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game play is a little sticky jerky on my games
« on: October 05, 2005, 04:29:32 pm »
hi guys ive set up my cocktail cab, with mala as my frontend and mame.80 as my emulator but ive noticed when i put the game 1941 it plays sticky and jerky it plays fine on my normall every day pc horizontal or vertical so any ideas on what this is?? is it a setting in mame?? all help much appreciated. :-\

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Re: game play is a little sticky jerky on my games
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2005, 04:33:30 pm »
What are the computer specs?
Also, while playing, hit F11 on your keyboard and tell us what percentage frame rate you are getting.

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Re: game play is a little sticky jerky on my games
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2005, 06:21:32 pm »
sorry my pc specs are:
pentium 3 869 mhz
128 meg ram
ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X GRAPHICS CARD (came with pc)
6 gig hard drive

tried to press F11 while the game was on but it didnt work..... :-[

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Re: game play is a little sticky jerky on my games
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2005, 06:33:24 pm »
Yes 1941 may not quite run at full speed on that system.  It doesn't run full speed on my P3 700.  You could try using an earlier version of mame that runs it faster?