The Speed Rumbler
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I started on Patreon 2 years ago, after my Ghosts'n Goblins core was ported to MiSTer. When I saw the coverage that Smokemonster made for it on his YT channel, I thought it was worth developing more systems. Two years later, I have published a ton of stuff: individual chip modules, single arcade boards and multi-game arcades. And all this has been possible because of your continuous support. This week we hit the 2000 patron count. It is an incredible milestone that justifies spending more and more time in all aspects of the systems: from initial development to maintenance and fidelity checks.
To celebrate this milestone, I have prepared a public core: Capcom's The Speed Rumbler. This title follows the hardware tradition of 8-bit Capcom games, with 16-colour sprites and tiles and a 4-colour character layer. Sounds is produced by a 2xYM2203 pack, like in Ghosts'n Goblins or Tiger Road. The screen resolution is a rarety: 352x240. I think it is the only Capcom title with such a resolution.
I have the board for the game, so I have been able to measure many things to verify my assumptions. However, I would still like to run some speed checks the same way Grego2d and I made for the CPS1 board.
The core still has a couple of tiny problems, but I want to do a direct public release this time.
Get the core from jtbin or by running the update_all tool.
NB: There will be a second Patreon post today with more games for CPS2.
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Empecé en Patreon hace 2 años, después de que mi cot de Ghosts'n Goblins fuera transferido a MiSTer. Cuando vi la cobertura que Smokemonster hizo en su canal de YouTube, pensé que valía la pena desarrollar más sistemas. Dos años después, he publicado un montón de cosas: módulos de chips individuales, sistemas arcade de un juego y de múltiples juegos... Y todo esto ha sido posible gracias a vuestro continuo apoyo. Esta semana alcanzamos la cifra de 2000 mecenas. Es un hito increíble que justifica dedicar cada vez más tiempo a todos los aspectos de los sistemas: desde el desarrollo inicial hasta el mantenimiento y las minuciosas comprobaciones de fidelidad.
Para celebrar este hito, he preparado un cor público: The Speed Rumbler de Capcom. Este título sigue la tradición del hardware de los juegos Capcom de 8 bits, con sprites y mosaicos de 16 colores y una capa de caracteres de 4 colores. Los sonidos son producidos por dos YM2203, como en Ghosts'n Goblins o Tiger Road. La resolución de pantalla es una rareza: 352x240. Creo que es el único título de Capcom con tal resolución.
Tengo la placa del juego, así que he podido medir muchas cosas para verificar mis suposiciones. Sin embargo, todavía me gustaría ejecutar algunas verificaciones de velocidad de la misma manera que Grego2d y yo hicimos para la placa CPS1.
El cor todavía tiene un par de pequeños problemas, pero esta vez quiero hacer un lanzamiento público directo.
El cor está en jtbin o ejecutando la herramienta update_all.
NB: Hoy habrá una segunda publicación de Patreon con más juegos para CPS2.
Comments (43)
Muchas gracias por tu trabajo! Nos alegras el viernes y nos haces disfrutar de grandes titulazos con la mayor fidelidad.
nice one
Thank you very much!
nice !
Thank you for this little, but big effort, arcade game release, another integral part of Capcom arcade history and a fun little title indeed. ❤️💚💙😁👍
Thank you very much jose for all your continued hard work. Jose works so hard to give us new games weekly. Lets all show some appreciation!
Thank you for this. Excited to play it! :)
Felicitaciones, José. Mereces muchos más patreons. Muchas gracias por el tremendo aporte a la preservación de estos clásicos. Saludos y que tengas un excelente fin de semana.
lol, I don't know what I'm doing 😅 Did the cab have a wheel for controlling the car? [edit] nope, it had a regular stick!
Check out F1-Dream too
Thank you Jose, great work as always ;).
GREAT game - HA! - never tried this before but it's fun :)
This surprise is still not up to what you produce every Friday. I 'm a little disappointed. Thank you anyway !
did you read the entire post?
Please add flip and V/H position on CRT
Those features are already in the core. Look for them in the OSD.
Ok it works now
Looks like the problem is here it downloaded the rbf to Arcade folder instead of Arcade/cores Downloading jtrumble_20210416.rbf to /media/fat/_Arcade/jtrumble_20210416.rbf
I copied the MRA to the wrong place. I've added some logic to my tools to prevent this from happening again
Works great now! Congrats on reaching the 2000 mark!
Congrats ! Let’s keep the good work !
The primary MRA has been moved to the releases folder with the RBF file now. Try updating again and it should work.
Yup, not working for me either...
I ran update all and the main mra file (The Speed Rumbler (set 1).mra) doesn't download.(Script only downloads the alternate mra files)
Also, it didn't download the rbf file. I ran the script a few times.
Congrats for your +2k patrons! Thanks for making lots of people's dreams possible.
Yes Dave, I have got the same issue. Maybe someone can fix it soon
Well games are on the alternative folder but won’t start
Yeah I can find them in the "Region- World" folder, but clicking them does nothing
Congrats on the 2000 mark hit, I am glad you find this rewarding enough to spread the joy around for everyone! Great work!
Holy cow! 2000 Patreons? Only so few members? *coughcough* Glad that I'm a member since 2 years now. So much fantastic work, so many fantastic cores. Love!
I remember you pretty much from day 1. Thank you!
it doesn't work to me on a update_all
Yeah I just ran update_all and it looked like it grabbed something when it got to the Jotego part, but I can't find the game in the arcade cores
Amazing as always :)
Thank you for your continued dedication to the platform and the community!
Beautiful little game
Always greatly appreciated sir! Thanks so much! Keep up the great work!
You are absolutely amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I think I have a small man crush on you... ;)
Ou Mi Gat!!!
what a nice surprise and congratulations on the milestone :-)
Yay! Always wanted to play this! :)
Big Thanks Sir Jotego. You make our dreams come true