Lynx emulation and MAMEWAH problem!

[Turnarcades]

I'm currently trying to setup a Lynx emulator for use with MAMEWAH, but unfortunately I'm having trouble running the best emulator (Handy) with the frontend.

I am trying to get decent emulation from low-end PC's and as a result am limitedin the choice of emulators. I moved from Magic Engine to Hu-Go for the PC Engine as Magic Engine depends on 3d graphics cards to run. Si,ilarly I have used mednafen for Lynx emulation, but it's performance is dreadful on low-end PC's.

Handy is supposedly the best emulator for the job, and I have used both the regular 0.95 version and the 'Esc key hacked' version 0.90 which run great, but only when using it in Windows. For some reason when I try to launch it from MAMEWAH, the screen blacks out, and cannot be exited - more like a fatal error than a problem with emulation.

Can anyone help or suggest an alternative?

[gonzo90017]

Replace {nodosbox} with {dosbox}

How did you get hugo working. I've tried many times without success.

If you need help on any other emulators let me know I'm currently putting the last touches on a 400mhz pc. I've had pretty good success running most emus full speed with no frameskip. What hardware are you using?

[Turnarcades]

Nice one Gonzo, I will give it a shot and see if this works. I have borrowed from other people's .ini files so maybe I just completely missed this on this particular emu.

My spec isn't particularly low, but I use PC's just above baseline to ensure good gameplay even on 'advanced' 2d games like Metal Slug and Neo-Geo games.
Generally this is P3 700-900Mhz, 128mb RAM with 20Gb hard drives. Some people go way over what is actually required, but I've found this to be brilliant for my needs. Generally I use re-claimed office desktop PC's with decent on-board graphics and sound, which are perfect if you set up the software correctly.

If it helps, here is my Hu-go config file for you to borrow from....

### TG16.ini (mamewah v1.61) ###

emulator_title                            TG16

### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path                                  C:\TG16\roms
rom_extension                             ZIP
dat_file                                 
nms_file                                 
catver_ini_file                           
list_generation_method                    rom_folder

### Execution Settings ###
emulator_executable                       C:\TG16\Hugo\hugo.exe
commandline_format                        "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{safelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_1                  "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{safelaunch}
alt_commandline_format_2                  "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{safelaunch}
game_specific_config_path                 

### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_1_image_path                      c:\TG16\snap
artwork_2_image_path                     
artwork_3_image_path                     
artwork_4_image_path                     
artwork_5_image_path                     
artwork_6_image_path                     
artwork_7_image_path                     
artwork_8_image_path                     
artwork_9_image_path                     
artwork_10_image_path                     
movie_preview_path                       
movie_artwork_no                          1

### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver               0
saver_type                                slideshow
movie_path                               
movie_fullscreen                          1
quit_delay                                30
wrapper_executable                       
wrapper_commandline_format                "[rompath]\[name].[romext]"{nodosbox}{safelaunch}
scr_file                                 

### External Application Settings ###
ipc_file_or_path                         
app_1_executable                         
app_1_commandline_format                 
app_2_executable                         
app_2_commandline_format                 
app_3_executable                         
app_3_commandline_format                 
auto_launch_apps                         

### Additional Settings ###
music_path                               
lcd_display_file_path                     
lcd_fe_text                               

### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list                              0

This is using the Windows version of Hugo and integrated gtk interface, which is essential. Google for it, as it is in several places bundled together as a complete installation package.

[Turnarcades]

Oh nice one for the help - just got it running sweet now!
Shame Handy doesn't have the nice interpolation filter Mednafen has, but hey at least it runs games at a decent speed on a P3!

[gonzo90017]

Have you tried running Turbo Duo games?

I run NeoGeo games full speed. I just use winkawaks. It gives you the option of saving decrypted C's. That way it loads some games faster.