the.golden.ax Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 As I recall back in the late 90's whilst ordering a Jaguar game from a mail order place, the man taking the order over the phone said I must have a "personality disorder." All I can say after all these years is, indeed. So what if Jag fans march to a different beat. It takes all kinds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 i was promptly banned for "hacking" because apparently visiting the site using two different ip addresses... That bit made me chuckle As for Degz, I'd love to hear how people are getting on trying to make it through the tunnels towards the end. The only time I've been able to do it is when I play with (practically) infinite lives and get to try over and over and over... I think I need to try some different jagpads, the one I'm using now is the kind with a thin black cable and black numberpad keys... I'll see if I have better luck with the dozens of others I have in the bunker. And it really is a lot easier with a usb pad and Virtual Jaguar! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masematte Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Oh with the Tunnel is not so difficult . But i think in the second run the game is very hard, i have problems with the fuel. At the Moment my best is 31670 . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 As for Degz, I'd love to hear how people are getting on trying to make it through the tunnels towards the end. The only time I've been able to do it is when I play with (practically) infinite lives and get to try over and over and over... I think I need to try some different jagpads, the one I'm using now is the kind with a thin black cable and black numberpad keys... I'll see if I have better luck with the dozens of others I have in the bunker. And it really is a lot easier with a usb pad and Virtual Jaguar! I've still not played it on real hardware! I can get through the tunnels around 33% of the time using the cursor keys (And its a lot easier since we relaxed the collision detection! It was *harsh* when it was pixel accurate!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 (And its a lot easier since we relaxed the collision detection! It was *harsh* when it was pixel accurate!) That's for damn sure. Before the changes it made me want to hurl the jag pad through the nearest wall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 OK, some people found it... seems our 'CBA' hints were too obvious... I found the same "Easter Egg" on the reboot website. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 The tunnels are definitely doable, but take some practice. The key is to keep your ship as forward as possible so you can give yourself room to back up when needed while trying to navigate through them. Even then, I'm only able to make it through about once every three games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Playing on real hardware (with a black buttoned pad) I found it impossible to get past the invincible "ghosts" (or whatever they're meant to be) on the 3rd stage. But then I must admit I didn't have a huge amount of time to play. The autofire version is very welcome, and the easter egg is awesome. Nice work guys, as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Also it might be my dodgy hand-made A/V cable, but I could only get sound out of the right channel. Is the game actually mono, or do I have to repair my cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Playing on real hardware (with a black buttoned pad) I found it impossible to get past the invincible "ghosts" (or whatever they're meant to be) on the 3rd stage. meteors, dude... meteors. Also it might be my dodgy hand-made A/V cable, but I could only get sound out of the right channel. Is the game actually mono, or do I have to repair my cable?It's stereo - sfx will come out of left and right channels independently, music through both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Also it might be my dodgy hand-made A/V cable, but I could only get sound out of the right channel. Is the game actually mono, or do I have to repair my cable?It's stereo - sfx will come out of left and right channels independently, music through both. Damn... I guess I'll have to have a poke at my cable then... Still, it's served me a couple of years which isn't bad for a length of ribbon cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Damn... I guess I'll have to have a poke at my cable then... Still, it's served me a couple of years which isn't bad for a length of ribbon cable. Have a wiggle first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Have a wiggle first *waggles eyebrows suggestively* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Damn... I guess I'll have to have a poke at my cable then... Still, it's served me a couple of years which isn't bad for a length of ribbon cable. I had this exact issue when working on coding the SE, spent about 30 minutes trying to debug the problem in the code, was going nowhere.. eventually bothered to check, and it was the SCART plug wasn't quite seated correctly in the back of the TV!!!!! So maybe worth as Mr 3 suggests, giving that a waggle... I did utter a magical combination of expletives also, but I am not sure how much they added to the restoration of audio 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxxon-hh Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Great Game ! Reboot rocks ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtshark7 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I would like to try out these homebrew games, I tried getting Virtual Jag to work on my PC with Win 7 and it goes slower than molasses! I tried this link: http://icculus.org/virtualjaguar/tarballs/vj-r419.zip and that one goes soo slow! Is there any link for a Win7 friendly version that actually goes the speed of the hardware? My laptop is over 2 years old. but has 500 GB HD and 4 Gig of RAM, SONY VAIO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) Is there any link for a Win7 friendly version that actually goes the speed of the hardware? My laptop is over 2 years old. but has 500 GB HD and 4 Gig of RAM, SONY VAIO Doesn't matter how big your HDD is or how much ram you have, it's how much grunt per single core of your processor that will count for older builds. I think I posted a link in this thread or somewhere else recently. There's a link from the Reboot site anyway to Linko's build bunker: http://outrage.the-crow.co.uk/builds/ There you can find the latest (dll-free) builds from the svn revisions, where you get the benefit of Shamus' recent work. These builds run mostly 100% on my aging desktop, instead of one core getting hammered, two are sharing the fun and all is well. Edited July 16, 2012 by sh3-rg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I think I posted a link in this thread or somewhere else recently. There's a link from the Reboot site anyway to Linko's build bunker: http://outrage.the-crow.co.uk/builds/ There you can find the latest (dll-free) builds from the svn revisions, where you get the benefit of Shamus' recent work. These builds run mostly 100% on my aging desktop, instead of one core getting hammered, two are sharing the fun and all is well. And just to make it crystal clear: Those builds should be used with CAUTION as they're not official releases! If it works for you then hooray! If not, well, wait for the next build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 And just to make it crystal clear: Those builds should be used with CAUTION as they're not official releases! If it works for you then hooray! If not, well, wait for the next build! Yes, that's a good point - those aren't official versions, just builds of the latest state at the time - some stuff might work better, some might be broken... but mostly it'll be faster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoquickcapri Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I tried vj-20120715.zip and it turns off when I hit configure. Other than that it runs much faster and Checkered Flag plays great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I installed the new build in a different directory, the one uploaded today. Whenever I hit 'configure' it crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 I installed the new build in a different directory, the one uploaded today. Whenever I hit 'configure' it crashes. These builds are all experimental so expect the unexpected. In fact, stay away from anything that doesn't have a vj-r prefix as it's probably not for public consumption. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Checkered Flag plays great.Wow, I didn't think anything could make this game playable. Congrats, Shamus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 that is awesome! thanks for sharing! if this is ever sold I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 that is awesome! thanks for sharing! if this is ever sold I want one Degz? VirtualJaguar? Or Checkered Flag? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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