@Machtroid Hi o/ Sorry about that, I'll upload it again and update the links if you're still around. It'll take me a while just to organize the files, but I'll update all the files again.

@Retro-Arcade-Fan said in This was ahead of its time for a 1991 game:

does seem to run on rails

In fact the genre is called "Railshooter" ;)
It was quite popular in the early 90s, just have a look at the MEGACD-Games.
I had Starblade on my 3DO in 1994, quite impressive for its time indeed!

Are you sure your audio cable is not damaged ? You could check that the Headphone output is not muted - check if there's an 'M' under the volume slider in alsamixer.

@Addison your are welcome!
And feel free to add me to your friendlist :)

@windg recent MAME will emulate this game (with glitches), it's extremely unlikely to run full speed or even at a playable speed on a pi4 though

@sirhenrythe5th Hey, thanks for these suggestions! I'll look into them.
Sadly I must admit, that I'm a very bad at playing Shmup's. But I love the aesthetics, though.

I remember buying Ikaruga for DC when it was released as the "last" commercial game for the DC. ...and the crushing difficulty when I finally played it at home... :D

@geese-howard said in LR-FBNEO so slow to load/unload a game:

1.0.0.03 c8d75dc

This is not the latest commit, meaning you probably updated from binaries if you updated today, i recommend always updating from sources.

Also, i remember people mentioned having weird boot delays when using (8bitdo?) controllers in bluetooth mode, is that what you are using ?

@geese-howard said in LR-FBNEO so slow to load/unload a game:

Remap directory: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/mame2003-plus"

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@sheridan please do not mention ROM sites. Read the sticky topics before posting.

@adamguest1985

If you're good and comfortable with house wiring, I've found the best way to build a cabinet is to install a powerstrip internally then open it and extend the switch to a 20a 120v hard-mounted external switch, like the original cabinets had. In fact, you can actually use the original switches to be honest, they ran on 120v systems. I normally replace them just for reliability sake.

Once you do this, everything is left as "wake on power", or left switched "ON". Even the Pi can work this way, but will need a proper shutdown process to turn it off. Everything else in the cabinet will remain off when power is off, then immediately turn on when the main power strip is energized (Lights, LEDs, Audio, Monitor.. etc... just like an original cabinet did. When I build a cabinet, my goal is Old School.. I like it all on at once, and ready to play...all discrete and hidden so you can't tell it's a PC or modern electronics.

Again, not saying to do this, but I am very comfortable designing and working with power, so it's not an issue for me.

Best,

JamR

Very nice! Thanks!

@dankcushions As it turns out, it was looking for a specific file from a secondary Shock Troopers ROM. Not much to say beyond, "I didn't do my due diligence." The filename in the verbose log was so similar to one already in the ROM that I didn't realize it was actually missing. Also new to me is a Neo Geo game requiring a secondary file. I've dealt with parent and clone ROMs in the past, and even have experience with CHD's and secondary files with CP System III stuff, but this was a new one for me.

I appreciate the confirmation that I had it wrong. Between that and Googling the crc I was able to find the missing file and get this running.

@mitu tried changing out the wires and that didn't work, so I guess I'll have to get a replacment button