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    • CapemanC
      Capeman @backstander
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      @backstander said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

      I didn't have any problems playing Pu-Li-Ru-La with lr-mame2003 with the correct romset.

      Awesome! Going to try it out tonight!

      Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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      • CapemanC
        Capeman
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        The arcade rom i've been having the most trouble with is Demon Front. I love the look of the metal slug style gameplay, but for the life of me i cannot find a rom that works with FBA or even know which version of lr-fba it'll work with...

        I'm no slouch when it comes to having correct romsets for mame (ive got like 4 different sets and really havent had any trouble with it), but i am VERY LAZY when it comes to keeping up with FBA romsets. I've set up the entirety of FBA using mame sets and trial and error, i guess my laziness is biting me in the butt, but for the most part it works, haha.

        Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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        • DarksaviorD
          Darksavior @Capeman
          last edited by Darksavior

          @Capeman Well..do it the easy way and not the hard way. Get the correct fba romset. Look up what version fba is and google. No trial and error required...

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          • CapemanC
            Capeman @Darksavior
            last edited by

            @Darksavior I know, but I'm soooooo lazy hahahaha!

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            • sirhenrythe5thS
              sirhenrythe5th @Capeman
              last edited by sirhenrythe5th

              @Capeman I am using Advance Mame 3.4 on a Pi3 and it runs Pulirula also without any restrictions ☺

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              • UDb23U
                UDb23 @AlexMurphy
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                @AlexMurphy :-) )
                Yes pool tables still used to be in bars...but only for a short time.. and I was too young for that.
                Video games were so fascinating... one of the first ever I saw was


                No color and few sounds but it looked so innovative at that time.
                And the "docking" for refuel... wow!

                Nobody would ever play it today, including me ... it's so basic :-D

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                • UDb23U
                  UDb23 @dankcushions
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                  @dankcushions said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

                  Air Gallet airgallet.zip
                  this is a top-tier shoot-em-up developed by gazelle

                  Love this and shmups in general.
                  Overlays coming...

                  Also Macross Plus is a lot of fun with great intro and in-game graphics:

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                  • DipkidD
                    Dipkid @Capeman
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                    @Capeman do you have the pgm.zip bios in the rom folder? that was my problem. It solved my week long battle with gettin demon front runnin.

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                    Candy Cab: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/34290/diy-candy-cab-arcade

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:
                      AIR GALLET

                      this is a top-tier shoot-em-up developed by gazelle. it runs on the cave board and the devs are also ex toaplan so you can see comparisons with what cave went on to do. lots of bullets!

                      Took me a while to find original artwork to create the overlay.
                      Just finished and available here.

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                      • C
                        chrisdodgen
                        last edited by

                        My cousin turned me on to Crossed Swords.

                        It's a good time waster that reminds me of Punch Out, and even maybe some later tablet apps.

                        Rpi 3 • Rpi Zero 1.3 • Rpi Zero W
                        Retropie Version 4.2
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                        Emulators - All of them.

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                        • Lyle_JPL
                          Lyle_JP
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                          Nitro-Ball
                          A sports/space/run&gun/pinball/manic shooter. What??

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                            matt109
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                            Here is a great 2 player scrolling shooter: Ordyne. There was an arcade cabinet of this in the Student Union, when I was at University. Many pounds spent on this and Outrun...

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @matt109
                              last edited by pjft

                              @matt109 wow, this looks really fun. Didn't know about it, will have to check it out!

                              I recently found a racing game that I had never heard of on the Neo Geo, but is loads of fun. "1000 Miglia", I believe. It plays well on FBA. Maybe it's a famous one, so I apologize if that's the case, but I had no idea of it and it's just plain fun. I saw videos of another one called "Over Top" and it seems to be very similar, so if any of you know one of them, you will know what to expect of the other.

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                              • sirhenrythe5thS
                                sirhenrythe5th @pjft
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                                @pjft 1000 Miles Rally is a Kaneko Game, maybe you mean Neo Drift Out for the NeoGeo made by Visco? 😊

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                                • pjftP
                                  pjft @sirhenrythe5th
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                                  @sirhenrythe5th it's the Kaneko game indeed, though I thought it ran on the Neo Geo. I might just have assumed that because it's on FBA, but I See now that I am wrong :)

                                  Thanks for the correction!

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                                  • sirhenrythe5thS
                                    sirhenrythe5th @pjft
                                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                                    @pjft pas de probleme 😊. There exists also a second part with the innovative name "Great 1000 Miles Rally 2". It is also for the Kaneko Super Nova System, so it will run on FBA for sure.

                                    If you like these isometric racing-games in general (i do ☺) i can also recommend "Drift Out", "Drift Out 94: the Hard Order" and the NeoGeo-Games "Neo Drift Out", "Over the Top" and "Trash Rally"

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                                    • pjftP
                                      pjft @sirhenrythe5th
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                                      @sirhenrythe5th thank you for the recommendations, I'll look into those! I likely have some of them already but will check:)

                                      What emulator do you recommend for those? FBA? Mame 2003? No preference?

                                      Have a great weekend!

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                                      • sirhenrythe5thS
                                        sirhenrythe5th @pjft
                                        last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                                        @pjft i am using FBA for all the NeoGeo-Games and AdvanceMame 3.4 for all the other Arcade-Games. I would not say that everybody should do so!, but it is the best choice for me 😊.

                                        • i wanted a seperate menu-item for NeoGeo in Emulationstation.
                                        • AdvanceMame got a great performance-boost since it was optimized for Rpi starting with AdvanceMame 3.x.
                                        • AdvanceMame supports samples for a handful of great Toaplan-Games which stay silent with the other Mame-Ports for Rpi
                                        • Supports some CPS-III Games at full Speed
                                        • has great options including the best Scanlines (imo ☺)
                                          ...

                                        Have a great weekend too! 👍😎

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                                        • OmnijaO
                                          Omnija @sirhenrythe5th
                                          last edited by Omnija

                                          @sirhenrythe5th I created my own sections for NeoGeo and CP Systems (1/2/3), and then what ever didn't fit with those are mame or fba depending on which emulator is used to run them.

                                          Lucky and Wild
                                          Fun coop driver/shooter game..
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                                          Kaitei Saisensou (In The Hunt)
                                          Play as a submarine and pretty much destroy everything you see.
                                          alt text

                                          Dark Seal
                                          Sort of like a guantlet game.
                                          alt text

                                          Demon Front
                                          Wicked metal slug like game but with a unique twist (Familia)
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                                          • pjftP
                                            pjft @sirhenrythe5th
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                                            @sirhenrythe5th thanks for the tip! I usually stay within the libretro cores because of the ease of controls, but given such strong endorsement I may try it out later!

                                            Any particular CPS-3 games you're running there that you'd recommend? I think I play sf3 with decent performance on the libretro cores, but truth be told can't promise I paid that much attention.

                                            @Omnija what are you using for Lucky and Wild? Does it play full speed for you?

                                            Thanks all!

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