. . .. ... ....... .. ... .. ....... . . .. ... ....... : ÄÄÄÄ : :...:__ __ ::__/|_____ ______ :: ____ _.____) / ./\___:___/_ )( _\___./__ ____/____/_ ___//_____ ::: \ _ /__/ \ ___/ | \____ \ | | _/\/___ / \ _/ . \ \ / /__ / \( | )/ \| |/ \ÄÄÄ\/ | / : \ /__\ ( /___/ ___|___ \ | / \ | / : //____/ /____\ \_______) sCr!(_______/_____/______\______// . .. . : : : D r a s t i C. :: :. . . :. ....... ... . ::.. ...... ........:::: __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Proudly Presents: | | | |- MameDc Emulator With 816 Roms | | | | | |- Origin...: NTSC/USA - Filename.....: DrC-madc.001 | |- Files....: 37x20Mb - Format.......: DJ2 | |- Platform.: Dreamcast - CD(s)........: 1 (80 min) | |- Released.: 10 Sep 2001 - sUPPLIER.....: Team DrastiC | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Release Notes: | | | | If you have never used MAME you might want to learn how to use it | | first on the PC before trying to play MAME on your dreamcast. | | You can experiment with operating the emulator a little more | | easily there than you can doing it on the dreamcast. | | | | | |- Mame Instructions: | | | | Once you have booted the MAMED CD and selected a pack. | | A list of game rom names should appear. Using the first joystick | | connected to the dreamcast you can use the directional to scroll | | up and down and page up and down the game list and select the game | | you wish to play. If you select "EXIT" you will return to the pack | | selection menu. There is also an options menu which can be used to | | change some game parameters. This options menu is different than | | the standard MAME in game menu because it allows you to specify | | options that are normally only available from the command line in | | the PC version of MAME. You get to the game options menu from the | | game rom list by pressing the left trigger on the first joystick. | | To toggle a selection press "A". | | | |- Game Options: | | | | -Pad Orientation | | -Resolution | | This option allows you to select between different resolutions. | | This is useful to be able to play games like rampage which use a | | high resolution screen. It is also useful to have enough pixels | | to display games rotated vertically and still be able to see all | | the pixels. Experiment with this option to find the resolution | | you like the best. | | -No Rotation | | -Rotation Right | | -Rotation Left | | -Flip X | | -Flip Y | | These are all MAME options for display to adjust which way is up | | for game and system graphics. You can experiment to find which | | option works best for you for which game or system. | | -Sound | | This enables sound MAME, but it can be disabled with the fake | | sound option. | | -Samples | | This enables sound samples that are required for some ROMs. | | Place the samples in the samples directory on the roms CD. | | This can be disabled by the fake sound option. | | (NOT PUTTED ON THIS RELEASE YET) | | -Fake Sound | | This disables sound at the low level so MAME can think sound is | | running. Some ROMs require sound to be enabled to operate properly| | This can be used to disable sound without affecting these ROMs. | | -Artwork | | Just put the artwork files in the artwork directory. | | -CPU Slice Speedup | | Some game drivers have exceeding high number of CPU context | | switches when they really don't require so many. This option | | reduces the number of context switches to exactly 1 per frame. | | This may not work on some driver and may crash others but on the | | few it does work on you can expect a dramatic speed boost. | | (try Xevious, Dig Dug and Galaga for example) | | -Auto Rotate | | Detect the orientation of the game and rotate the screen and | | directional to match. You'll need to rotate your TV vertically | | for vertical games. Really useful when running in a camera, no so | | useful when playing on a TV. | | -Dirty Rects | | Dirty rects option allows the video code to only update the parts | | of the screen that have changed and can improve video performance.| | You can force this option on or off or only turn it on for drivers| | that support dirty rects | | -Hide Clones | | Clones can clutter up the game rom list so you can turn them off | | here. You need to rescan to see the results. Also remember some | | games like neogeo games are all clones so if you turn them off | | you will not see and games. (NEOGEO GAMES NOT ON THIS RELEASE YET)| | -Memory Gauge | | You can't really select anything here but it will let you know | | what the current and maximum memory usage is during the current | | session. | | | | After you have selected a game from the game list it will be | | loaded into memory and run. If the game does not run and returns | | to the game list there was and error. Some games are simply too | | big to run, even some games which have small roms may require even| | more memory for emulating ram or sound and video HW. Don't expect | | a game to run even if it has a small rom. You may be trying to use| | a rom which is for a different version of MAME than this version | | of MAMED for dreamcast was based on. | | | | The first thing you should see is the MAME information screen. | | Use the joystick to press OK if you do not have a keyboard by | | pressing left and then right on the first joystick connected to | | the dreamcast. After you have dismissed all the information | | screens the game will start running and you can play it. | | | | MAMED supports up to four joysticks connected to your dreamcast so| | you can play games that require four joysticks. If a keyboard is | | connect it can also be used. All the joysticks are mapped to keys | | on the keyboard and are not considered real joysticks in the MAME | | core. This is because of a significant performance loss if I do it| | the other way. You can reassign all keys and joystick buttons | | using the MAME core in game menu system. Many features are | | available with the MAME core in game menu system and I won't | | bother to list them all here, feel free to experiment a bit with | | it. | | | | Each joystick corresponds to a MAME player. So pressing start on | | joystick 2 is the same as pressing the 2 player start in a game. | | So in a game such a galaxian which has only one joystick which is | | shared between two players, you must press the start button on the| | second joystick to play a 2 player game of galaxian even though | | you would share the 1st joystick in actual play. | | | | The joystick buttons A, X, B & Y correspond to joystick player | | buttons 1, 2, 3 & 4. The right trigger is the coin switch | | corresponding to the joystick player. The left trigger on the | | first joystick is mapped to the "TAB" key and will allow access | | to the MAME core in game menu system. To generate an "ESC" without| | the keyboard press A, B, X, Y & Start on the first joystick all at| | the same time and then release. This will return you to the game | | list menu and stop emulating the game. There are still some memory| | leaks in the code when quiting a game and this will cause trouble | | when trying to run large games or many games without rebooting. | | You can check out the memory gauge in the game options menu | | available from the game rom list. Remember some games can be | | deceptive in their memory usage, for example vector games take | | a lot of ram because of some rather large anti-alias tables that | | are created when the game is loaded. Vector games also take a long| | time to load also because those anti-alias tables are made using a| | lot of floating point calculations. | | | |_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Group News: | | | | You are a talented coder or cracker for PSX, PS2, DC? Feel free | | to contact us! | | | | If you can supply NEW & UNRELEASED DC, PSX, PS2, GBC, GBA of | | any region, don't hesitate to contact any member! | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Contact | | | | Contact us in EFnet on our public channel #Drastic | | Please do not bother us with any questions about public FTPs! | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Release History of Drastic: | | | | Dreamcast Releases | | | | Num Game Title & Publisher Origin | | --- ---------------------- ------ | | 001 Walt Disney World Magical Racing Tour EURO/PAL | | 002 DreamSNes v0.9.3 Emulator + 180 Roms USA/NTSC | | 003 Neo Geo Pocket Emulator + 87 Roms USA/NTSC | | 004 DCMsx Emulator + All Roms USA/NTSC | | 005 Tokyo Higway Racer EURO/PAL | | 006 Tokyo Higway Racer Repack EURO/PAL | | 007 Virtua Striker 2 EURO/PAL | | 008 Drastic Game Collection MIXED | | 009 Drastic Game Collection 2 MIXED | | 010 Power Stone EURO/PAL | | 011 The Grinch Multi5 EURO/PAL | | 012 Rainbow 6 inc Eagle Missions *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 013 Silver *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 014 Chicken Run *Multi4* EURO/PAL | | 015 Skies Of Arcadia *TRIAL* EURO/PAL | | 016 Star Wars Racer Episode 1 EURO/PAL | | 017 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 EURO/PAL | | 018 Daytona USA 2001 *Multi4* EURO/PAL | | 019 Millenium Soldier Expendable *Multi5* EURO/PAL | | 020 WWF Attitude EURO/PAL | | 021 KISS Psycho Circus *Fully Working* *Multi3* EURO/PAL | | 022 Incoming *MULTI* *Repack* EURO/PAL | | 023 Hydro Thunder EURO/PAL | | 024 WWF Royal Rumble *50/60 Hz* EURO/PAL | | 025 Fighting Force 2 *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 026 Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars JAP/NTSC | | 027 Marvel Vs Capcom: Class of Super Heroes EURO/PAL | | 028 Rainbow Six - Rogue Spear Urban Mission *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 029 Army Men - Sarges Heroes *Multi5* *50/60Hz* EURO/PAL | | 030 MameDC Emulator + 816 Roms USA/NTSC | | | | Dreamcast PPF Releases | | | | Num PPF Description Origin | | --- ---------------------- ------ | | 001 Hydro Thunder *60 Hz Fix* EURO/PAL | | | | | | Playstation Releases: | | | | Num Game Title & Publisher Origin | | --- ---------------------- ------ | | 001 MTV Sports - TJ Lavin's Ultimate BMX EURO/PAL | | 002 Kiss Pinball EURO/PAL | | 003 Dracula 2: Die letzte Zufluchtstätte *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 004 Evil Dead Hail Of The King EURO/PAL | | 005 World's Scariest Police Chases EURO/PAL | | 006 Digimon World *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 007 Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends EURO/PAL | | 008 The Land Before Time Racing Adventure *Multi5* EURO/PAL | | 009 TinTin Destination Adventure *Multi7* EURO/PAL | | 010 Sheep, Dog 'n Wolf *Multi6* EURO/PAL | | | | | | Playstation 2 Releases: | | | | Num Game Title & Publisher Origin | | --- ---------------------- ------ | | 001 Gauntled Dark Legacy *GERMAN* EURO/PAL | | 002 ESPN National Hockey Night EURO/PAL | | 003 MDK 2 Armageddon EURO/PAL | | 004 Sky Surfer *Multi3* EURO/PAL | | 005 The Flinstone in Viva Rock Vegas *Multi3* EURO/PAL | | | | | | Playstation 2 PPF Releases | | | | Num PPF Description Origin | | --- ---------------------- ------ | | 001 Bloody Roar 3 *PAL Patch Fix* USA/NTSC | | 002 ESPN X-Games Skateboarding *PAL Patch Fix* USA/NTSC | | 003 Soccer America: International Cup *PAL Fix* USA/NTSC | | 004 Motor Mayhem *PAL Patch Fix* USA/NTSC | | 005 Nascar Heat 2002 Season *PAL Patch Fix* USA/NTSC | | 006 Sky Odyssey DVD RiP 2 CDs USA *PAL Patch Fix* USA/NTSC | | 007 World Destruction League: WarJetz *PAL Patch* USA/NTSC | | 008 The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas *NTSC Fix* EURO/PAL | | | | | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | |- Greet's fly out to: | | | | MOD, ECHELON, KALISTO, PARADOX, TRSI, | | LOST, STATIC, UNDERCOVER-AGENTS, KREMA, | | PARADISO, LIGHTFORCE, ALPAX and to all who rock with us! | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | | | Last Update 08/31/2001 - Team DrastiC | | | | You can't stop a train from rolling .... | __|_____________________________________________________________________|__ | |