33:

          SD Gundam Psycho Salamander no Kyoui

          doesn't seem to load in mame2003. not looked into other cores.

          King of the Monsters (set 1)

          i run this in lr-fbalpha, and works great

          Pac-Mania

          fine in 2003.

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            obsidianspider @dankcushions
            last edited by obsidianspider 5 Sept 2017, 20:32 9 May 2017, 19:27

            @dankcushions said in MAME ROW #33:

            @obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #33:

            SD Gundam Psycho Salamander no Kyoui

            doesn't seem to load in mame2003. not looked into other cores.

            Works fine for me.
            0_1494358036017_Photo May 09, 3 24 41 PM.jpg

            Edit: With lr-mame2010 the background music works. I didn't realize it was missing from lr-mame2003

            The game seems to work the smoothest with lr-fbalpha

            📷 @obsidianspider

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              dankcushions Global Moderator @obsidianspider
              last edited by 10 May 2017, 08:45

              @obsidianspider yes, works for me now also! only thing i changed was getting rid of my shader config files.. strange. anyway, as much as i love gundam, it seemed a bit of a dull game!

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                obsidianspider
                last edited by 10 May 2017, 10:52

                This week's winner is Pac-Mania!

                0_1494413492204_Screen Shot 2017-05-10 at 6.49.03 AM.png

                0_1494413513001_Pac-Mania_cover.jpg

                📷 @obsidianspider

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                  AndersHP
                  last edited by 10 May 2017, 11:07

                  Not that many voters in here, but I really like the concept.
                  Once my arcade build is finished, count on me to join this little club :)

                  My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                  My Gameboy

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                    dankcushions Global Moderator
                    last edited by 10 May 2017, 11:40

                    pacmania is fun so far! remember: you can jump in this one.

                    it works in fbalpha but the hiscores aren't saving - they do after a code change but i have only just submitted it, so it won't be live until the next fba.

                    it seems to work fine in mame2003 anyway, and hiscores save :)

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                      dankcushions Global Moderator
                      last edited by 10 May 2017, 12:32

                      for pacmania, i suggest that we all start on the first level as the others have different bonus. note that if you insert a credit before the game over screen, you start on the stage you got to, so you need to wait for it to finish.

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                        obsidianspider
                        last edited by 10 May 2017, 14:40

                        I really wish there was a way to zoom out. It's hard to know where all of the ghosts are lurking, but being able to jump helps quite a bit.

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                          mediamogul Global Moderator @obsidianspider
                          last edited by mediamogul 5 Oct 2017, 15:46 10 May 2017, 14:45

                          @obsidianspider

                          being able to jump helps quite a bit.

                          Until the ghosts gain the same ability. After that, I wouldn't recommend using it. It eventually becomes far more effective to use the old evasive tactics. This game's a killer in the higher levels.

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                            DarkWolf @mediamogul
                            last edited by DarkWolf 5 Oct 2017, 16:30 10 May 2017, 15:30

                            @mediamogul @obsidianspider For me it is so damn hard sometimes, but it is something else than the good old pac-man. Going to join the ROW next week, good job

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                              backstander @obsidianspider
                              last edited by backstander 5 Oct 2017, 16:57 10 May 2017, 15:50

                              @obsidianspider
                              I just picked up a Pac-Man 256 Plug 'n Play toy by Bandai/Namco and it has Pac-Mania built into it. I might give it a try on there! I believe all the games on there are the arcade versions (you even have to hit a button to emulate inserting a coin).

                              It also comes with Pac & Pal, New Rally X, and Bosconian which are past MAME ROW selections lol.

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                                dankcushions Global Moderator
                                last edited by 10 May 2017, 16:34

                                i'll open the scores with 121710:

                                0_1494433974977_pacmania-170510-173010.png

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                                  DarkWolf @dankcushions
                                  last edited by 10 May 2017, 16:48

                                  @dankcushions Are you seriouse right now? How, I guess I'm so bad at this, lmao

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                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @DarkWolf
                                    last edited by 10 May 2017, 17:21

                                    @DarkWolf

                                    You gotta get inside the mind of Pac-Man. What are his motivations? Why does insist on running from his ghosts and more importantly, why is he only able to confront them with pills?

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                                      DarkWolf @mediamogul
                                      last edited by 10 May 2017, 17:32

                                      @mediamogul Oh, I see!
                                      I have to understand my mission

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                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @DarkWolf
                                        last edited by 10 May 2017, 17:40

                                        @DarkWolf

                                        Exactly. The same questions can be used to better understand the music of Elvis Presley also.

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                                          DarkWolf @mediamogul
                                          last edited by DarkWolf 5 Oct 2017, 18:42 10 May 2017, 17:41

                                          @mediamogul Lmao

                                          Btw. is your pb a generated one? If so, it is freaking awesome, if not, well, it is as well
                                          Reminds me of some good stuff

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