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retrodroid

The first-level theme music from Pirate Pete is the snizzle! Had no idea that version ever existed, very cool.

retrodroid

callanabrown wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:42 pm
Hi retroidroid, you've made a mistake in your testing - 511 is the horizontal resolution not vertical. 240 is the number of rows.

Of course you are correct.

When the game is set to "De-Interlacer Hi-Res: On" it must be outputting 511 x 480, since it uses the 31KHz mode lacks visible scan-lines or flickering.

retrodroid

I have a Wells Gardner 27d9200 tri-sync arcade monitor in my MiSTer Cabinet. If I run Tapper at native resolution ("vga_scaler=0") out of the VGA port on the IO board, I get the following output from MiSTer, based on what my monitor reports: With "De-Interlacer Hi-Res: Off", MiSTer banner reports 511x240 15.78KHz, 59.7Hz. My mon...

retrodroid

I had a love/hate relationship with the cocktail version of this game back in the day. The floaty controls drove me nuts! ...but it keeps you coming back for sure.

What kind of technical background do you have that you felt like you could take this on? Just curious.

Thanks a bunch.

retrodroid

Thanks for being willing to continue to work on it. I do have an HDMI display, but it's in a different room. Now that I know the config is a one time thing, I can tolerate moving the MiSTer for the purposes of configuration. Adding this configuration entry to the main Mister.ini file allowed me to see the screen long enough to configure the Hardwa...

retrodroid

I have a 28" CRT multi-freq. arcade monitor (in an arcade cabinet, of course). I can play 15.7Khz horizontal games at native freq.. I can rotate vertically orientated arcade games by enabling the scaler. I've found that using the following settings provides a fantastic authentic looking vertical-game presentation on the monitor: video_mode=6 (...

retrodroid

While we're on the subject, what does the Stereo Mix 25%/50%/75%/100% setting do?

retrodroid

In the latest MegaAGS Another World is set to NTSC and runs in NTSC, no? Or are you running it from your own WB? Just using the stock MegaAGS distro. I can see in the Another_World.run file that it is specifying PAL5 and PAL, but only if it doesn't find the ENV variables that it uses to determine these values. It also lists Another World as Hardwa...

retrodroid

I'm having a similar issue. Trying to run Another World in NTSC, since I read that NTSC supports 24 fps, vs PAL 20. However, changing the .run file to use NTSC instead of PAL doesn't seem to do anything, still outputs at 50Hz.

Any ideas?

retrodroid

Wow, that was as near a perfect response as I can imagine! Exactly what I was hoping for, I'm up and running via "Easy Mode" for now. I am able to dump out to the desktop or whatever it's called as well to try different applications, etc.

Thanks!

retrodroid

When I run it I get "No Kickstart loaded. Halted."

retrodroid

I'd like to get the Minimig core working on my setup, with a VGA CRT monitor via analog output.

However, I have no hands-on experience with Amigas at all, and the documentation I've seen isn't tailored to the MiSTer core and seems daunting at best.

Can anyone point me to a tutorial of any kind on how to get this working?

Any help is appreciated.

retrodroid

neurorulez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:08 am
pgimeno wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:27 pm That was indeed the issue. I apologize. It seems that the MRA I modified was an old one without that line. Please test the attached MRA and if it works, would someone (can I abuse you once more neurorulez?) submit a PR?
Merged.

Has this improvement been released? If so, which core should I use to access it?

retrodroid

You are looking for the analog equivalent of an FPGA, which is an FPAA to handle this properly. They do exist but would need someone with the technical chops to interface with a DE10-Nano. I saw one for sale but it’s a bit pricey and has been in “restocking” status forever. https://zrna.org/shop I am sure there are other FPAAs that actually can be...

retrodroid

Are you using the analog audio jack on the IO board? The solution is to instead use the optical output (from the same port) and run it through a DAC.

See viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2049

retrodroid

Do I need to find the GitHub projects for each of these cores now and open issues to have them updated, or will the authors/maintainers pick up this fix "automagically" somehow?

retrodroid

Okay, I've logged a new issue for this bug: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Templat ... /issues/33

retrodroid

"According to some crude string matching, just barely over half of users use some kind of CRT" That's actually a a fairly big result, for what is usually portrayed as tiny minority. LCD use is about 77.5% Also CRT use is a dead end, as there no more CRTs being made, really. Sure there that one guy who makes CRT Tubes for special case sce...

retrodroid

There is no way to realistically post-stratify these results to adjust for things like sampling bias. I mention sampling bias because the kind of person that responds to this survey may be a more enthusiastic and engaged MiSTer user which might oversample for CRT users. So we'll never really know how to fully interpret the results. So it's a fun s...

retrodroid

Okay, here is a nice starting list of cores that exhibit this full volume loud beep "feature": * a.galaxn (Mr. Do’s Nightmare) * azurian * blkhole * canyon (engine sound) * Clean Sweep * devilfsg * kingball * luctoday * mars * omegab * phoenix (siren!) * pleiads (siren!) * ultratnk * uniwars * victory * warofbug In my test I have the MiST...

retrodroid

I'll try to compile a reasonable starting list in the next week or so.

retrodroid

darksakul wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:05 pm Its the behavior some of the original hardware had
You want accuracy, you get beeps at start up.

Sure, but they shouldn't exist outside of the MiSTer volume and mute controls. So I'd consider this issue a "bug" for that reason, at least.

retrodroid

Some sort of either a delay or fade-in on core load would be nice. I think modern car stereos do this when you turn on a car, so you do not blast your eardrums out. Yes that would work, or just disconnect the audio from the core until it has finished booting and then re-connect (about the time that the resolution displays on the screen. So, if one...

retrodroid

That would make sense. I am also using SPDIF output on the analog IO board.
Hopefully this can be looked at, and is a framework fix instead of a per core one.

retrodroid

I've noticed that many arcade cores will emit an obnoxious beep tone when they are launched, well before any ROM has bootstrapped or the resolution mode information appears on the screen. One example is Victory. It also emits this sound even when the MiSTer audio is muted. On my system with amplified speakers connected it really is annoying. Is thi...

retrodroid

Just tried to run the Tie-Die rom for Robotron. Control mapping doesn't seem to do anything for me either.

retrodroid

jimmystones wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 11:07 am Been a bit quiet, as I've got rather stuck with the last few cores I've picked just not playing ball.

Picked a random one from the pile to get back into it, so Pooyan now has highscore save/load + pause.

Pooyan rocks! So well done.

retrodroid

Original frequency should always be an option.

retrodroid

This plays great now - made it to level 5 on my first game. Such intense dual stick action!

Man, Lost Tomb is straight up difficult. I thought with dual sticks it would be a lot easier, but it is a killer.

Mars is also fun.

Thanks again!

retrodroid

AWESOME! Thanks.

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