Gamebase TI 99/4A

OX · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: Gamebase TI 99/4A

Anyone interested in a Gamebase for the Texas Intruments 99/4A system?

I've got a load of disk and cart images and I'm currently playing about with gemus via the mess emulator but need a little help. I can get the images to start ok but need a solution to automatically get past the TI startup screen and autoselect numbered option to run the given program, tried the following example to autorun a cartridge but it seems to be ignoring any input sent from the Run_Emulator_Send_Keys command.

Add_CLP(ti99_4ae -cart1 "%gamepathfile%" -joy -now -nonewui -window -keepaspect -skip_gameinfo)

Run_Emulator_Send_Keys([3]{ENTER}2||50)

:- {ENTER} being to skip the startup screen and 2 being option 2 to run the game in this case.

Or does anyone know if there are any command line options specific to mess TI 99 4A emulation to skip start screen/autorun cart/disk?

Any help or pointers appreciated, thanks.

hardmanm · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:14 am Post subject:

I'm very interested in this and all gamebases, good luck with this project.
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OX · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject:

.mad. · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

i have had problems using MESS with Gamebase.

May i suggest you drop MESS and have a go using this.

http://www.harmlesslion.com/cgi-bin/showprog.cgi?search=Classic99

A dedicated emu by fans, is always the best way to go. IMO

this site has links to other other emus for you to try.
http://www.99er.net/emul.html#classic99

OX · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject:

OX · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:55 pm Post subject:

Just a short progress update:

Settled on using MESS after all as it offers the most complete emulation, got over 300 entries in so far, pretty slow going as it's another custom GEMUS script and every entry needs a unique key/value pair due to the TI's quirky loading systems.

OX over and out.

JonathonSaunders · Keen Member Joined: 20 Feb 2010 Posts: 52 GB64-Points: 52

Sounds Great, How About Releasing What You Have Done So Far As A Beta Version For Us To Test and What Its Like.

I am very eager thats all to See this one.

Many Thanks

J.S.

Starscream · New Member Joined: 14 Mar 2009 Posts: 42 GB64-Points: 42

I'm surprised there at that many games, I hope there is some of the british tapestuff there that I was looking for. Most what I found on disks floating around were the usual cartridge games (although some were unreleased, such as the Data East games) and some common basic stuff. Looking forward to this GB.

OX · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: RE

OX · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:17 pm Post subject:

Starscream · New Member Joined: 14 Mar 2009 Posts: 42 GB64-Points: 42

I suppose most of the stuff that was dumped ended up on disk anyway, like on other platforms like 8bit Atari and such. I've uploaded a few ads by companies such as Lantern software, so you can compare if you already have those games.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/a9efz9

OX · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject:

630 + entries in up to now, still quite a few to go

JonathonSaunders · Keen Member Joined: 20 Feb 2010 Posts: 52 GB64-Points: 52

Hi Ox

Keep Up The Good Work. Didnt Realise The Texas Has So Many Games For It.

Are You Anywhere Near Close To Realeasing It Yet.

J.S.

OX · Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:43 am Post subject: Re: RE

Starscream · New Member Joined: 14 Mar 2009 Posts: 42 GB64-Points: 42

Another thing that would be cool if you haven't already included it, are original versions of the Infocom games. All I could find were the inofficial ports. They were apparently ripped from the Lost Treasures collections and include 80 column support ( I don't know if that's even possible on emulators). However I'd like to see how Infocom implemented their games. So if you find different versions, it would be good to keep and double check them.

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