Topic: How To Setup Coinops For Different Game Screen Resolutions (Read 86 times)

Cospefogo · « **on:** March 17, 2009, 12:09:00 PM »

Gentlemen,

New tutorial created. For those interested in CoinOPS running with no BLUR and no filters,
visit the URL below, everything is very well detailed there.

http://fancyxbox.inf...1&secao=coinops

Rejoice!
Cospefogo.

XTecuterX73 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:41:00 PM »

Thanks cospefogo, good to see you got an eye for the details like myself.

HF-

Cospefogo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:43:00 PM »

Hello Retroplay!
Hello XTecuterX73!

Thanks for your kind words.

Pass the word on!!!
Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2009, 06:39:00 PM »

QUOTE(cbagy @ Mar 17 2009, 09:44 PM)

288x224, bad link !

Thanks man!
Link corrected!
It was a typo from my part.

Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2009, 05:53:00 PM »

Hello guys!
I just added 3 new configuration files.
One for 224x256 (Raiden and few other games), one for 224x280 (Contra) and another for 224x288 (Super Contra). Please visit my page to check the tutorial.

Also, a small preview of what I did with these three new CoinOPS.

IPB Image

Cospefogo · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2009, 12:42:00 PM »

QUOTE(north45 @ Mar 21 2009, 02:24 PM)

Wow you're ace! Looks great!

This maybe a silly question but why arent there any screensize values for 384x244 ?

Hey Man,

I wish I could provide sizes for 384x244 (I think most Street Fighter games use that) but unfortunately we can't go beyond 320x240. The traditional 480i screen on a regular SDTV/CRT TV is 640x480 pixels, which gives us 320x240 maximum in the emulators.

384 x 2 = 768 pixels wide...
This will make a hell of a overscan on both sizes of the screen (that is 640 wide) and the games will be unplayable... Do you know what I mean?

Cheers,
Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2009, 08:26:00 PM »

He-hey Frank,

I don't know what do you mean by DAT files.
Can you please explain better your statement?

If you are talking about a rom list with correct games for
each resolution, there is already a PNG files inside of each
ZIP in my website with my suggested games.

Take a look!
Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2009, 06:52:00 AM »

Hey Frank!!
Thank you for your interests in my stuff!

I never understood much about those DAT things.
It could be nice if you can present a nice and smart solution
for my "compatible roms lists".

Moreover, my lists were created based on personal taste, so for
sure there are games that I left behind.

It could be fantastic if you could generate automatically a DAT file with all
320x224 games right from the complete MAME 0.84 Mame set, for example.

This will save people from browse MAWS and pick game name by game name
like I did, ha ha ha.

Cheers,
Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2009, 03:34:00 PM »

QUOTE(FrankMorris @ Mar 22 2009, 05:23 PM)

And please, let's keep that 0.84 set only an example, 'cause it's ancient!

Newest MAME rom set is 0.130u1. (It's kinda confusing, I know.) It have 7954 zip files (huh!). You can see version history here.

EDIT: 288x224.zip still gives bad link!

Yes... It really confusing all those mame romset versions, but I think CoinOPS run games
up to 0.84 only, with few exceptions - it is the current core used by BP... am I wrong?

People say that cores after 0.84 did break many games that were working fine on previous
versions. Just gossip I got around!

About the link.
Corrected for once and ever.

Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:44:00 AM »

Hey Smooth Munich!

Nice question... And I have a hell of a answer for you!
Do you know why I never mentioned DOSXBOX?

Damn --- I don't know how to handle that piece of software!!!
I was very anxious to play Commander Keen and other DOS games
but I really have absolutely NO CLUES of what I need to do to play
them on Xbox.

I tried to read several tutorials on the web but most of them
are not for newbies and most of them are only for the real DosBOX.

And of course, with soooo many nice games already installed on my
machine I ended forgetting about this emulator.

If you can tell me a quick way of laying a DOS game, I will try it
for sure!

Cheers,
Cospefogo.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:54:00 AM »

Hey man...
Thanks.

But just to let you know - DOS games are perfect for CRT TVs!!
They are most of them are 320x240!!! It's the best resolution ever!

Cospefogo.

Smothermunchie · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2009, 01:29:00 AM »

Ah nuts.

Looks like I couldn't get to helping you out with DosXbox tonight.

It actually might take me at least another week or so to respond again on this.

I didn't mean to hijack this thread, so once I get something you might understand in regards to DosXbox, I'll send you a private message instead.

Hopefully you'll still be around.

See ya.

Cospefogo · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2009, 11:32:00 AM »

QUOTE(FrankMorris @ Mar 24 2009, 04:22 PM)

I can build DAT file for each mame resolution, but I'm doing it with only games, that comes with "official" CoinOPS_IGNITE_V1.0_Final-iND release. What do you think Cospefogo, is there any sense??

Yes, it all makes perfect sense
expressed in dollar, shillings and pence!
(Quoting a Roger Waters song...)

Keep going, FrankLapidus!!!
Cospefogo.

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