Spy Hunter and others...Slow?

[MYX]

There are a few games that are old school enough that they ought not doing the echo stutter thing. Spy hunter? This should be like totally simple right? Arkanoid Returns?

Also, does anyone else have issues with sound. Kind of like crakely on some games. Like the samples are junky?

[ahofle]

Holy lord it's 50% speed now for me too with the latest MAME (check your FPS with F11, I assume that's the problem for you too).  Looks like some 'improvements' were added to slow...er improve... these old games.  I found that setting the video mode to direct3d (not directdraw) and disabling 'bilinear filtering' I was able to get it back to 100%.

[MYX]

oh o o o k kk k k kay. I'll try it tonight.

[MYX]

Ok I think I did it, but now I have no user controls. What the...
What Resolution are you using on this game (are you on an arcade monitor?)
This seems to be a very high resolution. When I bring up the user options (in mame) (tab) The box is so small I can not read the words. Usually you can at least read the dang box. It is even smaller than when vector games start.

[ahofle]

I'm using a TV.  Since the recent MAME video rewrites, this is the order of things I try until I get a good clear (non-blurry) picture with good frame rates:

1) set resolution to 640x480
2) if that produces a tiny image (as you mentioned), disable 'switch resolutions to fit' (sorry I'm using MAME32 and can't remember the actual MAME variable names)
3) if it still doesn't look right, reenable 'switch resolutions to fit', and then try switching from directdraw to direct3D video mode, and unchecking bilinear filtering. Keep resolution on 640x480. (this usually also boosts performance significantly)

I'll check Spy Hunter settings specifically tonight when I get home.  Just curious, how do you play this game?  Do you have a yoke?

[ahofle]

OK checked my settings for Spy Hunter:
video mode = direct3D, resolution=640x480, disable bilinear filtering.