Special Note: Why do we have to double certain roms? Well, because we dont use any game specific drivers. We allocate dynamically as much memory as the roms require and restrict NeoGeo to fetching gfx from any location outside of that. MAME has the possiblity to allocate any amount of memory they want and load the same rom twice or just fill the area with Zeros because of their driver system. Then you may ask why we dont use drivers as MAME? Because we want NeoRAGEx to be able to run any dump not just those that are out for the moment. But remember... we dont claim these dumps to be incorrect... just not correct for NeoRAGE(x).
V0.6b: ------
- Floating shadow problems in some games fixed. - ADPCM Delta channel bug fix (Metalslug & Neo Turf Masters random crash). - Overclocking support. - Support for altered version of Gururin (MAME version). - Small fixes (little here, little there, little everywhere).
V0.6: -----
- Major Changes in the drawing routines (faster and more accurate). - Optimised ADPCM decoding. - Sound drop bug fix (first boss in Aero Fighters 2 etc). - 44khz sound output. - VSYNC option if Tripple buffering enabled. - Interpolated Sound option (44khz/MMX only). - Possibility to record sound into wave file while playing(Output format will always be 22khz). - Frameskip option (AUTO/0-11 out of 12). - Full throttle mode supported (only if VSYNC is turned off) have always been there but undocumented. - Option to show Frames/Sec. - Volume +/- buttons remaped to '5' & '6'. - Preview shot save (8-bit mode only) have always been there but undocumented. - Faster loading times. - And other stuff we have forgotten.
V0.5c -----
- Sound bugfixes for some games that had problems before. - Autofire option. - Ability to select/deselect all objects in Shotfactory. - And some other small fixes.
V0.5b -----
- Joystick bug-fix. - S3-chip hang at startup fix(If it still not works for you turn off 3dhardware accelaration). - Samurai Shodown 4 hang fix (could fix some other oddities in other games too). - Neo Bomberman support for existing sound dump. - Gfx or exit bug fixed (occured when running several games without exiting the menu). - Possibility to select Alternative background color in shots factory. - Launch game with double click in gamelist. - Vsync replaced with tripple buffering (no more tearing). - Super sidekick works. - Hit ENTER,SPACE or klick to skip menu init sequence. - COIN is replaced with SELECT Buttons in consol mode.
Already supported in V0.5 but forgotten : - Kiwi_Slt's CodeGeine Supported... press ABCD simultaneously to enter his menu. Use a hotkey if you have problems entering his menu.
V0.5: ----- - Everything!
Installation: -------------
Complete setup version:
Just click on NeoRAGEx_Setup.exe and follow the instructions. Put you roms in any subdirectories as you like (max 2 dirs). You will also need the Neo Geo system bios (neo-geo.rom) and system fix-file(ng-sfix.rom) or a zip-file named neogeo.zip with both these files in installed in the same directory as NeoRAGEx.exe or in your rom subdirectories.
Zip-setup version:
Unzip the NeoRAGEx.zip and put you roms in any subdirectories as you like (max 2 dirs). You will also need the Neo Geo system bios(neo-geo.rom) and system fix-file(ng-sfix.rom) or a zip-file named neogeo.zip with both these files in installed in the same directory as NeoRAGEx.exe or in your rom subdirectories.
Requirements: -------------
Any Windows95/98/NT3.1 or later compatible computer with DirectX 3.0 or later installed.
A Breif users manual: ---------------------
First you have to import any roms into the NeoRAGEx system. To do that put your NeoGeo roms into any directory that you want. Then change rompath1 or rompath2 in options/directories so that they point at the directory with your roms in. As you might have noticed every game in the gamelist to the left has been grey (unavailable) until now. Now press the IMPORT button. If everything went fine then some of the games in the gamelist should be white now (Remember that the roms must be in a zip-file!!! NeoRAGEx doesnt support unzipped roms anymore). Select a detected (white) game from the list and then press LAUNCH button to run it. To toggle between Options menu and the game without exiting the game use TAB-key. You can only use Menu Option Shots Factory when in the menu from within a game by pressing TAB as mentioned above. You can also save your position in the game using the F11-key. Pressing this key brings up the Save State Menu. Just select any slot you desire to save into and press ENTER. You can load a previus state by pressing F12. This brings up tha Load State Menu... BTW. All unrecognized dumps will be located at the bottom if the gamelist with a (?) mark.
The existing dumps of World Heroes Perfect, KOF 95, Kizuna Encounter all have incorrect sized roms to run with NeoRAGEx (KOF 95 was correct once before MAME cut it), so they will not work with NeoRAGEx as they are.
Use romfix.bat to fix these 3 games. Unzip the files below that you want to fix into the same directory as romfix.bat and then run it. Put the modified roms back into their zip-files respectively. (TRY YOUR ROMS BEFORE YOU RUN THE ROMFIX THEY COULD BE THE CORRECT DUMP FOR NEORAGE!!!)
Well, guess thats all for now... the rest is up to you to explore, enjoy!
Recomendations: ---------------
Certain Video cards force VSYNC if you use tripple buffering... this slows down the emulation alot. If you have problems with speed turn tripple buffering off.
If you have 60hz as refreshrate at res640x480 or res320x240 use tripple buffering with VSYNC and enable full throttle (press '9') to get the most steady frame rate.
Remember to try all the different options in Video menu to find out what works best on your hardware. And dont forget to checkout interpolation...
Known problems/todo list: -------------------------
Linescrolling. Lack of this feature gives certain games gfx-glitches.
All games that don't have a preview picture on and are in the game list have some kind of defect either linescrolling or other bugs. The preview pics are only included in the complete setup.
MAJOR sound optimisations is needed, we haven't optimised it at all. So its not NeoRAGE speedy . Exlude the ADPCM part.
How do I overclock a certain game? Type ,desired Hz after the game in the ini file. EX: 142096,metslug2.zip,20000000 This will set the 68000 cpu to 20 Mhz and will also overclock the z80 the same percentage. In some games timing is very important, in that case overclocking can make the game unstable. We have already overclocked some games so you might not see any difference if you dont overclock them even more.
Where do I have to put my neo-geo bios files? You can have them either unpacked or in a zip-file named neogeo.zip. Put them in the same directory as NeoRAGEx.exe or in either rompath1 or rompath2.
Where do I put my roms? In either rompath1 or rompath2. You can define your own rompaths in the options/directories menu.
How could i enter the menu without exiting the game? Hit TAB
How could i enter the Dipswitch settings menu? There are 2 ways to do this: 1. You can use F1 to switch between Dipswitch menu directly. No need to go through NeoRAGE menu at all. 2. Or Enter the machine settings from the main menu. Select MVS Settings=ON. Accept changes and reset NeoRAGE. Now you can change the softdip settings as you like. When you are done leave the softdip and enter the NeoRAGE Main Menu again. Change MVS-Settings=OFF and reset NeoRAGE. Note! Remeber to leave the dip-menu before Pressing F1 or reseting.
What does the (?) mean in the gamelist? It means that the game is not a tested dump. But propably will run ok anyway. It has nothing to do with the name of the dump!
COMMON KEYS: ------------
'TAB' - Toggle in/out to system menu (Key redefenition etc) '1' - start 1 player game '2' - start 2 player game '3' - Coin1/Select '4' - Coin2/Select '5' - Volume - '6' - Volume + '7' - Record sound output '8' - Show/Hide frames/Sec '9' - Full throttle (ON/OFF) '0' - Save preview shot (8-bit only) 'F1' - Reset (Toggle in/out to MVS-settings) 'F2' - Audio Setting (ADPCM/FM/OFF) 'F3' - 8/16-bit audio output 'F4' - Audio channels (MONO/STEREO) 'F5' - 8/16-bit colordepth 'F6' - Scanlines (ON/50%/OFF) 'F7' - Interpolation (ON/OFF) 'F8' - Edge enhancement (ON/OFF) 'F9' - Take Screenshot 'F11' - Save state menu 'F12' - Load state menu 'ESC' - Hmmmm... what might this key do?
With MegaUpload being down, possibly permanently, I'm currently in the process of re-uploading all of my files to another server. This is going to take some time, so please be patient. Thank you!
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