#Handheld Cores

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gray grail
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Timer ReBase from maij + latest unstable build from today

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That should fix at least Koro Dice music.

wraith magnet
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What or who is insideGadgets?

gray grail
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A company who makes several PCB boards and adapters.
Some homebrews could use the EXT Link cable connection for connecting a mouse and/or a keyboard.

hard sinew
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I got my gb cartridge flasher and some cartridges from them. Very cool for your own romhacks.

rotund flume
uneven rover
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They are Australia based as well which is really nice, it’s rare to not have to import quality retro stuff here

wispy gate
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No if you think about the resolution of gameboy 240x160 vs the full screen 320 x 240 the scaling would be absolutely awful

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I believe either the downloader or update_all grabs them automatically now

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Wow a lot of updates to the gameboy core

gray grail
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Thanks for the timer rebase being pushed.

primal lichen
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Wow the Game Boy core got a lot of changes.

rotund flume
rotund flume
north ice
north ice
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But yeah, some really nice QOL changes, a rewrite of the hardware timers to be more accurate and based on the latest research.

hard sinew
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This this fix the green flicker when using the sbg palette in pokemon red & blue? derpsmile

deep yarrow
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is GB core approaching NES core levels of perfection now?

gray grail
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Some tests are still failing, but we are not yet in complete agreement on their validity.

north ice
hard sinew
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I take it thats not part of update_all yet?

wary fjord
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no, last release was june

hard sinew
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Still cool to know it's coming. 👍

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Thanks Paul!

hard sinew
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Got the latest unstable core and it really works! So happy to replay gen1 with a fresh palette.

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mystic tulip
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I tested it last night by playing Trip World

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and I tried a bunch of different palettes throughout

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the only bug I can report is the following, and I'm not sure if its system wide or if its just specific to trip world, but if you enable cheats on the mister menu, and then change the palette of the game after that, the cheat effects become disabled

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and the cheat has to be toggled off and on again to be activated again

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i tested save states, all the miscellaneous video options, frame blending, etc and it all seems to work pretty well

hard sinew
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I still can't get over how cool pokemon red&blue are with the sgb palette.

fast dove
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Does MiSTer support the GBA link cable over SNAC?

mystic tulip
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i heard there was work being done on a cycle accurate core for the gba

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i imagine once that is completed, it should be able to

fast dove
gleaming heath
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What is the MegaDuck Laptop support that's been added to the latest unstable? I'm awarey of the Laptop, but unsure what was actually added here?

ornate apex
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The mapper with SRAM save/load, keyboard, and RTC.

rotund flume
rotund flume
mystic tulip
arctic solstice
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Timlex, sounds like a name you would find on a knockoff watch.

novel kindle
rotund flume
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do we need to do pins in here?

novel kindle
gray grail
novel kindle
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thanks Zet !

fleet scroll
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Is there a setting I need to enable for the game boy core to play homebrew games? Trying to play the Yakuza GB Demake

novel kindle
rotund flume
rotund flume
fleet scroll
gray grail
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It kinda works for me on the current core.

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But the graphical issues are from the core, the game is bugged and the dev is aware of that.

rotund flume
fleet scroll
rotund flume
fleet scroll
novel kindle
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@fleet scroll confirmed it worked on my side with last unstable Gambeboy core testing on GB/GBC mode.

fleet scroll
novel kindle
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itch.io website I think it is the same Zet may used. It is the first one listed if we search "Yakuza GB demake"

gray grail
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Yep!

fleet scroll
novel kindle
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Cool !

random gazelle
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I'm gonna have to do something with my big, expertly curated, loose cart gba collection. I'm gonna swirl my hand in the sea of carts and pull one out everyday. Clean it test it and maybe list it.

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Today's random cart is...

reef marlin
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He tower?

random gazelle
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I remember this one fondly

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It had a cozy night time shoes clacking down an empty hallway vibe

fading scroll
# random gazelle

One of my favorite PC/Mac games (SimTower), I still have yet to play the GBA one. Took a dip into The Tower 2 (Yoot Tower) at some point but I remember having some kind of issue with it.

random gazelle
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Maybe I'll fire it up someday!

fading scroll
rotund flume
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SimTower isn’t good

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It’s amazing!!!!

random gazelle
north ice
random gazelle
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I'm swirling my hand in the sea of gba carts again...

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...swirling...

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Boom!

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Interesting one! Never got around to playing it but always wanted to because I love Wizardry.

random gazelle
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I mean the game Wizardry.

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Not Wizardry in real life.

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I'm not a wizard.

rotund flume
random gazelle
hard sinew
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Driver 2 is the best game on gba, don't even @ me.

torn jay
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Played mazes of fate for a while, then found out there is a DS version with better graphics, so I put it aside until some day

random gazelle
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Cool! Did not know about the DS version! I'll look forward to checking it out 😃

rotund flume
random gazelle
fair forge
random gazelle
fair forge
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I think you're thinking of warlocks

random gazelle
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We are, of course, in the presence of an actual wizard here...

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An fpga wizard

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FPGAzumSpass

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There's no doubt about that

toxic cargo
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There's (at least) another three wizards around here I can think about...

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One's from Ukraine, another is a female, and there's another who's Wicker than a Waka

random gazelle
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Plunging my hand into the sea of carts again...

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Excellent Outrun port

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On this

fair forge
random gazelle
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Random gba loose cart time!

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Look

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At

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Dis!!!

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I like tactics games

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Labels a bit faded

hard sinew
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Really loved onimusha back in the day. Hope they bring 3 and dawn of dreams to modern platforms as well.

random gazelle
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OK quick!

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Gotta few minutes test n clean a cart!!!

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...swirling..

hard sinew
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I finished ff1 recently and am playing ff2 right now. But the nes versions. Great games.

random gazelle
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They are really beautiful games. I think there is something especially cool about both games being neatly contained in this little cart. I carried this around in a little hot pink! gba micro for awhile.

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Had a bit of trouble getting this one to boot

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But it works now after cleaning

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Look!!

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Bootiful

slow linden
deep yarrow
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a decent source of GBM faceplates hasn't sprung up in the 6 months since i last checked has it?

radiant eagle
deep yarrow
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i'd take any color as long as the fit is actually good

radiant eagle
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I have a solid red one and it’s ok, but definitely not great

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I found a repro famicom one and it was absolutely horrid

deep yarrow
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most i've tried have been like, slightly too thick in a way that makes the buttons and dpad to protrude enough

radiant eagle
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yes too thick

deep yarrow
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maybe i should just sand one down or something

radiant eagle
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yeah I was even going to try to polish my OG famicom one but it’s pretty cumbersome

random gazelle
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Swirling my hand in the sea of carts again...

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The best co-op two player game in the world?

low peak
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but is it the best co-op experience on a single GBA?

torn jay
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This game has coop? like in GBA2P you could play it?

random gazelle
random gazelle
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Maybe there is a cart in the sea of carts hiding this very secret!!

low peak
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i thought for a moment Bubble Bobble did the same thing each player would only need 3 buttons

fair forge
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Puzzle Fighter 2 also had a 2-player mode where you were supposed to each use half the system like some kind of cocktail arcade cabinet, clearly intended for the original gba and not the sp

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Can GBA2P do download play?

torn jay
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It currently does not support the mode where player 2 loads the game from player 1

fair forge
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Ah

random gazelle
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Random cart pull time!

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Whats it gonna be...

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I remember keeping my eyes peeled for this game after reading in a magazine that it had nothing really to do with soccer or David Beckham

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But was in fact a cool fun little platformer

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It eventually popped up in a local charity shop

random gazelle
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Denki was an interesting little company.

mighty berry
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We’ll see if this changes. It would be nice. His work is excellent.

reef marlin
mighty berry
mighty berry
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That above link is now appropriately loading and can be accessed. GameBoy cheevos for all!

random gazelle
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Gonna post my loose cart cleaning escapades in the gba thread.

fast dove
deep yarrow
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i'm always a bit surprised nobody has done that before

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all those usb romdumper things tend to just present mass storage, its pretty trivial from there

hard sinew
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So basically dump the cartridge temporarily for a placebo effect for people who want to use real cartridges all the time for some reason?

deep yarrow
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being able to quickly sync saves between mister and a real cart might have actual utility for some people

wispy gate
rotund flume
wispy gate
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I was way behind on this channel wow lol

fair forge
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Also wonder if Sanni's cart reader would be compatible with this. It's primarily meant to be a standalone device but it does have USB and can be controlled with it. Supports a lot more cartridges than just gameboy

ornate apex
fair forge
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Is this going to be an alternate core or are there plans to merge this into the main Lynx core?

ornate apex
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I plan to PR it.

fair forge
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Nice 🙂

steady wasp
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if you have any interest do the gba link, I had it partially working with the gba2p code, but had to reverse the sending and receiving of the bits to make it work with real gba. and use the same pinout as GB so we can use the snac board.

fiery vault
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Imagine a world where Taki releases a handheld MiSTer and we can play ComLynx multiplayer on 2 handheld MiSTers via a link cable. A man can dream

wraith magnet
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Well I would expect when Game Bub drops, that I am assuming has some sort of link support, cores will be ported to that, and doing this work here presumably will make it easier to port and support there.

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At this point, what handhelds and consoles that had link support, is that not supported/wired up on MiSTer? GBA is the only one I can think of, off hand

fiery vault
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There was an experimental Game Gear link support rbf but I’m not sure if it was officially implemented

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There’s also IR multiplayer for the Pokemon Mini core that’s not implemented

wraith magnet
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Ah interesting, yeah those were real

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I am remembering TurboGrafx had some form of link support on one of their models

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I think Supervision may have, not sure if Kitrinx wired that up

fiery vault
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I have a list of obscure handheld link cable games. I can send it to you when I’ve got time

random gazelle
rotund flume
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I’m happy for everyone who got a MiSTer Pi and Super Station but I’m over here waiting for decades on the handheld. 😭

hard sinew
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Just get an anal boy, Roberto.

proud rivet
ornate apex
mystic tulip
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_ g a m e b u b _

gleaming heath
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And playstation serial cable allowed some system to system play on certain games.

fair forge
ornate apex
rotund flume
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Well that’s out of nowhere lol

rotund flume
rotund flume
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Alright, setup my MGLs for all the 2-player games and used symbolic links to eliminate file duplication since its game folder is AtariLynx2P

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Works great, the only thing I'd ask for is adding in a little vertical divider line option like in the Gameboy2P core

rocky sun
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hopefully that change to allow the single and 2p cores to share games/save directories will come

rotund flume
rocky sun
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Saves, at least for the GB2p and GBA2p cores aren't compatible with the single cores, there was talk of fixing this so there wouldn't be a need to

rotund flume
fair forge
rocky sun
fair forge
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OH, you meant in different locations?

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I thought you meant the file format itself was not compatible

rocky sun
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If you use your 2P save directly on a 1P core, it will erase the second player save file. The saves themselves are just the save of the standard core from each player bolted onto eachother. This is why they're separated right now, and why there's different folders for everything.

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There was a discussion about this in the GBA thread.

fair forge
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Oh, why don't they do like the n64 core and just add a _1 and _2 to the end of the filename?

torn jay
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If not used, In theory that would mean that dualsdram would allow for 4p?

rotund flume
rotund flume
rotund flume
left breach
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Are the Lynx and GG cores split screen 2 player?

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Or is it a case that you can link your hardware with the MiSTer now.

rotund flume
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Like the other 2P cores

left breach
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Sweet

left breach
rotund flume
left breach
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That's dope too

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I will try tonight, it'll be difficult playing 2 players by yourself 😂

novel kindle
wary fjord
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oh shit oh shit

gray grail
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Sonic seems to work correctly this time.

wary fjord
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did you build it already? I'm waiting on the build action

gray grail
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I built it weeks ago but kept my mouth shut until it is merged.

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Everyone have a secret or two. 🤭

wary fjord
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does saving work in card fighters clash?

gray grail
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I won't remember that game working on the core.

wary fjord
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it does, it just doesn't save

gray grail
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Or is it only Match of the Millenium ?

wary fjord
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yeah, match of the millenium doesn't work

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crashes after character select iirc

gray grail
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So it doesn't change for the fighting game.

wary fjord
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honestly, I'm just impressed that you deciphered JT's build system

gray grail
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I'm not with a MiSTer system right now.
So, it will be your test for today!

fair forge
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Nice, so many of the handhelds are getting 2p cores AND the NGP core is finally getting worked on some more?

hasty vapor
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Is NGP still the black and white only version that's public?

fair forge
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AFAIK yes

mighty berry
left breach
mighty berry
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Ah well. It was a thought.

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@ornate apex is there any chance of being able to change what is being seen in HDMI as well as over analog signal? In the previous 2P cores, there was a way to have the HDMI side show one signal, while the analog showed a different one. Right now, on the AtariLynx core, both screens are there, they're just very teeny so things are hard to see. GameGear core makes my CRT roll, but that's a ymmv situation.

ornate apex
mighty berry
boreal hound
brave nest
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Also, I have a general question about the handheld cores; I might be the odd one out, but I would like to be able to force scale these DOWN, so they are NOT fullscreen, but smaller. They were ment for smaller screens and I was wondering if there currently is a way to force these to use a smaller (integer) scale. Is something like this built-in to mister, or is this something that would need to be added per-core?

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I'm playing on a 20" 4:3 monitor, for reference. So playing GB or Lynx games makes them HUGE compared to their OG screens

wary fjord
ornate apex
gray grail
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I saw a regression on Neo Turf Masters earlier this morning.
With the sound getting stuck and freezing after some time.

wary fjord
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I’m sorry? “Neo Turf Masters”? Sir, this is a card game

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novel kindle
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the image is shifted for two lines at the bottom

wary fjord
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But, you guys, it saves the game

novel kindle
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yes we could save bugs now 🤣

wary fjord
mystic tulip
rotund flume
novel kindle
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Metal Slug 1 saves work but I having this issue during playing MS1.

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hard sinew
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That's my classic line at work. NotLikeThis

gray grail
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@wary fjord I quickly tested the new G&W core.
#test-builds message
And I've found an issue with the resolution + frequency.
The newest version is running at 360X240 @60.1Hz instead of 720X720 @59.4Hz.

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That gives the artworks a low quality quality too when rendering.

wary fjord
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Yeah, someone else reported that. I was testing in direct video like a fool, so that is my bad

brave nest
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Yup, reported the exact same thing 🙂 I did notice an improvement though, the OG version for me had no sound with the Tiger Electronic games (on my analog audio output), whilst the new one does. Unf, unlike when I play Mario Bros on the GnW core, I get no sound (at least not on analog out, not tried HDMI audio) on either the new or the old GameAndWatch cores.

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Althought for me, I believe it was @15khz instead of the 60 you report. Will check that tomorrow

wary fjord
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I was trying to get it to work on CRTs and I futzed with on the wrong side of the scaler

wary fjord
brave nest
# wary fjord

This one works again on 720x720 for me! Still no sound on mario bros though, but that was never there yet on this core - only on the GnW one.

gray grail
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Graphics are OK for me, but no sound at all anymore on several games tested (Mario Ball, Donkey Kong, Parachute) on that new version.

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HDMI connection.

brave nest
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Before I file a bug, can anyone doublecheck if the latest GB core from #unstable-nightlies message has issues running 3-d Ultra Pinball - Thrillride (USA) ?

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For me it boots, but when it gets to the menu, the graphics are corrupted (Can't see the menu). My rom works fine in the current main release of the GB(C) core.

fair forge
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Seeing the issue on the latest unstable here too, it's working fine on the stable core

gray grail
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I confirm too.

brave nest
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Bug filed

wary fjord
brave nest
# wary fjord

I now have sound on analog output! Both for Mario Bros and for Golden Axe . I did not have to add the snippet to my config file, still have 720x720 output. Protip: there is a great Game & Watch video preset that makes everything look amazingly crips

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Thank you very much!

wary fjord
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Sorry about the bugs, friends. Sound was wired wrong for game and watch games. The few I tested had sound

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I think there is still missing sound in a couple of games, but that should match the original core

rotund flume
brave nest
wary fjord
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Gonna grab lunch and some walk around town time with the fam. If no one has any issues with this version of the core, we will get it in MiSTer-devel later today, and it will be in update all this evening

gray grail
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I tried 12 G&W games and everything seems alright on my end, except Super Mario Bros (Crystal screen).
But I wasn't working either on the previous version (maybe the processor is missing).

wraith magnet
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It would be good to document what is and isn't supported in this core, I didn't find a comprehensive list anywhere, but I know it doesn't support all the G&W games as it doesn't cover all the CPUs, but it does play a lot of Tiger handhelds

low peak
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the vs menu screen loads fine but then fails as the track is about to load. it will usually appear briefly on the 2nd GG

sterile quarry
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The first game I tested was Mortal Kombat, and bizarelly in that one (unless my setup is very messed up) controller 1 seemed to always be controlling both screens, though it did define left as kombatant 1, right screen as player 2.
I seem to be able to use 2 controllers to navigate the menus in Sonic Drift at least, so guessing that is some seperate issue?

kindred cosmos
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Is there a way to convert mgw into gnw? The Game and Watch games I have are in mgw format...

wary fjord
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a little friday treat for you

wary fjord
fair forge
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Oh, neat, is this an unstable?

wary fjord
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it's just a test build

hard sinew
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That's cool. I wish they also made a digimon core though. Digimon is better than Tamagotchi imo.

brave nest
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Not sure what happened today with the Game & Watch update: there was an update that came through with update_all (which was apparently from the 10th already, I just updated today), but now I have 2 versions installed. One from 2023, and the new one from the 10th. Anyone else seeing the same? I don't remember manually messing with this. Rerunning update_all did not resolve it

wary fjord
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It’s because one came from update all and another came from agg’s repo. You can disable that repo and delete the old core. Updates will come via update all

brave nest
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aren't there other things I will loose from disabling agg's repo?

fair forge
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I noticed there was an update on the Neo Geo Pocket core, still seems broken to me though

remote carbon
wary fjord
solar iron
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Also seem to have to go through the settings process every time the core is booted, which I had hoped wouldn't be the case anymore with the save support.

solar iron
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Okay, I figured out how to consistently load a game. Boot up the core. Go into the core's OSD menu and reset. Then load a game, which will take you to the settings process. Finish the settings process and the game will load.

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Is there a hacked bios or something that skips the setting process? Having to go through that every single time is such a pain.

radiant eagle
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wow that issue still isn’t fixed? I think the core has been that way since it dropped…unless it was fixed and this is a regression

rocky sun
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No that sounds about how it always was

remote fossil
wary fjord
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I thought I had it, but I cannot find it

solar iron
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Would be great if it could be added to the bios database for the core since it seems that settings issue is here to stay for the long term.

remote fossil
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I've got a patched copy of the ROMs, but I actually want to find that patch since I think it'd be more useful for everyone

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NeoGeo Pocket
Tired of the settings menu? Moved to NeoGeo Pocket color only to get tired of the color menu? Well, angel_killah has developed two patches that you can apply to your NGP/NGPC firmware in order to bypass it. All merit goes to him. It is going to be instrumental to finish debugging the last couple of bugs as it saves me a ton of time too. Find the IPS files attached. Thank you, angel_killah!

wary fjord
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where is it supposed to live? I can't remember

remote fossil
wary fjord
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oh it's boot.rom in the neogeopocket directory

remote fossil
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Yeah

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Would be good to get it integrated somehow into the bios db or the mra but JT pretty much said that people had to manually patch it themselves 🤷‍♂️

wary fjord
remote fossil
solar iron
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Nice, works like a charm! Still have to do the whole "reset" > "load game" for a game to load, but it's way better.

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Now if only there was a way to have the core automatically run the reset function when it boots up, we'd be golden.

remote fossil
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The Analogue Pocket version used to load straight into the game. Something broke with this latest release and it doesn't load any game, it just goes to the boot screen 🫠

fair forge
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That core feels like the Duke Nukem Forever of mister cores

hard sinew
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I found out something extremely interesting while converting the plain text of the pokedex in pokemon red to metric to match the metric height/weight units.

In the Japanese version it's stated that it digs at 100km/h and causes earthquakes by doing this. This is mistranslated as digging 100km deep and adjusted to 60miles, which is roughly correct. But then the German version translated the English text correctly but converted the 60 miles incorrectly by dividing by 1.6 instead of multiplying.

I choose to keep the 40km from the German translation because I think it's very funny!

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wary fjord
solar iron
wraith magnet
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Is the NGP boot.rom in the BIOS DB working as desired?

wary fjord
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(also, try the one in the bios db)

solar iron
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Hmm, doesn't seem to be downloading from the bios db. Removed the bios files from the folder and still not downloading it. First time that's ever happened for me.

wary fjord
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add

file_checking = 'exhaustive'``` to the top of your downloader.ini
solar iron
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Only way for me to boot the games in english is to use the unpatched bios and go through the settings process.

wary fjord
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hrm

solar iron
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Ah, nephew just dropped in, so gotta go for awhile. I'll check back later!

fair forge
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Dunno why the updater dosen't download the new bios if you delete the old files unless you set it to a more strict file checking mode

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I have that issue all the time "Hey, these boot files were not downloaded because you have a different version, delete them to update them"
deletes them
runs update_all again
Aaaaaand nothing, it just... does not give the message OR redownload them

remote fossil
remote fossil
solar iron
fair forge
remote fossil
fair forge
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That would make every update take forever, also would be hard to ser what was downloaded in that mess

remote fossil
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No it doesn't

wary fjord
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Verify integrity takes forever. Exhaustive should be the default

elder harbor
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It kinda annoyed me that the insert coin script deleted neogeo pocket as an unwanted core. Can't say I disagree with its logic now

rotund flume
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What insert coin script

remote fossil
rotund flume
elder harbor
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The feature I use the most is the newest folder in arcade. It has a long list of the most recent arcade core from newest to oldest

unique surge
formal grove
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do i need a bios file for gb/gbc/gba games?

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i see i have boot.rom for gba, but im wondering if i need bios files for the other handhelds i mentioned too

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lol nevermind, update_all grabbed it this time lol

thorn atlas
ornate apex
rotund flume
low peak
novel kindle
gray grail
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paulb-nl is really a machine.

novel kindle
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I wonder if they help 3-d pinball game

gray grail
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Yes, that's fixed.

novel kindle
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he fixes more than dma tests 🙂

steep sapphire
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Got my Superstation the other day and was going thru and testing cores to make sure everything was the same, and I seem to be having an issue with the Lynx core.

It looks fine on HDMI but on CRT the image is tiny and in the corner. Using VGA to Component, on the most recent core from Update All. All worked fine on my regular MiSTer, and every other core I've tried seems to be good.

Wondering if anyone has any idea on the issue/solution to this.

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wary fjord
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There is no solution, unfortanately. That is how the lynx core appears on CRTs

steep sapphire
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Oh, so maybe I just ran it on HDMI before? I don't remember, haha. Thank you for the answer tho.

arctic solstice
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There is a 240p mode that upscales it on CRT

wary fjord
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oh shit you're right.

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I dunno how you read that

arctic solstice
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I read it from the lcd with a mister hooked up to both.

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and fumble around on the one that isn't hooked to lcd

steep sapphire
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Oh yeah, it's right there, don't know how I missed it, that's what I was looking for, thanks

torn jay
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yes 240p mode is there for CRTs. It just doubles all pixels in both directions. This works due to the low resolution of the lynx.

hard sinew
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@torn jay since it got buried really quickly in the gba thread: I noticed the game lego bionicle (usa) not having sound when played on the stock core but working normally on the accuracy core.

Don't confuse "bionicle" and "lego bionicle", those are 2 separate games.

torn jay
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I remember that i heard issues about this game before, maybe it was in the forums?
If the accuracy core works, it's very likely some timing edge case, as that is the main difference.
Audio path is otherwise unchanged

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Would be another reason for the accuracy core, but currently it's on ice due to other work

hard sinew
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No problem, just wanted to tell you before I forget it again. 👍

low peak