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vbt - May 30, 2010

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vbt

Apr 4, 2011

	caius said:
	Very good and promising!How is the speed on a real Saturn?What is the level of emulation (sound, sprite priority, etc..)?

Actually it runs at 45fps on 50hz saturn.

I'm not sure sprite priority is emulated but colors, layers, sprites, scrolling are emulated.

But there is no sound and I've disable the second z80. The next step is to debug Raze with the help of SatCom.

caius

Apr 5, 2011

	vbt said:
	Actually it runs at 45fps on 50hz saturn. I'm not sure sprite priority is emulated but colors, layers, sprites, scrolling are emulated. But there is no sound and I've disable the second z80. The next step is to debug Raze with the help of SatCom.

OK, thanks.I'm asking this because sprite priorities are very important in Sega System 1 games, also MAME had some troubles with it in the past.Try Pitfall II, for example, to rest if they are OK.

		vbt	Apr 23, 2011

		vbt	Apr 25, 2011
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		vbt	Oct 9, 2011
		Possible next drivers : IREM M62 : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=737... Sega Kuygo : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=861... Taito Chak n Pop : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=628&gid=14... Cancelled drivers : IREM M75 : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=740... IREM M77 : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=741... Black Tiger : http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=788&gid=45...

		Runik	Oct 10, 2011
		Great work vbt ! Those Pang / Super Pang shots are gorgeous ... Personally I'd love to see the M62 driver running. What's the story behind cancelled drivers ?

vbt

Oct 13, 2011

	Runik said:
	Great work vbt ! Those Pang / Super Pang shots are gorgeous ... Personally I'd love to see the M62 driver running.

ok, it will be the next one. I'll have to upgrade the menu to support a bigger list.

What's the story behind cancelled drivers ?

about irem drivers i got some problems with palettes(i think it's 32 colors palettes) and also a strange background layer. Vigilante is running.

About Black tiger, i was just lazy, i've ported most of the driver but didn't try it at all.

		vbt	Oct 24, 2011

		vbt	Jun 15, 2012
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		Chilly Willy	Jun 23, 2012
		Nice! It just keeps getting better.

vbt

Jun 24, 2012

	Chilly Willy said:
	Nice! It just keeps getting better.

I'm working on a release version even if it's not perfect. I have a random bug I can't explain on Bank Panic.

When you kill a guy who delivers money you loose and then there is a problem on tiles, it's like it start column 2 instead of 0

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Chilly Willy

Jun 24, 2012

	vbt said:
	I'm working on a release version even if it's not perfect. I have a random bug I can't explain on Bank Panic. When you kill a guy who delivers money you loose and then there is a problem on tiles, it's like it start column 2 instead of 0 [attachment=7739:co rrect_bankp.JPG][att achment=7740:bug_2.J PG]

COOL!!!

Oh, you mean it's not supposed to do that?

		vbt	Jul 30, 2012
		Gardia is working better now, I've rotated tiles, map, sprites and fixed scrolling. FBA is not yet ready for a release, I have some trouble to reinit things when you exit a driver. I it's not memory problems, sometimes it remains sprites (but i have erased all) or i get black screen but the menu works, i don't manage to reinit vram,sprites,layers everytime, it depends on drivers i quit.

		vbt	Aug 29, 2012
		should i add pacman driver ? it adds many games but not sure they are good (execpt Pengo) Birdiy,pengo,Ali Baba and 40 Thieves,MTV Rock-N-Roll Trivia,Big Bucks,Atlantic City Action,Boardwalk Casino,Dream Shopper,Naughty Mouse,Van-Van Car,Beastie Feastie,Ponpoko,Lizard Wizard,Cannon Ball, Pac Man, ...

		vbt	Aug 29, 2012
		other driver i'd like to add : system e (from mame) darius (from raine) dangar (from raine) Heavy Unit (from raine) system L (from raine) ATOMIC ROBOKID (from raine) do you think they can run full speed ?

		Chilly Willy	Aug 29, 2012
		Wow, my hat's off to you, man. That you have stuck with it and added all this stuff... and as for the stuff you're asking whether or not to add, I say go for it! Even if it turns out a bit slow, you can't really know beforehand, so sometimes you just have to try it to see.

vbt

Oct 21, 2012

	Chilly Willy said:
	Wow, my hat's off to you, man. That you have stuck with it and added all this stuff... and as for the stuff you're asking whether or not to add, I say go for it!

well, i always want to add more, i'm slow and work on it only during holidays. it's at the end of next week, so some news soon

))

Even if it turns out a bit slow, you can't really know beforehand, so sometimes you just have to try it to see.

yes i will try.

		vbt	Apr 16, 2013
		bump =) only some debug done, no driver added. no so far from a release.

		vbt	Aug 3, 2013
		well, new wip is just about adding overlay support and so "unlimited" drivers. is there anyone who would like to port fba drivers on saturn here ?

		vbt	Sep 6, 2013
		overlay seems to work correctly already 3 drivers running correctly main binary size is 70kb and drivers between 40 and 60kb

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