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    MAME ROW #33 - Pac-Mania

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    • obsidianspider
      obsidianspider last edited by obsidianspider

      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

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      • obsidianspider
        obsidianspider last edited by

        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!

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        • StormJH1
          StormJH1 last edited by

          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
            dankcushions Global Moderator last edited by

            @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
              obsidianspider @dankcushions last edited by obsidianspider

              @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

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              • dankcushions
                dankcushions Global Moderator @obsidianspider last edited by

                @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
                  obsidianspider last edited by

                  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

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                  • AndersHP
                    AndersHP last edited by

                    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 :)

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                    • dankcushions
                      dankcushions Global Moderator last edited by

                      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
                        dankcushions Global Moderator last edited by

                        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
                          obsidianspider last edited by

                          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.

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                          • mediamogul
                            mediamogul Global Moderator @obsidianspider last edited by mediamogul

                            @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
                              DarkWolf @mediamogul last edited by DarkWolf

                              @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
                                backstander @obsidianspider last edited by backstander

                                @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
                                  dankcushions Global Moderator last edited by

                                  i'll open the scores with 121710:

                                  0_1494433974977_pacmania-170510-173010.png

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                                  • DarkWolf
                                    DarkWolf @dankcushions last edited by

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

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                                    • mediamogul
                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @DarkWolf last edited by

                                      @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
                                        DarkWolf @mediamogul last edited by

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

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                                        • mediamogul
                                          mediamogul Global Moderator @DarkWolf last edited by

                                          @DarkWolf

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

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                                          • DarkWolf
                                            DarkWolf @mediamogul last edited by DarkWolf

                                            @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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