MiSTer FPGA

[Dloop]

Where is this section?

 

[Darksoft]

Here: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/awbacon1-mister-updates-and-reviews.24768/

 

[BroadwayJose]

Back on topic - a question:

Has anyone been successful with enabling cheats for arcade cores in MiSTer? I've seen jotego's write up and I'm either not smart enough to execute or it's a bit confusing to follow. For anyone familiar:

• Is it simply a matter of editing the .mra file or is there more to it?
• Is there a known depository of games with cheats enabled ready to use as-is?

All I'm looking to do is some simple stuff like enabling infinite time/meter/health for several CPS2 fighting games. There are not many training rom hacks out there so I'm looking to see if this is another approach possible.

 

[rewrite]

I've seen jotego's write up and I'm either not smart enough to execute or it's a bit confusing to follow. For anyone familiar:

Unfortunately some of the links in his write-up now 404 making it a little harder to answer your question. Can't look at his example :/

 

[BroadwayJose]

Right, that's unfortunate. Hopefully someone else has done this successfully and can point me in the right direction.

 

[AlxUnderBase]

Guys , here are some great things from pr4m0d about Batrider :

https://twitter.com/pr4m0d/status/1627645151286898688?s=20

 

[mathewbeall]

Hi Folks - just want to make sure I am not crazy.

I just updated my mister with the update_all script - and I went to set up Joust. I can't seem to find a way to set it up for Free Play. I know the original board supported this, so just want to check with folks to make sure I am just not missing it somewhere.

Thanks!

Matt

 

[Stupid Dufus]

Just checked and I don't see the option either.

 

[nem]

Joust doesn't have dipswitches. Free play can be turned on by setting Pricing selection to 9 in the test menu.

(I don't have a MiSTer, I'm not sure if the test menu is accessible or not).

 

[Plymelk]

And what does that give you exactly in any given game as opposed to irkens? Seems both have said once in cab it takes minutes! Im torn between both options.

@advans14 I have both.

As true arcade snob (I mean that as a compliment) you would appreciate the fact that Irken's boots straight into a game, whereas MisterCade does require you to navigate menus to get to where want to go. I dont think either would take minutes per se, but Irkens is less than ten seconds. Menus are a necessary evil of Mister and Irken limits them better IMO.

 

[mathewbeall]

Joust doesn't have dipswitches. Free play can be turned on by setting Pricing selection to 9 in the test menu.

(I don't have a MiSTer, I'm not sure if the test menu is accessible or not).

Yeah - the test menu isn't there. Or at least, the test button doesn't bring up any test menu.

 

[advans14]

@advans14 I have both.

As true arcade snob (I mean that as a compliment) you would appreciate the fact that Irken's boots straight into a game, whereas MisterCade does require you to navigate menus to get to where want to go. I dont think either would take minutes per se, but Irkens is less than ten seconds. Menus are a necessary evil of Mister and Irken limits them better IMO.

nice, yeah that and the direct video (even though i know it hasn't shown much difference) i like the pure output from the source/hdmi vs mitsercade. now if i can find one for a cheaper price. that is one part that is hard to swallow

 

[ShootTheCore]

@advans14 I have both.

As true arcade snob (I mean that as a compliment) you would appreciate the fact that Irken's boots straight into a game, whereas MisterCade does require you to navigate menus to get to where want to go. I dont think either would take minutes per se, but Irkens is less than ten seconds. Menus are a necessary evil of Mister and Irken limits them better IMO.

You can boot straight into a game with MiSTercade as well by setting bootcore=lastcore in the MiSTer.ini file - it's a MiSTer setting and has nothing to do with the JAMMA interface hat.

 

[invzim]

You can boot straight into a game with MiSTercade as well by setting bootcore=lastcore in the MiSTer.ini file - it's a MiSTer setting and has nothing to do with the JAMMA interface hat.

Could be the core picker menu? Holding 1P start for 2 seconds brings up a menu where you choose a core directly (alt+f12), instead of going via settings. Not the most complicated/expensive feature LOL

https://irkenlabs.com/jamma-expander/operation-2/

If you have kids, the 'user lock' of the expander is one of my favorite features - it's a physical switch that disables all mister interaction meaning kids can bash buttons randomly like maniacs and not mess anything up.

 

[kuze]

Supposedly instant booting causes instability with cores (due to sdram checking not complete) so if you do lastboot set the timeout to 30 seconds

 

[mathewbeall]

Strange issue I have noticed with Mistercade and Joust - if I hit player 1 start, before entering a coin - P1 is P1, and P2 is P2. If I just enter a coin first, P2 controls are mapped to P1, and vice versa.

Anyway to hardcode P1 to always be P1?

EDIT - it appears that Mister takes the FIRST input and says "ok, that is player 1" which is super annoying. My cabinet has a single coin chute - and I am guessing its wired up to COIN 2 (will have to check), so that is likely causing the issue. But if someone runs over when its booted and hits player 2 start, for example - BAM, player 2 controls become marked as "player 1".

Certainly not ideal for something that is hardwired!

2nd EDIT - yep, I had the button/chute wired to Coin2 - rewired it to Coin1 - should lessen the chance that people accidentally hit a P2 input on bootup.

Matt

 

[AlxUnderBase]

NEO GEO CD tutorial :

1. Put .rbf file in Consoles folder
2. Put "MiSTer" in the root . If is the case , replace the old you have with this one !
3. Put "top-sp1.bin" in games / NEO GEO folder
4. Put .chd (i used Ironclad.chd) in games / NEO GEO folder
5. After lunch the Neo Geo CD core , enter in the menu core and select "System Type : CD"
6. Lunch the game.
7. Enjoy !

Rbf + MiSTer ini are here : https://www.sendspace.com/file/a79ybk
Bios is here : https://github.com/Abdess/retroarch_system/blob/libretro/SNK - NeoGeo CD/top-sp1.bin

 

[Mrhide]

it's time to rip off that plastic !!

 

[Natt]

Anyway to hardcode P1 to always be P1?

For the MiSTercade make sure these two lines are present in your MiSTer.ini

player_1_controller=16D0:10BE.0001
player_2_controller=16D0:10BE.0002

 

[Plymelk]

Could be the core picker menu? Holding 1P start for 2 seconds brings up a menu where you choose a core directly (alt+f12), instead of going via settings. Not the most complicated/expensive feature LOL

https://irkenlabs.com/jamma-expander/operation-2/

If you have kids, the 'user lock' of the expander is one of my favorite features - it's a physical switch that disables all mister interaction meaning kids can bash buttons randomly like maniacs and not mess anything up.

Yes this is what I was referring to.