Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Question in the title...I don't see where this is associated to any core (but it's certainly interesting!).

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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OK, but there is no MRA that references the ROMs and no core that seems to align with it. I understand if it's a beta, but I can't find it at all.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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I believe it’s part if Sega System18 which is under beta development.

I can only assume it’s included to make beta testing easier for beta testers.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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I do see a Michael Jackson in the list but can't start the game unless you're a patreon.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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I do have 'Michael Jackson's Moonwalker' in my list of arcade cores, downloaded by update_all. Including the matching ROM. And sure you can start the core, just not play it (won't register your button presses as usual with the jt beta cores).

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Just got to be a Patreon of JoTegos, and you need the key to make it work that Patreons get.

But non-patreons get it all after 90 or is it 60 days or something. It's only a few quid to sign up. Plus you get to know what's being worked on, and the fortnightly core updates.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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The early Patreon releases are aways beta and have bugs to iron out. Jotego likes to be happy with them before release rather than wait for a given time period.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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I've done several updates now and still no MRA. Ugh. :)

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Derp! Didn't realize betas had a separate setting.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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the MRA can be downloaded from GitHub:

https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/blob/ma ... -0159).mra

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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getting a black screen but working sound on my arcade crt, but I've read this is a common issue, is that correct?

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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[jts18]
video_mode=640,16,64,80,240,1,3,14,12380
vga_scaler=1

Then set Scale: Wider HV-Integer

I don’t know anything about modelines and got lucky this worked.

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Can I just quickly hijack the topic and ask something.
Does the update_all download all the arcade ROMs that are available or do I have to search for some of them myself?

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Re: Why did update all include Michael Jackson's Moonwalker arcade ROMs?

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Alf wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:07 am

Can I just quickly hijack the topic and ask something.
Does the update_all download all the arcade ROMs that are available or do I have to search for some of them myself?

it does download it yes

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