BlueGoblin Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I am currently using Mame 0.152 in my arcade machine. There are a few games that I play but they either do not work correctly or sound right. FRENZY, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders Part II. Is it even worth upgrading to version .170 or should I just leave it alone?
bulbousbeard Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 The reason you have problems with these games is that they all use MAME's discrete/analog sound emulation instead of using samples like they used to. It's possible that your machine isn't fast enough to emulate them at full speed anymore, because this is far more demanding than it used to be when they only used fake samples.
BlueGoblin Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 Hey bulbousbeard, Respectfully I don't think that is the reason why. My system is only a few years old and by no means slow. I do appreciate the feedback though.
bulbousbeard Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 Hey bulbousbeard, Respectfully I don't think that is the reason why. My system is only a few years old and by no means slow. I do appreciate the feedback though. Analog sound emulation on some of those systems is really demanding. Why don't you try pressing F11 and finding out if you're actually getting 100% speed? In the case of Donkey Kong specifically, it might just be that you have a 60hz monitor, and the game runs at 60.60hz, so it can't sync and you get audio breakup.
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