Does anyone have an idea of how MAME performs versus any of the other versions? Does the speed feel closer to the real hardware or no?
yeah a couple different stages on my end. I didn’t test them all though, might be worthwhile just to be sure if there’s any differences.
some people thought mame was slower than fba. a somewhat sketchy test where you pause the game and use a frame advance in the input test option of the service menu suggested that it also had the most input lag, and that elsemi’s CPS3 emulator had the least. i always thought the gameplay felt closest to the arcade in elsemi’s emulator, but further testing of it is probably not helpful if nobody uses it.
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Yeah that’s been my perception of MAME as well. I know some of the ST guys were saying that it has improved on cps2 and that it’s the closest you’ll find to arcade perfect. Curious if MAME has made similar strides for cps3. I downloaded the most recent version and went through arcade mode, but it’s tough to tell just based on feel how the input lag is. It definitely felt different from fba to me.
Getting a recording straight from the arcade board seems more important now.
Depends which version of MAME. Re-Record version of MAME allows you to adjust the cpu speed.
CPS2 games should be on 75%
Yeah I’ve noticed that. If you change the CPU speed setting in ST from 75%, the game speeds up. Doesn’t seem to be the case in other CPS2 games, like the Alpha series, though.
I know that Darkstalkers runs at 59 fps on cab while on FBA it runs inherently at 60 fps.
That is wrong, just shut up. the refresh rate is 59 not the frames generated per second. And if you add turbo there will be even less frames.
if the guy there is wrong, I stand corrected