No Tapper - How will i live!!! Controls not working

thrussmeister

Hi Guys,

I'm moving forward with my project very well however one games seems to be playing which is tapper the games seems to run fine however I cant control anything , cant even add coin. Is this a romset build or configuration any advice is welcome

bengus

By chance are you using lr-mame2003? This is the emulator/romset I use for my setup, and I have the same issue with trying to run Tapper. However: I am happy to let you know I have found a workaround. Install lr-mame2010 and use it to run this title only (from the launcher menu). I can confirm that this particular title works perfectly using this method, despite it using the romset from lr-mame2003. Let me know if this works out for you.

thrussmeister

@bengus excellent I'll try it today , and let you know !

thrussmeister

Quick question, sounds probably very newb, I'm currently using lr-mame2003 for all my MAME roms and ive just downloaded lr-mame2010 however I put it all in the same folder how will it know to use that emulator for tapper and 2003 for my others?

bengus

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand

Select option number 2 (after installing lr-mame2010) for tapper.

GreenHawk84

So, I am trying to run Tapper on Mame2010, but the sound is horrendous. Anyone else getting awful sound?

Is Mame2010 still the prime choice for Tapper?

mediamogul

@GreenHawk84

Is Mame2010 still the prime choice for Tapper?

I believe Mame2010 is currently the only way to play any of the Bally Midway MCR System titles, Including:

Kick/Kickman
Tron
Satan's Hollow
Tapper
Timber
Discs of Tron
Spy Hunter
Solar Fox
Two Tigers
Journey
NFL
Wacko
Demolition Derby
Sarge
Kozmik Krooz'r

@dankcushions has improved mame2003 more than just about anyone. Perhaps this is something that he could check into.

dudleydes

I've tested Tron, Satan's Hollow, Tapper and Timber in mame4all and lr-imame4all and they work fine though audio is better in mame4all.

GreenHawk84

Thanks for the info. I suppose some games just will not be good until later Mame's can run on Pi. Perhaps RPi4 is required to get us up to speed.

spiwrx

I was able to get mine playing tapper but I had to "insert coin" with the keyboard(5 or 6). I was going to try and edit the controls for this to see if it would work but haven't yet.

PoppyC

@mediamogul I cannot seem to get Two Tigers to run in RetroPie with either lr-mame2003 or lr-mame2010. I am new to RetroPie and mame, is there configuration required? I am using RetroPie 4.1 on a RPI2.

caver01

@PoppyC You can try using AdvanceMAME. I use it to play titles listed here that don't work in lr-mame2003 (Tapper, Journey, Sarge, Xenophobe, etc.). Don't overlook AdvanceMAME. It isn't a libretro core, so you may need to make configuration changes using the .rc file (make backups first!). You also need the appropriate ROMset depending on which AdvanceMAME you use.