MagicEngine update (attn: ArcadeVGA owners)

[Minwah]

I haven't tried this yet (will do tonight), but MagicEngine has been updated, and it should now support ArcadeVGA resolutions! 

Note that v1.1.0 is the big update, but in the forum is bugfix v1.1.1

[FrizzleFried]

May I ask what MagicEngine is?

[joebells]

its an engine that is magical, requires no fuel, will run forever. Or maybe its a turbographx 16 emulator(might emulate a few other systems also not sure I just use it for turbographx f16

[Twin-X]

May I ask what MagicEngine is?

www.magicengine.com

[Dazz]

I just don't understand how they can get away with charging for an emulator...  Paying for an emulator just doesn't make any sense.  Now supporting an emulator developer by giving a donation is fine, but I don't agree with charging for an emulator.

[Jakobud]

I just don't understand how they can get away with charging for an emulator...  Paying for an emulator just doesn't make any sense.  Now supporting an emulator developer by giving a donation is fine, but I don't agree with charging for an emulator.

MagicEngine has always been a VERY exceptional emulator.  I payed for it many years ago and it was worth every single penny.

[Ginsu Victim]

I've used it off and on for years, but not much. I can't find an auto frame skip. Any clues?
I think I have .99 or 1.0 on my cab, not sure.
I can set it to skip X amount of frames, but haven't found an auto skip. It runs either too slow or too fast depending on the setting.

[Minwah]

Sorry I forgot to paste the link in my original post.

I have to second that it is a very good emulator. Still haven't tried it but low res. support should be the finishing touch really.

[Ummon]

I see they're all anime-themed. Did they even exist in Japanese arcades?

[Minwah]

Don't know if any else has tried this but unfortunately while low-res modes are listed, I can't get them to work (PCE crashes).  Will reoprt at the Magic Engine forum...

Edit: someone else has it working OK, so gonna play around with the pce.ini file...

[Lilwolf]

someone should also give it a try on a soft15khz setup. 

btw, I thought this was a pay emulator.  Did they change?

[Minwah]

btw, I thought this was a pay emulator.  Did they change?

You can download a demo, but I think it is limited to 5 mins (although you can use save states). It costs 15 Euro's to register.

[northerngames]

hugo runs fine and is free

[Minwah]

hugo runs fine and is free

I had never heard of that one.

[Minwah]

Edit: someone else has it working OK, so gonna play around with the pce.ini file...

OK got it working! Now using v1.1.2.  I think the problem was I had an aspect ratio setting wrong, it should be set to 0.  Another thing is that I can't get the GUI to run low-res, but that doesn't really matter, the games look great

[Ginsu Victim]

I can't find an auto frame skip. Any clues?
I think I have .99 or 1.0 on my cab, not sure.
I can set it to skip X amount of frames, but haven't found an auto skip. It runs either too slow or too fast depending on the setting.

Anyone?

[Minwah]

I can't find an auto frame skip. Any clues?
I think I have .99 or 1.0 on my cab, not sure.
I can set it to skip X amount of frames, but haven't found an auto skip. It runs either too slow or too fast depending on the setting.

Anyone?

Sorry, didn't see your post before...

There is an option for frameskip in pce.ini...but I don't think there is auto frameskip.  I would just turn it off (set to 0).

[Ginsu Victim]

Yeah....not exactly possible. I run it on a 733mhz and it's not even close to playable at that. At 1 frame skip, it's still slow, and at 2 frame skip, it's mostly good, but can be too fast in spots.

I haven't tried Hugo in years. I'll have to revisit that.

[northerngames]

yeah it worked great on xbox so I tried it with mamewah also and it works flawless.

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/pcengine/hugo.html

it requires the GTK+ in order to run though becuase that is what it was based off of.

http://www.gtk.org/download.html