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What Happened To The 'Weird' Page
Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 8:26 am
by tmorrow
MARP used to have a weird page where you could download inp's showing unusual and buggy features of arcade games (native problems not emulation problems). I thought I'd have a look tonight and was surprised not to see it anywhere. What happened to it? I sincerely hope that I've just overlooked it and that it hasn't been removed.
There are lots of unusual tricks/bugs in games that are worth recording for posterity. MARP stands for MAME Action Replay Page and action replay should not be limited to high scores only. At last count (1 year ago) there were around 60 weird recordings here, fortunately I downloaded most of them at the time.
Cheers,
Tim
Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 8:48 am
by mahlemiut
From the "Pick a Page" drop-down list, choose "Tips, Easter Eggs, Bugs"
Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 6:36 am
by The TJT
Who updates it at the moment, Pat?
I send GB9 an 720 bug inp for some time ago, guess he forgot it...
Posted: Mon May 20, 2002 8:51 am
by DRN
Just changing the topic slightly, on the subject of 720 how the hell do you get such great scores TJT? Very impressive.
I just can't control the thing! I used to be able to finish it in the arcade but with a keyboard I suck. What do you use for a controller?
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 4:54 am
by The TJT
Thank you for the praise
Oh, I simply use original Tron spinner hacked to "talk" with PC.
Hacking it is very easy, just use normal ps/2 mouse circuit board which has light detectors and Tron spinner disk going between them. So PC sees the spinner as a mouse x-axis...and with a fine little config prog for my pc trackball I can set acceleration of x-axis to none, mainly this is very good for spinner games...and quite ok for 720 too, not as good as original 720 controls, but playable. I think Marp number 2 listed 720 player uses Wingman warrior, a joystick out of produce which has spinner.
Now only if I wouldn't suck at Arkanoid and Tempest...
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 11:27 am
by Chad
The TJT wrote:Thank you for the praise
Oh, I simply use original Tron spinner hacked to "talk" with PC.
Hacking it is very easy, just use normal ps/2 mouse circuit
that is beautiful man... i wonder if they'll ever make a hotrod (commercial) tron spinner so the ee-challenged can be as gifted.