Games, games!
PLEASE GET THE FILES FROM THE MOST RECENT BETA POST
(español abajo)
Now that the basic CPS2 architecture is in place, it is time to add more games to the core. CPS2 games could have up to 32MB of graphics ROM; for this week, the focus has been games of 8MB. These are the titles:
-Street Fighter Alpha, at last, we have the original version working on MiSTer
-CAPCOM Sports Club, a "Nintendo Wii" title in your CPS2!
-Mighty! Pang, the USA version fitted in 8MB, unlike the other regions. We get to play that one this week (in the alt folder)
-Megaman: The Power Battle, again only the 8MB version (in the alt folder)
-Megaman 2: The Power Fighters
This time I have been helped by a small pre-release group who has helped polish the core to have a smooth beta update. Thank you, team!
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A few months ago, I enabled the annual membership in Patreon. New subscribers often choose this option because it has a small discount. I never told current members about it; apologies about that. Former patrons can switch to an annual membership to enjoy the discount.
Next week we will be back with something not completely alien to us.
Español
Ahora que la arquitectura básica de CPS2 está lista, es hora de agregar más juegos. Los juegos de CPS2 pueden tener hasta 32 MB de ROM gráfica; para esta semana, el foco ha sido juegos de 8MB. Estos son los títulos:
-Street Fighter Alpha, por fin, tenemos la versión original funcionando en MiSTer
-CAPCOM Sports Club, ¡un título de "Nintendo Wii" en tu CPS2!
-Mighty! Pang, la versión de EE. UU. Cabía en 8 MB, a diferencia de las otras regiones. Podemos jugarla esta semana (en la carpeta alt)
-Megaman: The Power Battle, nuevamente solo la versión de 8MB (en la carpeta alt)
-Megaman 2: The Power Fighters
Esta vez, un pequeño grupo de prelanzamiento me ayudó a pulir el cor para tener una actualización beta sin problemas. ¡Gracias equipo!
Membresía anual
Hace unos meses habilité la membresía anual en Patreon. Los nuevos suscriptores a menudo eligen esta opción porque tiene un pequeño descuento. Nunca se lo dije a los miembros actuales; os pido disculpas. Los antiguos usuarios pueden cambiar a una membresía anual para disfrutar del descuento.
La semana que viene volveremos con algo que saque nuestro instinto depredador.
Comments (45)
hiya fellas... which DACs did you get? Any chance of a link? best :-)
I got the "TERSELY 192kHz DAC Digital to Analog Converter with Volume Control" from Amazon https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0819S87P2 along with a Toslink to Mini-Toslink cable https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00T8HWUVS to connect it up to the MiSTer. the choice of cable wasn't important - i just selected someone who did prime delivery in Australia. the model i chose (linked above) with the volume control + amplifier cost about $7 more than without, but i thought it would be worth if it i wanted to use headphones. it was a cheap purchase and cleans up the audio. i found the most notable improvement on Neo Geo. works perfectly and can recommend.
I never have to switch audio output, DAC is on all the time and all cores output through it with no switching
I bought a cheap and simple DAC from Amazon, cost about £15, perfect for my needs, made sure it was 5v though so I could power it from my Mr. You don’t need to spend a fortune on a DAC to get good sound
I had bought a cheap DAC off ebay that smokemonster recommended that used the optical port, but some cores wont output audio through the optical port, so it became an annoyance to have to switch the audio output regularly. is that still an issue?
Glad I took your advice on getting a DAC wired into the Mr, makes a huge difference to sound quality both cps1 and cps2 games sound amazing!!
I’m glad to hear that. It will help with the Genesis and NeoGeo too. Enjoy!
Doesn't D&D Tower of Doom also fits in 8mb?
Yes, I haven't tested it in depth yet but it boots up.
Great release! @Jotego Which is better for you monthly or annual patreon?
I'm getting black screens when loading any of the cps2 games. I don't see any roms in the games/mame directory, but I run update_all and I still don't see them in there. I've verified all the mra files are in /_Arcade/_alternatives, as well as the core. Core seems to load, menus work, but black screen (no game output). Any ideas?
Delete last_run from the scripts/.cache/mame-getter folder and run the script again.
the games work/play wonderfully! (i followed the legacy structure setup). the tennis game in capcom sports club is one of my favorite tennis games, very excited to play this in FPGA! and SFA on your CPS2 core plays great with smoother frame rates compared to the CPS1.5 version. great job Jotego !!
Great work Jose! Looking forward to progear no Arashi and SFA2 favorite games on the core!
These all just black screen for me. core credits show, but that's all. - oops! it helps if you install the cps2 core in the cores folder. That wasn't in the install notes, my fault!
MiSTer is not finding the ROM files. Please make sure they are located in games/mame. There should be a single mame folder to avoid problems.
@jose street fighter alpha 2 has 25 Years today! may be we can celebrate it with FPGA 😭
Is it? I thought it was the 29th
hi! I'm curious that buttons vary a lot between games. Is it possible to keep same buttons between MRAs (like insert coin)? Quizá alguien lo haya preguntado antes, y lo escribo en inglés para que lo pueda entender todo el mundo.
I guess you are a MiST/SiDi user. It is easy to keep the keyboard input constant. For the joystick input it gets trickier. You can map them using a .ini file.
The game I want most is Super Street Fighter 2, no, not Turbo, I mean, just SSF2. That's probably my favourite version of the Street Fighter 2 series. I find Turbo just too twitch-driven where the slower Street Fighter games seem more strategic to me. It also just feels like the game wasn't designed for that speed, whereas SFA just works at the higher speeds, but you know, that's just my opinion. In terms of Street Fighter Alpha, it's SFA3 for me all the way, Cammy's my main (almost wrote 'my maid', bit of a Freudian slip there I think :D) so that's probably the reason. I also think SFA3 had some other interesting character additions.
SFA3 is the most popular of the SFA series indeed. It will still take a bit of effort to make it work in the core as it is a larger ROM than the other games.
I couldn't get SF Alpha to work. I followed the instructions in README (copied over the files from LEGACY_STRUCTURE), ran the update_all script, and when I launch either Alpha or Zero versions it is just a black screen. Every other game works fine though so good job!
Hi Gary, there is nothing special about SFA with respect to the core. I would assume that the ROM file is not being found by MiSTer and doesn’t get loaded. Check that you have a file called sfa.zip in your games/mame folder.
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many thanks for all your hard work!
Great update, keep 'em coming! Appreciate all the hard work.
Excelente trabajo, maestro!
That's really great! Are there any detailed instructions on how to install it? There is no CPS2 folder in the archive or under _Arcade.
The instructions are in the readme file. The mra files just go in the arcade folder
Thank you for your consistent excellence.
The SF Alpha opening NOW with the missing samples of super attacks enabled is a totally LEVEL UP ! - Thanks ;-)
"not completely alien to us" - OMG
Thank you so much for all of your hard work
AvP next week?!? 🙂
Legend!
Brilliant release. Lots of great stuff here. Congratulations, and thank you very much!
Thanks fella. Finally started backing you.
Thank you Jotego
Awesome! Thanks JT and everyone on the team.
Thank you Jotego!
Alien vs Predator next possibly? :)
"alien to us".....🤔 A hint??
Gracias José! A quemarlos este finde 👌🏻
Wow 😍 thanks Jotego 👏👏👏👏