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[SOLVED] Help: 720 Original Controller W/ Optipac - Cant get it working in 720

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Reezy:

I have an original 720 arcade controller (OK i have 3 of them).. hooked to an Optipac and working in windows fine, also working as a spinner fine in MAME for various games (Tempest etc) but it will not map correctly for 720. Im using Mame 0.137 because that is what came with "The Hyperspin Project" which is the front end I am running.

Below is my (Controls>This Game) Screen in Mame


Below is (controls>this game) screen from a known working setup (Jstookey)


Why am I missing those Dial options? I think this is why its not working for me, the version of MAME I am using has 720 set to use AD Analog Stick instead of DIAL? Its hard for me to figure out because I dont know much about the inner workings of MAME, I dont code, and all the info that I have regarding how to get this controller working properly s about 5 years old (Analog+ days)

SIDE NOTE: I saw this thread:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=108728.0 and I think Derrick Renaud may have the answer for me, but as I am a newb I am unable to PM people, if somebody could fwd this thread to him, or put me in touch with him some other way, that would be great.

I have been working on this for over a week and it's driving me nuts. After I get this working, I vow to never let anyone have this problem ever again.

Thanks guys

BobA:

This might help you.    720 driver

Reezy:

Thanks, I have read everything I could from that site, some of it is hard to understand since it is so old. I am actually emailing back and forth with Jake (author of said site) to try and get things working.

I am currently going to try various versions of Mame to see what kind of results I can get. Problem is my working rom(s) wont work on some versions (it says "bad dump" "rom corrupt" or something like that) and I dont know why? Do I need new versions of those roms? I know I cant ask where to get them, but how about the filenames and sizes? To verify I have the right roms for the right Version?

If I do get it working, then I have to start working on getting it to work w/ my Hyperspin Setup, which may be updating from 0.137 to 0.143 and if that V doesnt work for 720, I have to use a separate V of MAME just for that game, and I am not sure how to get Hyperspin to do that either (figure it out later)

I think I have probably contacted anyone who ever had a 720 controller and made a post regarding it online.. super frustrating, but this game is totally worth it.

BobA:

MAWS can give you info on ROM names and MAME versions.

MAWS

Savannan:

if youre using 137 rom set..then you need mame .137...not the newest mame unless you have the updated roms.  every so often with new versions of mame, the devs like to rename/delete files here and there...*if* you want to use the newest mame then i would use clrmamepro to rename/find out what files youre missing.  just to let you know asking for roms is a NO NO  :angry: and will probably get you banded on this board..just do what everyone else does and google what you need.

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