Problematic games

[roothorick]

You know what, I'll convert this thread into a cache of information on games that require special settings to run, and games we haven't gotten running period (yet).

A few quick notes: For best visual results, you'll probably want transparency on, but some games have glitches when transparency is enabled, and it is expensive processor-wise.

Games that NEED SPECIAL SETTINGS:

Super Mario RPG: C core, Sound SIM (ON works, but for some reason reduces performance a lot (15fps difference) over SIM).

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World: subtle graphics glitches in the menu when transparency is enabled, so turn it off, the games don't use it anyway.

Games that AREN'T WORKING PERIOD:

Accele Brid: Freezes during gameplay shortly after starting.
NSRT info:

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Accele_Brid_(J).sfc
Name: ACCELEBRID Company: Tomy
Header: None Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 0 Kb
Type: Normal ROM: 16 Mb
Country: Japan Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 120ns (FastROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0x2A4F CRC32: 4A736C38

ActRaiser 2: hangs at a black screen after the ENIX logo.

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Actraiser_2_(U).sfc
Name: ActRaiser-2 USA Company: Enix
Header: None Bank: HiROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 0 Kb
Type: Normal ROM: 12 Mb
Country: USA Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 120ns (FastROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0xEFCC CRC32: 4901F718

Earthbound: On both ASM and C cores, sits at black screen for about 10 seconds, then blows up (soft reset, and I get the "Fatal Exception" message after it finishes booting).
NSRT info:

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Earthbound (U).smc
Name: EARTH BOUND Company: Nintendo
Header: SWC Bank: HiROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 64 Kb
Type: Normal + Batt ROM: 24 Mb
Country: USA Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 120ns (FastROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0x4048 CRC32: DC9BB451

Kirby Super Star: Hangs at a black screen.

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Kirby Super Star (U) [!].smc
Name: KIRBY SUPER DELUXE Company: Nintendo
Header: None Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 64 Kb
Type: SA-1 + Batt ROM: 32 Mb
Country: USA Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 200ns (SlowROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0xC6AA CRC32: 89D0F7DC

Mario & Wario: Boots, but won't accept input at the character select screen. I imagine this is because LJP doesn't emulate SNES mouse, but I'm including it anyway.

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Mario_&_Wario_(J,U).sfc
Name: Mario&Wario Company: Nintendo
Header: None Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 0 Kb
Type: Normal ROM: 8 Mb
Country: Japan Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 200ns (SlowROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0xEC50 CRC32: C6695E34

Metal Combat: Requires Super Scope. Can't get past menu with only gamepad emulation. Enemies do not show up onscreen in attract loop (so gameplay-breaking graphics glitches even if you could get into gameplay)

---------------------Internal ROM Info----------------------
File: Metal_Combat_(U).sfc
Name: METAL COMBAT Company: Nintendo
Header: None Bank: LoROM
Interleaved: No SRAM: 64 Kb
Type: OBC1 + Batt ROM: 16 Mb
Country: USA Video: NTSC
ROM Speed: 120ns (FastROM) Revision: 1.0
Checksum: Good 0x46E1 CRC32: C3131B49

If you have any ideas for getting these games working, do post.

[_Em]

First question: which version of LJP are you using?
Second question: which PalmOS device are you using?

Results will differ a lot based on those two variables.

[roothorick]

em said:

First question: which version of LJP are you using?
Second question: which PalmOS device are you using?

Results will differ a lot based on those two variables.

I thought I said I just got a new LifeDrive, but whatever. LJP 1.0RC3.

[_Em]

Ah; I see... a moderator split your thread.

According to my records, Accelbrid and Act Raiser 2 don't work on RC3 on my TX; Earthbound works just fine (GFX SW1, Trans ON, Fast ON, FS 3, Zoom 1.25, FS off, smooth OFF, flip OFF, sound ON, core ASM, IGN FIX ON, other hacks off).

The others didn't work for me on RC2; I haven't tried them on RC3.

[Tinnus]

em said:

Ah; I see... a moderator split your thread.

I don't think so, there's no "split thread" command for me, and I'm pretty sure there isn't any for the Administrators (yoyo and laxer3a) either.

Moreover they're pretty inactive so that would mean I did it, which I didn't, well, at least not while I was awake ;D

[namelessplayer]

Seiken Densetsu 3 would probably qualify for this list, as it needs sound ON to run. Not off, not SIM, ON.

It can be turned off afterward to keep performance up with the speaker icon, but make sure you're in the new game/continue screen before you do. Otherwise, you'll have to turn on sound again to be able to play.

Oh, and while it doesn't need transparency to run, you'll need it enabled if you want to be able to see what's going on in some areas.