![]() ![]() So, here's my challenge to all of you programmer types - can you figure out a way to add the fast boot support option to Dave's enhanced romsets? If someone could figure this out, we'd have the best of both worlds - quick start up time coupled with the many, many gameplay improvements of the enhanced sets. Matt created a fast boot option in Daphne which reduces the boot time to just a few seconds, but it only works with the original romsets. Your average end user just doesn't want to wait that long, and if you're not there to tell them otherwise, they'd probably think the game didn't work and give up. But, in an emulated cabinet setting, with all the other games in your setup launching from your frontend in a matter of seconds, it's kind of a deal-breaker. For a real, dedicated machine, that's not really a big deal. ![]() ![]() However, there is one major drawback to using these enhanced roms - they take between 45 - 80 seconds to boot into the game. Here's a link to the enhanced roms for reference: He re-sequenced the scene order so it actually makes sense, added the drawbridge scene back into DL, improved the transition timing between scenes, etc. I, like a lot of people, prefer them to the arcade original roms for these two games. For the unfamiliar, these are modified roms made by a guy over on the Dragon's Lair Project website named Dave. I had asked if he could add the "-fastboot" option to the enhanced ROM sets for Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. Unfortunately, he is either uninterested in further improving Daphne, or doesn't have any desire to respond to user requests his answer was, "figure it out yourself." I've been trying for a few months to convince Matt, the author of the excellent Daphne emulator, to add a feature to the program. This is a request/challenge/interest check for all the programming geniuses out there (of which I am not one). ![]()
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