Arcade cores

ReedSolomon · Post by **ReedSolomon** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:07 pm

hubertbanas wrote:I would appreciate if any of you Linux/MacOS users could try this new script:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade- ... keyKong.sh

Besides generating the ROM it will also verify its checksum. This feature was discussed at
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=33418

I'm planning to contribute similar scripts to the remaining Arcades but would rather have it well tested first.

Thanks!

I'll give it a try.. is the plan for this kind of script to eventually be added to mister scripts directory to generate arcade ROMs and hacks automatically?

eightbitminiboss · Post by **eightbitminiboss** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:17 pm

Great work on the GnG core, but uh, has anyone been able to continue? I can't seem to use my start button nor F1 to continue on the game over screen, the timer just ticks down.

Hewhoisred · Post by **Hewhoisred** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:46 pm

Great work on the GnG core, but uh, has anyone been able to continue? I can't seem to use my start button nor F1 to continue on the game over screen, the timer just ticks down.

Push attack button.

Sorgelig · Post by **Sorgelig** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:03 pm

Keep fire pressed and then quickly press 1P

eightbitminiboss · Post by **eightbitminiboss** » Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:54 pm

Hewhoisred wrote:
Great work on the GnG core, but uh, has anyone been able to continue? I can't seem to use my start button nor F1 to continue on the game over screen, the timer just ticks down.
Push attack button.

That doesn't work at all.

Sorgelig wrote:Keep fire pressed and then quickly press 1P

This sort of works but is inconsistent. It's worked only once out of the 3 game overs I tested with.

SmokeMonster · Post by **SmokeMonster** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:34 am

The new build released today has separate buttons for coin and start now to fix this I assume.

Sorgelig · Post by **Sorgelig** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:59 am

GnG doesn't like coin+start buttons mixing like i did for other arcades.
So, now they are separate + coin-free option, so you still can use only start button.
Continue should work better from now.

SegaMan · Post by **SegaMan** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:59 am

DonkeyKong

Is there a way to set the lives counter to 3?

Game starts with 6 lives, i dont think this is the "standard" arcade setting

Gehstock · Post by **Gehstock** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:11 pm

You can Change this in Dkong_top.v

SegaMan · Post by **SegaMan** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:42 pm

Gehstock wrote:You can Change this in Dkong_top.v

Can you explain this plz!

NegSol · Post by **NegSol** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:53 pm

It means you could change it in the source code (file Dkong_top.v) and then do a compilation of the .rbf yourself.
So you can if you can

SegaMan · Post by **SegaMan** » Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:59 pm

Ok... that means i can finally NOT do this

robbo43 · Post by **robbo43** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:38 pm

Hi All,

Quick question, do the arcade cores output at their native refresh rate when using the analogue video output (VGA/RGBS). As an example Galaxian, Galaga, Pacman etc. native refresh rate is 60.60606Hz.

Regards

Rob

thelatestmodel · Post by **thelatestmodel** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 2:34 pm

NegSol wrote:It means you could change it in the source code (file Dkong_top.v) and then do a compilation of the .rbf yourself.
So you can if you can

If we're being completely honest, all the arcade releases should have just been set to the default DIP settings in the first place

And this really isn't meant to sound ungrateful! It's not a huge problem. Hope someone can fix this in the future, it's obviously not urgent though.

Lodovic · Post by **Lodovic** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:32 am

thelatestmodel wrote:
If we're being completely honest, all the arcade releases should have just been set to the default DIP settings in the first place

And this really isn't meant to sound ungrateful! It's not a huge problem. Hope someone can fix this in the future, it's obviously not urgent though.

I Think that, ideally, the dip switch settings could be implemented with OSD menu settings, like GnG. But the number of arcade cores is already quite impressive so it would need to take away a lot of the devs time to do so. I would also love to have auto High score saving, like the real arcade machines do but that too is understandably not a priority.

BlockABoots · Post by **BlockABoots** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:25 pm

Is the audio 100% of GnG?, some of the sound effects sound slightly 'off' like the flying Knights with Shields in the Forest area and the flying imps on the 2nd level.

Lightwave · Post by **Lightwave** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:17 pm

BlockABoots wrote:Is the audio 100% of GnG?, some of the sound effects sound slightly 'off' like the flying Knights with Shields in the Forest area and the flying imps on the 2nd level.

If you compare with the Capcom Generations 2 version of Ghosts 'n Goblins (which is arcade perfect), the sounds you mentioned are identical in both cases.

loloC2C · Post by **loloC2C** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:22 pm

Hello,

Would it be possible to use Mame / J-Pac / JammASD key mapping as default keyboard input settings for new Arcade cores or next updates of existing ones ?

The mapping table can be found here https://www.ultimarc.com/jpac2.html (it's the default Mame keyboard mapping)

Current arcade cores for MiSTer do not use this convention and it's an issue for people wanting to use their MiSTer in arcade cabs with Jamma interfaces (it requires unofficial custom-builds).

I know MiSTer was not necessarily meant to be used in Arcade cabinets but I guess with more great Arcade cores available or incoming it's going to be more common to find people wanting to use it this way.

Thanks

strogen · Post by **strogen** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:35 pm

I'm new to this and need a little help. Can anyone here post a link or give some direction on how to create arcade cores? I have gotten one to work but I'm having trouble getting anything else to work. I keep getting "Error: Incorrect command line"

Sorgelig · Post by **Sorgelig** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:23 am

loloC2C wrote:Hello,

Would it be possible to use Mame / J-Pac / JammASD key mapping as default keyboard input settings for new Arcade cores or next updates of existing ones ?

The mapping table can be found here https://www.ultimarc.com/jpac2.html (it's the default Mame keyboard mapping)

Current arcade cores for MiSTer do not use this convention and it's an issue for people wanting to use their MiSTer in arcade cabs with Jamma interfaces (it requires unofficial custom-builds).

I know MiSTer was not necessarily meant to be used in Arcade cabinets but I guess with more great Arcade cores available or incoming it's going to be more common to find people wanting to use it this way.

Thanks

You may define the keys inside each core as joystick emulation. So you can mimic that keyboard mapping you want.

hubertbanas · Post by **hubertbanas** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:45 pm

hubertbanas wrote:I would appreciate if any of you Linux/MacOS users could try this new script:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade- ... keyKong.sh

@Sorgelig
I took a moment and successfully tested it on multiple Linux flavors including Linux Mint and Debian. I'm ready to create pull requests for the remaining 60 Arcade Cores. Unless you would prefer to handle it differently. Let me know.

Sorgelig · Post by **Sorgelig** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:13 pm

hubertbanas wrote: @Sorgelig
I took a moment and successfully tested it on multiple Linux flavors including Linux Mint and Debian. I'm ready to create pull requests for the remaining 60 Arcade Cores. Unless you would prefer to handle it differently. Let me know.

Move on!

Sorgelig · Post by **Sorgelig** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 7:18 pm

Currently, arcade cores process keyboard keys.
Actually it's not necessary, so arcades could use just joystick buttons. In this case keyboard will force switch to joystick emulation.

Probably i will modify arcades to use only joystick events later when i will start to propagate the new framework to them.

SegaMan · Post by **SegaMan** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:57 pm

hubertbanas wrote:
hubertbanas wrote:I would appreciate if any of you Linux/MacOS users could try this new script:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Arcade- ... keyKong.sh
@Sorgelig
I took a moment and successfully tested it on multiple Linux flavors including Linux Mint and Debian. I'm ready to create pull requests for the remaining 60 Arcade Cores. Unless you would prefer to handle it differently. Let me know.

I need a little help with this plz.

I put the rom (zip) and the sh script in a folder and then run the skript.

I became an error message "This script requires md5sum".

What am i doing wrong

hubertbanas · Post by **hubertbanas** » Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:32 pm

SegaMan wrote:
I need a little help with this plz.

I put the rom (zip) and the sh script in a folder and then run the skript.

I became an error message "This script requires md5sum".

What am i doing wrong

What operating system are you on?

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