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by .mad.
Fri May 03, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: MAME Emulation
Replies: 118
Views: 1052954

Re: MAME Emulation

No, Configuration options cannot be selected from command-line. can i please request it?. ;) i would also like option to disconnect LEFT or RIGHT Joystick from the command line. i have seen strange / disabled fire buttons, when both joysticks are enabled in a couple of games. e.g. SHAFT this ends u...
by .mad.
Fri May 03, 2019 12:04 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: MAME Emulation
Replies: 118
Views: 1052954

Re: MAME Emulation

on the subject of Artifacting... :mrgreen: can you tell me if that status can be changed from the command-line in MAME. VDG - OFF (0), Standard (1), Reversed (2). i guess it will be something like this, if it exists... -:vdg:artifacting 0 editing the cfg works. <port tag=":vdg:artifacting" type="CON...
by .mad.
Fri May 03, 2019 10:23 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Is this the same version that Stew uploaded back in 2015 , or do we now have three different releases of the game? Yes, it certainly looks like the same version. I did source the files elsewhere though, as that CAS copy doesn't seem to be in the main archive folder i am woking with (Dragon-2018-10-...
by .mad.
Thu May 02, 2019 5:38 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Pedro - just fixed so it will work in MAME.

it uses the exact same loader as BC Bill.
MAME doesn't read the short block (249 bytes) of data correctly.
when the data block is resized to 256 bytes... it works.
by .mad.
Thu May 02, 2019 9:28 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

found yet another version of Trival Crosswords.
the data blocks are identical, but main file and loader are very different.

no company name (Quickbeam) is mentioned. only the programmer.
by .mad.
Wed May 01, 2019 11:41 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Trace Race/ Trace Racers (Cable Software)

The archive only has the SOLO (1 player game), which is also incomplete and bugged.
this is the complete version.
Side A (solo) - 1 player version
Side B (trace) - 2 player version

*you will die, if you let go of the joystick.
by .mad.
Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:47 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: MAME Emulation
Replies: 118
Views: 1052954

Re: MAME Emulation

Hi Pernod70, i found a problem with CAS loading in MAME for a few games. sorry i can't give you too much technical info. but i guess it's some sort of tape protection that MAME can not read yet. Underbeings of Croth. this requires approx 10 seconds of silence (1075 bytes or more of [55]) before load...
by .mad.
Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Return of the Beast - Demo (2014)(Orchard, S)
The CAS file loader doesn't work in emulators.

dumped the code from the WAV (which did load).
And created a 'normal' CAS file from it.
I also found an alternate (possibly updated?) BIN file online.
so created a working CAS file from that as well.
by .mad.
Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:31 am
Forum: Software Requests
Topic: d32.rom hack?
Replies: 0
Views: 9334

d32.rom hack?

Does anyone know of a hacked/modified version of the d32.rom. or could even edit the file for me... :ugeek: i am looking for an edit that will autorun BASIC files with CLOAD. perhaps edited to use CLOAD:RUN just like CLOAD:EXEC works with binary files. hope there's an easy-ish way to do this. i don'...
by .mad.
Sun Apr 28, 2019 11:49 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: repaired games from bad tapes
Replies: 93
Views: 205612

Re: repaired games from bad tapes

Computer Studies (PSE / Pulser) disk. The original disks were obviously created from the cassettes. and it looks like that tape/disk transfer failed on a few bytes, causing typo's and errors. compare the PSE and Pulser dump of disk 1 to show a few problems. also 1 cassette load command was left in t...