MiSTer FPGA Forum

The only issue I've had so far is that it defaults to setting the direction axis as hatswitches: you have to press A+Start each time you restart the MiSTer to switch it to a proper axis it can recognize. Apologies for reviving an old thread but I'm using the Mayflash adapter with my Virtua Stick and the stick controls aren't being recognized. In-g...

Did I hear correctly that these boards are famous for having loads of custom chips?

antibolo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:40 pm Seems the core now looks for cd_bios.rom recursively down the directories, making it easy to split up your images into directories for each region, with a single cd_bios.rom for each region.

That’s really cool. I’m obsessive enough that now I’ll have to create the region-specific directories.

Milspex wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:08 pm probably best to not go to that forum at all

I haven't been on in years. It's awful there.

Gymcrash wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:05 pm OK, so I've done some research, and this rom linked by Pezz, is probably the "correct" rom - and you're fine to use it for now.

Thanks for this background!

Are we sure the ROM linked by pezz is the samshoVPerfect ROM that's been released as part of the Sam sho collection? Now that you mention it, this may just be a hacked ROM to replace the 'Special' with 'Perfect' wherever it appears; at least according to this video linked in the Twitter thread. I don't know enough about Special vs Perfect to tell ...

kubbie wrote: ↑Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:41 pm Use the samsh5fe.zip and add the line below to your romset.xml
<romset name="samsh5fe" pcm="1" altname="Samurai Shodown V Perfect" publisher="SNK" year="2004" ram="2"/>

That did it! Thanks!

Not sure if anyone on this forum has tried this yet but it seems like the ROM of Samurai Shodown V Perfect has been extracted and is playable on the MiSter NeoGeo core. Pezz82 tweeted about it.

I'm using the DarkSoft romset but MiSTer isn't reading able to load this ROM. Anyone know how to get this to work on MiSTer?

Blowing down on the heat sink may just circulate hot air inside, if the exhaust/inlet vents are too distant. On the other hand, blowing up would cause those vents to be inlets, and as long as the incoming air crosses the heatsink, this may be superior. This is exactly what I was thinking. I don't like the idea of blowing air onto the heatsink sinc...

Has anyone done research on whether a fan works more efficiently blowing onto the chip/heatsink or pulling hot air away? My theory is that a fan pulling hot air from heatsink would work most efficiently in a setup that has a case while a fan blowing onto the heatsink would work best for no case. Just wanted to see if anyone had collected data to su...

KnC wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:19 pm The new update for sega cd also fixes the champ soccer game with 95 tracks it seem to work fine with reset on insertion on now too

That’s fantastic! Thanks for the heads up.

Support for per-game CD BIOS was just implemented!

I suggest the mega cd 2 one because mega cd 1 bios seems to have problems with mister by not correctly detecting tray status if "reboot after inserting" is set to OFF. You're right. I think the Sega CD 1 BIOS has that problem too. I use a Region Free Sega CD Model 2 Bios as my Go to with the Japanese as Standby. (I like to use the Sega C...

Kitrinx wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 8:16 pm I can't say which is the most compatible, but two that you should NOT use are wondermega and xeye. Those bioses have some differences that can interfere with the sound.

Thanks for the tip!

Brettster wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 7:50 pm I would have thought the older bios would be the most compatible as devs would have had to target that one as they were not upgradeable by the user

That was exactly my thinking.

JUNKER Seed wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 6:22 pm There’s a region free BIOS floating around the Internet. Makes dealing with Sega CD games a bit easier.

Not what I was looking for but damned if it's not what I needed. Thanks!

What are the BIOS files that offer the widest compatibility for each region? (North American, PAL, and Japan market) I've seen several versions for each region.

KnC wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 9:26 am Maybe its due to the amount of files it uses when its checking the disc on reset
but if you start the core and turn off reset on insertion then load champ 94, (95 track version) it works fine

Setting 'reset on insertion' to no on the OSD fixed it.

Thanks everyone for your responses and help.

I just loaded it up and started playing a match between Italy and Romania. I am using the 2.00 bios and MegaCD_20200502.rbf. Championship Soccer '94 (1994)(Sony Imagesoft)(NTSC)(US)[CDAC-068200 1].cue Championship Soccer '94 (1994)(Sony Imagesoft)(NTSC)(US)[CDAC-068200 1].bin I tried this BIN/CUE set and finally got it to work. The BIN/CUE files I...

Schnoogums wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 2:36 am Which BIOS are you using? Have you tried others?

I've used the 1.10, 2.00, 2.00(W) and 2.11 BIOS files and still nothing.

I'm about to start pulling my hair out because all of the other games I've tried have worked flawlessly and I seem to be the only one having this issue.

+1

I'd love a Neo Geo Pocket core on the MiSTer.

It's a small library but packed with some great games. SamSho and Gals' Fighters on the Switch are nice but we need more!

I can’t get Championship Soccer ‘94 to load on the Mega CD core. The BIOS screen is just blank. I’m using a REDUMP BIN/CUE file set.

Is anyone else having this issue or know of a solution?

MegaCD_20200502.rbf

This is awesome!

Thanks for sharing

I was having this issue to when I first moved to an external HDD. Make sure there's a a folder for Neo Geo on the root of your HDD. I don't think it's case sensitive but my folder is named "NeoGeo". In that folder on your HDD, be sure it has all of the BIOS files including romsets.xml. - 000-lo.lo - sfix.sfix - sp-s2.sp1 (MVS) - neo-epo.s...

Hi the best way I've found is to launch every game and enter unibios settings after I have activated autosave, I even entered settings and set things right (level 4, no censorship and so on) took me about an hour during lockdown :twisted: Yes I like playing in Japanese and Arcade setting were you to use Darksoft set and willing to use the Jap/Arca...

I’ve never had this issue with either of those cores. Is it possible your audio playback device has a dynamics/“loudness” compressor enabled? Those work by quickly detecting loud sounds and “smashing” them quieter, but there can be a slightly noticeable delay before it kicks in. That would certainly match your symptoms. Damn, you’re a genius and I...

Hello, all Really excited MiSTer has its own forums! I’ve been having an issue with my MiSTer’s sound. Specifically, super loud audio for a fraction of a second when starting a ROM in the NEOGEO core. This also happens on the MegCD core so I don’t think it’s unique to NEOGEO core but I figured I’d start here first. For the NEOGEO, the loud audio on...