Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 101 of 536 1 2 99 100 101 102 103 535 536
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,239
Likes: 263
R
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
R Offline
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,239
Likes: 263
I love that someone in Italy is first with correct kanji hookup in an emulator for a JDM-only computer. Who was it with the theory that people only want to work on exotic-to-them hardware again? smile

Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,223
Likes: 387
J
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
J Offline
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 2,223
Likes: 387
For anyone who hates the long bootup time of the CD-i driver, I've added savestate support in SVN revision 6302. Save a savestate at the main menu, and never have to sit through the 15-second bootup process again. Or until the savestate format changes again.

Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 617
Likes: 6
Senior Member
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 617
Likes: 6
What exactly does the Kanji hookup do? Convert kanji to reading? Or is it used as IME that converts reading to kanji?

BTW while we're at the topic of japanese computers: Anyone know a decent place in Kyoto where I could get some of those old machines? I found lots of used game consoles so far but no computers... Or would I have to go to Akihabara for that?

-Darkstar

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
A
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
A Offline
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
SVN r6301
Sony Pocketstation driver
Game : Maze, Tetris (.gme)


[Linked Image from img691.imageshack.us] [Linked Image from img254.imageshack.us] [Linked Image from img692.imageshack.us] [Linked Image from img688.imageshack.us] [Linked Image from img692.imageshack.us]

Last edited by Anna Wu; 11/05/09 06:17 AM.
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
A
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
A Offline
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
Originally Posted by Darkstar
What exactly does the Kanji hookup do? Convert kanji to reading? Or is it used as IME that converts reading to kanji?

BTW while we're at the topic of japanese computers: Anyone know a decent place in Kyoto where I could get some of those old machines? I found lots of used game consoles so far but no computers... Or would I have to go to Akihabara for that?

-Darkstar

Maybe you find some info here.

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
A
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
A Offline
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
Originally Posted by Kale
r6299 /src/mess/drivers/x1.c: [X1]: Heavily improved the kanji reading, this fixes most games that uses that feature

http://mamedev.emulab.it/kale/?p=819

afaik, just Asteka II and Hyper Olympics '84 doesn't work yet, the latter uses a different kanji reading method. And yes, this makes MESS to be the first X1 emulator to have this feature correctly implemented. smile

In other words, MESS is the first X1 emulator which use real rom dumps ?

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,691
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,691
not only: even if you try to use the correct dump in other emulators, they would not be able to read the kanji from it in the way the games expect them (i.e. in the way a real x1 would read them)

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
A
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
A Offline
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,625
Understand, thanks etabeta78. smile

Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,265
Likes: 201
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,265
Likes: 201
Originally Posted by etabeta78
not only: even if you try to use the correct dump in other emulators, they would not be able to read the kanji from it in the way the games expect them (i.e. in the way a real x1 would read them)

It doesn't work even if you use the fake kanji rom that they provides, granted that I've did everything correct (i.e. I've didn't bothered much)...
A small list of games that uses the kanji ROM are:
-Asteka II
-Gaia
-GaiFlame
-Gall Force
-Gambler Jiko Chuushinha
-Hyper Olympics '84
-Lost Armaggedon
-Maidum
-Maison Ikkoku - Omoideno Photograph
-M.U.L.E.

Maybe now I should put the student hat and try to implement .d88 writes...it's needed for later games like Sorcerian, King's Knight, American Truck, Hydlide floppy version, Legend of Kage... (And probably tells me what exactly is still needed for the z80dma to work)

Last edited by Kale; 11/05/09 05:14 PM. Reason: added more info
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,691
Very Senior Member
Very Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,691
Originally Posted by Anna Wu
SVN r6301
Sony Pocketstation driver
Game : Maze, Tetris (.gme)

@JustDessert: mmm... Maze and any other game from Pocket MuuMuu I tried freeze right after title screen. do you have any idea about the reason? I could find some time to investigate it in the weekend, if you're not already working on it

Page 101 of 536 1 2 99 100 101 102 103 535 536

Link Copied to Clipboard
Who's Online Now
3 members (Cpt. Pugwash, 2 invisible), 193 guests, and 0 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
ShoutChat
Comment Guidelines: Do post respectful and insightful comments. Don't flame, hate, spam.
Forum Statistics
Forums9
Topics9,331
Posts122,199
Members5,077
Most Online1,283
Dec 21st, 2022
Our Sponsor
These forums are sponsored by Superior Solitaire, an ad-free card game collection for macOS and iOS. Download it today!

Superior Solitaire
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 8.0.0