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    MAME ROW #54 - Paperboy

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    • meleu
      meleu last edited by

      @lilbud no shooters for this week!! Join us!

      I voted for Paperboy btw.

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      • AndersHP
        AndersHP last edited by

        Forgot to test Paperboy yesterday, but is this even possible to play on MAME? Doesn't the original cabinet have a bike handlebar built onto it?

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        • obsidianspider
          obsidianspider last edited by

          This week's winner is Paperboy

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          • AndersHP
            AndersHP @obsidianspider last edited by AndersHP

            I can't control this game to save my life! :-)

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            • LiveFastCyYoung
              LiveFastCyYoung @AndersHP last edited by

              @andershp Same. Didn’t realize the Arcade version had a special controller. Could explain it. The NES version controls excellently.

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              • cyperghost
                cyperghost @LiveFastCyYoung last edited by cyperghost

                @livefastcyyoung @AndersHP @obsidianspider @meleu
                Yes... the controller is a special one.
                Can we use the NES-version instead?
                It seems to be not playable....

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                • obsidianspider
                  obsidianspider @cyperghost last edited by

                  @cyperghost I can play it with MAME 2003 and a D Pad. He does drive pretty quickly, but pressing down seems to slow him down. What’s the problem?

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                  • cyperghost
                    cyperghost @obsidianspider last edited by

                    @obsidianspider I try mame2003 but the it's super difficult to control that dude ;)
                    Maybe I first try to slow down the guy as you said ;)

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                    • meleu
                      meleu last edited by meleu

                      Hey guys, I'm having bad times to control too.

                      When I tested I just launched the game and didn't play seriously, but today I tried to play to make some score and looks like the control is a bit crazy... with some random movements...

                      I would like to propose that we vote again for the other two games (using the same poll) and check the results tomorrow when it'll be night on @obsidianspider 's part of the world.

                      What do you guys think?

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                      • obsidianspider
                        obsidianspider @meleu last edited by

                        @meleu I think you slow him down and try again. The game is not easy, but it is playable. So far I have gotten to 3275 points on Tuesday on Easy Street. My goal after work is to try to get on the leader board.

                        This is why people should try the games and then vote. 😜

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                        • meleu
                          meleu @obsidianspider last edited by

                          @obsidianspider OK, let me try it again slowing him down.

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                          • obsidianspider
                            obsidianspider @meleu last edited by

                            @meleu it’s really not that bad once you press Down. Conversely, Up makes him go faster.

                            Breaking windows on non-customer houses gives you points, but not on customer houses.

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                            • obsidianspider
                              obsidianspider last edited by

                              After seeing some wonkiness when trying to put my initials in, I think I know what MAME is trying to do. Since Paperboy was originally using an analog input, when you press a direction on the d-pad, MAME just keeps pressing that direction for you. I am not sure of a great way to "stop" it other than pressing the opposite way. That said, the game is totally playable. After only a few rounds I got 4575 on Easy Street.

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                              • obsidianspider
                                obsidianspider last edited by

                                1. Getting your name in is quite difficult. Somehow I ended up with "N" before the timer ran out.

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                                • GtBFilms
                                  GtBFilms last edited by

                                  I've not tried it on MAME yet, but I played this one in the arcades (with the bicycle handlebars controller) and remember it was a right &*#@%^ to control then as well!

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                                  • obsidianspider
                                    obsidianspider last edited by

                                    I just noticed that default by the names in the grid for Middle Road and Easy Street say something.

                                    PAPER BOY IS THE GREATEST

                                    PUT YOUR SCORE ON THIS TABLE

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                                    • obsidianspider
                                      obsidianspider last edited by

                                      14725

                                      Those BEES! Ugh.

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                                      • caver01
                                        caver01 @obsidianspider last edited by

                                        @obsidianspider said in MAME ROW #54 - Paperboy:

                                        I just noticed that default by the names in the grid for Middle Road and Easy Street say something.

                                        PAPER BOY IS THE GREATEST

                                        PUT YOUR SCORE ON THIS TABLE

                                        I see it now. Wow. I never would have seen that had you not pointed it out.

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                                        • UDb23
                                          UDb23 last edited by

                                          Overlay just finished ;-)

                                          alt text

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                                          • chelochelini2014
                                            chelochelini2014 @meleu last edited by

                                            @meleu who made that board? the NASA, no way How the Technology Has Evolved Over Time, i will stay here to watch retropie evolution in the next ten years

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