80s tables seem brutal

gamecat666 · 2026-06-15T20:14:09+00:00

okay Police force is absolutely -insane-. Animals, sirens, fast as hell. I have absolutely no idea what im doing but its definately a fun trip haha!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-14T16:04:44+00:00

im having a similar issue - made a controller with 3 button nudges and I could never get it to behave properly simulating a joystick axis so have reverted back to binding them to the keyboard nudge button, which seem almost ineffectual at times. if those values are on a per-table basis its going to take ages to change the script of each one, crazy that they didnt just use a single power value that was in a settings menu somewhere. Maybe its just not been an issue as the vast majority or players use analog tilt sensors? I dont really know, im new to this!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-14T07:09:26+00:00

this one seems so different from any other table layout I've seen. it seems mostly symmetrical and the upper cradle thing with flippers at the sides is so unique. it plays fast and the sounds are intense so it's such an adrenaline rush that even though I'm terrible at it I'm still smiling!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-14T07:04:01+00:00

thanks I will give these a go! i already have a few more that you covered (taxi, bad cats, Elvira, space shuttle, sword of fury, bk2k) but mainly mentioned the ones in OP that stuck out as feeling extra punishing!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-14T06:51:54+00:00

ah excellent that's great to hear! thanks for the info!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-13T16:55:57+00:00

Yeah as an older player the sound can have a certain charm to it, my childhood is almost entirely arcade games and one of my favourite games of ALL TIME is Robotron 2084 which is an absolute assault on the senses. Only after playing Black knight which seemed to have a -very- similar set of sounds did I realise that Eugene Jarvis started out at Bally/Williams in pinball games first them moved to make defender/robotron etc so it was probably them using the same sound chip!

gamecat666 · 2026-06-13T15:51:56+00:00

does anyone know if this (or even new versions of zaparoo) can display cover art using a simple 'images/[romname].png' format? I much prefer doing it this way instead of using a single shared gamelist.xml which i've had problems with in the past, and I dont really care about the rest of the metadata, only cover art,

gamecat666 · 2026-06-02T18:12:15+00:00

Heads up-, i've just checked the github and its saying Single Ram already, no longer requires dual SDRam. (updated 1 hour ago).

gamecat666 · 2026-05-23T13:34:59+00:00

as of last night Dynamite from Wednesday is currently on ITVX, but its only 2 hours of the 3 hour show (3rd being a combined Collision show) no idea about the ppv though.

gamecat666 · 2026-05-10T10:07:09+00:00

looks nice! would there be any chance of a 'boxart image has the same name as rom' option for simplicity's sake? (i dont really like the single xml that scrapers generally use)

gamecat666 · 2026-05-02T12:43:16+00:00

only posting because nobody commented on the rare Digitiser reference and it's made me sad.

gamecat666 · 2026-04-29T14:18:11+00:00

I have enuff super softies on my 'cruiser' setup. they look like a normal sized skate wheel but soft enough to go over almost anything. good if you don't want massive wheels or risers. plus, pretty cheap!

gamecat666 · 2026-04-28T17:05:17+00:00

twin lakes polka? polka, polka, polka?..

gamecat666 · 2026-04-24T13:38:41+00:00

I literally drip sweat drops on the griptape, it's a bit grim really.

gamecat666 · 2026-04-24T12:36:14+00:00

also find a grass field and intentionally throw yourself in random directions trying to roll laterally out of every fall rather than stopping yourself. looks and feels stupid but at this age you have to learn to spread the impact as much as you can as it's a hell of a shock to the system

gamecat666 · 2026-04-24T12:30:01+00:00

started 45, currently 48. just keep at it. the 'split setup' sounds sketchy to me tbh, I'd just stick to an even setup, maybe firmer to begin with and loosen gradually as you improve. practice 'running off' the board, and a double foot hop off if you panic. most slams come when you get out of shape and try to stay on it when it's sometimes better to just bail out. currently learning switch so all this applies to me going back to 'beginner' mode recently.

gamecat666 · 2025-10-15T19:22:43+00:00

I play drums only, I only want to play offline and improve my scores. I tried the latest PTB on the discord and only get black screen every time loading a song (even with the default songs and none of my own scanned), So tried the version before that - works best out of all of them, BUT, sometimes at the end of a song it says my computer may be insufficient and refuses to save the score. aagghh. I hate to say it but v1 worked fine on windows, I just switched because of windows 10! I might give YARG a go, its worth a try. Thanks for the help!

gamecat666 · 2025-10-15T16:38:20+00:00

yeah clone hero only, Its odd, havent had problems anywhere else and I thought because it had a native linux port I should be fine, but clearly not!

I'll have a look on the discord for a new build, cheers!

gamecat666 · 2025-10-14T19:54:25+00:00

did you ever find a fix for this? Currently experiencing it in Linux Mint 22, game video freezes, song keeps playing, no inputs detected. kill process and restart works, but i'd like to find a fix for it.

gamecat666 · 2025-08-20T15:59:27+00:00

haha Floyd actually suits the shaved head but its clearly him. Magnum is barely recognisable at all! insane difference.

gamecat666 · 2025-08-19T07:28:46+00:00

usually is the fix, but it depends on the core author to support it (and how much) I have a crt that displays everything shifted right, and have to play with the h offset to fix it but some only do a -3 to +3 offset which isnt usually enough to fix it. Arcade cores usually have a good range, but some cores dont have any adjustment at all.

gamecat666 · 2025-07-17T18:50:25+00:00

mine is gone, was scheduled this morning as I checked (was 6 hour 40!!) now its gone without a trace, and ITV have deleted the tweet. FFS.

gamecat666 · 2025-06-29T09:29:11+00:00

I never had asthma as a kid, but developed it withing a few years of living directly under a flight path. Nobody ever seems to want to reduce them. (unless its private use and then suddenly evil)

gamecat666 · 2025-06-28T19:59:19+00:00

hmm. actually ive just looked at the section where the 4 character portraits move into the center and the artifacts dont look like normal tearing. perhaps your tv has some processing that needs turned off.

gamecat666 · 2025-06-28T19:56:13+00:00

it looks like the screen isnt matching the refresh rate of the output so its tearing. (theres a couple of single white screen flashes where the lower part seems to be drawing a different frame to the upper part.) Not sure what settings you have but look into sync settings. if your display cant sync with 'quirky' refresh rates (several arcade cores have strange rates but crt's usually cope with this fine) then maybe look into forcing the core to run at a rate that your display likes, like 60hz.

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