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As Garcimak reports, both Test version 5 and the current Test version 6 have loading issues.
For example, 'Road Spirits' works in version 0.9 and up to Test version 4; however, starting with Test version 5, the game hangs for a while while reading a CD LBA file.
Aside from that, performance remains excellent, and the work is admirable—seriously, thank you for your tremendous effort, FluBBa.
 
Garcimak said:
UI wise, i have this behaviour when selecting load CDROM, it displays the main menu mixed with the 'file selector', when i press down the 'file selector' display becomes normal again (cfr screenshots)
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He he, I've been bothered by it to, fixed here. Also shorter seek times again.
 
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He he, I've been bothered by it to, fixed here. Also shorter seek times again.
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yeah this is shorter, with UI fixed, seems theres no more "load ERROR" when switching CDROM games

little place on my sd card to mass test but
Horror Story - no complains, music doesn't play, normal for a multiple bin rip

nothing broke, my usual bunch of games still plays normally
 
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Cool :bow:
is it placebo or it's already more stable loading/saving states or simply going into the menu for hucards too ? edit - seems to be placebo
will check out new entries, got to do some rips.. and convert from ccd,sub,img

Not CD related but spotted some issue with

Dragon Saber - 2 dumps tested
after loading data for the second level boss at stage's end, the tiles becomes empty.
you can still play up to 3rd level with glitches but it hangs as soon the walls are moving on a sustained note.
Nitrografx doesn't crash, you are still able to exit and play another game.

Bomberman 1 - wrong upper left part for fire bonus tile
 

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Just as Garcimak reported, I also noticed graphical glitches in the test8 version.
I also noticed minor audio issues that do not seem to be present in version 0.9; in my case, the game tested was 'FX Unit Yuki', which consists of a single .bin file.
 
some more cue/bin testing, it works surprisingly well

Addams family - good
Dynastic hero - good
Star parodier/Fantasy star soldier - good
FX-Unit Yuki - good
Galaxy fraulein Yuna - some very brief glitched frames between anime sequences
Megaman CD - seems to be compiled nes rips : glitched selection screen then black screen, nitrografx doesn't stall.
Space Fantasy zone - Good
Super Air Zonk - good
Xak III - good

edit : another quick test batch - at first glance, they all look okish.

Beyond Shadowgate
Bonk III - Bonk's Big Adventure
Cho aniki
Cleopatra's Curse
Cycho Rider
Dead of the Brain
Dungeon Explorer II
Emerald Dragon
Exile
Exile II
F1 Circus Special
Force Gear
Galaxy Deka Gayvan
Last Alert (USA)
Legion
Might and Magic
Might and Magic III
Motteke Tamago
NEXZR Special - Summer Carnival '93
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (T-en) - kind of softlock at first scene : you can't make a choice when you are asked to, there's no cursor or highlight , pushing any button doesn't change anything.
Pyramid Plunder
Revival Chase
Sorcery Saga I
 
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I just tested the new version, the American release of Air Zonk crashes a few seconds into the first level. The music and sound effects in Street Fighter II are at a higher pitch than normal, and sometimes there's a strip of glitchy graphics just below the HUD in Pac-Land. There's also weird lines in the graphics of Dungeon Explorer, and Gradius Near Arcade crashes every time it goes to the title screen. Last but not leash Cadash's graphics are constantly flickering and glitching out
 
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Garcimak said:
some more cue/bin testing, it works surprisingly well

Addams family - good
Dynastic hero - good
Star parodier/Fantasy star soldier - good
FX-Unit Yuki - good
Galaxy fraulein Yuna - some very brief glitched frames between anime sequences
Megaman CD - seems to be compiled nes rips : glitched selection screen then black screen, nitrografx doesn't stall.
Space Fantasy zone - Good
Super Air Zonk - good
Xak III - good

edit : another quick test batch - at first glance, they all look okish.

Beyond Shadowgate
Bonk III - Bonk's Big Adventure
Cho aniki
Cleopatra's Curse
Cycho Rider
Dead of the Brain
Dungeon Explorer II
Emerald Dragon
Exile
Exile II
F1 Circus Special
Force Gear
Galaxy Deka Gayvan
Last Alert (USA)
Legion
Might and Magic
Might and Magic III
Motteke Tamago
NEXZR Special - Summer Carnival '93
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (T-en) - kind of softlock at first scene : you can't make a choice when you are asked to, there's no cursor or highlight , pushing any button doesn't change anything.
Pyramid Plunder
Revival Chase
Sorcery Saga I
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Thanks for testing more! But I can't find any reference to Cleopatra’s Curse, Cycho Rider, Force Gear, Pyramid Plunder, Revival Chase or Sorcery Saga I on Necstasy, are they not listed or are the names just wrong?
Edit: Are they home-brew games or unlicensed?
 
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Thanks for testing more! But I can't find any reference to Cleopatra’s Curse, Cycho Rider, Force Gear, Pyramid Plunder, Revival Chase or Sorcery Saga I on Necstasy, are they not listed or are the names just wrong?
Edit: Are they home-brew games or unlicensed?
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Yes, I just checked them all,no mistake, they are all cdrom2 some are licensed ;
Force gear - 1994 konami
Sorcery Saga 1 - 1996 compile

Cycho rider (shooter) and Cleopatra curse(platformer la mulana style) seems to be quality homebrew pyramid plunder and revival chase are both lame(sorry to say that) collecting games pacman like homebrew.

Do you want me to upload them for you on some places ?

Btw I found another hucard not working (black screen) :
Gaia no munshou (English translation)
 
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FluBBa said:
Thanks for testing more! But I can't find any reference to Cleopatra’s Curse, Cycho Rider, Force Gear, Pyramid Plunder, Revival Chase or Sorcery Saga I on Necstasy, are they not listed or are the names just wrong?
Edit: Are they home-brew games or unlicensed?
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Sorcery Saga I is Madou Monogatari, he just uses the western name for the series
 
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Here a test with a fix for VBlank vs Raster IRQ, fixes some of the problematic games (and hopefully doesn't break any).
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Just to let you know, this version fixed a load error with Ys IV, but it reintroduced a load error for Rondo of Blood.
 
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Any more info? Seems to work just fine on my end.
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I didn't realize I was using the english translation of Rondo. I wonder if that is the issue. I am not at home but i'll check when I have a chance. Rondo(english) worked fine on 0.9.0 but Ys IV didn't work. Now Ys IV works but Rondo(english) gets a load error. Anyhow, I just keep the 2 different emulator versions on my card for now. I did try using the japanese bios with japanese machine setting as well but that made no difference.
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Any more info? Seems to work just fine on my end.
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I apologize for the double post, please remove it if necessary. I tried the japanese version of Rondo and it works well with test 10. I'd have to assume something gets wonky when patching it to english. Love the work you have put into this. I finally got Popful Mail to run with the CD tracks. So rad. Anyhow I just wanted to come back and say thanks.
 
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the new version introduces some palette/tiles error with sorcery saga title +intro
here are some screenshots, with previous and last update.
the game itself works casually.

i briefly tested the rest of my cdrom games, didn't see any difference till now
the tile problem with character face in tengai makyo during intro is still present

i'll see with other hucards but non working titles are now promoted to functionnal :
Dragon egg now boots
cadash is fixed wich is great
gaia no munshou now works
The tile problem with fire bonus in bomberman is solved
while the tile problem in bubblegum crash is still present but partial now.


NB : After countless hours playing with nitrografx i have some idea to improve general buttons use and functions mapping for certain use cases. i'll explain that in another post if you mind.
 

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