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Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:29 am

You are right as always, my problem was try to update the script with one newer that someone posted sometime ago, thank you!
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Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:40 pm

Glad you got it sorted. :)

there is a newer version of the emulator, with many fixes and a few more command lines.

Xroar 0.31.1 (4th December 2013)
http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/

You will need the Dragon & COCO ROM files (not included).
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:23 am

Hello!

I am currently looking for beta testers for the all NEW Dragon32 GB.
this will involve load testing games in MAME, and reporting non working games.

or being assingned a group of games starting with certain letters A-C, D-F..
and correcting any GEMUS errors.

a little GB knowledge would help, but it's not essential.
only people with too much time on their hands need apply. As it is a long and boring process.

if none is interested...
it will just take me a liitle longer to finish. :wink:
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:05 pm

Does anyone know where I can find this now?
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Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:16 pm

KrazyKanuck wrote:
Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:05 pm
Does anyone know where I can find this now?
i asked for testers 5 months ago.
no one bothered or seemed interested.

I am still currently working on it. :wink:

All games are linked and working in MAME and Xroar with cover / inlay extras where available.

But it just takes time snapping screen shots and adding correct joystick data.
it's almost done... :mrgreen:
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:55 pm

Finally... the wait is over.

It's still not complete, and i doubt it ever will be!.
But i have decided to release it "as is" and let you enjoy what there is.

Dragon GB Folder (5 files)
https://mega.nz/#F!S4YxjAKQ!j4kkmweXSTyhN_JTxj1i5A

Please report any problems.
And i will update if there are enough requests.
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:08 pm

thank you mad!
that's a huge dragon collection
works just fine :)
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:25 pm

Nice one .mad. :)
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:18 am

Not bad for a 1736 games incomplete gamebase. :D Missing games? Missing extras?...
Great job again, .mad.
Any way to speed up loading times on MAME?
Thanks.
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:45 am

manguan wrote:
Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:18 am
Not bad for a 1736 games incomplete gamebase. :D Missing games? Missing extras?...
Great job again, .mad.
Any way to speed up loading times on MAME?
Hold down [F12] to put MAME or XROAR in warp mode. :wink:

Where possible, i tried to remap custom keys in MAME to the same as XROAR.
[F11] - Full Screen.
[F5] - Soft Reset.
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:15 pm

Thanks mad! Nice GB :D

Mame is not working for me ... can't say why ... just a dos box open then close fast.
i'm under Windows 10, azerty keyboard.
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:44 pm

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Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:15 pm
Mame is not working for me ... can't say why ... just a dos box open then close fast.
i'm under Windows 10, azerty keyboard.
I wonder if your computer can handle the Natural Keyboard autoboot mode for the sendkeys?.

or maybe your install path has spaces in the folder names,
and the generated command-line is broken with a space?.

copy kong.cas and batch files to the \Emulator\MAME\ folder.
so they are next to the dragcoco.exe

run the batch files.

Batch1.bat

Code: Select all

dragcoco -ui_active -window -skip_gameinfo dragon32 -cass kong.cas
does the emulator open?
type...
CLOADM [enter]
EXEC [enter]
does the game load and run?

Batch2.bat

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dragcoco -ui_active -window -skip_gameinfo dragon32 -cass kong.cas -autoboot_delay 3 -autoboot_command cloadm:exec\n
Does the emulator open?.
did the game load and run automatically?
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:37 pm

.mad. wrote:
Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:44 pm
subone wrote:
Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:15 pm
Mame is not working for me ... can't say why ... just a dos box open then close fast.
i'm under Windows 10, azerty keyboard.
I wonder if your computer can handle the Natural Keyboard autoboot mode for the sendkeys?.

or maybe your install path has spaces in the folder names,
and the generated command-line is broken with a space?.

copy kong.cas and batch files to the \Emulator\MAME\ folder.
so they are next to the dragcoco.exe

run the batch files.

Batch1.bat

Code: Select all

dragcoco -ui_active -window -skip_gameinfo dragon32 -cass kong.cas
does the emulator open?
type...
CLOADM [enter]
EXEC [enter]
does the game load and run?

Batch2.bat

Code: Select all

dragcoco -ui_active -window -skip_gameinfo dragon32 -cass kong.cas -autoboot_delay 3 -autoboot_command cloadm:exec\n
Does the emulator open?.
did the game load and run automatically?
No spaces in path ... it's a conventional one : c:\Gamebase\Dragon\emulator\mame

Both batch files work ... maybe a problem with Azerty keyboard
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:46 am

Same problem here solved unticking Use Short Filenames on Gemus>Mame emulator.
As Annie Lennox said, don´t ask me why... :P
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Re: Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:02 pm

Updated Xroar script and GEMUS to use xroar -type command.
dragon (rc4).zip

Now works with AZERTY or any other EU keyboard.

Thanks to Subone for pointing out the error and testing. :wink:

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