Help Wanted (arcade game owners)

[Tafoid]

I don't know what happened to my screenshot in my last post, it was showing in preview mode, but now all I get is a little red X. I'm on a different computer right now, I'll include a screenshot of my ROM's running in MAME, but it's an older version, so Kong is floating 1 pixel above the level (it was done using WolfMAME 106).

Regarding this issue, since it is an oddity that you wouldn't expect, I don't think we can get Developers to pay attention to it without pictures taken from an actual PCB output to dispute the issue. A nice clear snapshot of the issue from the original PCB would be great, but the video itself seems to clearly show it once you make it full screen. I'll put up the report.

Anyway, couple comments on your mametesters submissions.
The Kong delay happens on the Falcon version for sure (most of the arcade versions I played were that version and it always did it, as well as my board with the Falcon version running). That other board I have that is similar to the Alca version also does it, and I also have a video that came from youtube (unfortunately I can't find the link), it was from a guy selling a Congorilla machine and had a link to a youtube video of it running. This was also running the same version as my other board, with the missing ladder (so I'm pretty sure mine isn't just a fluke His had the delay as well.

Good information. When you join up I can move the bug to your editing control and you can put the information you need to it.

On the chest beat sound, the double one is only on the rivet level, but it does a single one most of the time on the other boards. It's also not what the white noise is, that's supposed to be there as well. The white noise is the only thing you get in MAME though.

That's true. So, this would mean some internal sample either isn't in the sound rom (bad/different?), or emulation isn't accessing it for some reason.

On Macho Mouse, it's mostly that the notes cut off too quickly on the sound emulation, at least to my ears. It's probably the same thing as the notes on Crazy Kong too, since they both use the AY-3-8910. Good luck finding a PCB though for a high-res scan...been looking for one of those for awhile now (that one, and Super Mouse or Funny Mouse, which are sequels to Macho Mouse)

I'm not too confident either. Someone among this massive crowd of collectors is bound to have the PCB or manual in their archives. I hope that's the case, anyway

Anyway, thanks for listening, I'll probably sign up for an account over there too. I do need to get the ROM's for my one board over to the MAME team.

As far as listening, I'm just trying to do what I can to help the project as a whole.
I sincerely hope you do submit your set. As I mentioned before, make sure you have some supporting documents and/or snapshots of the actual product. You detailed the board fairly well in an earlier post, but the snapshot wasn't of your specific board. Such unique identification is important when adding new games/clones of games. You can get some idea of what makes for a good documentation of a submission by visiting Siftware's site:
http://softwarethis.com/arcade/index.php - in particular pcb shots and an information writeup.

 

[CrazyKongFan]

Regarding this issue, since it is an oddity that you wouldn't expect, I don't think we can get Developers to pay attention to it without pictures taken from an actual PCB output to dispute the issue. A nice clear snapshot of the issue from the original PCB would be great, but the video itself seems to clearly show it once you make it full screen. I'll put up the report.

Yeah, I just wanted to show I had a version that wasn't currently in MAME. I did the other screenshot in the current version, but didn't have the current version on the PC I was posting from, so I used an older one (that exhibited the 1 pixel offset).,.that's why I noted it.