Support for Altered Beast & Wrestle War
It's been three weeks since the last core update. I'm surprised at how hard it was to get the System 16B, once the 16A was done. But there's nothing constant work can't beat, so here we are at another update.
For technical reasons, System 16 games require four different RBF files now. I am not sure whether we will end up with a fifth one added by the end of the journey.
We add the following games this week:
-Altered Beast (in alt folder)
-Wrestle War
And System 16B versions for games we had in their S16A incarnations:
-Tetris
-Alien Syndrome
-Time Scanner
-Passing Shot
-Shinobi
-Ace Fighter
Some games that were only available in the alt folder now have an MRA entry in the main menu.
Apart from S16B support, there have been some improvements made to S16A hardware too.
Furrtek's findings about the memory mapper chip are now implemented too, making the bus timing more accurate.
Other games also work but are troublesome because of unique controller needs, like Heavy Champ and its three analogue axes. I need to work with MiSTer developers to find a solution for them.
See you next week!
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Han pasado tres semanas desde la última actualización del núcleo. Me sorprende lo difícil que fue conseguir el System 16B, una vez terminado el 16A. Pero no hay nada que el trabajo constante no pueda superar, así que aquí estamos en otra actualización.
Por razones técnicas, los juegos de System 16 requieren ahora cuatro archivos RBF diferentes. No estoy seguro de si terminaremos con un quinto agregado al final del viaje.
Agregamos los siguientes juegos esta semana:
-Altered Beast (en la carpeta alt)
-Wrestle War
Y las versiones del Sistema 16B para los juegos que teníamos en sus encarnaciones S16A:
-Tetris
-Alien Syndrome
-Time Scanner
-Passing Shot
-Shinobi
-Ace Fighter
Algunos juegos que solo estaban disponibles en la carpeta alt ahora tienen una entrada MRA en el menú principal.
Además de la compatibilidad con S16B, también se han realizado algunas mejoras en el hardware S16A.
Los hallazgos de Furrtek sobre el chip mapeador de memoria ahora también se implementan, lo que hace que la sincronización del bus sea más precisa.
Otros juegos también funcionan, pero son problemáticos debido a las necesidades únicas de un controlador, como Heavy Champ y sus tres ejes analógicos. Necesito trabajar con los desarrolladores de MiSTer para encontrar una solución para ellos.
¡Hasta la semana que viene!
Comments (44)
#JTEveryOtherFriday 😀 ...and it's alright, as long as some self-appointed 'guarantors' [fiadores in spanish] of yours don't build up hype.
beta.zip is in the alien syndrome post and is renewed each month, there maybe one this week.
Hello, I'm new here. Seems like this means every month or so I'll have to update the beta.zip for the new stuff to work. Is that correct? :)
Have you put the beta.zip in your mame folder
Hmm none of the System 16 cores are working for Me. button assignment is not working, not only the coin, but also the button for toggle the credits/pause isn't doing anything. Hadn't have any issues with the CPS1/1.5/2 cores etc. Does anyone have a clue what the issue is?
I got stuck on this too. Updating to the latest beta.zip fixed it for me: https://www.patreon.com/posts/alien-syndrome-53222144
Where is the beta.zip available for download?
I got stuck on this too. Eventually found it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/alien-syndrome-53222144
i think its the same beta.zip i used, i think the one on sdcard got corrupt somehow
Nice work Jotego! Thanks
all fixed, had to copy the beta.zip and overwrite old one
where is the new beta file?
cant coinup, i have beta.zip in games\mame
altered beast what a pleasure to play! works well on my stranded setup with 128mb
it's ok i finde the solution;put the file beta zip in a file game mame
hello I can not play ABEAST impossible configuration of the paddle for credit ... help me thank you
Same here, can't insert credits after assigning buttons. Thanks for all your hard work JT.
isn't golden axe available as well?
It actually boots up now but I need to review it a bit more.
Some games load, other don't (credits only). Tried both manual update and update_all, no luck. It has been weeks; I'm clueless.
Blank screens always mean that MiSTer cannot find the ROM. We have a good FAQ that explains some of these problems here: https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Beta-Files-FAQ
I only ever played the sega megadrive version before of Altered Beast and was great fun to complete this arcade version. :) Thank you!
AB hangs up after 15-20 seconds for me. I replaced the beta.zip in games/mame at least twice with the one from the first July post, deleted config files, re-download the core rbfs via update-all but I can't get it to work. Sound is also broken, e. g. "Ri-r-ri-ri-rise...". It is always the same though. At first button assignment also didn't work but with a different controller it was fine and now I have no problems with coin button as reported by others. Could I still have a wrong file somewhere?
I figured out that it is actually my 132MB RAM that is causing the problems. With my old AIO 32MB Board the System 16 games are working flawlessly. It is strange that I only see problems with System 16 games. All three RAM tests run fine. Some intermediate CPS versions caused problems though in the past when there were the experiments with different RAM timings.
Nice work JT, some great games supported and more to come...
This is really great. Thanks!
Also, great sound implementation as well!
I ran the Update_All script and I have the Altered Beast Cores, but only the first one will run (the Juuoki cores are a garbled mess). However, the bigger problem is even though I have defined buttons for Credits and Start, I cannot add coins or start the game. It's stuck on the attract mode. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but what is it?
You are missing the beta.zip file. Get it from the Discord server of the first July post in Patreon. Copy it to games/mame. The garbled graphics must be due to incorrect ROM files.
This is incredible! For anyone using an iPad3 as an external monitor - these settings helped me by adding to the config file. [jts16a2] vsync_adjust=1 video_mode=10 video_mode_ntsc=10 [jts16b1] vsync_adjust=1 video_mode=10 video_mode_ntsc=10 [jts16b] vsync_adjust=1 video_mode=10 video_mode_ntsc=10 [jts16] vsync_adjust=1 video_mode=10 video_mode_ntsc=10
OT, but won't the LP097QX1 screen support vsync_adjust=2 ? I've been looking into this, and now I'm disheartened 🤓
YYYYYEEEEESSSSS THANK YOU SIR!
Only got a black screen on the new two cores (Altered Beast and Wrestle War)
You are missing the ROM files for them.
I wanna say Altered Beast may be the star of the show tonight, but Wrestle War is mighty impressive as well, especially in its intended vertical aspect! Gracias José por aún estreno estupendo ❤️
All your hard work is greatly appreciated. Thank you brother 🙏🏼
Awesome. Thank you so much!
Again great work. Don't forget to charge your batteries.
YOU DID IT!!! Thank you so much for this update!
When will we see Golden Axe?
Thanks
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Wise from your gwave!
That's the Genesis vocalization dude 😜 That said, all I'm hearing is "uaaahh" in my first attempts :3