NEW OR UPDATED ARCADE CORES

[Gehstock]

Edit: Dip Setting For Dip B is Important,

[Darfpga]

Spy hunter VHDL source code for de10_lite is available here :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darfpg ... re%20VHDL/

Display TV scart 15KHz / VGA 31KHz.
On board sdram used for sprite data.
Lamps display on screen may be toggled ON/OFF.
Missing chip?cheap squeak deluxe.

Bring your own roms
Feel free to port to MiST/MiSTer.

[vebxenon]

Spy hunter VHDL source code for de10_lite is available here :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darfpg ... re%20VHDL/

Display TV scart 15KHz / VGA 31KHz.
On board sdram used for sprite data.
Lamps display on screen may be toggled ON/OFF.
Missing chip?cheap squeak deluxe.

Bring your own roms
Feel free to port to MiST/MiSTer.

[Gehstock]

Thank You

[Lroby74]

I love Spy Hunter and love all great works that you and others are doing on this wonderfull world that is FPGA, thank you very much

Spy hunter VHDL source code for de10_lite is available here :

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darfpg ... re%20VHDL/

Display TV scart 15KHz / VGA 31KHz.
On board sdram used for sprite data.
Lamps display on screen may be toggled ON/OFF.
Missing chip?cheap squeak deluxe.

Bring your own roms
Feel free to port to MiST/MiSTer.

[seastalker]

A Spy Hunter core? Wow!! THANK YOU!!! So this game was problematic in MAME due to it really needing it's original arcade controller. Without an Arcade1up cabinet (like their Star Wars flight yoke) to implement the original controller, does anyone suggest the best modern equivalent? I am wondering if hardware homebrew is going to grow to explode in making all the arcade controllers that are NOT a basic joystick, trackball, or spinner.

[slingshot]

Somebody knows how to get the Spy Hunter theme music in MAME? What romset should I use for it?

[Chris23235]

Somebody knows how to get the Spy Hunter theme music in MAME? What romset should I use for it?

There is only one Spyhunter dump in Mame, it's the one called spyhunt.zip. What do you mean by how to get the theme in MAME? Do you mean played by an external player like M1 or extract it from the ROM?

[Gehstock]

There are 2 Romsets

GAMEL( 1983, spyhunt, 0, mcrsc_csd, spyhunt, mcr3_state, init_spyhunt, ROT90, "Bally Midway", "Spy Hunter", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE, layout_spyhunt )
GAMEL( 1983, spyhuntp, spyhunt, mcrsc_csd, spyhunt, mcr3_state, init_spyhunt, ROT90, "Bally Midway (Playtronic license)", "Spy Hunter (Playtronic license)", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE, layout_spyhunt )

[Chris23235]

You are right, there is more then 1 Romset, in fact, it is 4 romsets, don't know whyI first overlooked the clones.

spyhunt.zip
spyhuntp.zip
spyhuntpr.zip
spyhuntsp.zip

Spyhuntsp.zip is a spanish licence of the game and spyhuntpr.zip is a bootleg of this licensed version.

spyhunt.zip is the original Bally release.

[slingshot]

There is only one Spyhunter dump in Mame, it's the one called spyhunt.zip. What do you mean by how to get the theme in MAME? Do you mean played by an external player like M1 or extract it from the ROM?

No, I just it was silent (but other sound effects are there). Now when I start it, the theme plays for some seconds, and it stops. Don't know if it is normal.

[squid4]

Flicky has been released for MiSTer. Is this possible to be ported? Another Mr X creation. If you don't know about this arcade game it is a terrific, fun game and well worth a look.

[Chris23235]

There is only one Spyhunter dump in Mame, it's the one called spyhunt.zip. What do you mean by how to get the theme in MAME? Do you mean played by an external player like M1 or extract it from the ROM?

No, I just it was silent (but other sound effects are there). Now when I start it, the theme plays for some seconds, and it stops. Don't know if it is normal.

That's the normal behavior, the theme is only played for a few seconds at the beginning of a game, afterwards it is sound only.

[slingshot]

That's the normal behavior, the theme is only played for a few seconds at the beginning of a game, afterwards it is sound only.

I see, then it's OK.
@darfpga: I've did the missing Cheap Squeak boards:

6809 version for Demolition Derby:
https://github.com/gyurco/Mist_FPGA/blo ... squeak.vhd
Deluxe with 68000 for Spy Hunter
https://github.com/gyurco/Mist_FPGA/blo ... deluxe.vhd

[Darfpga]

@darfpga: I've did the missing Cheap Squeak boards:

6809 version for Demolition Derby:
https://github.com/gyurco/Mist_FPGA/blo ... squeak.vhd
Deluxe with 68000 for Spy Hunter
https://github.com/gyurco/Mist_FPGA/blo ... deluxe.vhd

Fine. Thank you for adding that missing part.

I was just downloaded tg68 and try to build my first code with that processor during this afternoon. Now I can see your messages ( and PM on saturday) so I am happy that these games are now with no missing parts.

Anyway I am going to continue discovering the m68000 for my own knowledge.

Just one more question : why have you choosen fx68 instead of tg68?

[slingshot]

I was just downloaded tg68 and try to build my first code with that processor during this afternoon. Now I can see your messages ( and PM on saturday) so I am happy that these games are now with no missing parts.

Anyway I am going to continue discovering the m68000 for my own knowledge.

Just one more question : why have you choosen fx68 instead of tg68?

FX68 is the same as the real CPU, with all the pins, and it's even cycle exact. It counts, since the speed of the sounds are depend only on the CPU speed (and even the ROM bus speed, which is slowed down by an extra wait state), no timers or other gadgets to sync. Might work with the TG68, too, just you need some kind of wrapper to reproduce similar bus cycles. (TG68 does or at least to try to do everything in 1 cycle instead of 4 clocks in case of a memory access). At the end: it was simpler to use FX68K.

Upd.: latest TG68K is at https://github.com/TobiFlex/TG68K.C (TG68 - without K - is very old).

[Darfpga]

Just one more question : why have you choosen fx68 instead of tg68?

FX68 is the same as the real CPU, with all the pins, and it's even cycle exact. It counts, since the speed of the sounds are depend only on the CPU speed (and even the ROM bus speed, which is slowed down by an extra wait state), no timers or other gadgets to sync. Might work with the TG68, too, just you need some kind of wrapper to reproduce similar bus cycles. (TG68 does or at least to try to do everything in 1 cycle instead of 4 clocks in case of a memory access). At the end: it was simpler to use FX68K.

Upd.: latest TG68K is at https://github.com/TobiFlex/TG68K.C (TG68 - without K - is very old).

Thanks for your detailed reply and for the link.

[Gehstock]

Slingshot was Busy the last Days
New or Updated Cores Are
Bombjack,
Demolition Derby,
Dig Dug 2,
Discs of Tron,
Mappy,
Motos,
Spy Hunter,
Tapper,
Tetris,
The Tower of Druaga,
Timber,
Two Tigers,
Wacko,
Xevious

[retrofun]

New Ghosts'n Goblins core from Jotego:

https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/blob/ma ... 191215.zip

[vebxenon]

Slingshot was Busy the last Days
New or Updated Cores Are
Bombjack,
Demolition Derby,
Dig Dug 2,
Discs of Tron,
Mappy,
Motos,
Spy Hunter,
Tapper,
Tetris,
The Tower of Druaga,
Timber,
Two Tigers,
Wacko,
Xevious

Thanks very much!!!

[slingshot]

New or Updated Cores Are

You can add Green Beret

[Gehstock]

Thank you

Edit: Released (3 games on this Core)

[DrOG]

Thank you!
New (last 3) arcade cores are downloadable here:
https://github.com/Gehstock/Mist_FPGA/t ... e/Releases

[DanyPPC]

Many thanks !

[vebxenon]

I'm really shocked with all these new or updated cores! . Just a question about Tetris... can be joysticks be swapped in order to use as joystick 1 my USB pad instead of DB9 or keyboard?

Thanks very much!!