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Title: Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: Inaba on September 11, 2003, 05:44:46 pm: I've never read anywhere exactly why Tekken (and the subsequent Tekken series of games) are not emulated in MAME?

Does anyone have a technical explanation as to why?

Are there any Tekken rom dumps and/or emulators out there?
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: SirPoonga on September 11, 2003, 06:06:07 pm: Zinc emulates a tekkan.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: TalkingOctopus on September 11, 2003, 06:38:23 pm: Another option is to use ePSXe to play the tekken 1-3 playstation version.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: Inaba on September 11, 2003, 06:42:26 pm: How faithful are the PS versions compared to the Arcade?

I'd really like to have a working Tekken 1 and 2 cab(s) in my home, but I don't want brain-damaged version of them.

If I could find a T1 and T2 cab for sale somewhere close by, I'd go buy it. :(
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: SirPoonga on September 11, 2003, 06:57:24 pm: In general fighting games in the arcade are fairly close to console version. There may be slight differences in graphics and even slighter differences in gameplay.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: Lilwolf on September 11, 2003, 07:19:00 pm: basically the arcade IS a playstation.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 11, 2003, 08:53:06 pm: I wouldn't go that far. Mind you this is from a person that absolutely HATES the tekken series and I can tell a big diff between the ps1 version and the arcade. Namely the arcade is faster because it had a slightly better processor and the home version looks better because of larger storage space.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: grafixmonkey on September 16, 2003, 09:00:02 pm: As for why it's not emulated in mame, I can't even run S.T.U.N. Runner on my p4 1.5... maybe it's just not fast enough. But then I guess there's Killer Instinct that's been too slow for quite a while too...

I think the most likely thing is some company has asked them not to emulate it, or the hardware is too complicated.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: Howard_Casto on September 18, 2003, 03:56:15 pm: Well the namco arcade sound chip isn't emulated yet(and never will be unless somone finds info on it), so ALL namco 3d arcade games lack sound at this point. I think that's the biggest reason, although dancing eyes just got into mame (sans sound) which runs on the same hardware as tekken/tekken2. A person should also note that it runs at about 1/6th the speed it does on zinc, so it's kind of like crusin being added. It's in there, but next to no-one can actually play it.
Title: Re:Not really a control question... but none the less...
Post by: grafixmonkey on September 21, 2003, 02:32:08 am: I guess we'll just have to wait for some multi-terrahertz processors to come out, so we can play our old 90's arcade favorites. ::)