Old Computer Appreciation Thread
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Metal Force on PC-98 - do you guys have that? It seems to crash on the "CHIME" logo for me?
Same issue with both hdi or hdm.
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@zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly Well if you can save using the rom version then there's no point using the dsk one. That was literally the only advantage.
Thanks for all the info! Very useful as always.
I do the saving with the libretro-core (F2=save F4=load).
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@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Metal Force on PC-98 - do you guys have that? It seems to crash on the "CHIME" logo for me?
Same issue with both hdi or hdm.
So you get the crash also? Hmm.. that is weird.
I guess the game is just not compatible. Let's not worry about that then.
I'm looking at the TurboR issue now. Could you just help me out with the BIOS files - the below are the ones I need aren't they?
FSA1GT.ROM - KANJI.ROM - MOONSOUND.ROM - XBASIC2.ROM
I am struggling to find the first one - I found a config.ini for it though. I will keep on looking though but just wanted to make sure, and these go in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/Shared Roms/ rather than the TurboR folder?
I want to sort this now as I've set Metal Gear 2 to Turbo R on BlueMSX and it black screens, which is vexing.
Edit: But then why don't I run it with the Panasonic machines on OpenMSX? What is the advantage of getting Turbo R on BlueMSX working?
Further Edit: Selecting those Panasonic machines doesn't seem to work, I get a BIOS not found error. But even with four enemies on the screen and the generic machine that we used for SD Snatcher, it seems to be running fine. Unless I am just not familiar enough with the game.
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@folly So you're using save states? You're not using the save system inside the game? That's what I'm asking about.
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Metal Force on PC-98 - do you guys have that? It seems to crash on the "CHIME" logo for me?
Same issue with both hdi or hdm.
So you get the crash also? Hmm.. that is weird.
I guess the game is just not compatible. Let's not worry about that then.
I'm looking at the TurboR issue now. Could you just help me out with the BIOS files - the below are the ones I need aren't they?
FSA1GT.ROM - KANJI.ROM - MOONSOUND.ROM - XBASIC2.ROM
I am struggling to find the first one - I found a config.ini for it though. I will keep on looking though but just wanted to make sure, and these go in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/Shared Roms/ rather than the TurboR folder?
I want to sort this now as I've set Metal Gear 2 to Turbo R on BlueMSX and it black screens, which is vexing.
Edit: But then why don't I run it with the Panasonic machines on OpenMSX? What is the advantage of getting Turbo R on BlueMSX working?
With using libretro-cores your setup is globally always the same. Also the hotkeys work the same. So I think thats an advantage.
Of course you can use openMSX this works also good.
If you have bluemsx running on your windows computer.
Check that computer for bios files for lr-bluemsx.The only thing you have to do is rename 2 files in the "Shared Roms" :
(advise, keep all 4 files)
KANJI.rom -> KANJI.ROM
MSXKANJI.rom -> MSXKANJI.ROM
(Check you config.ini)it seems to be running fine. Unless I am just not familiar enough with the game.
I was thinking the same way. And I didn't go that far in the game. But i think it's worthwhile.
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@folly Perfect! You are correct, I've amended those and Metal Gear 2 works in Blue MSX now. Thank you so much!
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly Perfect! You are correct, I've amended those and Metal Gear 2 works in Blue MSX now. Thank you so much!
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Are you on "Auto" or did you select "MSXTurboR" ? -
@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly Perfect! You are correct, I've amended those and Metal Gear 2 works in Blue MSX now. Thank you so much!
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Are you on "Auto" or did you select "MSXTurboR" ?I selected it, and saved it as an MS2 config. I was getting Black Screen, not anymore!
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly Perfect! You are correct, I've amended those and Metal Gear 2 works in Blue MSX now. Thank you so much!
^^
Are you on "Auto" or did you select "MSXTurboR" ?I selected it, and saved it as an MS2 config. I was getting Black Screen, not anymore!
OK, to clarify.
You made a config just for MS2 that will only load if you play that game ?
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I have Metal Force working without sound.
Seems a OPN OPNA sound driver issue.
It crashes there.
With an other dos hdi i edited the autoexec.bat.
When you only run MF.EXE it works without sound.EDIT (fix) : Choose "Speak Board" as sound board in options.
Here are some pictures.
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@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly Perfect! You are correct, I've amended those and Metal Gear 2 works in Blue MSX now. Thank you so much!
^^
Are you on "Auto" or did you select "MSXTurboR" ?I selected it, and saved it as an MS2 config. I was getting Black Screen, not anymore!
OK, to clarify.
You made a config just for MS2 that will only load if you play that game ?
Nice thinking !Well, nothing fancy - it wasn't much effort. If you make the change in RetroArch->Options and then go to Save Game Options file at the top, it will save specifically for that game and no others. :)
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Well, nothing fancy - it wasn't much effort. If you make the change in RetroArch->Options and then go to Save Game Options file at the top, it will save specifically for that game and no others. :)
;-) perfect.
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Metal Force works.
Choose "Speak Board" as sound board in options. -
@folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Metal Force works.
Choose "Speak Board" as sound board in options.Hahaha well done. I tried some options but not that. Better put it back on my Pi, I deleted that off
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@folly I just started Metal Gear 2.
Damn that game is hard.
I'm enjoying it but the guards are relentless, once they've spotted you they don't stop chasing you until you're dead.
I've just beat the first boss, I'm going to play a bit more.Edit : Sega CD and PC88 restored! Rebuilding is kind of exciting.
Speaking of Sega, were you guys aware that they released two computers, the SC3000 and SF7000. Supposedly they run through mess and through the regular SG1000 core. I'd be curious to see what they're like
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@zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@folly I just started Metal Gear 2.
Damn that game is hard.
I'm enjoying it but the guards are relentless, once they've spotted you they don't stop chasing you until you're dead.Hide ! Crawl beneath something
I've just beat the first boss, I'm going to play a bit more.
Edit : Sega CD and PC88 restored! Rebuilding is kind of exciting.
Step by step. Time consuming but you get there.
Speaking of Sega, were you guys aware that they released two computers, the SC3000 and SF7000. Supposedly they run through mess and through the regular SG1000 core. I'd be curious to see what they're like
We ought to have 48 hour in one day. :)
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@folly Even that wouldn't be enough! ^^
I finished the following section in Metal Gear 2. The silencer makes the game significantly more approachable.
Edit : Got the FM Towns working! I played Genocide Square ; the first game feels a lot more playable than on X68000. I see the future - I'm going to spend most of my week getting games working for this system...
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@adambegood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly How did you know to change the soundboard for Metal Force? There were loads of options there.
There are .hdi files such as that of "Policenauts" that can be "ctrl+c"ed. In doing so you get into DOS.
So now we can see the files with "dir".
Earlier on I made a .cmd file with both game .hdi 's.
Most of those .hdi 's , when booted have the "sedit" program in the "c:/dos" directory.
With this program you can edit and view .bat files. ...............etc.
When I discovered it was a sound driver issue I looked at the sound boards in options.
When looking at all the sound boards I saw "Speak Board".
This "name" was in the filename of the game like this (Speak Board).
So this is how I discovered it.With "Policenauts" I did the same thing.
I removed the "umb entry's" (upper memory block) in autoexec.bat. Then the game worked. (with the correctly made .cmd) -
@Zering
Are you playing an IPS patched version now of MGS2 ?
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