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| scotthh:
And someone appears to use MAME to get to the Pac Man screen as well: youtube.com/watch?v=JdctZpE-EJA&feature=related |
| CrazyKongFan:
The DK kill screen isn't on level 256, but it does have something to do with that number. Visit this site: http://www.jeffsromhack.com/products/donkeykong_tech.htm and it'll tell you why you get the kill screen at level 22. Jeff is the guy who programmed D2K, so he's disassembled the DK code and probably can write it in his sleep ;D Yeah, the timer starts at 100, then jumps to 4000 and counts down to 3700. That's the 4 ticks off the timer that the formula explained on Jeff's page due to the 8 bit overflow. I'm not sure why the "almost out of time" sound doesn't play though. There's probably some formula in the game that decides to play that sound and the kill screen timer doesn't trigger it (that's my guess anyway). The timer is counting down in MAME, if you watch the video, it just stops at 3700 (which is the equivalent of 0 due to that overflow). Normally, when you hit 0, you have a few seconds before you actually die. I'm guessing it's the same amount of time after it hits 3700 on the kill screen than when it hits 0 on any other level. Hopefully that made sense :) |
| Ummon:
DK killscreen: In my case, the counter was at 7000 and I was near the top . Yeah. I'll have to go back and try it again. Maybe Mame isn't accurate, or perhaps the cheat engine is erring. Also still a question is that the engine goes up to level 98. (?) --- Quote from: scotthh on September 07, 2008, 11:50:56 pm ---And someone appears to use MAME to get to the Pac Man screen as well: youtube.com/watch?v=JdctZpE-EJA&feature=related --- End quote --- Yeah, of course. Don Hodges says he warped to each one via Mame. And he was using an older version. Essentially, I was asking to see what others' experiences were in getting there, and what versions of mame they were using. I should've asked those specifically. |
| scotthh:
--- Quote from: Ummon on September 09, 2008, 06:45:07 pm ---Maybe Mame isn't accurate, or perhaps the cheat engine is erring. Also still a question is that the engine goes up to level 98. (?) --- End quote --- The DK kill screen is the result of a math "error". I doubt when they designed the game they imagined someone could play for 5 hours on one quarter. The game doesn't end, you just don't have enough time to finish the screen. If you warp beyond the kill screen level, you can continue to play. --- Quote from: Ummon on September 09, 2008, 06:45:07 pm ---Yeah, of course. Don Hodges says he warped to each one via Mame. And he was using an older version. Essentially, I was asking to see what others' experiences were in getting there, and what versions of mame they were using. I should've asked those specifically. --- End quote --- Oh, I thought you were trying to warp to 256, but should have been warping to 22. |
| TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: scotthh on September 09, 2008, 07:59:54 pm ---I doubt when they designed the game they imagined someone could play for 5 hours on one quarter. --- End quote --- Actually it takes about 2 hours to get to the kill screen, but I'm being nit-picky of course. ;D |
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