ZVG Question

Mark H

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what was the last good fully functional mame / rom configuration? the revision .96 roms seems to have several binary errors. games that do not work include speed freak, omega race, barrier plus more. what configurations have worked for you guys?

mh
 
I went though some ROMs with VectorMAME 0.96 from the ZVG site with finding the clean ones for testing. Here's what I have today (yes = running w/o errors). If the game isn't on the list, I either haven't tried it or don't have it:

Black Widow errors
Asteroids yes
Gravitar yes
Asteroids Deluxe yes
Space Fury yes
Space Duel yes
Star Castle yes
Rip-Off yes
Eliminator yes
War of the Worlds yes
Solar Quest yes
Lunar Battle yes
Demon yes
Battlezone yes
Major Havoc yes
Red Baron yes
Omega Race yes
Zektor yes
Barrier yes
Lunar Lander errors
Star Wars yes

If you tell me what information to I look for in the ROM itself, I'll update the working ones here.
 
Games not working:

omega race
speed freak
demon



games do not load, ZVG screen blank, the Computer monitors shows a sequence of 0's and 1's - some kind of binary code error?

mh
 
Speed Freak works for me as well (although I get "There are known problems with this game; This game lacks sound."). All three that you named work for me on Mame 0.96. What Mame are you using?
 
I am using .100 and it appears to be running all the games...

I have noticed a couple of things...

1. the sound is star trek is much, much louder than the rest of the games, but the samples for star trek is very quiet.
2. some games, luner lander variant, speed freak, omega race, complain about issues with the game.


BTW, which games have sample files? I think I have all of them now, but I am not sure...
 
I believe these all need samples:

Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Barrier
Eliminator
Red Baron
Rip-Off
Solar Quest
Space Fury
Space Wars
Speed Freak
Star Castle
Star Hawk
Star Trek
Sundance
Tac/Scan
Tail Gunner
Warrior
Zektor
 
Thanks.

Any idea how to increase the volume on the samples? They are really, really, really quiet.
 
Maybe I need to rephrase that...

I am assuming its the samples, but maybe not.

The voices are really, really quiet. Any way to increase the volume on them?
 
I believe these all need samples:

Asteroids
Asteroids Deluxe
Barrier
Eliminator
Red Baron
Rip-Off
Solar Quest
Space Fury
Space Wars
Speed Freak
Star Castle
Star Hawk
Star Trek
Sundance
Tac/Scan
Tail Gunner
Warrior
Zektor

Three others that need samples are Armor Attack, War of the Worlds, and Boxing Bugs. It seems BB is the only one that has not been dumped yet.
 
Three others that need samples are Armor Attack, War of the Worlds, and Boxing Bugs. It seems BB is the only one that has not been dumped yet.

I have Armor Attack and WOTW.

Are the voices in the games in ROM or in the Samples?
 
Are the voices in the games in ROM or in the Samples?

That's something I'd like to know as well. I have problems with Star Trek too, but in my case the voices are timed wrong. Sometimes Sulu's talking is covered by the sound effects when he's supposed to the only sound going at the time. Works great when I try it in regular mame on a PC.
 
That's something I'd like to know as well. I have problems with Star Trek too, but in my case the voices are timed wrong. Sometimes Sulu's talking is covered by the sound effects when he's supposed to the only sound going at the time. Works great when I try it in regular mame on a PC.

Hmmm... I think the sounds are in the right order/place...

I did have the voice run just as loud as the sound effects once last night. no freaking idea what I did.

What about the rest? how does it work for the rest of you?
 
My solution was to run a later version of MAME (version 1.06) for the Sega games and version 0.96 for the rest. I used a batch file to switch them. I have a copy if you want it.

I'm also having trouble with star trek sounds in my zvg setup. I'm sure somebody solved this mystery.
 
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