Andromeda Stardust Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I have no issue with removing the tunes from Stella completely, and including it only with the ROM. This is likely the only ROM that will need the data, so it really belongs there. And as a side effect, it will allow to easily autodetect the bankswitch type. Since the ROM currently isn't compatible with any other emulator or the Harmony, etc, we don't have to worry about breaking compatibility. Does the Chetiry cart run some type of special bankswitch hardware, or is it just a Melody pcb with special code? Yes I get the rom needs to be flashed in order to work due to the flash saving, but if the flash saving routine is elimenated, I see no reason why the rom can't run off the sd card in a stock harmony. If the arm musical generation is an issue, then why does the green gb version work? Or is the gb version basically running the pitfall ii mapper plus arm (dpc+) code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Does the Chetiry cart run some type of special bankswitch hardware, or is it just a Melody pcb with special code? Yes I get the rom needs to be flashed in order to work due to the flash saving, but if the flash saving routine is elimenated, I see no reason why the rom can't run off the sd card in a stock harmony. If the arm musical generation is an issue, then why does the green gb version work? Or is the gb version basically running the pitfall ii mapper plus arm (dpc+) code? The cart is a standard melody board. I guess the ROM can be modified to run from the menu, but someone would need to do that. The GB version is just DPC (no plus). Edited August 30, 2018 by DirtyHairy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 If the arm musical generation is an issue, then why does the green gb version work? Or is the gb version basically running the pitfall ii mapper plus arm (dpc+) code? It's a standard Melody board, but uses the optional EEPROM to store the music data as well as high scores. I believe you could replace the Harmony's menu system with chetiry_tunes.img and then flash chetiry_NTSC.bin to play game, but then you'd only be able to play Chetiry. You'd have to restore the Harmony to its original state to play other games. I've not tried to do this, nor do I plan to, as I already have a Chetiry cartridge. And yes, the GB version utilizes stock Activision DPC for the music. You can check that in Stella by hitting the Developer Key to Toggle Frame Stats (COMMAND-L on Mac or ALT-L on Linux/Windows). GB version is 10K DPC Standard version is CTY 32K Based on discussion in this topic, the Stella compatible ROM will become 60K so that the ROM file includes the 28K of music data. At the moment that data is hard coded inside Stella. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHairy Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I believe I have it finished, would like some Mac users try this and let me know if it sounds correct. If feedback is affirmative I'll send the changes to stephena. Stella.6.0pre1_chetiry.zip Sounds great to me. However, I don't have the cartridge to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 What I need to do is figure out a way to record both so I can visually do side-by-side comparisons. Maybe a USB audio device that has stereo input, though the ones I've looked at specify stereo output and microphone input which I suspect means mono. Won't happen until next week though, have a family filled three day weekend coming up, we're off Monday for Labor Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Aha! Just remembered seeing things marketed to convert your records & cassettes to MP3s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 It's a standard Melody board, but uses the optional EEPROM to store the music data as well as high scores. I believe you could replace the Harmony's menu system with chetiry_tunes.img and then flash chetiry_NTSC.bin to play game, but then you'd only be able to play Chetiry. You'd have to restore the Harmony to its original state to play other games. I've not tried to do this, nor do I plan to, as I already have a Chetiry cartridge. And yes, the GB version utilizes stock Activision DPC for the music. You can check that in Stella by hitting the Developer Key to Toggle Frame Stats (COMMAND-L on Mac or ALT-L on Linux/Windows). GB version is 10K DPC Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 8.30.15 AM.png Standard version is CTY 32K Screen Shot 2018-08-30 at 8.30.24 AM.png Based on discussion in this topic, the Stella compatible ROM will become 60K so that the ROM file includes the 28K of music data. At the moment that data is hard coded inside Stella. That's awesome. I had no idea the tetris_gb ROM uses a straight up Pitfall II mapper. I'd guess the 10kb filesize should gave given it away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd-w Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 (edited) Chris, what is missing to get these working with music on Harmony? Hi Thomas, There are two issues: The bankswitching code is not designed to run directly from the Harmony menu - it will currently only work when flashed direct. The tunes and high score table use the EEPROM, which is where the Harmony bankswitchoing files are stored. Both issues can be worked around with a bit of effort - the EEPROM in the harmony is much larger than required (so the data can be relocated to a higher address) and the bankswitching code can be modified to star from the menu. I won't have time to work on either issue for a while though I'm afraid. Chris Edited September 1, 2018 by cd-w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I received the audio digitizer, but with the Houston Arcade Expo coming up I decided I need to get back to work on SpiceC so I have something to talk about & demo next month. As mentioned elsewhere, I'm going to hold off on my original plan of using Frantic as my initial test project and start out with something simpler - a new homebrew version of Space War. As such, I plan to wrap up the merged ROM/TUNE data support this weekend and send it in to stephena as preliminary music support for CTY. Who knows, somebody else might be able to figure out the offset percussion issue before I get back to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Preliminary music support for Stella has been submitted. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Is there a way to zero the high score tables of the Chetiry cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yes. In the manual, it says, "To reset all of the saved scores, hold the joystick Right and press Fire during the AtariAge start-up screen." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yes. In the manual, it says, "To reset all of the saved scores, hold the joystick Right and press Fire during the AtariAge start-up screen." Thank you! My cart came with all records setted at max. Now, it's much better. I really like when carts or Atarivox+ keep track of scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Thank you! My cart came with all records setted at max. Now, it's much better. I really like when carts or Atarivox+ keep track of scores. Yeah no fun when you can't get a name up. All mine are over 100k. My Chetiry cart has 198k and some change as the top score (and has remained for a couple years). Desperately needed an I-beam but it never came until it was too late. Sooo close to that big rocket, but so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stephena Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The 60K versions of this ROM are now fully supported in Stella, and will be present in the 6.0 release. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 I didn't notice that was released this game. Which level should I play to get the ending (rocket). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd-w Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, devwebcl said: I didn't notice that was released this game. Which level should I play to get the ending (rocket). It depends how many points you get: 100,000 points = Small Rocket 200,000 points = Large Rocket (Soyuz) 500,000 points = Shuttle (Buran) Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 i play the 'gameboy' vers a lot- great to have it on the vcs, believe it or not i have a nintendo folder on my cart: divided into the following folders-- Guitar Hero, Super Mario Bros, Tetris: in guitar hero is one of the guitar hero clones, mario bros: princess resc & hack, and in Tetris: 2600tris, and the two Chetirys. the one thing about vcs i really have excelled in is making a very orginized harmony cart- if i typed out the whole flow chart someday i think you guys would be very impressed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 i play the 'gameboy' vers a lot- great to have it on the vcs, believe it or not i have a nintendo folder on my cart: divided into the following folders-- Guitar Hero, Super Mario Bros, Tetris: in guitar hero is one of the guitar hero clones, mario bros: princess resc & hack, and in Tetris: 2600tris, and the two Chetirys. the one thing about vcs i really have excelled in is making a very orginized harmony cart- if i typed out the whole flow chart someday i think you guys would be very impressedI'd be interested, I'm always doing a lot rom organization for my Harmony as well as for Plus Cart.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 seeking strategies for higher scores! Please advise:) Chetiry for life:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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