Firefox in mame(video on youtube)

[BadBrad]

Fake or what?

[Dazz]

I'm pretty sure it is real... Some Laserdisc support was added in .127, so this could just be a WIP.

[Axe]

Wow, i forgot alla bout this game!!!

I remember watching the movie as a kid... I was 7!  the whole movie sucked (to my tender young mind) until the very end with all the jet scenes.

Maybe i'll go back and watch it...  This was one of the machines i tried only once... It came to the local arcade, died after a week, and was never brought back to life...

[RayB]

youtube video description claims its using .79

[ark_ader]

Looks all jumpy, and inverted for the cockpit version.

I would really like to know how to do the capture to CHD.

Sure would be quicker than to download it. 

[southpaw13]

Looks like it says version .79

[Dazz]

youtube video description claims its using .79

I didn't see that.  I don't think I believe that for one second unless it is a custom build.  If it was legit, why would it be showing up almost 50 versions later?

[TAG]

I thought that this has been possible for quite some time.  The NonMAME site shows a "M.A.C.H. 3 MAME" that allegedly supports Firefox.  I remember looking for it awhile back and reading the instructions, but it looked too complicated for me to figure out.  I'm not sure if that's what this is or not.

[jediz]

try here

http://www.scottwaye.com/mach3/firefox.html

[TAG]

try here

http://www.scottwaye.com/mach3/firefox.html

Yep, that's the one I was talking about!

[JackSparrow]

Which is indeed a custom hack job of .79...

but as of .128u it runs sweet as a nut

check here [youtube]VJ82pEtUrjI[/youtube]

[TAG]

Which is indeed a custom hack job of .79...

but as of .128u it runs sweet as a nut

Yep, and I grabbed it as soon as it hit that playable status.  All I need now is a Star Wars yoke, and all will be well.

[JackSparrow]

Oh I know... It's not the same playing it on the mouse, you need that full sized black cockpit, yoke, flightsuit and helmet to get the proper MIG-31 experience!

and to think I could finish the real one on the "Unlimited" level without batting an eye, now I struggle to have enough fuel left for the canyon on the 9000 mile mission...

"Boy, is this a machine!"

[Ummon]

Kudos for getting it done....but now I remember why I haven't been keeping up with this project. What a lemon, in the sense that it's not really 'Firefox'.

[JackSparrow]

it's as close as it gets in emulation mode though.. without a Mig-31 in the front room it's good enough for me..

[S0L]

Blimey, this crept up on me.

This has been one of the classic games I've always wanted to play, but something I've never seen in an arcade ever, and believe me I've looked.

This is where Mame excels, I doubt I'll see a working Firefox cab (I've not seen one so far by the merry age of 34, and I reckon the chances are only getting slimmer) but at least I've finally been able to experience it (even if it is like watching Wizard of Oz on a black and white TV!).

I understand when someone says 'It's not as good as the original' as that's very much how I feel about the Atari version of Star Wars, you can't beat sitting in that cab with the sound rolling around your ears and a vibrant XY monitor in front. The catch is sometimes you don't get to experience the original - or like me, you don't have the space to have an original cab (even if you can buy one!) then Mame is as close as you'll ever get.

As a developer myself, it's also allowed me to take a look at how they did it, and for 1984, thats some clever stuff. Even now I'm not sure how we'd be able to pull off seamless video switching on modern consoles when streaming FMV at full screen resolution.

So yes, finally had chance to play it If only Dave would get round to sending out my Star Wars yoke, I'll be able to try it as Atari intended!

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[JackSparrow]

Ive got the original footage as an mpeg2 stream in its chronological order from the disk. It's very interesting to see how it plays out and see how the wizards at Atari (god rest their happy little souls!) did it.

Mach 3 was nothing, pah, overlaying a raster image on standard video footage which doesnt change, it was like turning wine into water doing that (Piece of P**S) but to make the technology of the day do what the Firefox cab did was a bit special.

So, it's not the most difficult game of its kind (It's star wars with pretty pretty pretty graphics) and a hell of a soundtrack..

and well worth the nostalgia trip