QTDDTOTT

[Anonymous No.2380528]

>Questions that dont deserve their own thread, thread

Place any questions that have been on your mind, that dont warrant a thread of their own in this one.

My question is where to find a working DigDug MAME rom, every one ive found said that I have a missing piece to the rom and cannot be played.

[Anonymous No.2380647]

>>2380528
You're probably missing one of those Namco 51xx or some other number zips. Happened to me with Galaga and Xevious. Look for those and download the,

[Anonymous No.2380653]

>>2380647
A good generalized question: what's the best way to figure out how to resolve MAME dependencies? Is there a website where I can put in the name of a rom and it tells me what its dependencies are?

[Anonymous No.2380665]

>>2380653
I guess the terminology would be "parent ROM" instead of dependency, now that I think about it

[Anonymous No.2380669]

Is this the earliest example of DLC in video games?

[Anonymous No.2380673]

>>2380669
Hmm.... I think you could argue that it was S/FII. Hard to say if it would be CE or Turbo, but since you could upgrade a CE PCB to Turbo with just a few swapped ROMs, I'd say that would count.

[Anonymous No.2380960]

Do the main character's Recall, Remember, Retain and Forget skills have any use in the fan-translated SFC version Dragon Quest III?

[Anonymous No.2380965]

>>2380653
mamedb.com will tell you what the parent rom is and if it needs any bios files (for certain arcade boards). It won't have any information on the previously mentioned 51xx files or anything similar, though.

[Anonymous No.2380993]

>>2380669
>>2380673
>hardware implementation
>is this DLC?
>mfw

[Anonymous No.2380998]

>>2380669
gr8 b8 m8 i r8 8

But seriously, it's the first multi-cart game if anything. First thing one could actually call DLC was on the PC.

[Anonymous No.2381006]

Why are some japanese NES games all in English, like Dig Dug and Mobile Suit Gundam Z: Hot Scramble?

[Anonymous No.2381021]

What is this thing used for?

[Anonymous No.2381038]

>>2381021
Looks like a Genesis/Mega Drive passthrough so you can play Japanese imports without modifying the cartridges/cart slot

[Anonymous No.2381054]

>>2381021
lets you play atari 5200 games on yr mega drive

[Anonymous No.2381091]

Does anybody know why Neo Geo games won't load on mame.exe, but they will through MameGui?

[Anonymous No.2381126]

What does Mario say during the final boss battle in 64 when throwing Bowser?

Sounds like Shadanke Dante or something.

[Anonymous No.2381130]

>>2381126
I always thought it was

>So long-ee Bowser!

[Anonymous No.2381158]

>>2380669
It wasn't DLC
IT WAS THE EXPANSION PACK!

[Anonymous No.2381169]

>>2381130
>>2381126
Yeah, something like So Long-ay Bowser

The ay is because he's italian n shit

SO LONG GAY BOWSER

[Anonymous No.2381219]

>>2380669 here
I should have worded my question better, let's try again:

If we think "DLC" as extra content that is already on disc/cartridge that you need to unlock by paying for it is Sonic & Knuckles add-on thingy the first example of something like this happening? Now in this case you obviously buoght this add-on thing to play as Knuckles instead of downloading the extra content from internets but the point of most of the extra content probably already existing on Sonic 3 cart still stands. Do remember that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were originally developed as a single game until time constraints forced them to be split it into two.

[Anonymous No.2381254]

>>2381219
The difference being that to play the content of a DLC you need the base game, and you can play the &Knux content without Somic 3

[Anonymous No.2381343]

>>2381126
I always heard "So long, eh, Bowser?"

[Anonymous No.2381352]

Are there any RPGs similar to Final Fantasy 1 and Dragon Quest 3 for the Genesis/Megadrive?

To specify I want a RPG where you simply make up a party of your choosing from characters only differentiated by their job classses, name them and then go on a fucking adventure, preferably a non-linearish one.

[Anonymous No.2381364]

>>2380653

The entire MAME .151 set is on archive.org plus the CHDs and extras. If you have the bandwidth you shouldn't have to worrying about downloading individual ROM files.

[Anonymous No.2381367]

>>2381352
Phantasy Star is probably the closest to this, and it doesn't have everything.

Uncharted Waters perhaps? There's also a pirate cart RPG that got a translation that plays closer to normal RPGs, that may be the closest on the Genesis. It goes by different names since it was a pirate cart, so here's the link to the translation:
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1467/

[Anonymous No.2381701]

Can someone give me a good list of crts for someone just starting with arcade emulation?

[Anonymous No.2381778]

The download page for retroarch seems to be down, does anyone know of a mirror?

[Anonymous No.2381781]

>>2381778
Real men compile from source.

https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch

[Anonymous No.2382098]

Must have MAME roms?

[Anonymous No.2384296]

My computer only has a hdmi video input slot

What type of converter do I need to connect to a crt?

[Anonymous No.2384316]

>>2380993
I assumed he meant the "spirit" of DLC, and not literally downloadable content.

[Anonymous No.2384570]

Whats a good front end and/or gui for Retroarch/libretro for windows? The default one works but, it's kind of a mess.

[Anonymous No.2385069]

>>2380528
Are those new Intellivision/Colecovision 60 in one consoles at least as fun to play as the original console.

And how do I hook a 7800 to a CRT TV with only separate Audio/Video outputs

[Anonymous No.2385076]

>>2381701
You might want to ask the CRT thread.

[Anonymous No.2385880]

From a technical standpoint, how did the NES Game Genie work?

[Anonymous No.2385897]

>>2385880
The codes simply encoded an address/value pair, and the GG would replace any reads from the specified address with the value contained within the code, thus patching game instructions or data.

[Anonymous No.2388475]

bumping this because apparently people don't know it exists

[Anonymous No.2388732]

>>2385897
>the GG would replace any reads from the specified address with the value contained within the code
Not that guy, but now I'm wondering how that worked with games that used bank switching.

[Anonymous No.2388743]

So yeah, I'm trying to play burned PS1 games on CD-R using ImgBurn. My PS2 was bought secondhand, chipped, and plays burned PS2 games just fine. But when I put in the CD-R it skips, there's a clicking sound, and the CD-R isn't read.

Anyone have any idea of what could be happening? It's a PS2 slim.

[Anonymous No.2388746]

I'm trying to burn some games for psx, but it don't work =/
I'm using .mdf .mds files(they are fine i checked them)
Console is fine(reading other original cd's)
I use Alcohol120% program in Playstation mode, speed is 10x

I think that i use to cheap cd's

Any other ideas why it don't work?

[Anonymous No.2388748]

>>2388743
I'm assuming your PS2 is modded...?

[Anonymous No.2388749]

>>2388748

Yes, but I bought it modded and secondhand, and I don't really know the specifics of the modding.... I just know it used to be able to play burned PS1 games. I had an older PS2 modded in the same way which played burned CD-Rs just fine.

[Anonymous No.2388750]

>>2388743
>>2388746
>>2388748
sorry, completely missed the part where you said it played burned ps2 games

well, cheap discs could definitely be a factor
I'm also not sure if all ps2 mods allow you to also play ps1 games

my only suggestions would be better cds (verbatim) or slowing down your write speed a bit

[Anonymous No.2388757]

>>2388743
You need to hold one of the button on the controller (circle?) to boot PS1 game.

[Anonymous No.2388772]

>>2388750
i found some verbatims
i burn image
everythink goes better than usual but it's anyway stops on PlatyStation logo with black background and not doing anythink

[Anonymous No.2388775]

Is there one of these infographics floating around for recommended genesis games?

[Anonymous No.2388778]

>>2388772
>>2388757
keep trying a different button until it either works or you tried them all

[Anonymous No.2388860]

>take a good look at catalog
>currently there are at least 7 Final Fantasy threads going on
>many other threads are also full of FF fags arguing about how their favorite FF game is teh best gaem evar

Why are FF fags unable keep their discussion in one (1) general thread like people discussing DOOM (and other FPS games from that time), CRTs, 70s to early 90s Computers, SaGa, Game Center CX and other topics?
Why do FFfags think it's OK for them to ruin all threads they possibly can with their "My FF is the only good, all others are shit and my opinion is the only correct one" bullshit?
Am I the only one who is starting to think we need a containment board for FFfags?

That said like many people here I grow up with Final Fantasy games, like the series and post in the bazillion FF threads both here and /v/ because I am FFfag myself but I honestly think this shit needs to stop.

[Anonymous No.2388892]

>>2388860
Can you please contain your rants to an appropriate thread instead of being off-topic?

[Anonymous No.2388893]

>>2388860
>FF7 threads
Actually it's more of the work of falseflagging than anything else right now. It was confirmed to be a tripfag from /g/, along with the black CD thread.

Word has it that our janitor hasn't been exactly active since last week. Be lucky that this is all you're seeing.

[Anonymous No.2388926]

How do I trade Pokemon on an emulator, outside of just playing Crystal Emu Edition or whatever.

[Anonymous No.2388935]

>>2380669
wasn't those BS zelda games that would be considered "stand alone expansions" now before it?

[Anonymous No.2388938]

>>2388935
>wasn't those BS zelda games that would be considered "stand alone expansions" now before it?
BS Zelda games are their own games. They're not an expansion to anything. Do you even think before you start typing?

[Anonymous No.2389160]

>>2381091
use Final Burn Alpha instead, it was originally made specifically for Neo Geo roms and is more accurate for that system than MAME

[Anonymous No.2389176]

>>2381219
but the content that using Sonic & Knuckles on another cart unlocks wasn't on the original games in the first place and wouldn't be accessable on the S&K cart it's self because it requires the content of the other game to be useful.

[Anonymous No.2389185]

>>2388938
Do you even know what you are talking about? they are like ultra short side quests and a speed run game, they are short little things for people that are already fans, they would be of no interest to anyone else, that is pretty much the definition of stand alone expansions.

[Anonymous No.2389351]

>>2380669
Nope. It's a straight-up expansion pack.

hell, it's nicer than your average expansion pack, since you can play it without having the base game

[Anonymous No.2389860]

So I was playing through some Fire Emblem on VBAM and recently decided to give it a spin on RetroArch instead.
The problem I'm facing is that the .sav and sgm files from VBAM don't seem to be compatible with RetroArch. Is there a workaround? A conversion method perhaps? Or maybe I've missed something?

[Anonymous No.2389870]

I have an autistic cousin who colored in all his SNES cart cases with a sharpie.
I recently inherited his games and this it bothers me.

How the hell do I clean this stuff off without destroying the labels?

[Anonymous No.2389881]

>>2389860
That's odd, because I remember swapping my FE saves back and forth between VBA-M on my PC and My Boy! on my phone, and they aren't even based on the same core emulator.

[Anonymous No.2389942]

>>2389860
Ok, I was able to convert my .sav file to .srm. Now I just can't seem to get RetroArch to load the damn thing.

[Anonymous No.2389956]

>>2389870
tea tree oil?
and a very gentle hand

[Anonymous No.2390104]

>>2389942
>>2389860
I figured it out. I just needed to add an extra 72kb to the .srm file via a hex editor.

[Anonymous No.2393113]

How tall (in inches) is:
- Genesis Model 1
- 32x
- 32x game inserted fully

Just need the height of this configuration if it was on a shelf. I don't mind pulling it out to put a game in, but I need to make sure it'll fit in the shelf. Anyone have these that can measure for me, please?

[Anonymous No.2393126]

>>2393113
Why would you have a 32x and not a Sega CD? get your priorities right.

[Anonymous No.2393129]

>>2393126
I have 2 Sega Genesis 1's, and a Sega CD. I want to buy a 32x, and have a Gen 1 + CD next to a Gen 1 + 32x. And I have zero interest in any games that require both 32x and CD.

[Anonymous No.2394684]

I have decent wireless controllers for NES.
I have great wireless controllers for Playstation/Playstation 2.
Are there any wireless controllers for SNES?

[Anonymous No.2394702]

Is it worth getting an arcade stick to play stuff like mk3?

[Anonymous No.2394719]

>>2381006
ROM capacity was much more limited back in the early Famicom era and the Latin alphabet takes less space (26 letters) compared to the Japanese gojuon (46 characters).

[Anonymous No.2394732]

How were arcade games distributed in territories outside Japan and North America? I understand giving each arcade game its dedicated cabinet with unique art was mostly an American thing, since the Japanese mostly distributed conversion kits that had nothing more than an operator's guide and instruction cards. Was it the same thing in Europe and Asia?

Also, how is the game market in Egypt?

[Anonymous No.2394869]

>>2388860
trolls and the fanbase, a bit of both... some of the games are good, but they attract cringe worthy people.

[Anonymous No.2395201]

>>2394869
Final Fantasy is for plebs anyway.

[Anonymous No.2395358]

How come Sony never used the actual PS2 logo on their game cases and discs?
>inb4 not retro.

[Anonymous No.2395361]

What's the best game pad for emulation on a Samsung Galaxy s4? I'd like to play perfect dark, seeing as I missed out on having an expansion pack aa a kid.

[Anonymous No.2396405]

How the shit do you use the libretro dosbox? I just want to play Tyrian 2000 and Blood (since blood has no source port from what I hear) but this thing is really hard to use. I keep typing INTRO like it wants me to, then I hit enter and either it exits out or nothing happens.

[Anonymous No.2396416]

How do I play ps1 games on psp? Popsloader I heard sucks.

[Anonymous No.2396729]

>>2396416
You need to convert them to eboots with psx2psp and place into psp/game folder. Popsloader is only for improving compatibility and it helped me to launch English translated version of King's Field, which didn't work otherwise, so apparently it does what it's supposed to do.

[Anonymous No.2396845]

>>2393113
16.3cm

Also, fuck your outdated units.

[Anonymous No.2396849]

trying to get the punisher arcade game running in MAME any one know what CHD file I need to get it running and more importantly where can I download it

[Anonymous No.2396850]

>>2394702
sure it will mean you are ready to go if you ever stumble across a cab IRL

[Anonymous No.2396852]

>>2396849
AFAIK you don't a CHD for the Punisher