gc-forever - Gamecube/Wii Forums

Hey guys,
as some of you already know, it is possible to have M.A.M.E. on the GameCube.
But, as the gc has a limited amount of memory and processing power, it is not possible to emulate all the games M.A.M.E. supports.

So I have to choose which games to include. Now i need you
What classic games do you like to be supported in mame-gc?

Emu_kidid already told me, that he likes the four player classics like TMNT and Simpsons to be supported.
Personally i like the Pacman-series, Arkanoid and Tetris (all time favourite)... but there is moooooar
I will also include support for as many of the Street Fighter games as possible.

added by:

• Megalomaniac: Ninja Gaiden
  Naxil: CPS1 games, especially Final Fight. <== maybe some games will not be supported

As some arcade boards use the same or similar hardware, several M.A.M.E. drivers support more than one game.

For example the pacman driver supports the following games:

• PuckMan
  Pac-Man Plus
  Ms. Pac-Man
  Crush Roller
  Ponpoko
  Eyes
  Mr. TNT
  Gorkans
  Lizard Wizard
  The Glob
  Dream Shopper
  Van Van Car
  Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
  Jump Shot
  Shoot the Bull
  Big Bucks
  Driving Force
  Eight Ball Action
  Porky
  MTV Rock-N-Roll Trivia (Part 2)
  Woodpecker

So it is safe to say, they all will be included.

Long story, but you get what I mean.

So tell me, what classic games I should (test and if possible) include.

EDIT: added some suggestions.

Would it be possible to emulate Famicom Disk Drive with MAME?
Because i want to play all Mario JnR on TV.

Best regards.

sumas, the nes is a home console and therefore not supported by M.A.M.E., but by M.E.S.S. instead.

But you should try fceu-gx... it has FDS support.

will any of these work??

Altered Beast
Gauntlet (four player)
Ghosts'n Goblins
Ghouls'n Ghosts
Macross Plus
Mega Man - The Power Battle
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Ninja Gaiden (Arcade)
Shinobi
Star Wars, Empire, Return, & Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek
Tailgunner
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day
Tron

Well same old games I have been playing since way back when.

Rolling Thunder - Namco (cubeSX/wiiSX run R.T. through Namco Museum Encore but sluggish / not tried Japan Virtual Console Arcade release.)

Wardner - Toaplan/Taito.

Rygar - Tecmo.

R-Type - Irem.

Pang - Mitchell/Capcom. Four release though last version - Mighty Pang is CPS2 powered.

Splatterhouse - Namco.

The New Zealand Story - Taito.


Couple of Vertical display titles.

Jackal - Konami.

Gemini Wing - Tecmo.

megalomaniac wrote:will any of these work??

Altered Beast
Gauntlet (four player)
Ghosts'n Goblins
Ghouls'n Ghosts
Macross Plus
Mega Man - The Power Battle
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Ninja Gaiden (Arcade)
Shinobi
Star Wars, Empire, Return, & Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek
Tailgunner
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day
Tron

most of them should, have to try them, though

wii_HD wrote: Well same old games I have been playing since way back when.

Rolling Thunder - Namco (cubeSX/wiiSX run R.T. through Namco Museum Encore but sluggish / not tried Japan Virtual Console Arcade release.)

Wardner - Toaplan/Taito.

Rygar - Tecmo.

R-Type - Irem.

Pang - Mitchell/Capcom. Four release though last version - Mighty Pang is CPS2 powered.

Splatterhouse - Namco.

The New Zealand Story - Taito.


Couple of Vertical display titles.

Jackal - Konami.

Gemini Wing - Tecmo.

same here. rolling thunder should run flawlessly

megalomaniac wrote:Altered Beast
Star Wars, Empire, Return, & Star Wars Trilogy

hell yeah!!

OMG!!! Are you going to build a MAME-GC???

Please add IDE-EXI support because it would be awesome to load all the games from the HDD.

I made a list of classic games that you could test (especially multiplayer games ):

1942 driver (1942.c)
* 1942

1943 driver (1943.c)
* 1943

Arkanoid driver (arkanoid.c)
* Arkanoid

Blood Bros driver (bloodbro.c)
* Blood Bros

Battletoads driver (btoads.c)
* Battletoads

Bubble Bobble driver (bublbobl.c)
* Bubble Bobble

Cabal driver (cabal.c)
* Cabal

Crude Buster driver (cbuster.c)
* Crude Buster

Caveman Ninja driver (cninja.c)
* Caveman Ninja
* Robocop 2

Commando driver (commando.c)
* Commando

Contra driver (contra.c)
* Contra

Capcom Play System 1 driver (cps1.c)
* 1941: counter attack
* Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
* Captain Commando
* Carrier Air Wing
* Final Fight
* Ghouls'n Ghosts
* King of Dragons, The
* Knights of the Round
* Magic Sword
* Mega Man: Power Battle
* Mega Twins
* Mercs
* Muscle Bomber Duo
* Pang! 3
* Punisher, The
* Saturday Night Slam Masters
* Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
* Street Fighter II': Champion Edition
* Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting
* Strider
* Three Wonders
* U.N. Squadron

Crime Fighters driver (crimfght.c)
* Crime Fighters

Dark Seal driver (darkseal.c)
* Dark Seal

Double Dragon driver (ddragon.c)
* Double Dragon
* Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Double Dragon 3 driver (ddragon3.c)
* Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
* Combatribes, The

Deco 16 driver (dec0.c)
* Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja
* Robocop

Deco 32 driver (deco32.c)
* Captain America and The Avengers
* Night Slashers

DJ Boy driver (djboy.c)
* DJ Boy

Donkey Kong driver (dkong.c)
* Donkey Kong
* Donkey Kong 3
* Donkey Kong Jr.

Dynamite Duke driver (dynduke.c)
* Dynamite Duke

Exerion driver (exerion.c)
* Exerion

Galaga driver (galaga.c)
* Dig Dug
* Galaga
* Xevious

Galaxian driver (galdrvr.c)
* Frogger
* Galaxian

Gals Panic driver (galpanic.c)
* Gals Panic

Gauntlet driver (gauntlet.c)
* Gauntlet
* Gauntlet II

Ghosts'n Goblins driver (gng.c)
* Ghosts'n Goblins

Gun.Smoke driver (gunsmoke.c)
* Gun.Smoke

Hang-On driver (segahang.c)
* Hang-On
* Space Harrier

Haunted Castle driver (hcastle.c)
* Haunted Castle

M90 driver (m90.c)
* Bomber Man
* Bomber Man World

Mappy driver (mappy.c)
* Dig Dug II
* Mappy
* Pac & Pal
* Super Pac-Man

Mario Bros driver (mario.c)
* Mario Bros.

Mitchell driver (mitchell.c)
* Pang
* Super Pang

Moo driver (moo.c)
* Bucky O'Hare
* Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

Namco System 1 driver (namcos1.c)
* Galaga '88
* Pac-Mania
* Splatterhouse

Namco System 2 driver (namcos2.c)
* Rolling Thunder 2

Namco System 86 driver (namcos86.c)
* Rolling Thunder

Out Run driver (segaorun.c)
* Out Run
* Super Hang-On
* Turbo Out Run

Pac-Land driver (pacland.c)
* Pac-Land

Pac-Man driver (pacman.c)
* Ms. Pac-Man
* Pac-Man Plus
* Pac-Man

Pocket Gal driver (pcktgal.c)
* Pocket Gal

Pocket Gal Deluxe driver (pktgaldx.c)
* Pocket Gal Deluxe

Popeye driver (popeye.c)
* Popeye

Prehistoric Isle in 1930 driver (prehisle.c)
* Prehistoric Isle in 1930

Raiden driver (raiden.c)
* Raiden

Rainbow Islands driver (rainbow.c)
* Rainbow Islands

Renegade driver (renegade.c)
* Renegade

Sega System 1 (system1.c)
* Wonder Boy
* Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Sega System 16B driver (segas16b.c)
* E-SWAT: Cyber Police
* Golden Axe
* Shinobi
* Wonderboy III: Monster Lair

Sega System 18 (segas18.c)
* Alien Storm
* Michael Jackson's MoonWalker
* Shadow Dancer

Sega System C driver (segac2.c)
* Columns
* Columns II: The Voyage Through Time
* Puyo Puyo
* Puyo Puyo 2

Senjyo driver (senjyo.c)
* Star Force

Shadow Warriors driver (gaiden.c)
* Shadow Warriors (aka Ninja Gaiden)

Simpsons driver (simpsons.c)
* Simpsons, The

SNK driver (snk.c)
* Guerrilla War
* Ikari Warriors

SNK 86 driver (snk86.c)
* POW: Prisoners of War

Snow Bros driver (snowbros.c)
* Snow Bros

Street Fighter driver (sf.c)
* Street Fighter

Taito F3 System (taito_f3.c)
* Bubble Bobble II
* Bubble Memories : The Story of Bubble Bobble III
* Puzzle Bobble 2
* Puzzle Bobble 3
* Puzzle Bobble 4

Taito SJ System (taitosj.c)
* Elevator Action

Tecmo 16 driver (tecmo16.c)
* Final Star Force

Thunder Cross driver (thunderx.c)
* Super Contra

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles driver (tmnt.c)
* Sunset Riders
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Tetris driver (atetris.c)
* Tetris

The New Zealand Story driver (tnzs.c)
* Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH

Toki driver (toki.c)
* Toki

Tumble Pop driver (tumblep.c)
* Tumble Pop

WWF Superstars driver (wwfsstar.c)
* WWF Superstars

WWF WrestleFest driver (wwfwfest.c)
* WWF WrestleFest

X-Men driver (xmen.c)
* X-Men

You could split the drivers into several dols, just like mame4all(http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/mame4all.html) did on Dreamcast. You can make dol of CPS/TMNT drivers, etc.
According to the efficency, I recommand you to include games drivers older than CPS2.
As a fan of Contra, I'd like to play Contra and Super Contra(Contra and Super Contra are different on hardware) on GC.

SrTommy: IDE-EXI support will be included (i have one too )
And thanks for the list with the driver names, that makes it a lot easier!

bearteam: good idea, looks like you can read my mind
Talked with emu_kidid some days ago about a similar thing.

The overall plan I have is this:
When you start mame-gc.dol it shows a fancy, libwiigui powered launcher, which displays your roms and some info, a screenshot, whatsoever.
In the background it copies compressed different mame cores to aram.
I think of one big core that supports nearly all games, that have low memory requierements
and up to three smaller cores that feature games/systems which are memory hungry.

When you start a game in the launcher, it determines the right core, decompresses it to main ram and launches it with the right rom.
When you decide to leave this game it jumps back to the loader and lets you choose the next game.
It then should determine if it uses the same core like the last and if not, free the main ram and decompress the needed core to launch it.
So the memory hungry games have enough ram to use.
But this is a long way to go... First i want to have a working, but ugly mame-gui featured version.

wii_HD wrote:Rygar - Tecmo.

I can remember spending like 6-8hrs at a time in our local arcade jamming away at this game when I was a kid. NES version was OK too.

This is going to be awesome. MAME on the go for me!

This is great news infact

SrTommy recommended some good ones.

I'd like really like to play Wonder Boy III, the Mega Drive version is not as good

Legend of Hero Tonma

Something like MAME-GC would be awesome!
Personally, I don't care too much for most of the post-1983 arcades. But most of the "Golden Age" machines kick ass. Good lists to start with would be these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age ... cade_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age ... cade_games

My personal favorites are definitely: Space Invaders, Frogger and Popeye.
Being able to play these on my Gamecube would be like a dream come true!