X-Men COTA, Darkstalkers' Revenge, Dimahoo and D&D Tower of Doom
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This week comes with an incredible new bunch of games. I cannot pick the main title! We have the second game in the Darkstalkers series (Revenge), which brings more crazy spooky fights. I had been asked about Dimahoo for several weeks, and I think it's quite solid now, so there you go! Then, we start the Marvel series with X-Men, Children of the Atom. You will need a bigger screen to fit those humongous sprites! And finally, the first title of the Dungeon&Dragons series: Tower of Doom.
I spent most of the week trying to find the bug behind some voices not sounding clear. But I couldn't find it. So it's been a bit frustrating. There were improvements done in the core, like Progear finally showed sprites, so it wasn't that bad after all.
Please read the install.txt and faq.txt files in the zip if you run into trouble.
I am planning something special for next week. Don't miss it!
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Esta semana viene con una increíble cantidad de juegos nuevos. ¡No soy capaz de elegir el título principal! Tenemos el segundo juego de la serie Darkstalkers, que trae más peleas espeluznantes locas. Me habían pedido Dimahoo varias semanas, y creo que ahora está bastante consegudio, ¡así que allá va! Luego, comenzamos la serie Marvel con X-Men, Children of the Atom. ¡Necesitarás una pantalla más grande para ver esos gigantescos sprites! Y finalmente, el primer título de la serie Dungeon & Dragons: Tower of Doom.
Pasé la mayor parte de la semana tratando de encontrar el error en algunas voces que no suenan claras. Pero no he podido encontrarlo. Así que ha sido un poco frustrante. Aun así hay mejoras en el cor, como que Progear finalmente tiene sprites, por lo que no fue tan mal la semana.
Lee los archivos install.txt y faq.txt en el zip si tienes problemas con la instalación
Estoy planeando algo especial para la próxima semana. ¡Te espero aquí!
Comments (87)
Has anyone else gotten a blank screen when trying to load any of the CPS2 cores? I can get to the menu and I can see the core credits, but the game itself doesn't load. Maybe I have an issue with the ROM I have?
Please have a look at the faq.txt file, which you can find in the zip
awesome work! thank you and keep it up :-)
THANK YOU , JT!!!!!!
This is great stuff JT. Thank you very much for doing this.
dimahoo is an amazing SHMUP ! so glad to finally have this in a playable form outside of a CPS2 cabinet/supergun/mame also, for those wondering, there are secret characters which can be unlocked at the start of the game - "Enter this code at the title screen after you add coin Up Up Left Down Down Right A B A B A Start"
Thank you for the code!
Played a lot of Dimahoo this weekend (along with 19XX, 1943 Kai, Dangun Feveron and Dodonpachi...). Thanks so much for your work! We're starting to get a really good set of arcade shmups available on MiSTer.
The install text helped me finally get this set up without too much tinkering. Thanks! However, I'm getting zero audio-- not just in attract mode, but also during gameplay. I've tried audio from HDMI to a TV, from HDMI to a capture device, and from optical directly to a speaker. Other cores work great, including CPS1. Is it just me? Edit: It was a bad qsound.zip. Got a new one and it works great.
As always great work and the install text and video was a big help.
Great work Jotego! I did notice in the instructions.txt (for mister) that in step three is has the user create a "_CPS2" folder, but in several other locations in the directions it refers to that folder as "_CPS-2". I think you want step three to say "_CPS-2"
We take note of it, thank you.
Thank you Jose. Great titles and i always love the shooters. "I am planning something special for next week. Don't miss it!" Every week is something special. Cheers
Stupendous batch of games. You've been making my weekends, Jose. Thanks!
Hi! Am I the only one not getting sound in X-Men COTA?
My bad, it's OK!
Jose: In some JT cores joystick button re-mapping doesn't work until you reload the core. Other cores activate the joystick re-mapping instantly. Perhaps you could consider updating this behaviour?
Sorry, I don’t know what you mean. I haven’t noticed that behavior. I remap the joystick and play without reloading the core.
Thank you! These updates are a treat.
Great work! - thank you :) - do you know why sound is missing from Alien vs. Predator?
Oh - wait. It's just the Qsound intro and the titel-screen that's silent. I assumed sound was missing generally but it came on when I started playing :)
Having MAME ROMs in more than one place confuses MiSTer and causes problems. Just use games/mame as the folder for MAME files. I see that you mention _cores, I suppose you meant cores, without the _. The MiSTer needs to have been updated at least within the last two weeks as there was a change in the firmware needed for the CPS2 core.
I have the CPS2 .MRA files in : /_Arcade/_CPS2. I have the .RBF in /_Arcade/_cores. I have the CPS2 ROM files in /Games/MAME. I am still getting a black screen with OSD accessibility. I do also have CPS ROMs at: /_Arcade/mame - could this be the issue? How critical a step is updating the main MiSTer files for this to work, because that is one step I have not taken for fear of breaking other working cores, etc. All of my ROMs are version .229 - still can't figure this out.
I don't see the MRA for Darkstalkers Revenge
The full name is Night Warriors Darkstalkers’ Revenge.
Amazing Work!!! thanks!!!
Unfortunately only D&D works this time, no Xmen, Dimahoo nor Darkstalkers Revenge
Check the faq.txt file in the zip. Most likely, there is something wrong with your MAME zip files or folder setup.
games work great for me!!! thank you for your hard work.
Thank you so much Jose! Always give me something to look forward after a long work week :-)
Jotego, do you have contact with someone who has the original D&D tower of doom pcb (or if you have yourself). I don't have one, but some sfx (like the "Dungeons & Dragons" voice in the attract) and some instruments sound a little bit on the "harsh" side compared of, say, latest Mame/FB iterations. Would that supposed to be like the real deal sounds? Anyway, amazing work.
That’s the bug I’ve spent three days trying to catch. I’ll keep looking for it.
Fantastic work!!! Thank you so much for your dedication.
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Great work, thank you.
All the games are working fine for me, but I have a slight problem with Dimahoo. Whenever I try to enable vga_scaler (so I can play the game right side up on my CRT), part of the screen gets cut off. The same thing happens with 19XX as well. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about: https://i.imgur.com/uK4G694.jpg Still, amazing work as always, Jotego! Edit: The cutoff goes away if I either rotate the screen sideways, or change the aspect ratio to fullscreen (it obviously looks stretched to hell, but at least I can see the whole screen).
I don’t think you can use the scaler to rotate the image 90° on a CRT and get a correct image. Maybe there’s some trick you can do with MiSTer settings but I’d be surprised . I’m not an expert on MiSTer settings, though. Maybe someone in Discord has some ideas.
Woo Hoo! Tower of Doom! Have recently played the Saturn version with my Satiator. Looking forward to seeing how the original arcade version in FPGA compares. Thank you very much!
The games all work but I don't hear any sound in the recent update. Could it be because that you are not testing the sound without the external dac connected?
Merci jose avec xmen je risque de cramer mon mister, magnifique comme d habitude
As always; thank you for all the work! Installing right now!
Dimahoo!
Erk! never mind, just realised its called "Night Warriors Darkstalkers Revenge (Euro 950316)" I wasn't looking under "N" :/
also; the arcade organizer script seems to be skipping the D&D TOD .mra for some reason. It's there alright, and one can find it by browsing down the main _Arcade folder, but it doesn't get categorized under the CPS II entry
Everything's working but no Darkstalkers Revenge, I've ran update_all a couple of times but no luck. Maybe I have to hunt for the mame zip myself?
I think this should be somehow pinned; when you manually place .mra's on the SD card (or other attached storage devices), the 'mame-getter' script just ignores them. Even the arcade organizer script will go past them. Whenever you're placing a new .mra in your media folder by hand, make sure to first delete Scripts/.cache/mame-getter/last_run That should take care of most of the problems reported above
Hello all; I am having trouble getting any CPS2 games to load. It seems that the core loads, because I can access all the GUI options. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. The set version I am using is .229 - should those work? Many thanks for your time and any guidance you can provide.
Hi John, most likely the ROM zip files are not being found by MiSTer. Please read the faq.txt file that was in the beta zip for details.
Just fired up Dimahoo and it's upside down on HDMI with screen rotation enabled. If I bring up the credits they scroll sideways! Just checked 19XX and that's still working perfectly with screen rotation on.
Yes, because the configuration is per game. You have to change it like you did for 19XX or copy the NVRAM file from the zip, where the change has already been done.
Merci Monsieur Tejada !
Wow! So many excellent games added. I think just under half of the titles for CPS2 are now supported.
nm :)
All I have to say is that the CPS II beta has been going extremely smooth, compared to other beta core releases. Thank you José, especially for Dimahoo! It was my most anticipated game for the system (ermm along with Mars Matrix of course 😉)
Thanks Jose, D&D and X-Men goodness this weekend
Great selection, thanks man.
Thank you Jose, any update for Alpha 2 sound issue?
As I said above, I worked on it most of the week but couldn't find the bug cause. I'll keep chasing it.
YES! MAKE MINE MARVEL!
Wow, that is impressive. Thanks José! One thing I noticed is that it seems there is no Dip switches option now. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your effort!
No DIPs in CPS2. Go into test mode to configure the NVRAM. Enjoy :-)
Thank you for Button/Key Remap! This is a fantastic feature, really useful for my particular setup.
All great games, what an update!!!
Looks like Mother in law isnt getting her bathroom painted tomorrow now, gonna get in trouble but im sure itll all work out in end, what could possibly go wrong??
I can't believe Dimahoo is here. Wow. This is a big moment for arcade fans.
Thank you!
Thank you for your continued efforts!!
Mil gracias!! We’re gonna have a blast with our Misters this weekend! 🙌🏼
Oh - I thought Super Street Fighter 2 : The New Challengers was this weeks release... not to worry, plenty to keep busy with here.
To be honest, I didn’t have the time to test it this week. We are playing the games from start to end before Friday so we are moving a bit slowly. I hope having fewer bugs is making the experience more enjoyable.
Holy Moly! Thanks so much!!!
The install.txt file recommends deleting some of the previous iterations of the past releases. Does doing so remove the button mapping for those specific games? Do I have to rebind them now that those previous files have been replaced?
OMG! X-Men? 👀😍❤️ Thanks Jotego
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks JT! Can't wait to load these up after work. 👍
Wow what an incredible selection of games! Thank you for your amazing work!
OMFG, Jotego has done it again! JTFriday is now a recurring Holiday. Thank you brother 🙏🏼
Should we update the whole MISTer, if we already did so last week?
I don’t think it’s needed.
Thanks JT, another excellent Friday!
The main title is Dimahoo obviously! ;)
🤯🤯🤯 Absolutely legendary... thank you 🙏
awesome, as always!
Oh man, you're really spoiling us this week! Thanks as always! ❤️
Lovely!
Thank you Lord Jotego 🙏🏼