Problem with Virtua Cop 2

[Hituro]

So, I've been stocking up on guns games for my cabinet.  I recently bought house of the dead 1 through 3, the PC versions.  And they've worked great!  Recently I found a copy of Virtua Cop 2.  I remember playing that way back in the day, and wanted to add it to my cab.  However, I've been having trouble getting it to install.  I'm running windows XP, and this is a game that was meant for Windows 95/98.  Now, I've tried compatibility mode.  I can get it to almost enter setup, I see a black screen, and then it drops right back out.  Without compatibility mode, I constantly get "SSP.INI Not Found"  When the file is clearly in the setup folder.  So My question is, is installing this game a lost cause?  Has anyone ever gotten this game to function on a PC?  Will I have to resort to an emulation through Sega Saturn?  I know it doesn't run well on MAME.  Heck, my monster of a windows 7 64Bit PC that can run Gauntlet Legends, still can't run the MAME version of Virtua Cop 2.  Well, Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.  Just hope I didn't waste more money buying something I can never use now

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

It looks like a company called Xplosive re-released the game and that version is suppose to run under XP. Is that the release you have?

[Hituro]

Yes, I have the version released by Xplosive, the disk says it's the Xplosive version but it also says Windows 95/98 =/  Not sure why it's not working right.

[BadMouth]

The arcade game works perfect in Nebula's Sega Model 2 Emulator except that only player one's gun works.  I have Act Labs guns.
If you're using something else, there may be ways to get both guns to work using the raw input option in the emulator's cfg file.

I installed the Xplosive version of House of the Dead 2 & 3 and was dissapointed.
They have an extra menu that made integration into a front-end difficult, you can't turn off the crosshairs, & the game kept changing my default video card settings which wreaked havoc with some of my emulators.  I'd stay away from the Xplosive titles if you want to integrate them into a fron-end.

Probably opening a can of worms here (and hijacking the thread), but if you like light gun games and have a decent processor, check out Demul .5.6
It runs a bunch of good Atomiswave shooters (Ranger Mission, Extreme Hunting, Sport Shooting USA. etc)
as well as some good Naomi titles (HOTD II, Maze of Kings, Death Crimson Ox).  I think it was 9 gun games in total, all solid games.

There are some quirks.  This version of Demul will run via command line, but there isn't a command or cfg setting to launch it fullscreen, so I had to write an autohotkey script to do that.  This was further complicated by the fact that the title at the top of the window displays the FPS and it changes constantly, so it was a pain telling autohotkey which window to activate and work with, because the name of the window is constantly changing.  I just had to pick a number for FPS that it would hit consistently and at the correct time.  Go fullscreen too early and you get errors, go fullscreen too late and you might get errors.  There is probably a much cleaner way to do it, but I know just enough to get by.  It wasn't too much trouble & it all works good now.
I'll post a copy of my script & if there is interest and I get time.

Another quirk is on Sport Shooting USA.  P2 trigger is actually controlled by P4 controls in the emulator, so map something to P4 button 1 to be able to press fire for P2 in the calibration screen.  Otherwise you won't be able to finish the calibration process.

[Hituro]

I'm glad then that I don't own the xplosive versions of HOTD2 and 3!

I was actually thinking of getting Nebula, I still need to read up on it though.  Is it easy to set up?  I didn't know Virtua Cop 2 ran off Sega Model 2, but maybe I'll look into that as a better option.  It's too bad this version I bought is crap, don't know if the guy I bought it from off Amazon will do a refund, but if not, i'm not really out a ton of money on it.  Sometimes we have epic fails I guess   thanks for the input!

[Hituro]

So I Got M2 (sega Model 2) and Virtua Cop 2 works perfectly.  However, I did try downloading Nebula from Nebula's Homepage, and when I extracted it my antivirus said it had a trojan on the exe file.  Is this possible?  Anyone else ever run into this?  Kinda sucks because I really would like to try Nebula out =/

[DirtyDachshunds]

Badmouth, you mind sharing your autohotkey script?  I have two aimtraks and would like to play some of the newer lightgun games (in fullscreen).

Thanks for the help.

[Firebat138]

i would love to see it as well, I too have two aimtraks itching for better games

[BadMouth]

Stuck at work now.  I'll post a copy of the script tonight when I get home.
The next version of Demul will probably make the script unnecessary, but the games are definitely worth going to the trouble for now.

Hituro - I've never tried anything else from Nebula beside the M2 emulator.

[BadMouth]

Created a new thread in the Software forum about the autohotkey scripts:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=108239.0

[captaincatalyst]

The arcade game works perfect in Nebula's Sega Model 2 Emulator except that only player one's gun works.  I have Act Labs guns.
If you're using something else, there may be ways to get both guns to work using the raw input option in the emulator's cfg file.
...
Probably opening a can of worms here (and hijacking the thread), but if you like light gun games and have a decent processor, check out Demul .5.6
It runs a bunch of good Atomiswave shooters (Ranger Mission, Extreme Hunting, Sport Shooting USA. etc)
as well as some good Naomi titles (HOTD II, Maze of Kings, Death Crimson Ox).  I think it was 9 gun games in total, all solid games.
...
Another quirk is on Sport Shooting USA.  P2 trigger is actually controlled by P4 controls in the emulator, so map something to P4 button 1 to be able to press fire for P2 in the calibration screen.  Otherwise you won't be able to finish the calibration process.

Hi BadMouth,
Were you actually able to get 2 guns to work in Demul?  I have 2 Aimtraks and haven't found a way to get 2nd player working in light gun games.

Thanks

[BadMouth]

Hi BadMouth,
Were you actually able to get 2 guns to work in Demul?  I have 2 Aimtraks and haven't found a way to get 2nd player working in light gun games.

Thanks

Nope.  Only Player 1's gun works.