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Hacking Hydro Thunder..err Offroad Thunder (Updated)
DarthMarino:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on February 02, 2016, 02:42:41 pm ---From what I've read online, the controls were much better on the gamecube version.
I assume that means actual analog control was working on the gamecube, but not any of the other ports.
The SF Rush games are just unplayable without analog control.
Those games were specifically mentioned as being much more playable on the gamecube version.
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Rush: The Rock definitely plays better on the Gamecube version. I still don't love the way it feels though. The physics are different from the original. Hopefully the arcade version gets proper emulation like the non-Rock version.
Hydro Thunder also works pretty well but as mentioned, it is really the Dreamcast version.
Offroad Thunder works well though I get a small graphical error on some of the taillights. The PS2 version is almost perfect so that's what I've been using. The analog control feels great. I have no idea why they botched the control in Rush so much.
twistedsymphony:
doesn't the original arcade version of Hydro Thunder run on a Windows PC? has this game ever been dumped for MAME? if so it might be worth seeing if assets and other pieces of the original arcade release can be used to make the MAT version whole... or just crack it to run on any Windows PC a-la TTX.
Howard_Casto:
Some of the suggestions mentioned (dreamcast version, ps2, ect) require a rather powerful pc to play, ditto for mame. This is the very reason I worked on the pc version of outrun 2.... it doesn't matter if it ever gets emulated as next to no one will be able to play it. At least right now anyway.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: twistedsymphony on February 08, 2016, 08:40:25 am ---doesn't the original arcade version of Hydro Thunder run on a Windows PC? has this game ever been dumped for MAME? if so it might be worth seeing if assets and other pieces of the original arcade release can be used to make the MAT version whole... or just crack it to run on any Windows PC a-la TTX.
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Wow. You are correct. Celeron processor and 3Dfx Voodoo2 video card running on a windows 95 variant.
(Offroad Thunder also)
I did not realize this.
Between this and not knowing about the PC version, I'm batting zero on this one. :lol
Howard_Casto:
Ok then... project suspended for now. It might be possible to run it right now via a glide wrapper. The "security" at that time was that nobody had a pc powerful enough to run it.
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