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Dream features for a new PCI-e card for arcade games?
John Blund:
--- Quote from: emphatic on July 22, 2012, 09:28:11 am ---Yes, some sort of SETTINGS or SETUP-like thing would be good, I just don't want to see this thing end up without access to per-game settings, especially when settings are originally only available from DIPs. Even as it will need a BIOS of sorts. Are you familiar with NEO-GEO Universal BIOS? http://unibios.free.fr/
Oh, and it would be cool to have some DSP effects to put into the sound output, like STEREO WIDENER for MONO games to take advantage of the RCA ports?
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Could you tell me more what "without access to per-game settings" is in your mind? Exactly what phenomenon or consequence is it that you would like to be avoided, could you explain? Do you have any examples?
I will check out the NEO-GEO Universal BIOS. NEO-GEO game support will be one of the first things added. And I will probably try to fix that around September.
emphatic:
With per-game settings I mean:
Coin-mode (1 coin, 2 coin, FREE PLAY etc)
Difficulty
Attract sound ON/OFF
Continue ON/OFF
Personally, I always turn FREE PLAY on, Attract sound OFF and in some cases, Continue OFF as well. So these settings are nice to have access to.
John Blund:
--- Quote from: emphatic on July 22, 2012, 10:07:33 am ---With per-game settings I mean:
Coin-mode (1 coin, 2 coin, FREE PLAY etc)
Difficulty
Attract sound ON/OFF
Continue ON/OFF
Personally, I always turn FREE PLAY on, Attract sound OFF and in some cases, Continue OFF as well. So these settings are nice to have access to.
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Ok, do you want these extra setting to be individual to every ROM set?
emphatic:
Well, yes. As there's no standard per game system even, that's why I thought about adding real DIP switches for convenience, but having a DIP switch menu only, saving your settings on the memory card in it's own format (.cfg) would be better, as if you forget to change a hardware dip back to OFF, the next game you load would end up using a setting you might not want. It's worth thinking through I think.
John Blund:
--- Quote from: emphatic on July 22, 2012, 09:28:11 am ---Oh, and it would be cool to have some DSP effects to put into the sound output, like STEREO WIDENER for MONO games to take advantage of the RCA ports?
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Well I have been thinking about something like this as well. Maybe a multi band compressor/expander, limiter and EQ and a touch of reverb?
And a stereo widener would be a good idea also, as you mention. And i think it would be possible to control so that the sounds from left and right sounds further away also. I will try that when the time for that comes.
So in that case, there will be enhancements for sound and picture for anyone that would like that. It won't be that hard to do.
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