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List of Network multiplayer capable games for twin converted cabs etc
Boomslang:
Sega sonic all stars does not work LAN but Outrun 2 SP does
dgrace:
--- Quote from: Hydreigon on April 20, 2019, 01:12:49 pm ---Interesting thread. These linking features in arcade machines is more so an overlooked feature. I would try some pc based loaders but I unfortunately don't have a second computer atm (and most likely don't plan on so).
--- Quote from: dgrace on May 07, 2018, 03:15:14 pm ---Racing Games I would love see working with LAN in MAME one day:
-Cruis'n USA, World & Exotica
-San Francisco Rush games
-Ridge Racer games
-World Rally2
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Cruis'n USA and World run on Midway V-Unit and that has some strange communication hardware (two DB25 ports using a parallel type connection). Off Road Challenge also runs on this hardware too.
Cruis'n Exotica runs on Midway Zeus II. From what I know, the main cpu has some IRQ to enable a firewire connection for cabinet linking. The Grid also runs on this hardware.
San Franciso Rush actually is linkable in Mame but requires a complicated setup involving two separate Mame directories and a VPN. The same can be said to all the Seattle and Vegas games because it uses the same linking hardware, an ethernet chip.
Ridge Racer games, where to even begin. The linking chip, Namco Custom C139/C422, is used in a lot of Namco hardware. If that were understood, all the Namco games using that custom would be linkable.
World Rally 2 actually outputs both players/screens on a single pcb similar to Sega System Multi 32. Because it doesn't support more than two players, a link feature doesn't exist.
I would look more into this stuff but I need to reorganize my local Mame directory so I can efficiently submit requests on github.
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Let us know if you have any luck with any of these if you get time in the future. Cruis'n and San Francisco Rush games would be epic if we could get them working in LAN mode. Thanks
dgrace:
--- Quote from: totoplay on May 30, 2019, 11:35:45 am ---Another one… Fast and Furious Super Bikes 2: LAN works fine
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Can you explain how you got Super Bikes 2 working in LAN mode? I'm still struggling. I set one PC to machine #1 and the other to machine #2 in Teknoparrot UI. I think the problem is that I currently can't get into test menu in SB2. I used to be able to. I'm sure I need to tweak something there too. You used to be able to access the service menu by hitting keys like 8 or 9 or 0 or F2 (I can't remember ... one of those). But now they won't work. Setting the service key in Teknoparrot UI doesn't work either with the current TP version.
Drift wouldn't link up for me. SuperCars linked up but oddly on machine #2 player 1 car was invisible. It's super weird. On machine #1 both cars show up and it works great. Anyone else experiencing this?
Update: Since the test menu was fixed recently in TP for SuperBikes 2 I was able to get LAN/Networking to work. Still oddly enough SB2 has the same weird graphical bug that SuperCars has while linked up, where on just one PC, one of the players essentially disappears once the race starts. I'm going to test on a 3rd PC tonight, just out of curiosity.
Also, regarding your comment above about getting Wacky Racing working in LAN. How do you exactly hex the IP address? Sorry, i'm still kind of a newbie. Not sure how to do that. And are you able to get Wacky Racing working in LAN via Teknoparrot or do you still have to use jconfig? Thanks
dgrace:
--- Quote from: Boomslang on June 24, 2019, 12:58:54 am ---Sega sonic all stars does not work LAN but Outrun 2 SP does
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Do you know if anyone is working on fixing LAN/Network for Sonic? I know Reaver said a while back they were having a lot of issues getting it to work and just didn't have time to work on it. Thanks
dgrace:
I need some help getting 3 PCs to link up for the MAME games that are currently working in LAN mode. For example, for Outunners I create a bat file on the master PC i.e. mame64.exe orunners -w -cfg_directory cfg -nvram_directory nvram2 -comm_localport 15108 -comm_remoteport 15109 -comm_localhost 192.168.1.190 -comm_remotehost 192.168.1.139
Then on slave #2 PC I create a bat file i.e. mame64.exe orunners -w -cfg_directory cfg -nvram_directory nvram2 -comm_localport 15109 -comm_remoteport 15108 -comm_localhost 192.168.1.139 -comm_remotehost 192.168.1.190
Launch bot bat files simultaneously and it works just fine. What should I add to all bat files for the 3rd PC to get them to link up (ie IP address 192.168.1.162)?
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you
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