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Post by Smithee on Nov 27, 2008 23:41:05 GMT -5
How? I remember playing SD Snatcher a while back, but I was trying Aleste 2 and it said Insert Sound Disk. I tried SD Snatcher and that had the same prompt. Any suggestions?
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Post by ReyVGM on Nov 28, 2008 3:09:56 GMT -5
If a game has multiple disks you need to insert both of them for the game to start.
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Post by Smithee on Nov 28, 2008 20:37:12 GMT -5
What if it has 3... ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2008 10:53:03 GMT -5
Aleste 2 is asking for a sound disk? Weird. The copy I downloaded from here doesn't ask for that -- only disk 2 and 3 when progressing in the game. |
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Post by Smithee on Nov 29, 2008 12:00:22 GMT -5
That is where I got it from!
I'll keep trying things.
PS: I saw you AND Justin post comments on the Eggerland Mystery. 2001 and 2004! WOW.
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Post by ReyVGM on Nov 29, 2008 20:21:56 GMT -5
If a game has 3 disks then just remove disk 2 when it asks for disk 3.
MSX usually have 3 types of disks:
An userdisk, which is what you use to save your game. Some games require one to run even if you never use it.
The Data disk, which is usually the first disk in a romset and it (usually) contains the cutscenes such as intro and ending.
And the game disks which are the ones after #1.
To load a game with multiple disks, just insert disk 1 and 2 and it will boot. Eventually it will ask for the 3rd disk if there is one.
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Post by Smithee on Nov 30, 2008 10:32:21 GMT -5
Oh okay! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2008 11:39:32 GMT -5
MSX usually have 3 types of disks: An userdisk, which is what you use to save your game. Some games require one to run even if you never use it. The Data disk, which is usually the first disk in a romset and it (usually) contains the cutscenes such as intro and ending. And the game disks which are the ones after #1. MSX2/MSX2+/MSX turbo R, you mean. There's a difference. ;D There's not many multi-disk games for MSX1, if not any. Anyway, the data disks you were talking about are sometimes called as scenario disks, and the game disks as data disks. The way the disks are named differs from game to game. There are even cases, such as Snatcher and SD Snatcher, where all the disks are called scenario disks. To load a game with multiple disks, just insert disk 1 and 2 and it will boot. Isn't that more of a PC-8801/PC-9801/X68000 thing? At least I can't recall any MSX2/MSX2+ game that requires two disks in both disk drives in order to boot. In any case, here's how to boot Aleste 2, CookieSmithee (destronprime): - Insert Disk 1 in Disk Drive A.
- Run the emulation (default key: F9).
You should be able to see the opening demo, following with the title screen.
- After the title screen (when you press start), this message should appear:
That's when you're supposed to replace Disk 1 from Disk Drive A with Disk 2 (since Disk Drive B isn't supported).
- Press spacebar to play the game.
That's it. It shouldn't be harder than that. Alternatively, you can boot the game by inserting Disk 2 in Disk Drive A. That way you'll skip the opening demo and the title screen, and head straight to the game. I really don't know what you meant with that sound disk part.  |
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Post by ReyVGM on Dec 1, 2008 12:43:39 GMT -5
Yeah, when I said MSX I meant the MSX family (since the emulator and rom files don't really make any distinction). I should have known better since it pisses me off when people say MSX when talking about MSX2 or Turbo  Ooops, you're right. The disk 2 option is to load two games at once (to unlock stuff for certain games). I was just giving out directions from memory, which should be from 2 years ago (last time I played the MSX family) and I got it confused with the whole PC88 and Sharp systems which I played more recently. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2008 13:41:27 GMT -5
Ooops, you're right. The disk 2 option is to load two games at once (to unlock stuff for certain games). You're probably thinking of two cartridge ports, where two Konami game cartridges can be combined to unlock some extra features?  The second disk drive (not available for MSX turbo R systems and certain MSX2/MSX2+ models) is meant for decreasing disk swapping time, although I'm unsure how many games supported that feature. |
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Post by ReyVGM on Dec 2, 2008 1:17:57 GMT -5
Oh god, I'll just stop then |
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Post by Smithee on Dec 5, 2008 12:53:51 GMT -5
Thanks MP83! I didn't know what to do at that screen! Merci beaucoup!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2008 1:30:39 GMT -5
No problem, but I still don't know what you meant with that Sound Disk thingy. |
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Post by Shellshock on Jan 27, 2009 10:48:29 GMT -5
No problem, but I still don't know what you meant with that Sound Disk thingy. Well, when I play Aleste 2 it has no music, only sound effects. Is that a clue? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2009 19:52:20 GMT -5
Aleste 2, like most MSX2/MSX2+ games produced after 1988, uses MSX-MUSIC standard for audio. To play such games with proper audio, you'll either need a FM-PAC cartridge (sold seperately) or a MSX system that supports MSX-MUSIC (most MSX2+ and all MSX Turbo R models). That would be the case when dealing with real MSX systems, but in MSX emulators you'll only need to have MSX-MUSIC/FM-PAC emulation enabled. You can learn more about MSX-MUSIC and FM-PAC from here: www.faq.msxnet.org/fmpac.html |
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The second disk drive (not available for MSX turbo R systems and certain MSX2/MSX2+ models) is meant for decreasing disk swapping time, although I'm unsure how many games supported that feature.