n4sa Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ever since I turned free play on, the game demo's won't play by themselves when idling on the menu screen.. is there dip sw setting I can change in the setup menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GameDude Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 check your switches are all open by default, some switches have dual pole on them and if wired wrong may cause your problem. The 48in1 should still go through the demos on free play until 1P or 2P are pressed at which time it stay on the page until you select a game. if you can select a game with the joystick without touching the P1 or P2 this will proove the theory. If you can still start the games this is purly because when the button is pressed and then released it still registers a switch motion but the wrong way round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 n4sa Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Fixed it :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 n4sa Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Alsoooo... I have set it to save high scores, but everytime I turn the machine back on they are gone... ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GameDude Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I take it your actually getting hi scores and not just any old score??:lol Anyway dip 3 needs to be fully on for that feature to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 n4sa Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Yes dip 3 is on. I played frogger and space invaders and it saved high score.. but "Juno First" and some other games aren't.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ando77 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Mine as well, Some High Scores save others don't Solution would be appreciated, Thanks, Ando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lord-Data Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Is there a pattern between if you exit a game before powering off? ie, exit game, then power off, or power off while in a game? Also perhaps delays between exiting and powering off? perhaps it needs a certain amount of time to write the changes to flash. IT would most certainly need to exit the game before power off, mame doesn't write the highscore.dat file until it exits, i don't think .. (i know this isn't strictly mame we're talking about, but it is no doubt based on the mame source code) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 n4sa Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I only turn it off after exiting a game.. however I will try a few things and see what happens :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lord-Data Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Well, now i've got mine up and running, ive done those tests, and no luck... seems to be games that let you enter your initials do not save .. DIP3 is registering as set in diagnostic mode also.. I haven't yet actually see any game save yet, but I don't think i've played much of frogger and the older "score only" ones.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 narf_ Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 same for me on the 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 elkor-alish Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hadn't noticed it before but I have the same prob. on my 48 in 1 aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 narf_ Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 hardest part i find is no continue once game ends its over and i suck atm at most games :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Super Moderator GIBO Posted April 21, 2008 Super Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hadn't noticed it before but I have the same prob. on my 48 in 1 aswell With yours I would make sure dipswitch 3 is on as I dont think it would of been turned on when the board was installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 narf_ Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 some chinese guy at the factory thinking "this will fuck the yanks for ages" :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Super Moderator GIBO Posted April 21, 2008 Super Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2008 some chinese guy at the factory thinking "this will fuck the yanks for ages" :lol Nah just a slack tech here in Perth I would say ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 narf_ Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 bloody techs worse than landscapers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 elkor-alish Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Nah just a slack tech here in Perth I would say ;) That's the thing though he did set it and I've moved the no. 3 dip switch on and off (turning the machine off in between of course) and still have same prob. I'll have a better look later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 narf_ Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 this gives me a excuse to go retest mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GameDude Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 hardest part i find is no continue once game ends its over and i suck atm at most games :( continues are for pussies!:tomato Most of these games never supported continues but some do and the 48in1 supports this. to use the continue just select the same game from the menu like 1942 and it should go back to the continue option the game originally supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lord-Data Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I noticed (but haven't tested yet) that in the config screens for each game, there are a few that have the option to turn on continues via their individual dip-switch settings, they were all set to OFF by default. Like you said, I also suck at a lot of these older games, so I used the settings to bump the life-count for nearly every game, and lowered the bonus-life reward scores ;) I should get a new marquee that says: Warning: Easy Mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rod71 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I noticed (but haven't tested yet) that in the config screens for each game, there are a few that have the option to turn on continues via their individual dip-switch settings, they were all set to OFF by default. Like you said, I also suck at a lot of these older games, so I used the settings to bump the life-count for nearly every game, and lowered the bonus-life reward scores ;) I should get a new marquee that says: Warning: Easy Mode! Even after doing that, some games are still bloody hard. After all, they were designed to suck in the coinage i spose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lord-Data Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yeah, very true. Its a shame it doesnt record some kind of statistics too, would be nice to see which games get the play time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 shooter Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 that they were... that they were :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ando77 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 :evil Yeah well i dont care bout continue. But High Score is a different matter. Would Be Nice If High Score Saved:cry DIP 3 on ,,,,,,,,,,,, Brain off!!! I want to thrash those Retro Games !!!:D:D Ando........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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