Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?

edmaul69

@qix77 i havent added these yet i was going to try out scummvm but it looks like the controls are easy to set up in daphne so i might try it out.

qix77

@edmaul69 I haven't tried scummmvm as of yet. It's on my list of things I want to add. It took me a little bit to figure out how to get things setup in Daphne, but after I got Super Don Quixote working, then I added Cliff Hanger with no problems. I haven't configured anything for the controllers yet. I might do that tonight if I'm not delayed too late at work.

qix77

Here's a quick update. Just got my Dragon's Lair DVD today. Used Windows version of Daphne and it found the ROMs online and was able to ~~rip and write the video and audio files from the DVD~~ verify that I had a legitimate copy and downloaded the video and audio files. Then I was able to transfer it to the Raspberry Pi 2. Played a quick game and everything works great. All I need to do is configure it for an arcade joystick console I plan on building in a few months.

Once I have my 32 gig SD card filled with everything I want, I'm going to make a disk image of it and copy it over to another 32 gig SD card for my Pi Zero. Hope to build a hand held game system out of that. I'm excited to show everything off once I have everything built. :)

markyh444

@qix77 Just caught onto this thread and the image isn't going to work copying it from a Pi2 to a zero as they're different builds. You could strip the configs off the one you've got running on the Pi2, but you'll need to get the Pi Zero image installed separately first.

qix77

@markyh444 Oh.. Thanks for the input, Marky. I didn't know they were that different. That will save me a bunch of confusion in the near future. The good thing is that I've learned how to configure everything so if I have to start over from scratch then it shouldn't be a problem setting things up. I guess I'll have to keep two back up images on my PC (one for the Pi 2 and one for Pi Zero). Thanks again.

A little update. I finally got Dragon's Lair 2, Space Ace, Thayer's Quest and Esh to work pretty good. Only issue is that I got to figure out the controls for Thayer's Quest since they seem to be very different. Those are the only ones I care to play. I might do some more Sega CD and Turbo Graphics 16 CD stuff soon. I'll get the SCUM stuff working. May add more MSX ROMS. Thinking about adding Apple II and more Atari systems since I can find stuff for it rather quickly.

ONE SD CARD TO RULE THEM ALL.. lol.. I may add some playstation and N64 stuff when I decide to get a Pi 3 or a new version if they announce they are putting something new out.

qix77

HELP!!!! lol..

I'm confused all to hell as to how Daphne's control ini file works. I've read a tutorial and I still don't get it (I was born half stupid and half retarded).

Does anyone have a clue? I'm currently using a Logitech wireless F710

Thanks in advanced and sorry for my ignorance.

mediamogul

@qix77 said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

HELP!!!! lol..
I'm confused all to hell as to how Daphne's control ini file works.

It's a bit unconventional to be sure. Skip past any info you already know.

Drop down to the command line by pressing 'F4' on your keyboard, then type:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Press 'Enter' and look for the controller in the list of devices. It can be identified by it's name in the device groupings next to the line beginning with N: Name=. Once you find it, make a note of it's jsX number found next to the line beginning with H: Handlers=. From here, you'll use the number to initiate a jstest by typing:

jstest /dev/input/jsX

Make sure to replace the 'X' with your own number. Here you'll be presented with the jstest interface. Each button is given a number and when pressed, it will toggle between on and off. Make a note of which button is tied to which number and then press 'ctrl+c' to stop the test.

After you know what number is tied to each button, it's just a matter of adding them to the 'dapinput.ini' file. There are two main things to remember in doing this. First is that each control has three numbers out beside them. The numbers you will be changing are always the third in that row, as they are specifically reserved for the joystick. The second and strangest thing to remember is that every number you add needs to be one number higher than what you wrote down. So, if you want to assign button '4' to quit Daphne, the line would actually read, KEY_QUIT = 27 113 5

There is a valid reason for all of this, but it's a bit odd none the less. Since the number '0' is reserved for 'none' in the configuration and the first button on a controller is also '0', everything gets shifted up a number.

qix77

@mediamogul You are so awesome, my friend. Thanks so much for the help. I'm going to try this when I get back home this afternoon. So many thanks for taking the time to help. I hope repay the favor in the near future. :)

mediamogul

@qix77 said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

I hope repay the favor in the near future.

My shirt size is large bags of money.

qix77

@mediamogul LOL... If I was rich, I'd make it so. :)

twd

Do you mind making a YouTube video of dragons lair running or space ace?

I have the PS3 version it's higher resolution than what I want. It's one of them remastered jobs as I intend to run the pi in 240p mode via hdmi to vga to rgb scart to a crt . If will save me a PS3 I onky have 2 left

ferdnand

Awesome you got the Dragons Lair working can you post the config file that you use.... Having problems with this part

caver01

@qix77 said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

Here's a quick update. Just got my Dragon's Lair DVD today. Used Windows version of Daphne and it found the ROMs online and was able to rip and write the video and audio files from the DVD.

Looking forward to pictures of your project, but I wanted to clarify a minor detail here. Daphne for Windows (and MacOS) doesn't "rip" anything from the DVD. It merely verifies the disc and downloads EVERYTHING, including the ROMs and the media files (video and audio) using bit-torrent.

Not that this matters, but I hate to perpetuate misinformation here. We don't have any control over the size or compression of the video since it's just a download, but fortunately, it sounds like the files work on the Pi Zero which is good to know. Had you actually ripped your own media (from HD source for example) it might not playback smoothly if ripped at a high bit rate.

qix77

@twd said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

Do you mind making a YouTube video of dragons lair running or space ace?

If I get the chance too, I will. I got a new HD camera (lighting in my room sucks really bad but I can make something and post it). This is for the Pi 2. Once I get the time to transfer everything over to the Pi Zero, I'll do another video and see how that may work out.

@ferdnand said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

Awesome you got the Dragons Lair working can you post the config file that you use.... Having problems with this part

Sorry it's been late for me to reply. This weekend I'll try to post my config settings. I'm still going to have to get my controllers configured but I should have time this weekend for that too. It does run very well. So much fun to play. All the games I have on it works great except there is a glitch in Thayer's Quest.

@caver01 said in Dragon's Lair (Daphne) Pi Zero?:

Not that this matters, but I hate to perpetuate misinformation here. We don't have any control over the size or compression of the video since it's just a download, but fortunately, it sounds like the files work on the Pi Zero which is good to know. Had you actually ripped your own media (from HD source for example) it might not playback smoothly if ripped at a high bit rate.

You are correct. I was tired when I posted about that and was mistaken. The DVD ROM was only used to verify that I have a legitimate copy. I'll go edit my post so I don't accidentally misguide anyone in the future that may be reading this thread for help. :)

twd

@qix77 thanks buddy I would appreciate that I can deal with dodgy cam work "you best put some production work in" lol thaks

qix77

@twd lol.. I'll try to. I use to have a Youtube channel from 2007 to 2010 where I did Amiga game reviews. I use to put funny little animated skits in it but it was taken down when YouTube started flagging for copyright. I had some music in it from Van Halen, Rush, Vanessa Mae and a few others. Not the whole song but I'd do a montage skit and back then it was fine. I miss doing it. I compose my own music now but just haven't had time to do anything with it. Hope to get a new channel started soon. :)

twd

@qix77 yeah YouTube is a hassle thease days... Raw footage be fine. Wish I have editing knowledge when I upload videos there normally raw footage... You probably know what your doing I know you can get a lot of royalty free music now mind

qix77

@twd Might be a while on the video though. I'm spending the day trying to get my Pi Zero set up. Going to see how Dragon's Lair works on that too. Then I'll do a video on both the zero and Pi 2. I'm actually curious how well it will run.

qix77

Quick update. Dragon's Lair actually plays on the Pi Zero but it's a little choppy. Yet, it works and it's kind of playable.

twd

@qix77 yeah no stress don't Rush as I have it on PS3 and rarely play that I just love the attract mode it's awsome.