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Ridge Racer 2 and Rave Racer link play working in MAME WIP test build.
xbrunox:
--- Quote from: SailorSat on February 26, 2025, 07:45:30 pm ---It should be in 0.276.
As long as my pull requests gets merged.
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Hi Sailor.
Are your implementations merged?
which new games have now lan support?
thanks
John Bennett:
Sorry to see it's looking like such a chore to get it merged into MAME @SailorSat.
Even when I had 3-screen working on Drivers Eyes and Full Scale, it was something I never fancied doing as the code review gauntlet looks about as much fun as root canal.
John Bennett:
--- Quote from: anchounio on March 09, 2025, 04:31:42 am ---
--- Quote from: SailorSat on March 09, 2025, 03:05:42 am ---I am amused to see we still don't have the correct dump for ridgeracer fullscreen in MAME yet.
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I had not understood your message untill I searched for Ridge Racer fullscreen in youtube. I did not know this 3 screens version existed.... And now I know what you mean: Broken graphics due to a bad dump.
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--- Quote from: SailorSat on March 09, 2025, 03:05:42 am ---I am amused to see we still don't have the correct dump for ridgeracer fullscreen in MAME yet.
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Yeah, that's would appear on the surface to all be down to me and it's less than amusing :(
The last Full Scale was saved from a destruction by a large UK retro arcade (who had to go to some trouble and expense to negotiate, buy and transport ).
They allowed me to dump the good ROMs from it on the agreement that, prior to me releasing them, they would be allowed to get their machine up and running first, after all the trouble/expense.
To help matters in this deal I made up a PCB so they could drive all the lights and speedo/tacho dashboard from MAME, should they struggle to get enough original boards working. This took me quite a fair bit of time and money as there's a motorised speedo on the MX-5 with servo feedback, but I thought it was worth it to get the ROMs out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q702CC6RtkY&feature=youtu.be
(all that vertical tearing between screens is actually now fixed with SailorSat's update to the comms).
But I don't see any progress on the machine being made after about 3 years.
However if I break my word and those ROMs go out, then I think it's very likely all incentive to repair the last Full Scale will disappear and it will remain in storage forevermore, or worse.
So I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't :'(.
But trust me, I wanted to put those ROMs out there 3 years ago, I gain nothing personally in keeping them, I just get insulted from time to time.
John Bennett:
It's also worth noting that there's ANOTHER version of Ridge Racer and it isn't dumped anywhere that I'm aware of.
I've tried e-mailing the shopping arcade it's in, but I got no response.
That's basically the final version they did - you can see it's 1994. I think they basically took the 3-screen code of Fullscale and put it into normal Ridge Racer. It has the POV of the normal game and the dials are on-screen. Should be a doddle to add to the emulation, if it ever gets dumped. (and if I get it, it's going live on Internet Archive immediately - no exclusivity deals :D )
2huwman:
--- Quote from: John Bennett on April 07, 2025, 11:51:35 am ---
Yeah, that's would appear on the surface to all be down to me and it's less than amusing :(
The last Full Scale was saved from a destruction by a large UK retro arcade (who had to go to some trouble and expense to negotiate, buy and transport ).
They allowed me to dump the good ROMs from it on the agreement that, prior to me releasing them, they would be allowed to get their machine up and running first, after all the trouble/expense.
To help matters in this deal I made up a PCB so they could drive all the lights and speedo/tacho dashboard from MAME, should they struggle to get enough original boards working. This took me quite a fair bit of time and money as there's a motorised speedo on the MX-5 with servo feedback, but I thought it was worth it to get the ROMs out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q702CC6RtkY&feature=youtu.be
(all that vertical tearing between screens is actually now fixed with SailorSat's update to the comms).
But I don't see any progress on the machine being made after about 3 years.
However if I break my word and those ROMs go out, then I think it's very likely all incentive to repair the last Full Scale will disappear and it will remain in storage forevermore, or worse.
So I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't :'(.
But trust me, I wanted to put those ROMs out there 3 years ago, I gain nothing personally in keeping them, I just get insulted from time to time.
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How frustrating, and not cool if you're getting hassle for not releasing them. But do you really think the owner's incentive to repair the Full Scale would reduce if the ROMs were released? It doesn't sound like the owner has much motivation to complete the repair currently anyway (and I'm sure has lots of competing demands on their time). Enthusiasts are always drawn to the original hardware - I could play the 30+ cabs I own on my phone, but that doesn't stop me from going to great lengths to get the real thing! I would think that people will want to play it, if it finally gets completed, whether or not the 3 screen ROMs are out there. Lots of enthusiasts don't know/understand/like/or care about MAME.
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