Compatabilty list

Heres the list of what works and what doesn't work for the current version dcastaway-20-09-2004.
You can submit the disks you've tested here.

BLOCKOUT Â* Â* Â*100 % Playable - submitted by ron
PUB (Faces Â* Â* Â*100 % Playable - submitted by ron
SIMCITY Â* Â* Â*100 % Playable - submitted by ron
SEGA OUTRUN - running - submitted by ron
eartic moves 100% - submitted by ron
history OK - submitted by ron
barbarian Â*OK - submitted by ron
Lotus Spirit OK - submitted by ron
stunt car racer SLOW - submitted by (is it faster on new release?) Â*- submitted by ron
commando OK - submitted by ron
1942 OK - submitted by ron
Elite: OK, a minor graphic glitch, menus aren't visible unless you move the cursor over them. - submitted by Pelayo
Frontier: hangs dcastaway - submitted by pelayo
Maniac Mansion: OK, the cursor is very fast. - submitted by palayo
Kick Off (major graphical glitches (Not on the earlier release)It seems to be somethign to do with the Virtual Keyboard GFX) Also the Pitch GFX are a little corrupted. Speed is excellent however. - submitted by qatmix
Another World - OK - submitted by M@jk
Sensible Soccer - freeze after boot sequence Â*- submitted by M@jk
Dyna Blaster - freeze after trainer menu - submitted by M@jk
Great Gianna Sisters (50hz) - the game run but too FAST! (and the scrolling is bad) with music, no sound effect - submitted by M@jk
Golden Axe - works fine, but music only (no sound effect) - submitted by M@jk
Sensible World Of Soccer - works, but i`dont know how to change the disk for the second (?) Â*- submitted by M@jk
Lemmings - freezes after magic question: Trainer y/n Â*- submitted by M@jk
Another World still with no sound/music. - submitted by M@jk
Ghosts and goblins - No sound, and too fast! - submitted by LyonHrt
karate kid 2 - sound, playable, though might be a little bit fast (catching the fly seems more impossible than i remember) - submitted by LyonHrt
speedball, - sound, very playable, might be faster than original, but suits it, great fun - submitted by LyonHrt
Fire and forget - Playable, sound comes and goes though - submitted by LyonHrt
strider - has sound and playable, again slightly fast - submitted by LyonHrt
goldrunner - a little fast, graphics probs, musics fast, no samples, playable (though i had this game on my st, i never got past the first level!) - Submitted by LyonHrt
Ninja mission - playable, but fast has full sound. - Submitted by LyonHrt
Buggyboy - Sound, seems to play at the right speed, perfect imo - Submitted by LyonHrt
Fernandez must die - playable, but no sound. - submitted by LyonHrt
IK+ - Has sound, too fast though, plus some graphic probs, and has controller probs (can't play the game) - submitted by LyonHrt
Championship wrestling - Seems like the correct speed, full sound - Submitted By LyonHrt

Will give this list a proper sort later, keep the submissions coming

BLOCKOUT 100 % Playable
PUB (Faces 100 % Playable
SIMCITY 100 % Playable

SEGA OUTRUN for ST
Running.

nice

eartic moves 100%
history OK
barbarian OK
Lotus Spirit OK
stunt car racer SLOW
commando OK
1942 OK

Elite: OK, a minor graphic glitch, menus aren't visible unless you move the cursor over them.
Frontier: hangs dcastaway :(
Maniac Mansion: OK, the cursor is very fast.

Kick Off (major graphical glitches (Not on the earlier release)It seems to be somethign to do with the Virtual Keyboard GFX) Also the Pitch GFX are a little corrupted. Speed is excellent however. Also Can you take all keyboard commands of the Joypad apart from Start = Space and Y = Enter

Another World - OK
Sensible Soccer - freeze after boot sequence
Dyna Blaster - freeze after trainer menu

ok here comes antoher test:
Great Gianna Sisters (50hz) - the game run but too FAST! (and the scrolling is bad) with music, no sound effect
Golden Axe - works fine, but music only (no sound effect)
Sensible World Of Soccer - works, but i`dont know how to change the disk for the second (?)
Lemmings - freezes after magic question: Trainer y/n :)
Another World still with no sound/music.

keep your submissions coming, if its on a compilation disk, say which one.

I'll tidy up the list later.

Very good, list is growing up !!!!

As you can see i added a few games i tested, speedball is my current fave, sadly though i had probs with ik+ Which was a game i had blackbelt in :P

Oil Imperium - works well...very playable :D

what about we put that list in alfabetical order ?

I've been playing Stunt Car Racer for AGES!!!! Stick it on frameskip 2, sound on, and it's fantastic... however, only one sound channel works... you don't here the crane lifting you... but your car still goes vroom, and smash :) It's bloody great!!!

Oh, and this is one game without gittery sound.

Tested games on the latest beta-one release with sound ON and zero frameskip.

Shadow Of The Beast - Runs fast, with sound.
Toki - Runs fast, with sound.
Chase HQ - runs fast but problem getting the turbo to work.
Chase HQ2 - runs fast, same problem as Chase HQ.
action fighter - runs fast and sound works.
Voyager - Black screen after the title screen.
Advance Destroyer Simulator - Runs fast but no sound.
Albedo - Runs fast, but dc controller doesn't work.
Altered Beast - Runs fast but the character just keeps jumping all the time.
Anarchy - Runs fast, sound works as well (cool game).
Aquanaut - Runs fast, no sound effects but music works.
Armada - Stuck at the gem desktop, mouse pointer problem.
Atomic Robo Kid - Runs fast but dc controller doesn't work.
Bionic Commandos - Runs fast with sound.
Blood Money - Crashes the whole emu *freeze*.
Bubble Trouble - Runs fast, no sound at all.
Bard's Tale - Runs fast, music works, some gfx error in houses.
Captain Blood - Run at 70%, no sound, controls are weird.
Cartoon Capers - Runs at 75%, no sound.
Stryx - Runs at a playable speed, sound works.
Cybernoid 2 - Runs fast, sound works.
Crackdown - Runs fast, sound works (great game).
Double Dragon - Runs fast, bad control problem, no sound.
Double Dragon 2 - Runs fast, controls works fine.
Darius + - Crashes the whole emu dc *freezes*
E-Swat - Runs at 80%, sound works.
Fire & Forget - Runs at 80%, sound come and go.
Ghouls 'N Ghosts - Runs fast, sound works
Hackers II - Runs at 80%, sound works, mouse pointer problems

that's all for today.

Noticed that some times the mouse pointer works fine on the gem disk top if you baby it and only move it small amounts if it does break reboot the emu and try again was able to get a lot of games with mouse pointer problems working by doing this. Same problem on some of the sdl ports i did for mouse games. Like axis has problems in some modes.

Some more tested games on the latest beta-one release with sound ON and zero frameskip.

Flinstone - Runs fast, sound works.
Impact - Runs fast, no sound.
Night Shift - Runs fast, sound works.
Jack Nicklaus Golf - Runs fast, sound works.
James Pond - Runs fast, sound works.
Phobia - Runs fast, sound works.
Jaws - Runs fast, sound works.
Karateka - Runs OK, but dc controller doesn't work.
Zany Golf - Runs fast, sounds work, but can't control anything.
Killing Game Show - Runs fast, sound works.
KlaXX - Black screen.
Licence To Kill - Runs fast, sound works.
Loom - Get stuck on the GEM desktop, mouse pointer problem.
Luxor - Get stuck on title screen.
MAD Show - Runs OK sound works.
Murder in space - Runs fast, but mouse poiter problems, you click and it resets the position.

Enough testing for now.

thanks for your input guys, i'll get it in order, and added to the big list tonight :P

I tested the following games with beta release:

All of them pretty much run normally although the screen seems to be too dark on a lot of them:


TOS 1.02 US

1stWord
Alien Storm (Space bar to start)
Another World
Bionic Commando
Captain Fizz
Castle Master
Cybernoid (Can't shoot)
Disk Doctor (Mouse Pointer doesn't move right in med resolution)
Elf
G-Lock
Ghouls and Ghosts
Hillsfar
Lotus III
Marble Madness
Mr. Heli
R-Type II
Side Arms
Silent Service
Space Harrier
Strider II
Turbo Outrun
Virus
Wargame Construction Set
Xenakis
Xor

TOS 1.04
1stWord
Another World
Bionic Commando
Captain Fizz
Castle Master
Cybernoid (Can't Shoot)
Disk Doctor (Mouse doesn't move right)
Dragon Ninja
Elf
G-Lock
Ghouls and Ghosts
Hillsfar
Lotus III
Marble Madness
Mr. Heli
R-Type II
Side Arms
Silent Service
Space Harrier
Strider II
Turbo Outrun
Virus
Wargame Construction Set
Xenakis
Xor

speedball - perfect with throttle 200
stuntcar racer - ok, i think the speed if right, but the crashing sounds is missing
fast lane - ok
turrican 2 - too fast and not smooth at all plus the joystick keeps quiting the game
Swiv - very fast sounds missing and maybe enemy bullets cos something just keeps blowing me up for no reason
buggyboy - ok
z-out - loads ok but can't start game main game
chaos engine - ok but no music in game (there was music in game on the st wasnt there?, surely) i remember the music on the amiga was ace turned up loud.
rtype2 - ok
jimmy whites snooker - can't start game and when it goes into demo it goes black screen and freezes the dc
xor - ok, v fast
Annals of rome - works but resolution is to small to see the writing
saint and greaves - football quiz eurgh , too fast to answer.

i'll do some more when i get time

supersprint - ok
lotus III - no highlight on options screen
silent service II - no sound
table tennis - no sound in game
kickoff II - no sound and fast
mercenary - ok
maniax - ok
push over 2 - ok
road wars - ok
red storm - ok
overlander - ok
prohibition - ok
oids - black screen
knightmare - can't start game
olympiad - controls don't work properly
karate kid - ok
moon patrol - ok

oh no real bad news :(
the graft goldgames don't work !!
well they loadup and the sound and graphics are perfect but the keys or joystick won't respond to start the games :'(

paradroid (the biggie) asks for a data disk which doesnt exist, how to make one ? but anyway iron man asks for datadisk and i just press fire to continue and it works ok, so paradroid probably would, its just that it wont accept the fire of space to start it :'(

super off road works perfectly the joystick works on this one ? perfect sound and perfect speed, but sometimes it exits to the desktop, don;t know why ?

simulcra perfect, the music plays perfect aswell you just can't start the game

fire and ice i put in disk2 but it needs a button press to start it and nothing responds :'(

realms - can't start , it needs the mouse to move and no movement :(

rainbow islands - insert data disk and press space, no response to keyboard :'(

all these games are the best ones for st and amiga, but they can't be played, i'm hopeing in the next release will this be easy to fix ??

hope so cos this is so far the best emu on dc at the moment ;)

some more

vroom - crashes dc when starting main game
first samurai (1disk version) - freeze after intro
gods - no button to start
silkworm - works but very choppy
volfied - works ok but sounds is messed up
venus the flytrap - takes ages to get to the start of the game but works good and has sound and music
little computer people (house on a disk) - works but no sounds
sabre team - again the not recognising key or joystick or mouse to start, but music plays good.
alpha waves - can't get by the crack intro, asks for infinite time in game then just repeats crack intro.
parasol stars - can't believe how good this runs, full music and sound, might be a little fast, and a bit of slowdown when lots on screen.
exile - black screen
Waterloo - maybe a bit fast the text goes fast, otherwise seems perfect

*Cybercon III - works really well, few problems with sound
Armourgedden (1 disk version) - lovely animation at the start, then you can't move the mouse to start though, demo plays smooth with sound.
empire strikes bacdk - game works perfect with sound and speed, but alas the mouse doesnt move
into the eagles nest - no sound
trantor the stormtrooper - good speed, but sprites flicker all over the screen, the enemy and fire is invisible
*plutos - works perfectly except you have to use second joypad for control, every now and then the pad doesnt go left for a split second (this seems to happen on a lot of games), maybe something to do with pressing up or down at the same time ?
knightmare - controls dont work, music plays fine though
arcade classics - ok, but sound problems
starquake - sound problems
better dead than alien - fire button works on second controller but no movement, i think this game needs mouse to move
super hang on - loads ok, but press space to start won't work
st karate - really very fast, with sound and music
electronic pool - no control, mouse ?
*super sprint - works perfect apart from terrible blipy music and sound
elite - looks perfect , except i could not fire or click on the requestors etc, pity
screaming wings - no sound
*mouse trap - ok and with music
the enforcer - no sound
*battlezone - bit slow play it on frameskip 0 and its good
slap fight - no sound effects, music option works
chuckie egg - perfect until about 4 seconds into play freezes. damn, its an excellent version aswell
*menace - ok, music messes up when you fire and theres no fire sound
zany golf - no control in game
mission - missing sounds in game
starglider - control doesnt work right, no sound
voyager - intro screen looks good, start the game and its blank screen
*marble madness - ok music and sound
*head over heels - as far as i can tell, it works perfect
harely davidson - wont accept key press
*arcade trivia quiz - perfect, just music on the player select is messed up
frenetic - wont accept key or joystick
*toki - perfect, with music, if not better because its faster.
supercars II - perfect, music and car sound but no explosion sound.
*chips challenge - perfect
*ranarama - works on joypad 2
*do run run - perfect
chase hq - ok, music ok, sound effects messed up
kick off - sound messed up
*chuckie egg II - perfect even with music and sounds
laser squad - fast and no sound (please try to get this to work properly in DCaSTaway)
risk - no sound, mouse control couldnt place my armies for some reason
*st dragon - perfect, music and sound, slowdown when lots on screen, but it used to do that even on amiga version.
*paradroid - perfect! just a tad slow, i got it to run with a different disk (automation disk_390 btw all the games in this post are from automation disks) the other version i had wouldnt register joystick. excellent game.
*pub trivia - perfect
*continental circus - put it on frameskip 0 and it flies !
*dominator - ok
*stryx - ok
driller - no sound
*millipede - ok
zynaps - plays through once, control with joypad 2, cant continue after game over
*pacland - ok, control with joypad 2, play with frameskip 0 then its faster and smoother than the real st version, well maybe a bit too fast. and don't forget double tap right to run
theme park mystery - mouse stops working properly
*plotting - ok
*quartz - ok
fusion - ok
*overlander - ok
*bubble bobble - ok
jim power - scoreline flickers like mad, scrolling is very jerky
*lotus 1 - ok
no second prize - ok, but to hard to control, uses mouse
starwars - totally messes up the screen, but sounds can still be head, pity this don't work, cos its the best version i've played except arcade one.
gemX - crashes DC, pity, love this game
*bloodmoney - excellent, main sprite a bit flickery

oh when i say perfect i mean as perfect as you can get so far, ie with the sound not sounding to hot.

i've put and * next to the ones that work close to the real thing in DCaSTaway.

from what i've seen, if the mouse,keyboard,joystick control problem of it not responding was sorted out, the really good games would be totally playable at near enough full speed, albeit with a few sound problems, but this is really the only problem that is making most games not work.
something happens to mouse control and the only way to get it working again is to reset dreamcast

am i on a 1 man crusade ?

is anyone even reading it.

nevermind its been fun going through them even with a runny nose cold.

oh and does the throttle do anything, i can't notice it ?

and what does it mean when a row of bombs comes up on the screen, then the dc freezes ?


i hope this emu is still being worked on cos its got great potential if this is only an early release,
i used to have an amiga and its fun seeing how the atari versions of the game were, sometimes they were better sometimes worse, i know a lot of early amiga was just ports from atari versions.
now if the sound could get fixed, it would be great to hear the sounds as they were meant to be, i'm gonna have to find an st second hand somewhere cos its an ace little computer for games.

DCaSTaway = :o :)

AMAZING WORK !!!! Thank You ;D

A few more tests:

TOS 1.04

applications:
Alice Pascal programming package
System Control Panel

games:
Baal
Mega Twins
Metro Cross
Ninja Spirit
Star Raiders
Street Fighter
Sundog
Xenon

These two player games works perfectly!

- Nitro
- super cars II
- Pang
- Speedball II

New release comming soon.

I patch interrupt keyboard/joystick and a lot of new games runs ok like Turrican.

This list will grow much ! ! ! !

Also, vertical synch, brightness correct, etc..

any updates?