[Inufuto Japanese games!]

 

RPK format for MAME (Retrobat,etc.)

antiair.rpk

[Update on The Sparkdrummer]

My condolences and I like the yesterday's newsletters he made.

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

4,750

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

After a few tries 2,860. Good game!

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

I vote for Starfort. it looks like a good game!

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

Hi @mizapf it is your turn to choose!

 

The Mine results:

Mizapf          17,600
Globeron      15,320
Smoker Ace    7,400 
Nitrohepcat    4,870

 

[Batocera (Emulation system) and TI-99/4A]

 

 

Update on the TI99 images to look better in the preview and to show old vs new manual 

RomTI99Images.zip

 

 

e.g.  the image will show both manuals

 

 

 

 

(FYI - some TI-99 Cartridges have 3x different manuals)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Batocera (Emulation system) and TI-99/4A]

On 3/15/2024 at 7:13 AM, Frank1969 said:

I got problems with speech on Batocera v39. In bios check it states bios/ti99_speech.zip.  UNTESTED - MD5: 206........ If I try to start a game it shows Batocera logo but always goes back to main menu. Any suggestions, really hoping I can play my games from back in the days.

 

Frank

I just tested with Batocera - https://updates.batocera.org/x86_64/stable/last/batocera-x86_64-x86_64-39-20240304.img.gz

(website - https://batocera.org/download) Desktop PC, Laptop, NUC and Intel-based Apple Computers

> unzip to .img file, with Win32mgr write to a USB stick  (Sandisk 64 gb and bootup on the PC (Beelink Ser5), then a bluescreen appears, press key and boot Batocera.

 

> press F1 (for the file system)

> copy (from another USB stick or disk the  .rpk  files into  SHARE/roms/ti99     (search on ftp.whtech.com in the batoceraretrobat)

> copy in SHARE/bios the ti99_4a.zip and the ti99_speech.zip

 

> Press spacebar > Game Settings > Update Gamelists    (then Esc), now the TI99 is listed in the menu

> Press spacebar > Game Settings > Per System configuration > TI99 > Emulator > MAME 

    (Note:  Libretro/MAME, it seems to have issues with sound and keymapping, like ENTER)

 

(I did not had sound at first):

> press spacebar -> System Settings -> Audio ouput -> select the right sound option

 

Now > TI-99 - > select your TI game ->  press Esc   (this takes a while on my system, somehow Batocera is a bit slower than Retrobat, maybe because it runs of the USB)

 

> Some hotkeys:  ESC to get back to Batocera.    (or CTRL-ESC  in Libretro/MAME)

> or SELECT + START on a controller

> TAB  (to configure MAME itself)

 

> Using Controllers

> Wired might work the best,  Wireless I am using issues with PS4 controllers and Bluetooth (discovered okay, mapped okay, but after standby does not associate anymore and cannot delete and rediscover)

> XINPUT controllers might work better as MAME prefers it.    (that's why I use Windows with Retrobat and DS4Windows and Hide to use wireless PS4 controllers in XINPUT mode)

 

> Mapping TI-keys.   

> Press spacebar > Game Settings > Per System configuration > TI99 > PAD2Key file.

    > e.g.  map keys like 1, 2, 3 to to Y, A, B buttons on a PS4 controller

    > multi-combination keys e.g. FCTN-QUIT   map it to (right) ALT and =   (when you see the keyboard at the bottom of the screen you see the option how to configure combination keys)

    > or configure FCTN-BACK  and FCTN-REDO    (I map it to the Right Analog Stick).  

    > and configure SELECT to 5   (e.g. for Mario Bros to insert a coin)

 

Then most TI games you can play without touching the keyboard. 

 

Hope this helps for your Batocera setup. 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

On 3/19/2024 at 3:15 AM, mizapf said:

So is 47210 your high score, or 15320?

15320. I am trying other levels at the bottom is a difficult one.

[Batocera (Emulation system) and TI-99/4A]

@Frank1969 I moved to Retrobat. But batocera should work very similar  (bios, roms, rpk all the same).  Try the retroarch/libretro as emulator (you can configure it per game) Or try mame64 as emulator. That might give the crash.   

[Trying to trace my TI origins...]

The orphan chronicles on internet archive of R. Albright is a good read.

 

And home computer wars (more on commodore).

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

At the Montagehalle it starts to get into a loop, but it gets out eventually back to the map.

 

[Batocera (Emulation system) and TI-99/4A]

Nice will add it. Others were added already 

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

Interesting info!  Let's try to play all levels, to see if it works till the end. I can't remember ever completing it.

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

 

March 2024  

Next Hi-Score competitions:

 

The Mine:

It looks like there are 25 rooms to complete.

 

* RPK - themine.rpk

* bin -  themine.bin

Disk (90kb SS/SD):

The-Mine.dsk

 

 

 

via module Editor Assembler - Option 3:   

* Load and Run filename: DSK1.LOADMINE

* Press Enter

* Program name: LOAD 

 

The Mine 

 

 

 

 

and more!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

20 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

So, is Impetus February's game?

 

RPK format (for MAME):

 

impetus.rpk

 

the .bin is located here:

http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/impetus/#ti99
 

 

 

 

[Platform 3]

Had not seen this (I should look more in the development area). It is Unbelievable that this is possible. 

[TI Related -- Ebay / Heads Up Notice]

On 2/5/2024 at 8:40 PM, Serafini Lapo said:

Hello everyone. Just out of curiosity, are there 3.5 inch drives for Ti99? Or are they used for a possible emulator on the computer?

 

https://www.ebay.it/itm/404780697423?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vttamoqaqke&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dAl035cGRym&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=WHATS_APP

 

 

 

21 hours ago, Ksarul said:

Those disks are from @globeron here on AtariAge. He can probably tell you how they were formatted, as there are several possibilities. There were a whole lot of 40-track 3.5 drives floating about in the European TI community back around 1990, and then there are the two formatting possibilities that @mizapf has already mentioned when using 80-track drives on a TI.

@Serafini Lapo  the diskcontroller need to be DSDD (like corcomp or bwg) as disks are 1440k formatted.  40 track.   (I also have a drive mentioning 80 track).

 

I do have the 3.5 diskdrives for sale as well, but need to relist them again.

 

 

My TI itself , has 3x drives 5.25, 3.5, gotek/flashfloppy.

 

 

[Mario Bros.]

 

Thank you for fixing it in version H. Fantastic game and addictive!

 

RPK version (for MAME based emulators):

MarioBrosH.rpk

 

 

 

 

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

JS99er - Impetus - Level 14 - 106,500

 

 

 

[Alpiner: What gives?]

December 2016 was the game competition I did not come further than 56,268 (globeron)

but saw the snowman on his skis.

 

Level 10.

 

 

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

Yes that worked!

[Mario Bros.]

The issue of level 3 seems to be fixed.   

 

but now in the demo mode and all the intro-demo modes  Mario and Luigi do not walk automatically anymore to demo the scenes.

(but you need to walk yourself, I prefer the automatic ones).

 

 

[High Score Competition (April: Starfort)]

(I tried 9 in Rev F, but did not work?)

 

 

For Feb 2024 competition, the recent Impetus:

http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/impetus/#ti99

[Mario Bros.]

In Mario as it happened in Libretro/mame as well