NickLoTurco
Member
How do you get games to load? Every time I select a rom it boots me out.
Mame 106 Any Thoughts?
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Bosbeetle
Terminally lost
NickLoTurco said:
It was mentioned before that that happens with the wrong romset you need the 106 and not the 54
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cosam
Active Member
Or you're asking MAME for an impossible video mode, e.g. using 2x scale which would result in a resolution larger than the maximum supported. The /tmp/pndrun<mame-something-or-other> file should tell you the exact reason.Bosbeetle said:
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x68000
Mega GP Mania
@sarlix good work! I was messing on for 20 mins with various romsets and got nowhere!
Loads of these games have a resolution which cannot be scaled up x2 to fit the pandoras screen. A zoom function will probably be implemented at some point though.
Loads of these games have a resolution which cannot be scaled up x2 to fit the pandoras screen. A zoom function will probably be implemented at some point though.
kaprikawn
Very Active Member
What's the deal with romsets exactly? I know that earlier roms do not work with later versions of MAME (generally speaking unless there's been no changes to that game). But what about the other way around?
I have the 133 roms (of the games I legally own of course
). Will that be ok, or should I start sourcing some 106 versions in preperation for my Pandora landing on my doorstep?
I have the 133 roms (of the games I legally own of course
). Will that be ok, or should I start sourcing some 106 versions in preperation for my Pandora landing on my doorstep?
Sarlix
Member
kaprikawn: You can use programs like clrmamepro and RomCenter to manage rom files. Or if your feeling brave you can edit them manually :lol:
barnesy
Member
I think that means I'll need to find a data file for this version of MAME. And I think I remember (it all seems such a long time ago!) that the gp32 and gp2x versions of MAME came packaged with a similar data file. Is that the case here, or do we need to find it elsewhere? I've just had a quick google for it but wasn't really sure what to look for.Sarlix said:
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Joshwaan2k
Member
Thanks guys MK2 looks fantastic my fav game will try later for kicks and grins
I got Street Fighter 2 working, god damn it looks so fucking good on the pandora!
Pandora set 700MHZ running full speed it seems
p.s just charging the little guy atm will post more later
I got Street Fighter 2 working, god damn it looks so fucking good on the pandora!
Pandora set 700MHZ running full speed it seems
p.s just charging the little guy atm will post more later
Perky_Goth
Member
Side question, what changes happen so that dumps stop working? Shouldn't they be full digital rom dumps that never change? I never understood this.kaprikawn said:
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craigix
Mega GP Mania
joshwaan2k said:Thanks guys MK2 looks fantastic my fav game will try later for kicks and grins
I got Street Fighter 2 working, god damn it looks so fucking good on the pandora!
Pandora set 700MHZ running full speed it seems
p.s just charging the little guy atm will post more later
I love that. People forget the CPS games were wide screen.
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Joshwaan2k
Member
Yeah I know they look fantastic. I can't wait until a optimised version comes out kick major ass
Sarlix
Member
barnesy said:
I think RomCenter comes with a selection of data files. If it doesn't have 106 - then you can download a 106 MAME build and direct RomCenter to it. It will then use that data file to check your roms against.
@Joshwaan2k
Nice photo ^^
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fusion_power
Advanced Member
Uh, they are 4:3 like CPS2. Problem is, that these games were made for CRTs with non-square "dot matrix". So in the Result they look widescreen at square-pixel Displays. Onto dots that are longer than wide, these Games look 4:3 without "scaling".craigix said:
Onto the Pandora you need scaling to display it 4:3. Funny thing :Correct Pixels but incorrect aspect ratio. :lol:
Does Pandora Mame already have working scalers?
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quadomatic
DingooWiki Admin
fusion_power said:
If the MAME 106 build has scalers I don't see why not...
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Sarlix
Member
quadomatic said:
I haven't found any scalers, and I've looked.
Then there was metal slug...
Edit: replaced photo with vid.
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Trevsweb
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Sarlix said:quadomatic said:
I haven't found any scalers, and I've looked.
Then there was metal slug...
awesome!
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skeezix
Internal Development
stevem -- going to work on pollish of the emu by chance?
(Or even some easy wrapper changes; make the sh-script detect an error return, or perhaps a really short runtime after invoking the emu (like 2s), and pop up /tmp/pndrun<foo>.out so the user can see whats up?
(And save keyboard mappings
Or just did a build and hell with it?
(did you just change the makefile and good to go, or..?)
jeff
(Or even some easy wrapper changes; make the sh-script detect an error return, or perhaps a really short runtime after invoking the emu (like 2s), and pop up /tmp/pndrun<foo>.out so the user can see whats up?
(And save keyboard mappings
Or just did a build and hell with it?
(did you just change the makefile and good to go, or..?)
jeff
That is why there should be a ROTATE 2X mode where the screen is rotated 90 degrees. Hardly "impossible". The Wiz does this. Then you can just map game buttons to the keyboard. No it would not be quite as comfortable but would still be better than playing on a postage stamp sized image or some crappy weird fractional scale stretch that looks ugly (and still be too small).SteveM said:
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