Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME

IanDaemon

Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

sirhenrythe5th

@IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

Well, i play it like "Commando", "Mercs", Shock Troopers" and so on, i shoot in the direction i walk.
Works pretty good imo, the game gets hard anyway, but i reach section 3 and have a nice highscore-list.
In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

barbudreadmon

@sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

MAME doesn't have rotary stick support for those games ?

sirhenrythe5th

I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)
I only have Gamepads and ordinary Arcade-Sticks (HAPP-Parts) - no Rotary Joysticks.

barbudreadmon

@sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)

fwiw, FBneo uses some "hack" to directly map rotate left/right shorcuts to L1/R1, it makes those games quite playable even without rotary stick

sirhenrythe5th

@barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

IanDaemon

@sirhenrythe5th I could throw grenades in front of me, but I could only shoot "up". If an enemy came from the side or the bottom I had to get below them to shoot them. :(

Shock Troopers 1 and 2 are both fantastic!

SgtJimmyRustles

Simpsons Arcade Game
TMNT
TMNT Turtles in Time
Raiden 1 + 2
DoDonpachi

VictimRLSH

@sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

@barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

Does that work for Victory Road?

sirhenrythe5th

@VictimRLSH
sure, you can map the inputs that way for every game meant to be played with a rotary stick.
i did that with these titles:

Ikari Warriors
Ikari Warriors III
Time Soldiers
Victory Road
Caliber 50
SAR Search and Rescue

IanDaemon

@ashpool But Donkey Kong 3 is so classic!

themazingness

Shao-lin's Road
Time Pilot
Arabian Magic
Dig Dug
Centipede

IanDaemon

@themazingness I couldn't get Arabian Magic to work well on the "Pi 3". You? Are you using a "4"?

pjft

@iandaemon I seem to recall playing it on AdvMAME on the Pi3?

IanDaemon

@pjft I'll check it out again. I remember getting sluggish, unplayable results.

pjft

@iandaemon Ah, apologies. Was thinking of Arabian Fight, that I tried out. I seem to recall having played it briefly on the Pi 3, but it's not a game I invested much time in so it might be you're correct.

IanDaemon

@pjft Actually so was I. I have Arabian, but wasn't able to get Arabian Fight to work well on the 3B. I never saw Arabian Magic before. So you're saying to try AdvMAME with Arabian Fight? Thanks, I'll give it a shot. I still have no idea if the game is worth playing.

pjft

@iandaemon it's a case of two wrongs making a right :)

I mean, it was a long time ago, but I think I still played it until the middle of the first level or so on AdvMAME.

Hope you're doing well!

IanDaemon

@udb23 said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

Pengo

I always thought Pengo looked cool, but it always kicks my butt. I've recently started to try and get better. (sigh) I just need to sit down and spend more time with it.

UDb23

@iandaemon Pengo (& other games of that era; e.g. Pacman) used a 4 way joystick. Using one of those (Happ still makes them) is key to play it right.