3DO: The Pi4 Emulation Nobody Loves?
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@ReadyPlayaWon said in 3DO: The Pi4 Emulation Nobody Loves?:
@AdamBeGood said in 3DO: The Pi4 Emulation Nobody Loves?:
When you say prototype, is it the full game? I am interested.
I haven't played through the whole game to answer that question (busy with other games)
But the debug menu in the game lets you select the "Starting Zone" of which there are 58 Chapter levels of game story to choose from.
The unreleased prototype weighs in at 653MB.
My copy always stalls when the "Osiris Hunting" section loads... I haven't worked out if that is essential to complete the game as yet. I'm just messing about with the Starting Zone at the moment, as a straight playthrough may come a cropper on a loading section.
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I've spent quite a bit of time on Shock Wave lately. Great game. Brutally difficult but very fun. Runs flawlessly on the Pi 4.
Is anybody around here acquainted with the game? The third mission is kicking my ass. -
@Zering didnt think shock wave might of ran, thanks im gonna play it tonight, thanks
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@Zering said in 3DO: The Pi4 Emulation Nobody Loves?:
I've spent quite a bit of time on Shock Wave lately. Great game. Brutally difficult but very fun. Runs flawlessly on the Pi 4.
Is anybody around here acquainted with the game? The third mission is kicking my ass.The first mission kicked mine first time round! I quite like it though.
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@AdamBeGood yes, the game is excellent, but it's also quite unforgiving. The lack of banking/strafing makes it very difficult, and the third mission is very frustrating. You have to kill all the aliens and destroy a command center, but I fail consistently as by the time I get to the command center I am completely out of ammo and I cannot refuel.
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Has anybody noticed some slight improvements in performance lately?
Since my last update Killing Time seems a lot less choppy.
Likewise, the dialogue in Super Wing Commander used to crackle - and no longer does.
I can now start a mission in Heart of the Tiger when it always crashes before. -
@zering said in 3DO: The Pi4 Emulation Nobody Loves?:
Has anybody noticed some slight improvements in performance lately?
Since my last update Killing Time seems a lot less choppy.
Likewise, the dialogue in Super Wing Commander used to crackle - and no longer does.
I can now start a mission in Heart of the Tiger when it always crashes before.Interesting! I'll update and have a look. I was pretty familiar with the start of Killing Time so should be able to judge.
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Except for some updates to libretro libraries there hasn't been any material changes to the emulator in several months. I wouldn't expect those changes to have any real effect on performance unless you're using chd or other compressed images maybe.
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@trapexit I didn't update the emulator, but I was thinking that perhaps my last sudo apt-update added new things that lr-opera could take advantage?
Either way I have most definitely seen improvements in several games. -
@zering Possible but I'm no aware of anything that would make that much of a difference. Maybe a change in kernel. Scheduler or drivers.
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