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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 1, 2014 21:16:02 GMT -5
Getting stuff in order for the Konami Shooters book, and I'm revisiting Solar Assault. It works better on MAME than it did when I first wrote the Gradius article, but it always crashes in the middle of the third stage. This Youtube video plays the whole game and mentions a hack to get past it, but doesn't mention this hack at all and I can't find any information about it. Anyone have any experience getting this working?
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Post by Allie on Sept 1, 2014 23:32:03 GMT -5
So, there was kind of an obvious edit there in that video.
The score was back to 0 when stage 2 started.
Wonder if there were different MAME versions used over time or something.
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Post by Allie on Sept 1, 2014 23:32:22 GMT -5
So, there was kind of an obvious edit there in that video.
The score was back to 0 when stage 2 started.
Wonder if there were different MAME versions used over time or something.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Sept 2, 2014 8:51:21 GMT -5
There are cheat codes for M.A.M.E., but the only one I know that makes them, doesn't have a stage select for this one.
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Post by ReyVGM on Sept 2, 2014 11:21:24 GMT -5
Are you using the latest MAME version? I checked the latest mameinfo.dat and it doesn't mention anything about that error. You could report that issue on the mametesters.org site, along with a save state (if supported). Also, did you try using an earlier version of MAME? Maybe it could work fine there. *edit* Ok, tried it on mame .150 and it crashed too. Let me report it. |
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 2, 2014 12:07:59 GMT -5
I went back to .146 (one of the first revisions that really got the game in working order) and it makes it SLIGHTLY farther in the third stage...but still crashes.
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Post by ReyVGM on Sept 2, 2014 12:25:26 GMT -5
Yeah, it has probably been there since the game was made playable. The reason why I was giving suggestions was because I "remembered" playing and beating the game. But then I realized I was thinking about Gradius 4  Anyway, I reported the bug, hopefully it doesn't take 3 years to fix. |
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Post by r0ck3rz on Sept 2, 2014 14:26:52 GMT -5
It's up to 0.154 now. I go by this one mame32fx.altervista.org/home.htm (built in autofire, and the ability to turn off crosshairs if you're using an actual light gun, are a couple of it's advantages), but I don't know if it will work, since it's based on the same code and all. |
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Post by Magma MK-II on Sept 3, 2014 17:10:40 GMT -5
It's still crashing.
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Post by zilliont on Sept 3, 2014 19:17:39 GMT -5
The video description mentions the use of a hack to get past the fifth stage, so maybe our problem is completely different OR the hack nullifies both crashes, I don't know.
BTW: I really liked your YouTube avatar, Kurt! Richter is one of my favorite game protagonists of all time.
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Post by Purple Moss on Sept 13, 2014 23:24:44 GMT -5
This video shows Solar Assault's fifth stage, but the description only mentions a solution to start the game (hold down F2, &c). The score also starts at zero. The uploader seems to be active so you could ask him directly. |
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