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Just got my 2nd FinalGROM for my other TI.@arcadeshopper and testing the module now with Dig Dug. 72,360 on real TI. I really like the variation of the sound and music in this game (a bit similar like Burger Time :-)) not sure I am going to do another attempt for 108K. But I just learned that you can earn some bonus when new icons appear (the icons of the difficulty levels), and earn more point when dropping stones of the enemy (maybe I should read the manual).

0.251 I downloaded it last Saturday and overwrote all the files of .234. Maybe that was not the proper way to upgrade it. I can do a new install. https://www.mamedev.org/release.html I saw your post bout .251

Here are the benchmark results mame gives errors, mame64 runs okay. I switched back to mame64 and reduced the command line. It now runs at 98% and set GPL speed to 1. Now seems to be all good with the sound and speech!

I upgraded to Mame 0.251 now, average speed 77.43% - 79.04% * with bench 20 I get a lot of errors. but it seems the sound issue is only GPL mode related (in ABASIC Speech and Sound work okay). * I changed now from MYGPL 7.30 to GPL 6.50 and put the GPL SPEED to 1 so far it works better with the sound. mame.exe geneve -bios 1.00 -skip_gameinfo -mouseprovider dinput -colorbus busmouse -peb:slot3 horizon -peb:slot4 speech -peb:slot5 tirs232 -peb:slot8 hfdc -peb:slot8:hfdc:h1 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h2 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h3 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:f3 525dd -peb:slot8:hfdc:f4 525dd -hard1 disks\OS7.hd -hard2 disks\FDRIVE.hd -hard3 disks\PSYSNEW2.HD -flop1 disks\mouse1.dsk -flop2 disks\DSKA0133-QBFIX.dsk -flop3 disks\DSKABOOT.dsk -flop4 disks\DSKA0004-80.dsk -serl1 socket.localhost:10000 Changed to mame.exe geneve -bios 1.00 -skip_gameinfo -peb:slot4 speech -peb:slot8 hfdc -peb:slot8:hfdc:h1 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h2 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:h3 generic -peb:slot8:hfdc:f3 525dd -peb:slot8:hfdc:f4 525dd -hard1 disks\OS7.hd -hard2 disks\FDRIVE.hd -hard3 disks\PSYSNEW2.HD -flop1 disks\mouse1.dsk -flop2 disks\DSKA0133-QBFIX.dsk -flop3 disks\DSKABOOT.dsk -flop4 disks\DSKA0004-80.dsk

Just did the same tests on my much more powerful laptop Lenovo Ideapad 5 with an older Mame64 older 0.226 version, but all sound is good on this laptop (Windows 11 x64) . (so I guess I need to find either the process interruption the audio)

I think I need to set some sound adjustment as it seems it distorts or repeats or so in my gpl timode. Using mame64. Version 0234 On laptop windows 10 x64 i5 2467M. 1.6Ghz. 8gb ram. 20230211_150628.mp4 20230211_145838.mp4 20230211_145630.mp4

@ti99iuc thank you for preserving all the material, really appreciated!

59,990 used highest level selection (and Batocera / mame with keys).

@JJB nice project!

(Part 1) Not all windows settings work. Like still have a windows logo om startup (used hackgnpt) Username still appears (enabled all registry settings), Taskbar still is there as it takes time to boot. And in Mame need to press a key (but understood that cannot be turned off in mame? .cc @mizapf) I used my own Geneve batch file setups. Still need to test usb mouse and joysticks (usb to db9) and a Floppy Disk (would be nice to have something like flashfloppy usb disks that I use on the real Geneve).

+ some beige consoles has a blue or red colored switch (not sure if it relates to the original main board and QI main board). + also the silver ones have different type of keyboards (mylar / brown bottom, and better mechanical one / green bottom) +keyboards are also different (round shaped keys, square keys, a place to shift in the FCTN-labels or put it on top (and need to glue it to avoid it falls off). + international keyboards (e.g. Spanish) +cases with the solid state label at the front (where normally a TI-99/4 version had the volume slider / old casing) and newer casing without that part. I have 6x different TI-99/4As

Just got to know the very sad news. I know Berry since I was a kid (around 1983) and I always liked his Amsterdam sense of humor! During my recent period back in Netherlands 2018-2020 we had fun again with the TI-GG-NL group and Berry always came back with something new (like modules out of USA, magazines, etc.), he was a pioneer before the internet existed to bring this knowledge to us in the early days. As chairman of the TI-GG Berry gave me this article last time and I would like to share this with TI-99'ers: History of the TI-GG (Texas Instruments - Gebruikers Group (User Group) Netherlands), written in Dutch language. Geschiedenis TI-GG - Berry Harmsen.doc With Berry around we always had a lot of fun and that's how I want to remember him, even in the hospital we were joking an adjusted the monitor picture to a TI-99/4A screen! Thank you Berry for all what you have done for many of us to bring the people together and rest in piece. Interview: Why is the TI so important for you? Translation of the video:BerryHarmsen.docx

Feb 2023 challenge - Dig Dug (Manual - https://4apedia.com/index.php/Dig_Dug) digdugd.bindigdugc.bin digdug.rpk

Thanks for the response, I will check on the collision, but chances might be low I can create it again, all looks okay to me. I noticed that somehow I get a lot of extra lives in this version

It looks like there is bug with eat m all when you eat the ghost in the tunnel, then I lost a life. (But there is no warning when they turn back to normal) Not really a bug: Black dots do not come back, unless you can do a Boom (to see remaining dots when screen flashes) or when you lost your life, the dots come back.

29,380 batocera/mame First time go around all the screens.

13,720 Batocera

Addendum for Batocera -- spac-man Batocera-spac-man.zip

Today I got Batocera working in a (Oracle) Virtual Box (VM) environment (not booting from USB). (as with VMware Player I did not had much success to boot from an USB image and to install VMWare tools) * I still suggest to boot Batocera from a USB stick on a PC as it works very well (it works on all x64 PCs I have been testing so far and is perfect, for some modern PC, in the BIOS you need to turn on Legacy support to boot, that's a bit inconvenient). * Note: in a VM environment Batocera performance itself has sometimes audio distortions, but sometimes it is okay (see Batocera audio settings), most systems (MAME, MSX, Commodore64, NES, TI-99/4A) seems to work too fast and for TI-99 somehow the screensize is smaller than other systems. Have not had time to figure out if it is a Virtual Box, or Batocera or MAME setting. * the reason for the VM is that if I do not have my USB with me (or other laptop), I still can do some work on the Batocera system * Once installed. (right click on the icon) and run as "administrator" (I am using a Lenovo to run Virtual Box on Windows 11 64-bit) 1.Download the latest Batocera x86_64 image. 2. Install Oracle's VirtualBox. (Virtual Box 7.x) 3. VirtualBox 7.0.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms Install the VirtualBox #.#.# Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack too. Important is to select "Linux" (and not Windows as it will hang the system) For the rest follow these instructions (also enable 3D acceleration !) https://wiki.batocera.org/run_batocera_in_vm Note" TI-screen is a bit small and speed is too fast.

Nice, looks cool! Another one to add to the emulator list, I have I think all running on my laptop (and Youtube videos of the TI on PSP and Android99 on my "TI99 VIDEOS" channel)

Thanks for clarifying the sprites ! Back to SPAC-MAN, really love the game. .cc @ti99iuc --> Here is the corrected .rpk (e.g. for Batocera / MAME platforms, and image / video preview) Batocera-spac-man.zip

Watching a French movie. Oss117 from Africa with love. (Parody on 007) spotted a TI.

10,750 (Level 5 or 6) Call me a Spac-e-Man

If I am correct, the others I now can think of are: Jawbreaker, Demon Attack, Moon Patrol having these 8x8 sprites ?

I have the original list in word format. It includes also scores of 99'er / HCM "Hall of Fame" and Yesterdays News high score lists. (and include higher scores after these monthly high score competition). Amazing btw how you get the Block Buster score (I am trying really hard, but have not tried the real TI-99, I just have it setup again)