Ms. Pac-Man Arcade FPGA - MiSTer Golden Age Perfection! New Year Core Countdown #2 | SmokeMonster

[@SmokeMonster]

Please excuse the stretched aspect ratio, there was no good way for me to dial it in on my capture card unfortunately.

[@mjy]

It's one of only a handful of arcade cores that I cannot get to display in the correct aspect ratio. Pac-Man looks perfect with no adjustments. Vertical scanlines look great. On Ms. Pac-Man though, I just cannot figure out if I'm doing something wrong of if there is something coded incorrectly in the core.

[@JohnMcLaughlin48]

Well done. Amazing amount of work to put this all together.

[@SmokeMonster]

Thanks, it was a huge undertaking

[@markbessert1883]

(aka SegaSaga). Nice work Smoke!Your vids lately are on a whole new level. Keep it up!

[@SmokeMonster]

Thanks, Mark :D

[@paulfoley9168]

Great video, your best one yet. Learnt: 1) This Mister core is great. 2) Some Ms Pac + Pacman history facts. 3) That I need to track down every single one of them sweet hacks for my very hungry micro sd card :)

[@SmokeMonster]

Great list :D

[@AG-bp3ll]

It was Midway in the US that approved the port not Namco. Namco was not happy about Ms Pac-Man and it took decades for them to accept that game and start putting it in collections.

[@TheGameBeaters]

That was great. Ms Pac-Man is one of my top arcade games and it was very cool to see some of these hacks as well as the different home ports. I don’t have a decent arcade stick for MiSTer yet because I’ve been looking for one that will feel right playing this core. Anyway I knew when I saw you were making this it was going to be a good one. Maybe your best yet. 👍

[@SmokeMonster]

Thanks! This one was epic because I realized I actually had two full days left here at the end to shoot it. Most videos had to be done in 1 day max, so that was huge :D

[@senzomcmanus]

So many years of looking for solutions to pcb problems. Now MISTER can run them through a jamma while boards are out for repair. Never without a game! So good ♥️

[@SmokeMonster]

Yes, it's the perfect solution :D

[@tbx59]

An elegant, eternal game.

[@ceticobr]

I bought a De10 which should arrive January 2nd. The IO board should be here mid January. I can hardly wait.

[@SmokeMonster]

You're going to love it :)

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

I am EXTREMELY STOKED for the 7800 port. Fun fact: that hardware was ALSO designed by General Computer, which is part of why the Ms. Pac-Man port is so good.

[@SmokeMonster]

Ahh, that makes sense :D

[@ponscremator9536]

Great to hear about the 7800 core! Is anyone working on Jr Pac, Super Pac, or Pac n’ Pal for Mister?

[@SmokeMonster]

Not that I know of, but those are the kind of cores that just seem to show up out of nowhere on MiSTer :)

[@Colin_Ames]

That was excellent. I didn't realize just how many variations there are of this game.

[@SmokeMonster]

Thanks :)

[@NightSprinter]

Oh, you had a six button pad plugged into the Genesis, didn't ya? Hold down Mode when firing up that port, to be able to actually get around the maze. Was sadly one of those games that didn't like six button pads.

[@SmokeMonster]

Ahh, yeah I had issues and just figured it was something on my end. Thanks :)

[@NightSprinter]

@@SmokeMonster Any time, man. If a Genesis game ever has issues running on a 6 button pad, just need to hold that one button down when firing it up.

[@SmokeMonster]

@@NightSprinter Thanks :)

[@videogameobsession]

The Tengen NES port is excellent. Much better than Namco's own port. It has many more levels, different sized mazes, 2 player modes, etc.. Similar to the later 16-bit offerings.

[@SmokeMonster]

I should have shown that one.

[@ss4rob]

This arcade core is fantastic! How do you enable the Ms.Pac-Man Speed Hack? This is how I played this game in the arcade for years. Thanks!

[@ElegyForTheMasses]

I don’t get sound on Pac-Man or ms Pac-Man cores.

[@SinisterSpatula]

The speed hack is where it's at for me. The diagonals option in the OSD is interesting. Wonder if it works well for 8-way joysticks and preventing wrong inputs.

[@SmokeMonster]

Yes, that's exactly what the diagonals option is for :)

[@christophhelms4905]

@@SmokeMonster how does it interpret and prioritize up-left for example on an 8 way? Not really sure how this works...

[@zeikjt]

@@christophhelms4905 The menu had multiple options: horizontal, vertical, and none. I assume that means you either give one axis priority or you make two inputs cancel out to nothing. EDIT: That or none means that both inputs go through and if the game handles it poorly then so be it.

[@evilcrabsitchalways]

I have an 7800 folder an 32x folder waiting for when it can be unleashed. lets see where things go I am exited to see where the MiSTer Project leads.

[@SmokeMonster]

I'm ready too :D

[@nathanhardie6124]

It's crazy that Ms. Pac-man is just a rom hack

[@SmokeMonster]

I know, it feels like a completely different game engine!

[@orbitingdecay6797]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong I've added the rom to the core but no sound. This is my first attempt at the core on an arcade.

[@SmokeMonster]

I've heard of a couple people running into this. Your TV might not be compatible with the core's audio. Try another set to confirm.

[@orbitingdecay6797]

@@SmokeMonster thank you I will try that out. Another question I have is that there is no option on my MiSTer to define game pad button mapping per core only on the menu upon boot up. Was this feature changed in a recent update?

[@eduardovelazquez6013]

Does the Mister FPGA not allow save states? I guess if the answer is no it is the big difference between the alternative software emulation raspberry pi. Save states is so convenient with those hardcore retro games.

[@SmokeMonster]

MiSTer allows save-states, but few cores have support yet. GBA save-states are coming soon and other cores will follow with time. Raspberry Pi has a 7 year head-start on MiSTer ;)

[@Pitbull0669]

could you do a video on them Im wondering if that could be mounted in in a Arcade Cab? any chance you wanna show how? And thank you :)

[@mirabilis]

@2:59 No, you want horizontal scanlines in this case.

[@SmokeMonster]

Most people will want vertical at home, but horizontal would match the original cabinet.

[@mirabilis]

@@SmokeMonster Really? :O People are strange.

[@SmokeMonster]

@@mirabilis Guess I'm strange.

[@mirabilis]

@@SmokeMonster I wouldn't argue with that. xD

[@evilcrabsitchalways]

Great vid, looking forward to the 7800. To my knowledge it has no flash cart and no rgb mod. It is a left behind console that is an afterthought to most. Funny it could have had a laserdisc addon making picture perfect ports of Dragon's lair and Space Ace. Imagine also Night Trap on the 7800! But that wasn't meant to be and it never came out. FYI if the new 2600 port plays custard's revenge over HDMI she will get the bounty source for fixing the bug. I am now exited about what is to come.

[@SmokeMonster]

It's an exciting time :D

[@DaveMcGarry]

This shit is the future... And now we're in 2020 it IS the future. 🕹️

[@SmokeMonster]

And the future is better than we imagined ;)

[@christophhelms4905]

Thanks for showing all the hacks! How do you enable speedup hack?

[@SmokeMonster]

You just load the ROM for it, it's not a menu option or anything :)

[@zachcollier]

@@SmokeMonster I can't figure out how to get any of my copies of the mspacmnf.zip to load, or just copy in the pacfast.6f file. I can't get the md5 check to pass. Am I trying to use the wrong kind of ROM? Awesome video series!

[@finaltheorygames1781]

Is there a PS1 or Sega Saturn core? Love to see that.

[@SmokeMonster]

Not yet but PS1 is in the works.

[@Scorpio1025]

could i use MAME 2010 roms for these arcade cores or do i need a more update version?

[@Autumn_Able]

You skipped the Tengen NES version. It added a lot of extra stages. I especially liked the "Strange" stage lineup.

[@SmokeMonster]

Yeah, I should have got that in too.

[@BaquePhotography]

You got to mount a CRT sideways properly, dont just stand it up on its side.

[@SmokeMonster]

I thought you can just rotate most PVMs?

[@AdamsBrew78]

Why is this?

[@BaquePhotography]

@@AdamsBrew78 You can crack the neck of the CRT. Vertical monitors have different internal bracing and straps to hold the CRT than a horizontal one.

[@AdamsBrew78]

@@BaquePhotography Makes sense. I remember hearing something about that decades ago, but forgot about the particulars. I used to use my original rev-a iMac vertically for arcade emulation. Guess I’m lucky it didn’t break.

[@mikegreiling]

why are the scanlines horizontal?

[@SmokeMonster]

I'm weird I guess and like them to look like they do in other games. As I said in the video, you can flip them however you want though if you want the real cabinet look.

[@siskavard]

Does anything NOT look awesome on your PVM? 😝

[@SmokeMonster]

Hehe, I keep saying that, don't I? :D

[@siskavard]

@@SmokeMonster Haha well, you're not wrong!

[@UJCammy]

Forgive me if this sounds rude but your Ms. Pac-Man history explanation is wrong. Ms. Pac-Man was licensed by Midway, not Namco. Namco gave their official blessings and were fond of the game, despite the fact that Midway wasn't contractually allowed to develop their own Pac-Man games (they were only allowed to manufacture what Namco developed). Super Pac-Man was Namco's official intended "sequel" to Pac-Man.

[@SmokeMonster]

Here's what I'm referencing www.fastcompany.com/3067296/the-mit-dropouts-who-created-ms-pac-man-a-35th-anniversary-oral-history

[@gustos2478]

You brought light to how bad the audio is for this series of ports. pAINfuL with headphones!!

[@SmokeMonster]

I had to take them off for Vic-20 and 2600, they're ear-shredding.

[@gustos2478]

SmokeMonster I thank you for that!! ;) keep up the good work. I’m 2 bones (cnd) poorer thanks to this series. My de10 is arriving tomorrow!!

[@katkillad]

All your videos have been great, but this one especially so and I'm not even the biggest PacMan fan.

[@SmokeMonster]

Thanks, I really enjoyed making it. Ms Pac was the last one I shot actually, and I had two full days to do it, unlike the other videos where I was limited to about a day from start to finish.

[@wiedo]

Lol at all those hacks 😂

[@SmokeMonster]

So much hacks

[@Waifu4Life]

Well, guess NEO-GEO will be the last video.

[@danielmoretti5468]

Yeah, the Neo Geo core is amazing!

[@SmokeMonster]

You never know :D

[@andymrb]

2:58 did you just say tate? Just kidding :)

[@SmokeMonster]

TATE MODE!!! :D

[@skins4thewin]

Moustache! Moustache! Moustache! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHOYd4eQoMuLetU

[@skins4thewin]

It's pronounced like Tayt, not Tah-Tay. Just sayin'. Lol tryin' to be fancy are ya?

[@SmokeMonster]

It's actually not

[@skins4thewin]

@@SmokeMonster Lol really? Well hell, I've been very wrong this entire time then. Seems many ppl have this one wrong.