Hippodrome/Fighting Fantasy
Hippodrome
We’re back to the Data East DEC0 system this week. This arcade hardware is built around two graphic chips called BAC06 and MXC06. The games using it come at least in three flavours from what I have seen so far:
1. A MOS6502 for audio and a i8751 for protection (Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Heavy Barrel)
2. The same MOS6502 for audio but a HuC6280 for protection (Robocop, Hippodrome)
3. No MOS6502, and the HuC6280 controlling the sound (Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance)
There seem to be a couple of other games using these graphic chips, but I’m not sure about their peculiarities yet.
I got Hippodrome working this week. I must say that it shouldn’t have been a hard conversion from the Robocop core, but I was a bit under the weather this week and couldn’t get as much done as regularly. The 5x crop addition to all cores will have to wait one more week, sorry about that.
The Speed Rumbler got the CPU hanging issue solved too. That was an important bug that was hard to catch.
Please find the files attached or use the updater as usual.
Español
Volvemos al sistema Data East DEC0 esta semana. Este hardware arcade se basa en dos chips gráficos llamados BAC06 y MXC06. Los juegos que lo usan vienen al menos en tres variaciones según lo que he visto hasta ahora:
1. Un MOS6502 para audio y un i8751 para protección (Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, Heavy Barrel)
2. El mismo MOS6502 para audio pero un HuC6280 para protección (Robocop, Hippodrome)
3. Sin MOS6502, y el HuC6280 controlando el sonido (Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance)
Parece ser que hay un par de juegos más que usan estos chips gráficos, pero aún no estoy seguro de sus peculiaridades.
Hice funcionarHippodrome esta semana. Debo decir que no debería haber sido una conversión difícil desde el corde Robocop, pero estaba un poco pochoesta semana y no he podido sacar tanta faenacomo siempre. La adición del recorte5x a todos los corestendrá que esperar una semana más, lo siento.
El Speed Rumbler también ha vistoel problema de bloqueo de la CPU resuelto esta semana. Ese eraun error importante que ha costado de arreglar.
Los cores en beta están enlos archivos adjuntos o usael actualizador como de costumbre.
日本語
今週はDataEastDEC0システムに戻りました。このアーケードハードウェアは、BAC06とMXC06という2つのグラフィックチップを中心に構築されています。それを使用するゲームは、私がこれまでに見たものから少なくとも3つの種類で提供されます。
1.オーディオ用のMOS6502と海賊対策としてのi8751(Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja、Heavy Barrel)
2.オーディオ用の同じMOS6502ですが、海賊対策はHuC6280になります(Robocop、Hippodrome)
3. MOS6502がなく、HuC6280がサウンドをも制御している(Sly Spy、MidnightResistance)
このグラフィックチップを使用したゲームは他にもいくつかあるようですが、それらの特性についてはまだわかりません。
今週、Fighting Fantasyを提供します。ロボコップのコアからの変換するのがそれほど難しくないはずだったのに、今週は体調がいまいちで、いつもほど作業が進まなかったです。
ラッシュ アンド クラッシュは、CPUのハングの問題も解決しました。やっと!
では、また来週。
Comments (14)
Excellent! :D
Thanks for all the dedication. Many Patreon posts since the beginning! How many different games/cores are you up to with this release? Keep up the great work, and do take time to rest and be healthy!
Thank you for your hard work
I can't get this or Robocop working at all. Both ROMs load, then I get an image for about 1 second, then it goes black and my TV goes to the HDMI menu and says it can't display the source. Only happens with these two
It's very strange because the video clock isn't peculiar on these games. I'll check it just in case. Also, try resetting video parameters in mister.ini, maybe something in there is interfering with the games.
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!!! I wanted this game so much but nobody ever mentioned it or asked for it so i tried to forget about it...and now this surprise, YEY! I love the sound effects and music on this one.
I'm so glad to hear this. I know that some titles are expected by many people but I always feel uneasy about less known games. It's great to know you like it!
Awesome work as always Jose. A friend of mine absolutely loves Speed Rumbler and does have an issue with the core that causes the left and right side of the screen to not be visible when using some of the video modes. Are there plans to resolve that issue? It makes the game nearly impossible to play since enemies can shoot from those non-visible areas and blow up the player.
Yes, I'll look into it now that the main CPU bug is fixed
Brilliant! Thanks.
Jt friday :) thanks Jose hope you feel better soon, will look forward to booting data East’s hippodrome up
One of my absolute favourites. Thank you for this.
Thanks Jose. Hope you’re feeling better.
Thank you, I am looking forward to giving these a try.
