Dragon32 Gamebase Beta1 Here

[millansoft]

You are right as always, my problem was try to update the script with one newer that someone posted sometime ago, thank you!

[.mad.]

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there is a newer version of the emulator, with many fixes and a few more command lines.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

[.mad.]

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.

[KrazyKanuck]

Does anyone know where I can find this now?

[.mad.]

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.

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...

[.mad.]

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.

[teknik666]

thank you mad!
that's a huge dragon collection
works just fine

[OX]

Nice one .mad.

[manguan]

Not bad for a 1736 games incomplete gamebase. Missing games? Missing extras?...
Great job again, .mad.
Any way to speed up loading times on MAME?
Thanks.

[.mad.]

Not bad for a 1736 games incomplete gamebase. 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.

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

[subone]

Thanks mad! Nice GB

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.

[.mad.]

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

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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?

[subone]

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

[manguan]

Same problem here solved unticking Use Short Filenames on Gemus>Mame emulator.
As Annie Lennox said, don´t ask me why...

[.mad.]

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.