Alien Syndrome, Passing Shot, Time Scanner and CPS2
MiSTer users: copy beta.zip to games/mame
This week we have three classic titles. Passing Shot was my tennis school as a kid and Alien Syndrome was on magazine covers everywhere. And Time Scanner is one of the best-known pinball titles.
Note that for Passing Shot, you will have to look in the Alternatives folder.
After this, we have almost covered all System16A games. There are three titles left that have odd controls. SDI, with a mix of analogue+joystick; Sukeban, a mahjong game with more keys than your PC keyboard; and Major League, which needs three analogue axes for which MiSTer has no support at the moment.
So next week, we will start with System 16B titles. I am sure you have some of your favourites there!
Also, CPS2 finally goes public this week. There are a couple of small things pending, but it's quite solid now to go public. The Q-Sound source code is published now too.
Finally, I have added one more FPGA platform to the supported list: the NeptUNO (the name is derived from the old ZX-UNO, not the card game). This is a bit of a niche platform, yet it has a ZX Spectrum expansion port as its exclusive feature.
Thank you for your support during July and see you next week
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usuarios de MiSTer: copiad beta.zip a games/mame
Esta semana tenemos tres títulos clásicos. Passing Shot fue mi escuela de tenis cuando era niño y Alien Syndrome aparecía en todas las portadas de revistas. Time Scanner es uno de los títulos de pinball más conocidos.
Ojo que para arrancar Passing Shot, hay que buscar en la carpeta Alternatives.
Después de esto, casi hemos cubierto todos los juegos de System16A. Quedan tres títulos que tienen controles extraños. SDI, con una combinación de analógico + joystick; Sukeban, un juego de mahjong con más teclas que el teclado de tu PC; y Major League, que necesita tres ejes analógicos para los que MiSTer no tiene soporte por el momento.
Asi que, la próxima semana, comenzaremos con los títulos del Sistema 16B. ¡Estoy seguro de que tienes algunos de tus favoritos ahi!
Además, CPS2 finalmente es público esta semana. Hay un par de cosas pequeñas pendientes, pero está bastante sólido para publicarlo. El código fuente de Q-Sound también se publica hoy.
Finalmente, agregué una plataforma FPGA más a la lista: NeptUNO (el nombre se deriva del antiguo ZX-UNO, no del juego de cartas). Esta es una plataforma un poco nicho. Tiene un puerto de expansión ZX Spectrum como característica exclusiva.
Gracias por su apoyo durante julio y nos vemos la semana que viene.
Comments (66)
So all the Alien Syndrome Alts work well for me, but there are input issues with the mra listed directly under the _Arcade folder..
For some reason, my controller inputs (no matter how I map them, or even with specific input mapping removed) - always have the same effect. Up is fire, other directions don't work (start button does)... its odd. Maybe its the mra (not the core?) Just flagging here since others seem to be having issues with it too. The beta.zip works fine and unlocks the core, and I can play all of the other Alien Syndrome Alts fine.
Love this update!! Thanks Jotego! I had some issue but it was my fault, I missed few patreon post and after doing what is mentionned in the 11th june post everything's work :)
Maybe you’ve already answered this but will we be getting the 16C?
Alien Syndrome doesnt seem to take any inputs. Ive put the beta.zip where it belongs, did update_all, (enabled betas in the settings). I then map the buttons for the game and cant insert coin, start, nothing.
same
Hi all, I still have the control issue on Alien Syndrome . could you help please?
same
Alien Syndrome, hooray!!!
yes yes yes, i'm ready for golden axe :D
Raimondo Stagno, thank you so much bro. I had unzipped the beta file to games/mame. The beta zip I had in there was the old one from ~2 weeks ago. I tested it and now my controls are working in all System 16 games! But as others did point out, the mapping is a bit off. And Im also confused as to why this week’s releases are in alt, so Im having some time locating the right game file to launch. I only write these comments to help and offer suggestions. Thank you for your tireless work, Jotego Gang! CPS2 public is an Incredible Milestone and we have a lot to look forward to with System 16! I hope there’s some surprise titles you are considering as well. MK?!
Hi, having some files come out first in the alt folder can be confusing. They go there because they are not the main version of the game, but they have become available first because of hardware differences among the versions.
No buttons are working on any of the CPS2 games I have tried after this update. I've tried multiple controller and arcade sticks, "Insert Coin" button never does anything no matter what I map it to.
I'm not able to get any of the CPS2 games to run after the latest update. They were all working quite well prior to this, but all I'm getting is a black screen. Any suggestions one could offer? Thanks in advance.
A blank screen means that MiSTer cannot find your ROM files.
Awesome stuff! Great work!
Great work, as usual ! My feedback : Passing shot is upside-down on my "right-rotated" TATE monitor, I did'nt see (yet ?) any switch to flip the screen. By the way the amount of lateral overscan is higher than usual (for instance on Alex Kidd). Even when using "Horizontal offset position" I can't have the whole picture in my screen. I didn't have this problem with other arcade/console cores.
I'm still not using the original sync pulses for the video, but even using them may not help. Analogue video has these quirks which we cannot completely solve. A horizontal re-size option may come at some point in the future when I have some spare time.
E-Swat & Cotton are my favourites.
gracias por los juegos ,tengo un problema y es que al actualizar todos los juegos de system 16 no me reconocen los controles .
Asegúrate de copiar el ultimo beta.zip a games/mame
"Note that for Passing Shot, you will have to look in the Alternatives folder. " For me, all of the recent adds are in the alt; time scanner, alien syndrome. Alien Syndrome button assignment is weird as well for all cores (set 1,2 and 5). After programming, core credits becomes coin and coin button becomes start.
Greetings Jotego! With the CPS2 core going public, any chance of an update mra file for SSFII the new legacy (beta 0.5 ver)? also do you happen to know if the correct rom should be placed in the mame folder or hbmame folder?
I think Atrac17 has already released the updated MRA files. I suppose the files go in the hbmame folder, but I'm not sure.
Turbo function on CP2 is clearly not functioning as previous cores (since the cpu bug was fixed on other cores). Try on Super Turbo and see that the speed is the same. Personally that's a boomer because I usually like to play it faster than turbo 4 (good for practicing reflexes for online matches)
Turbo on CPS2 only gives you a modest 5% boost or so, whereas in CPS1 I think it was closer to 10%. The CPS2 CPU already runs quite fast (16MHz) so it isn't trivial to speed it up even faster.
As the CPS2 is going public it will be downloaded and installed via update_all script? if i have left beta folders on my mister do i have to remove them first?
Yes, the update_all script will take care. I think it's better if you remove the old folders to prevent confusion but it is not compulsory. I normally have several folders created during development so it is a possible setup.
Amazing! Thank you and appreciate all your work!
Still cant get any of the System 16 titles to recognize my controller. Ive double checked everything, manually copied over the files, reran update_all. Only thing left to do would be a clean install but Im not doing that, yet.
I had the same issue. All you need to to is copy the beta.zip into your games/mame folder and it should do the trick. Do not unzip the file. Hope this helps
CPS2 is ok, S16 (Shinobi etc...) is ok, Alien Syndrome, Passing Shot and Time Scanner don't work. Just black screen (no rom loading bar) and only the credit button work. I tried all the fix suggested in the posts above, nothing worked.
Brilliant!
CPS2 beta folder removed but nothing happened. The update all is not able to get the new mra files. Some more suggestions please?
but, the CPS2 core must be loaded manually?
Thank you for your hard work. The screen flip function does not work. (time scanner and passing shot)
The Alien Syndrome sound issue only happens with the "World" MRAs. The Japan MRA has no sound issue.
Alien Syndrome is one of my FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL TIME! I LOVE YOU! Seriously my man, I'm getting a Jotego tattoo. This is INCREDIBLE!
I am currently having the same issue. I will let you know if I find a solution. please do the same for me. thanks.
Part of my troubleshooting was to replace all the mra files with the ones in the new zip, manually. Still didnt recognize my controller after setting it up, although I didnt delete the input settings like u suggested. CPS2 and everything else appears to be working right. I know the Beta key is supposed to make things better/easier but so far its release hasnt been so smooth (gauged from other’s feedback online). I used to update manually and everything always worked, no issues until now. I know it’ll get resolved. Def want to try some System 16.
I cant get any of the System 16 beta titles to recognize my controller, even after setting the input. I saw others having this same issue. I already tried deleting the mra and rerunning update_all. It’s not just Alien Syndrome, it’s the lot of System 16. What am I doing wrong? How do I resolve this? Delete all the System 16 game folders in alt and rerun update_all?
I found the solution (I think) Use the files from this post, not update_all. I only tried Shinobi and Alien Syndrome. For Alien syndrome, the set controls do not match their actions. "core credits" is acting as "coin" and "coin" does nothing. I deleted my previous input map files as well.
Terrific news! - thanks a bunch :)
As always GREAT! although i noticed that alien syndrome loses some sound fx after playing for a while? once i got laser and 1 or 2 droids the effect of the laser or other shots is gone? if i restart the core everything works initially but disappears after awhile again?
I saw the no sound issue after an aliensyn restart also I believe. Definitely some sporadic issue is present.
Thx Jotego!!! Brilliant work again now we can enjoy another all time classic arcade games
Did you guys knows if the "CPS2 Cheats" are included in the update_all script ?
Good point. I'll add it
And CPS2 games: need to remove the CPS2 folder? I can’t find the core in the organised/core folder too. Someone could help please?
Well, we stopped using the CPS2 folder a week or two ago if you look at the folder structure of the previous zip(s). So yes, remove that folder and update all with the beta option.
Alien Syndrome is allowing buttons to be defined then the core ignores them. The other two games work.
Delete those MRAs and re-run update_all. A fix was just added.
all games are on _ALT folders
mmmh, alien syndrome doesn't start with the joystick.
There was an issue with the Alien Syndrome MRAs causing issues with controller mapping. If you delete the alien syndrome MRAs and re-run update_all, you should get the corrected MRAs.
Hehe maybe change beta.zip to jtbeta.zip
I wanted to do it today, but I thought it was too many changes and new files on the same day
Where are the new games (Alien Syndrone,...) nothing with the update all script and nothing with the downloaded files. And there is something weird with the update all script, the jts16a2 core is downloaded into the folder of the mra files.
in the alternatives folder
Flip screen seems to have been gone??
Not all games have that option. Where do you miss it?
Nice! Now that CPS2 went public, we get to experience the glorious nag screen ;) [edit] Fixed in literally seconds! :o
until you put the beta.zip in /media/fat/games/mame - it is gone after that.
Nice one thanks and yeah get in some Eswat, dynamite dux and altered beast.
What a joy! thank you so much. Very much looking forward to playing these.
Thank you as always. Enjoy the weekend.