Daphne - Thayer's Quest

skj

How do you get Cliff hanger to download files via daphne PC, I keep getting an error saying can't download video/audio files, cliffhanger has been removed until a complete version can be presented?

Any ideas?

vikingrock

Hello friend, I have downloaded the Cliffhanger game in Arcade Punks 64gb nachos image.

Any doubt, contact me.

skj

@vikingrock

Thanks for the heads up on cliffhanger, do you happen to know the file size of the cliffhanger video files/folder? I don't really want to download a 64gb img just for a few files, will try and google CH if I know the file sizes

Thanks for you help friend

pjft

@vikingrock please don't point others to where to download Roms.

vikingrock

Hello friend, The Cliffhanger game folder "cliff.daphne" have a 1,15 GB.

skj

@vikingrock

Thank you for the file size info, I managed to locate the exact file without having to download a 64gb img

However, I'm missing the frame file can you post the info inside the cliff.txt file

I created my own can you verify its the same as yours:-

.
0 cliff.m2v

Thanks for you help :)

vikingrock

My frame file is:

.

6 CH_640x480_30i.m2v

skj

@vikingrock said in Daphne - Thayer's Quest:

My frame file is:

.

6 CH_640x480_30i.m2v

Hmmmmmm interesting, are you using the "restored" version then?

vikingrock

Yes. The restored version works fine on retropie.

skj

@vikingrock

Thanks for the help, I now have 2 versions of cliffhanger (original & restored) I must say that the restored is so much better in video quality than the original, the restored version I found contained 3 versions of the video files

640x480_30i
640x480_24p
640x480_24p_letterbox

Thank you once again my friend

vikingrock

Hello again, now I,m lookng for Road Blaster and Badlands working, If with you how can I fiend, please tell me.

Best regards,
Dante

simonster

@vikingrock

I've tried before a few months ago, I think Road Blasters gets some sort of fault in Daphne and doesn't work. Check the compatibility lists to be sure but I get the following:

Framefile parse succeeded. Video/Audio directory is: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roadblaster.daphne/./
YUV overlay is done in software (ie unaccelerated).
Booting ROM ...
MC6850: Master Reset!
MC6850: clock set to x32
MC6850: 8 Bits+1 Stop Bits
MC6850: /RTS=low, Transmitting Interrupt Disabled
MC6850: Recieve Interrupt Enabled
Error! write to main rom at a80f
Error! write to main rom at f8ec
Shutting down sound system...
Shutting down video display...

skj

@vikingrock said in Daphne - Thayer's Quest:

Hello again, now I,m lookng for Road Blaster and Badlands working, If with you how can I fiend, please tell me.

Best regards,
Dante

According to this https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hy2VpPXgs4a9imeu0_w3SpehKEkhUNOLzD1jhcgwS3o/htmlview#gid=0 there is currently no working versions of road boasters & badlands in retropie :(

vikingrock

Thanx for the info simonster & skj.

I will wait for daphne updates in retropie to be able to play Road Blaster and Badlands.

simonster

If you want to play Road Blaster at any cost, you can always try the Mega CD version "Road Avenger" it is the same game in 64 colours with most of the content intact.

pjft

@simonster the psx one is also an option, and has slightly better graphics.

simonster

@pjft said in Daphne - Thayer's Quest:

@simonster the psx one is also an option, and has slightly better graphics.

Interesting, I never knew there was a PSX version, I had the original Mega CD release (still have in the loft somewhere!)

vikingrock

Thanx again, I have both versions, but the psx version is the best one. The LD version is the better of all, beacause of this I have interest in Daphne version.

Sega Saturn have a good versions too...

Road Blaster is one of my favorite games.

skj

@vikingrock

There was even a home brew snes port of road blasters

simonster

@skj

That's amazing but it would be a 6320 Megabit (790 Megabyte) cartridge! The largest SNES cart was 24 Megabit. Can you imagine how much it would have cost to produce in 1995 (even without the cost of the video processor chip)?