This is a recently release pack of 18 classic IREM arcade games, with the first ever official "home" release for R-Type Leo. Plus the pack has Image Fight too, which is one of my favourite shmups of all time. Managed to get my PS3 HRAP to work with it too.
Link: http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/24/irem-arcade-hits
Ungh, chances of this working on Linux are slim. I suppose I could dl this and then play the arcade roms in sdlmame.
Ungh, chances of this working on Linux are slim. I suppose I could dl this and then play the arcade roms in sdlmame.
Yeah, the pack is Windows only but the ROMs should work fine on MAME
Try the new shmupmame. It has removed the emulation of a frame buffer which reduces input lag by 1 frame for many drivers including most of Irem's hardware.
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30659
You can compile your own Linux build of MAME by integrating the source from the above link into the package from http://mamedev.org, compiling is easy.
Cool, thanks for the tip
, will check that out when I get a chance. I try not to play too much stuff that I don't own PCBs for, sorta feels a bit wrong somehow.
I have tried them but playing 240p or 480i native games on a HG display feels wrong when you have input delay and upscaling artifacts, even when you've tweaked MAME for CRT/shadowmask simulation it doesn't quite look like it should with curvatures and scanlines. I do find MAME to be excellent for reference.
I've actually bought a nice Trinitron CRT for playing the recent Cave ports on. I was contemplating a cabinet but that was met with resistance.
Get the cab man. I have a JAMMA cab and it's awesome fun. Like you say MAME is an excellent project for reference and portable goodness. The ability to play Metal Slug on my phone whilst on the move is great and I do tend to fire up a ROM on MAME before I commit to buying a board.
Most of my stuff is MVS, with some Sega ST-V and one CPS-2 board. I do have a few dedicated PCBs too, Shinobi being one that is Perma-installed inside the cab
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I need to spend an afternoon with the soldering iron though and strip down my LS30 rotary sticks as the microswitches in certain directions aren't working right. It's all part of the fun.
I am so tempted, I think it's going to happen eventually!
Working with the technical stuff is appealing, too. I have only swapped worn out parts for my High Grade stick so it would be interesting working with a full system.
Can you fit multiple PCBs in one cab or do you swap them out?
Depends on the Cab. There's a pretty big space in the bottom of mine, with a rack for mounting a single PCB on one of the side panels. I have my Shinobi board installed in that, leaving the floor plate free for additional stuff. I've got my CPS2 in there (SFZero), with a Sega ST-V board balanced precariously ontop of it. In front of the CPS2 I have a 1 slot Neo Geo MVS standing upright. I do like the cartridge based stuff as it does cut down on storage. For example ST-V carts fit nicely in the coin box of my cab.
Mines a cheapo chinese candy cab knock-off. Still love it though
Ace, I shall investigate. Thouroughly.