Emulation
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The MAME dev team are all about simulating the hardware as closely as possible. They have consequently squeezed the joy out of it.
It used to have high score support but that was dropped.
Samples were used for many games - that has been gradually dropped as sound chips are emulated - but this hasn't meant the best gaming experience.
Quite often a game will take a performance hit as the emulation "improves".
Of course the consequence of many improvements are that they need a more accurate or complete ROM set - so upgrading MAME will leave your ROMset unusable.
One of the older builds running on a W98 machine is probably the best way to go - I have an old build and a complete ROM set I bought off some guy on eBay. It's a DOS app though - would need W98 with USB support to get the most out of it now. There was a great front end for MAME on DOS called Arcade OS which was optimised for running in a cabinet.
When I get a new PC I'll probably try and recreate that on my old Dell but getting W98 etc would probably be a real pain in the arse.Holding the wrong end of the stick since 2009. -
Cinty got me a PSP about 10 years ago, which I sold a while later.
Just made an offer to buy it back and happy to say I'm picking it up on Wednesday
Can anyone help me out with some ISO's?
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hunk wrote:
Every updated version of mame seems to insist on using it's own set of 'authenthic' ROMs. For emulations sake. It's annoying and confusing for users.retroking1981 wrote:Why is MAME so inconsistent? On my Pi only about a third of the roms work on it, console emulation is fine. I've always had problems with it, even pre-Pi. Is there anything that can be done to improve compatibility?davyK wrote:The MAME dev team are all about simulating the hardware as closely as possible. They have consequently squeezed the joy out of it. It used to have high score support but that was dropped. Samples were used for many games - that has been gradually dropped as sound chips are emulated - but this hasn't meant the best gaming experience. Quite often a game will take a performance hit as the emulation "improves". Of course the consequence of many improvements are that they need a more accurate or complete ROM set - so upgrading MAME will leave your ROMset unusable. One of the older builds running on a W98 machine is probably the best way to go - I have an old build and a complete ROM set I bought off some guy on eBay. It's a DOS app though - would need W98 with USB support to get the most out of it now. There was a great front end for MAME on DOS called Arcade OS which was optimised for running in a cabinet. When I get a new PC I'll probably try and recreate that on my old Dell but getting W98 etc would probably be a real pain in the arse.
What a minefield. Guess I'll give up on that then.オレノナハ エラー ダ -
I found mame 32 to be the best, doesn't require dos. To be fair, I don't emulate anymore as most of what I want is legal so I pays the money but I found it to be the most reliable. That said it won't run software beyond street fighter alpha 3 so no sf3 eye.SFV - reddave360
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I like emulators and mame to explore older titles which aren't readily available anymore. I usually do pick up the games deemed worthwhile if a publisher goes through the hassle of rereleasing them on modern platforms.
No shame in emulating, it keeps dead IP alive.Steam: Ruffnekk
Windows Live: mr of unlocking
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My first experience of emulation was an old BBC emulator on my Amiga in the mid 90s. Been an avid emulation fan ever since. Started building an arcade cab a few years ago, though only got as far as the control panel before we moved countries, must finish it off.
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I was struggling massively with this up until very recently, and I'm sure there are loads of other options available, but I grabbed RetroArch and LaunchBox and it's been really easy to put together. RetroArch is a one stop shop for lots of existing emulators. You basically install the emulator you want, then point the relevant roms at it. It then saves this and manages them for you. On top of that LaunchBox is a decent frontend and it can manage RetroArch but y can also install other emulators that aren't integrated into RetroArch within it as well. The biggest benefit being there are YouTube tutorials all over the place and it only took me a few days to feel super confident with it. Just need to get a beefier pc so I can do newer consoles with less issues. I want to play Joe Danger"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B -
RedDave2 wrote:I found mame 32 to be the best, doesn't require dos. To be fair, I don't emulate anymore as most of what I want is legal so I pays the money but I found it to be the most reliable. That said it won't run software beyond street fighter alpha 3 so no sf3 eye.
mame32 is pretty good actually - but as you say - like the old DOS versions - it's for older games. That suits me as largely that's all I'm after.
My current MAME-age is a build of shmupMAME I use to play a handful of games such as DoDonPachi, Gigawing etc. It works well and other genres work on it fine (Donkey Kong, Frogger, Tapper etc.). It's a build of MAME that minimises lag and is considered best used for shmups.Holding the wrong end of the stick since 2009. -
davyK wrote:It's a build of MAME that minimises lag and is considered best used for shmups.
Ooooh MAMEDev won't like that...
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Questor wrote:
Ooooh MAMEDev won't like that...davyK wrote:It's a build of MAME that minimises lag and is considered best used for shmups.
Quite right - I suspect there's a compromise in some of the accuracy in other games.... I care not a jot of course. No other way to play DDP DaiOuJou!! Holding the wrong end of the stick since 2009. -
I have a plastic model kit of a ship from DaiOuJou I picked up in Japan a few years ago - I really should put it together.
Will go with my 2 Ikaruga ships -
Nice.
The ROM I have for DOJ lets me select 2 different modes - single run and a looped run - not sure if that is an official variation or a hack....(actually it might be a black label ROM).
Holding the wrong end of the stick since 2009. -
MyNamesKrisG wrote:Cinty got me a PSP about 10 years ago, which I sold a while later.
Just made an offer to buy it back and happy to say I'm picking it up on Wednesday
Can anyone help me out with some ISO's?
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I may still have 4/5 DVDs of ISO files. I'll look later and let you know.
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Feel free to pull post if naughty, but there are still plenty of games in public trackers, I topped up my psp cso collection only this week. A couple of links that might prove useful
links moved to freeloading fred
I went for this lot, hoping to go for quality over quantity, some of which I had to find individually in similar places to linked above. There are definitely a few gems I've not been able to find, but this isn't a bad collection to be getting on with. Thing I hate about piracy is there's often too much there to actually investigate properly
Wipeout Pulse
Beats
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
Velocity
Burnout Dominator
Patapon
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Archer Maclean's Mercury
Free Running
Lumines: Puzzle Fusion
N+
Space Invaders Extreme
Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins
What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!? 2
Every Extend Extra
Jeanne d'Arc
WipEout Pure
Final Fantasy IV
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars
Tekken: Dark Resurrection
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Tekken 6
Exit
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Fight Night Round 3
Me & My Katamari
Beaterator
flOw
The Warriors
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This?
Everyday Shooter
Metal Slug XX
Death Jr II: Root of Evil
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
LocoRoco
GripShift
Atari Classics -Evolved-
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee
Daxter
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Ridge Racer
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
Silent Hill Origins
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
Metal Slug Anthology
echochrome
Activision Hits Remixed
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Patapon 3
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Secret Agent Clank
Virtua Tennis - World Tour
Namco Museum Vol. 2
Dante's Inferno
Field Commander
Patapon 2
Half-Minute Hero
Lego Batman: The Video Game
Final Fantasy II
Bust-a-Move Deluxe
Burnout Legends
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Kurulin Fusion
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Tales of Eternia
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
Thrillville
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix
Ridge Racer 2
Driver 76
Tomb Raider: Legend
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Mega Man Powered Up
Valkyria Chronicles II
Test Drive Unlimited
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Everybody's Golf
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded
Lumines II
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
Need for Speed Shift
Killzone: Liberation
Gran Turismo"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B -
You should shove that in the Dark Legend thread to keep it free of prying trackers. -
When I did my PSP a few years back, there were plenty of easy to find PSP and PS1 ROMs sitting about on the web in easy to search collections. Dunno if that's still the case.
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There probably are, but the owners of those sites could be taken to court because of them. We don’t want to risk Petey getting sued.
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I doubt that could happen over the suggestion to google for them.
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Ah, gotcha. I thought your post was suggesting that it didn’t matter if the links were on here as there are other avenues to get these. I misunderstood.
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Most of the archives I found were split so yo could select specific files. No point downloading a bunch of stuff I'll not use"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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I like how cockbeards "quality over quantity" collection consists of about a hundred games.SFV - reddave360
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Hahaha, it could definitely be trimmed further just I grabbed a lot of stuff that I never got around to playing first time as well, so that's tipped it up a bit"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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Always the problem with emulation, you build up a huge collection but really only play a handful of games. In my case I just loved having the option to scroll through a vast array of arcade hits. In mame32 you can add title screens to the game select screen. Huge nostalgia hit just from scrolling through the collection.
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Thanks all. Really looking forward to picking it up tomorrow.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. We all know that this is the best game ever made, right?
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Was playing it on the train with my mate Liam, local mutliplayer. We were laughing away with each other, then suddenly there was a third character who kept kicking our arses, we are like wtf? Turn around and there's this bloke and his little boy a huge grin on, whilst we decided we should swear less but agreed that was the coolest 12 year old in the world"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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Three PSPs in the same room? That must be some kind of record.
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Think it must've been leylines or something. Around 2007, on a train from Derby to Bournemouth, all in the same carriage"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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6 player capture the flag (Limo) is amongst my favourite gaming memories ever.
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You realise that like piracy 13 isn't strictly legal either"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
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cockbeard wrote:Most of the archives I found were split so yo could select specific files. No point downloading a bunch of stuff I'll not useRedDave2 wrote:Always the problem with emulation, you build up a huge collection but really only play a handful of games.
I'm exactly the same, everytime I boot up the Pi/PSP I more often than not end up deleting what I play.
Never seen the point in owning thousands of roms.オレノナハ エラー ダ
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