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My condolences and I like the yesterday's newsletters he made.
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I vote for Starfort. it looks like a good game!
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Hi @mizapf it is your turn to choose!
The Mine results:
Mizapf 17,600
Globeron 15,320
Smoker Ace 7,400
Nitrohepcat 4,870- 4
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Update on the TI99 images to look better in the preview and to show old vs new manual
e.g. the image will show both manuals
(FYI - some TI-99 Cartridges have 3x different manuals)
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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.
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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.
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@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.
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The orphan chronicles on internet archive of R. Albright is a good read.
And home computer wars (more on commodore).
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Nice will add it. Others were added already
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Interesting info! Let's try to play all levels, to see if it works till the end. I can't remember ever completing it.
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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):
via module Editor Assembler - Option 3:
* Load and Run filename: DSK1.LOADMINE
* Press Enter
* Program name: LOAD
The Mine
and more!
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20 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:
So, is Impetus February's game?
RPK format (for MAME):
the .bin is located here:
http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/impetus/#ti99
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Had not seen this (I should look more in the development area). It is Unbelievable that this is possible.
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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?
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.
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Thank you for fixing it in version H. Fantastic game and addictive!
RPK version (for MAME based emulators):
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JS99er - Impetus - Level 14 - 106,500
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December 2016 was the game competition I did not come further than 56,268 (globeron)
but saw the snowman on his skis.
Level 10.
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Yes that worked!
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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).
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(I tried 9 in Rev F, but did not work?)
For Feb 2024 competition, the recent Impetus:
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In Mario as it happened in Libretro/mame as well
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Inufuto Japanese games!
in TI-99/4A Computers
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RPK format for MAME (Retrobat,etc.)
antiair.rpk