Raiden Fighters 1,2,Jet +Viper Phase 1 now playable in Mame!
It's all SPI games. The Flash RAM simply isn't working yet. You can change the options, but they'll reset as soon as you exit.poieo wrote:Are the options supposed to be unchangable on the 2k version, or is that just something in the drivers that hasn't been addressed?
If it's the difficulty you're worried about, just read my post above about getting the real RF2 working.
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Which ones are the graphics roms? Do I just then add them into the other files and make a new zip?Frogacuda wrote:lol! Ok, good news everyone:
The OG version of RF2 is playable in the current MAME.
Just take the graphics ROMs from 2000 and add them to rf_us.zip and fire the game up. The graphics ROMs are the same and it works like a charm, original difficulty intact. Should have tried this sooner. The music is still screwed up (but differently from the 2000 version). I guess this will improve with further revisions of the driver. More important is the difficulty which is MUCH more enjoyable in the original.
sidebar- man, this sucks. I wish I wasn't so poor all the time.
It's the files that start with "obj" and "bg" in the RF2K set. add these files to the existing RF2 set, and fire it up. MAME will give you a "ROM needs redump" error message when you start but will proceed to play fine.cigsthecat wrote:Which ones are the graphics roms? Do I just then add them into the other files and make a new zip?Frogacuda wrote:lol! Ok, good news everyone:
The OG version of RF2 is playable in the current MAME.
Just take the graphics ROMs from 2000 and add them to rf_us.zip and fire the game up. The graphics ROMs are the same and it works like a charm, original difficulty intact. Should have tried this sooner. The music is still screwed up (but differently from the 2000 version). I guess this will improve with further revisions of the driver. More important is the difficulty which is MUCH more enjoyable in the original.
sidebar- man, this sucks. I wish I wasn't so poor all the time.
I think the sound rom might be incorrect. It sounds like it's playing the wrong samples. It might just be an emulation issue though.
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You shouldn't switching or renaming any of the program ROMs. Use the ones from the standard rf2_us set. They are already named correctly.poieo wrote:I think it's playing the right samples, or at least some of the right samples, but playing them way too fast.
With mine, i also had to rename fix0.54something and fix1.54something to fix0.bin and fix1.bin. fix2 had to be renamed to fixb.bin.
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Well, that's not entirely true, as i've just realized myself. There was yet another lovely ROM change/merger. Or maybe it has no bearing wahtsoever, but rf2_us apparently uses rf2_eur as a parent now, which is why it complained about fix1.bin and the like.Frogacuda wrote:You shouldn't switching or renaming any of the program ROMs. Use the ones from the standard rf2_us set. They are already named correctly.
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Looks like a couple more hours of picking at it, and SPI should be fully decrypted. RF, RFJ, and Viper Phase 1 are probably just a few days away. Then I suppose it's up to ville to tighten up the driver a bit, fix the sound, and add alpha blending.
Looks like a couple more hours of picking at it, and SPI should be fully decrypted. RF, RFJ, and Viper Phase 1 are probably just a few days away. Then I suppose it's up to ville to tighten up the driver a bit, fix the sound, and add alpha blending.
FYI:
Raiden FIghters and Viper PHase 1 are done. raiden fighters jet is almost done. go here:
http://mamelife.blogspot.com/
far as i'm concerned this is the biggest shmupping accomplishment in years. can't wait for the high score thread explosion...
Raiden FIghters and Viper PHase 1 are done. raiden fighters jet is almost done. go here:
http://mamelife.blogspot.com/
far as i'm concerned this is the biggest shmupping accomplishment in years. can't wait for the high score thread explosion...
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If by almost done you mean "Not really looked at or started" then yeah.Stormowl wrote:Raiden FIghters and Viper PHase 1 are done. raiden fighters jet is almost done.
But given the rapid progress Nicola has made on the other encryption schemes, coupled with the fact that RFJet's is likely very similar to one of them, I doubt it will take long.
Now if only someone would finish the decryption of Raiden II/DX and get to work on the other protection schemes plaguing those games, we'd be able to say Seibu's legacy is safe. But then again, it's not like the PSX port of DX isn't adequate.
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The Judge Spear fully-powered up with two Slaves is almost unstoppable under the control of an expert player.Damocles wrote:Anyone else think the Helldiver is grossly overpowered?
Many people abuse the Slave, because it excels in firepower and rapid fire speed. They use Slaves of faster fighters to inherit their speed.
Don't even get me started on the Ixion in Raiden Fighters Jet...
The age of Alluro and JudgeSpear is over.
Referring to a fully powered up Helldiver with those friggin laser boomerang thingies. I havn't had the chance to grade all the ships, but it seems as if the Helldiver can cut through most bosses like cake. Not a Slave player myself (me likes variety), so I can't comment on that.Alluro wrote:The Judge Spear fully-powered up with two Slaves is almost unstoppable under the control of an expert player.Damocles wrote:Anyone else think the Helldiver is grossly overpowered?
Many people abuse the Slave, because it excels in firepower and rapid fire speed. They use Slaves of faster fighters to inherit their speed.
Don't even get me started on the Ixion in Raiden Fighters Jet...
Yeah, I agree. The Hell Diver with the boomerang lasers is a pretty damn strong fighter. I used it a lot before I migrated to the Raiden mk-II.Damocles wrote:Referring to a fully powered up Helldiver with those friggin laser boomerang thingies. I havn't had the chance to grade all the ships, but it seems as if the Helldiver can cut through most bosses like cake. Not a Slave player myself (me likes variety), so I can't comment on that.Alluro wrote:The Judge Spear fully-powered up with two Slaves is almost unstoppable under the control of an expert player.Damocles wrote:Anyone else think the Helldiver is grossly overpowered?
Many people abuse the Slave, because it excels in firepower and rapid fire speed. They use Slaves of faster fighters to inherit their speed.
Don't even get me started on the Ixion in Raiden Fighters Jet...
The age of Alluro and JudgeSpear is over.
RFJet pwned.
Now that the graphics decryption is finished, I can't wait for the remaining graphic and sound issues with the driver to be ironed out. What a fantastic release that will make!
Now that the graphics decryption is finished, I can't wait for the remaining graphic and sound issues with the driver to be ironed out. What a fantastic release that will make!
then it's official: Nicola Salmoria is shmupping's man of the decade.nZero wrote:RFJet pwned.
Now that the graphics decryption is finished, I can't wait for the remaining graphic and sound issues with the driver to be ironed out. What a fantastic release that will make!
Unfortunately Nicola won't be doing that himself. I suppose it's up to Ville, and who knows when he'll get around to it. He hasn't updated his blog in quite a while. Also I don't know if he'll work on the sound either since it's not really a problem with the SPI driver but with the core, which he didn't write.nZero wrote:RFJet pwned.
Now that the graphics decryption is finished, I can't wait for the remaining graphic and sound issues with the driver to be ironed out. What a fantastic release that will make!
MAME 0.93 Released
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Not just yet. Haze says "soon enough", but he has little time to work on it right now.rtw wrote:MAME 0.93 Released
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The big hold up is that Aaron Giles just rewrote the entire sound system so there's alot to do for this update. It's also to be considered likely to have a few bugs or broken games.
Nope, goto http://www.mame.net it was released an hour agoFrogacuda wrote:Not just yet. Haze says "soon enough", but he has little time to work on it right now.rtw wrote:MAME 0.93 Released
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The big hold up is that Aaron Giles just rewrote the entire sound system so there's alot to do for this update. It's also to be considered likely to have a few bugs or broken games.
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