Dragon's Lair on a Rpi for only $395!!??!

[Le Chuck]

Okay, the other day the boys were watching All Dogs Go to Heaven and that got me thinking about DL as ADGTH is a Don Bluth animation so I fired DL up via Daphne to have some sword swinging fun.  I'm a total LD game fanboi, anyway, I was doing some related searching and came across the guy that brought us Daphne running DL and other LD games off a rPi with a daughter board.  So I totally applaud what they've done here but it's not like gameplay is any different and I've been able to run DL fullspeed since like 2004 or something like that, and that was with an old desktop from the late 90s using some form of Daphne so, why is the juice worth the squeeze here?

I got it, Dexter replaces the LD player and works with original hardware but it's not like Daphne emulation is fraught with issues.

http://my-cool-projects.blogspot.com/2014/06/dexter-rev3-pricing-announced-and.html - Link to prices and what you get

http://www.daphne-emu.com/mediawiki/index.php/DexterFAQ - link to faq about the dexter


video of the whole mess running in a DL cab using a v.2 board, v.3 is the current IIRC

All cool stuff but the price point is way high for the casual user especially since you can buy the home rights to all the Bluth classics for like $50 or something (bought all mine years ago), but it did get me thinking about the smallest computer capable of running Daphne fullspeed.  Clearly the rPi is up to the job but I'm not keen to spend $400 for the luxury of the dexter board, anybody got any ideas what Picos or other small form factors out there got the juice? 

I think a little, like really compact, desktop DL would be a great addition to my collection but not for that price. 

[southpaw13]

Don't forget that you still need to buy the LD image too.

[ark_ader]

Okay, the other day the boys were watching All Dogs Go to Heaven and that got me thinking about DL as ADGTH is a Don Bluth animation so I fired DL up via Daphne to have some sword swinging fun.  I'm a total LD game fanboi, anyway, I was doing some related searching and came across the guy that brought us Daphne running DL and other LD games off a rPi with a daughter board.  So I totally applaud what they've done here but it's not like gameplay is any different and I've been able to run DL fullspeed since like 2004 or something like that, and that was with an old desktop from the late 90s using some form of Daphne so, why is the juice worth the squeeze here?

I got it, Dexter replaces the LD player and works with original hardware but it's not like Daphne emulation is fraught with issues.

http://my-cool-projects.blogspot.com/2014/06/dexter-rev3-pricing-announced-and.html - Link to prices and what you get

http://www.daphne-emu.com/mediawiki/index.php/DexterFAQ - link to faq about the dexter


video of the whole mess running in a DL cab using a v.2 board, v.3 is the current IIRC

All cool stuff but the price point is way high for the casual user especially since you can buy the home rights to all the Bluth classics for like $50 or something (bought all mine years ago), but it did get me thinking about the smallest computer capable of running Daphne fullspeed.  Clearly the rPi is up to the job but I'm not keen to spend $400 for the luxury of the dexter board, anybody got any ideas what Picos or other small form factors out there got the juice? 

I think a little, like really compact, desktop DL would be a great addition to my collection but not for that price.

Yeah, but most of the hard work was done by the Mame team.  I applaud his efforts, and his work is extremely good, I just think he should acknowledge those who "helped" his progress a little more.  Besides you don't need a Rpi.  I have a xbox here that does the same, and it cost me $10 and kinda fits on a desk.... 

[southpaw13]

I think it's just a matter of time for the Digital Leisure games to be in Mame.  The drivers have been there for a LONG time, now Mame even supports some of the other LD games.  Mame likes to stay away from being in competition with a commercial product.  Example of this is the Golden Tee series.  They won't add the driver until the product is no longer supported.

[lamprey]

Clearly the rPi is up to the job but I'm not keen to spend $400 for the luxury of the dexter board, anybody got any ideas what Picos or other small form factors out there got the juice? 

Are you asking about a "small computer" that can run Daphne?

There was a lot in your post and I think your questions might have gotten lost.

[lamprey]

I think it's just a matter of time for the Digital Leisure games to be in Mame.  The drivers have been there for a LONG time, now Mame even supports some of the other LD games.  Mame likes to stay away from being in competition with a commercial product.  Example of this is the Golden Tee series.  They won't add the driver until the product is no longer supported.

Golden Tee Fore is in MAME now, for what it is worth.

[pbj]

Mame likes to stay away from being in competition with a commercial product.  Example of this is the Golden Tee series.  They won't add the driver until the product is no longer supported.

Wanna know how I know you haven't been in this hobby very long? 

[Le Chuck]

Clearly the rPi is up to the job but I'm not keen to spend $400 for the luxury of the dexter board, anybody got any ideas what Picos or other small form factors out there got the juice? 

Are you asking about a "small computer" that can run Daphne?

There was a lot in your post and I think your questions might have gotten lost.

They're the lines of text that end in the "?"

Seriously tho, I do wonder what pocket sized computing solutions there are that run Daphne smoothly - should be any of them these days I'd imagine, just haven't seen it done. 

[wp34]

I think it's just a matter of time for the Digital Leisure games to be in Mame.  The drivers have been there for a LONG time, now Mame even supports some of the other LD games.  Mame likes to stay away from being in competition with a commercial product.  Example of this is the Golden Tee series.  They won't add the driver until the product is no longer supported.

In my limited experience Digital Leisure actually protects its IP in the way that others assume (fear) that Nintendo and Namco do. 

[lamprey]

Clearly the rPi is up to the job but I'm not keen to spend $400 for the luxury of the dexter board, anybody got any ideas what Picos or other small form factors out there got the juice? 

Are you asking about a "small computer" that can run Daphne?

There was a lot in your post and I think your questions might have gotten lost.

They're the lines of text that end in the "?"

Seriously tho, I do wonder what pocket sized computing solutions there are that run Daphne smoothly - should be any of them these days I'd imagine, just haven't seen it done.

HA! 

It may have just been me, but part of my confusion is that an rPi is used to run the dexter (Not sure, why it needs a separate CPU, but..). While DL is running on the original boards, not the rPi. At any rate, I don't know is my answer.