Choose emulator for ROM - actionmaxĮSC on a keyboard exits an ActionMax game When launching a game from Emulation Station (via the Daphne system), press a button to enter the runcommand menu (blue menu). commands files with the -ignore_aspect_ratio argument via the following command:Ĭd $HOME/RetroPie/roms/daphne/actionmax for x in 38ambushalley bluethunder hydrosub2021 popsghostly sonicfury do echo "-border 5 -ignore_aspect_ratio" > $x.commands done If you are having issues getting the games to appear in fullscreen you can create. commands files with the -border 5 argument and value (this enables sinden borders with a thickness of 5, you can adjust to your liking):Ĭd $HOME/RetroPie/roms/daphne/actionmax for x in 38ambushalley bluethunder hydrosub2021 popsghostly sonicfury do echo "-border 5" > $x.commands done If you are not getting a fullscreen display you can try adding -ignore_aspect_ratio to the. The -manymouse argument enables ABS mouse input for lightgun usage and is automatically enabled when enabling -border The -border argument value can be adjusted to either thin or thicken the borders (accepted values are 1-10). commands file for each of the 5 games and place them in the roms/daphne/actionmax folder In order to get the games working with your Sinden lightgun you will need to create a. Place your roms in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne. Installation files and steps for the ActionMax Pi emulator can be found here. commands files:ĪctionMax was ported to Singe, but up until now was unplayable on 32-bit Retropie.ĭirtBagXon (of Hypseus Singe fame) has put together a Singe implementation that runs ActionMax on the 32-bit Retropie allowing all 5 games to be played. The Daphne command line description is found here. I also set the options dip switches using -bank commands to create 5 Dirks/easy and 3 Dirks/hard games, although the easy setting is quite hard enough."Ĭ:\Daphne\daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\framefile\dlcdrom.TXT -x 768 -y 1024 -opengl -bank 0 11011001 -bank 1 00100111 -fastbootģ Dirks/Hard is -bank 0 10111010 -bank 1 10100111 I used the -fastboot option for quicker startup. To stop the video from pausing/chopping up in scenes, I replaced the -fullscreen mode with xy resolution of the monitor (-x 768 -y 1024). I had to use the -opengl option to make video work for the upright monitor. "My custom made arcade cabinet has an upright monitor set in portrait mode. Update- Curt Bellotti emailed me with a couple tweaks he added to his commandline, and kindly passed along the details for future visitors. Update- A couple people have benefitted from having the three original discs available: Disc One, Disc Two, and Disc Three.
Just create the folder named 'Daphne' on C:\, and unzip the contents of the zip file to it. Update- I have now made available the entire Daphne folder from my machine to see if that makes life easier to people just wanting to get Dragon's Lair working with the minimum amount of fuss. Update- You might also benefit from the roms. Itħ) Now you should be good to run the batch file and enjoy Dragon's Lair. framefile C:\Daphne\framefile\dlcdrom.TXT -fullscreen".
It is one line: " C:\Daphne\daphne.exe lair vldp This assumes all folder locations are as described in the above process. Once downloaded, unzip them to a folder namedĦ) I created a batch file that starts Dragon's Lair. Unzip it underĥ) Now you'll need the laserdisc images.
This new version contains the code fixesģ) Unzip the daphne download from step one into thisĤ) The next step is you'll need the framefiles forĭragon's Lair as well as the laserdisc image files. Sorry, these instructions are for Windows machines only.ġ) The first step was to head over to theĭownload the latest version. That just wasn't good for a DL lover like myself.
It used to work on my old AMD 1600 PC from 2002, but a newer OSĬoupled with the 64 bits meant Dragon's Lair did not work when I set the new
Page will describe how I got Dragon's Lair to work on my Windows 7 64-bit