Found & lost...Monaco GP.

7-Zark-7 · 18 October 2002, 17:54

My sincere thanks once again to Amigaboy for his help in tracking down this one.

As anyone who read this thread will know, I've been trying to remember an old F1 race car game I played way back '82/83.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...0&pagenumber=1

Well, I finally found what it was. Monaco GP by Sega, apparently in 1979. Very impressive for its time,that being the case. Sadly though,it doesn't look like it'll be on MAME anytime soon, a real shame.

http://64.70.153.176/monaco/monaco.htm

Now does anyone else here remember this one?

Amiga1992 · 18 October 2002, 20:57

What a nice game!

Anyway, you might want to try LeMans on the C64, it's *very* similar.

Fissuras · 18 October 2002, 21:56

Isn't it playable on FMAME32?
http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/

Quoting:
FMAME32 0.61 Release 2 for W9x/XP/NT
......................................
FMAME32 FEATURES:

* Pong (Atari 1972) The cult game. Remember: The 30th Anniversary of Atari's Pong is this year (August 13).
For better sound in Pong set in mame.cfg: resamplefilter = no
* Monaco GP (Sega 1979)
* Gambling Games: Golden Star - goldstar
Golden Star (Blue version) - goldstbl
Pontoon (Tehkan 1985) - pontoon
Champion Skill (with Ability) - csk227it
Champion Skill (Ability, Poker & Symbols) - csk234it
* SYSTEM16:
- Fix graphic and sprites in Super Hang-On (bootleg)
- Music and sound effects in Wonder Boy III.
* Full sound in all Seta games (Twin Eagle, Zing Zing Zip, Meta Fox and others).
* Sound in the Cinematronic games War of the Worlds, Armor Attack and Star Hawk
* Preliminary sound in Polaris
* Gridlee with correct sampleplay
* Turbo Tape in DECO Cassette games:
- Whenever you start a DECO Cassette game, FixMAME sets the emulation to fullspeed
(like F10), the frameskip to 11 and disabled the sound.
A Duron-700 PC loads for example Cassette: Boulder Dash (cbdash) now in 12 seconds.
After the tape was loaded, the settings will be set to default again.
* Listinfo:
- Add to MAME32's listinfo option the sourcefilename of the driver.
game (
name motos
description "Motos"
year 1985
manufacturer "Namco"
source "mappy.c" <--- driver name
.
.
This function is instead of the old history output.

* FPS, Aspect ratio and Palettesize in the Game Properties
* Save snapshots in the format: fullgamename_xxx.png

Fissuras · 19 October 2002, 23:28

The game "works" but it does not feel right.

Carlos Ace · 20 October 2002, 02:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Fissuras
The game "works" but it does not feel right.

Yeh, some things doesnt appear right like sounds (we cant ear some of them), a bad stage, and even the unwanted Game Over message doesnt appear.

7-Zark-7 · 20 October 2002, 13:41

Agreed guys. The sound FX in particular were quite poor compared to what I remember,(though most of the sounds didn't actually work period).
Still, at least I've managed to see it again, thanks for everyone's help.
But I find it silly that it's been dropped from Mame support in the first place.

Amiga1992 · 20 October 2002, 23:30

Quote:

Originally posted by Fissuras
The game "works" but it does not feel right.

dirkies · 21 October 2002, 13:52

dropped from mame

that's because it's not really an emulation, since the original didn't have a CPU, just discrete circuitry in a very weird way!

I've read some info on the hardware somewhere a while ago, and that's why it's so hard to correctly emulate.

Was a bit the same case as with Pong...

but it was a cool game, one of the first colour race arcade games, and addictive too!

18 October 2002, 17:54	#1
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Found & lost...Monaco GP. My sincere thanks once again to Amigaboy for his help in tracking down this one. As anyone who read this thread will know, I've been trying to remember an old F1 race car game I played way back '82/83. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...0&pagenumber=1 Well, I finally found what it was. Monaco GP by Sega, apparently in 1979. Very impressive for its time,that being the case. Sadly though,it doesn't look like it'll be on MAME anytime soon, a real shame. http://64.70.153.176/monaco/monaco.htm Now does anyone else here remember this one?

19 October 2002, 23:28	#4
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18 October 2002, 20:57	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	What a nice game! Anyway, you might want to try LeMans on the C64, it's very similar.

18 October 2002, 21:56	#3
Fissuras Old Luny Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Brazil Age: 54 Posts: 574	Isn't it playable on FMAME32? http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/ Quoting: FMAME32 0.61 Release 2 for W9x/XP/NT ...................................... FMAME32 FEATURES: * Pong (Atari 1972) The cult game. Remember: The 30th Anniversary of Atari's Pong is this year (August 13). For better sound in Pong set in mame.cfg: resamplefilter = no * Monaco GP (Sega 1979) * Gambling Games: Golden Star - goldstar Golden Star (Blue version) - goldstbl Pontoon (Tehkan 1985) - pontoon Champion Skill (with Ability) - csk227it Champion Skill (Ability, Poker & Symbols) - csk234it * SYSTEM16: - Fix graphic and sprites in Super Hang-On (bootleg) - Music and sound effects in Wonder Boy III. * Full sound in all Seta games (Twin Eagle, Zing Zing Zip, Meta Fox and others). * Sound in the Cinematronic games War of the Worlds, Armor Attack and Star Hawk * Preliminary sound in Polaris * Gridlee with correct sampleplay * Turbo Tape in DECO Cassette games: - Whenever you start a DECO Cassette game, FixMAME sets the emulation to fullspeed (like F10), the frameskip to 11 and disabled the sound. A Duron-700 PC loads for example Cassette: Boulder Dash (cbdash) now in 12 seconds. After the tape was loaded, the settings will be set to default again. * Listinfo: - Add to MAME32's listinfo option the sourcefilename of the driver. game ( name motos description "Motos" year 1985 manufacturer "Namco" source "mappy.c" <--- driver name . . This function is instead of the old history output. * FPS, Aspect ratio and Palettesize in the Game Properties * Save snapshots in the format: fullgamename_xxx.png

20 October 2002, 13:41	#6
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Agreed guys. The sound FX in particular were quite poor compared to what I remember,(though most of the sounds didn't actually work period). Still, at least I've managed to see it again, thanks for everyone's help. But I find it silly that it's been dropped from Mame support in the first place.

21 October 2002, 13:52	#8
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	dropped from mame that's because it's not really an emulation, since the original didn't have a CPU, just discrete circuitry in a very weird way! I've read some info on the hardware somewhere a while ago, and that's why it's so hard to correctly emulate. Was a bit the same case as with Pong... but it was a cool game, one of the first colour race arcade games, and addictive too!

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