NeoCD 0.6c compatibility list

[boule]

Compatibility list for evilo's NeoCD/PS2 v0.6c

-with frameskip enabled:

works perfect : game works perfect = CDDA + sound effects
Text : game works fine, but CDDA or sound effects (music) could be missing, or minor glitches
Text : freezes occuring while playing/loading, or major glitches
The "*" means that cdda has not been tested.

Notes:

-Due to raster effects not being emulated, backgrounds can "split" in fighting games (Art of Fighting, Double Dragon, Last Blade, Samurai Spirits, Savage Reign...) or the super sidekicks games are unplayable.

-Characters in Fatal Fury games are a bit buggy (nothing big, really...) when they move in the background
-Characters shadow can be buggy in Samurai Spirit games and KOF94
-some games may have missing graphics in menus (like windjammers)
-(ok, last one ) some games play better without Frameskip (especially Viewpoint)


(the SNK NEOGEO CD game list has been taken from screamcast.net)


3 COUNT BOUT [FIRE SUPLEX] (SNK) -
A.D. 2020 SUPER BASEBALL (PALLAS) - works perfect (*)
ADK WORLD [ADK SPECIAL] (ADK) -
AERO FIGHTERS 2 [SONIC WINGS 2] (VIDEO SYSTEM) - works perfect
AERO FIGHTERS 3 [SONIC WINGS 3] (VIDEO SYSTEM) - works perfect
AGGRESSORS OF DARK KOMBAT [GAN GAN] (ADK) -
ALPHA MISSION 2 [ASO II-LAST GUARDIAN] (SNK) - works perfect
ART OF FIGHTING [RYUUKO NO KEN] (SNK) - Title and sprite graphics are corrupt (*)
ART OF FIGHTING 2 [RYUUKO NO KEN 2] (SNK) - works perfect
ART OF FIGHTING 3 [RYUUKO NO KEN 3] (SNK) - works perfect

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
BASEBALL STARS 2 (SNK) - no cdda
BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL (SNK) -
BLUE'S JOURNEY [RAGUY] (ADK) - no cdda
BREAKERS (VISCO) - emu freezes right after the beginning of fight
BURNING FIGHT (SNK) - no cdda
BUST-A-MOVE [PUZZLE BOBBLE] (TAITO) - works perfect (*)
CROSSED SWORDS (ADK) -
CROSSED SWORDS 2 (ADK) - works perfect
CYBER-LIP (SNK) - works perfect
DOUBLE DRAGON (TECHNOS) - works perfect

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
FATAL FURY [GAROU DENSETSU] (SNK) - works perfect
FATAL FURY 2 [GAROU DENSETSU 2] (SNK) - some sound effects missing (*)
FATAL FURY 3 [GAROU DENSETSU 3] (SNK) - some sound effects missing
FATAL FURY SPECIAL [GAROU DENSETSU SPECIAL] (SNK) - works perfect
FATAL FURY REAL BOUT [GAROU DENSETSU REAL BOUT] (SNK) - works perfect
FATAL FURY REAL BOUT 2 [GAROU DENSETSU REAL BOUT 2] (SNK) - works perfect
FATAL FURY REAL BOUT SPECIAL [GAROU DENSETSU REAL BOUT SPECIAL] (SNK) - works perfect
FOOTBALL FRENZY (SNK) -
GALAXY FIGHT (SUNSOFT) -
GHOST PILOTS (SNK) - no cdda
IRON CLAD [CHOTETSU BRI'KINGER] (SAURUS) - works perfect
KABUKI KLASH [TENGAI MAKYO SHINDEN] (HUDSON) - works perfect

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
KARNOV'S REVENGE [FIGHTERS HISTORY DYNAMITE] (DATA EAST) -
KING OF FIGHTERS 94 (SNK) - works perfect
KING OF FIGHTERS 95 (SNK) - character voices are missing
KING OF FIGHTERS 96 (SNK) - works perfect - can freeze after 1st fight.
KING OF FIGHTERS 96 NG COLLECTION (SNK) -
KING OF FIGHTERS 97 (SNK) - character voices are missing
KING OF FIGHTERS 98 (SNK) - sound missing, glitches in menus and both side of screen
KING OF FIGHTERS 99 (SNK) - no sound. Also glitches appear on VS screens
KING OF THE MONSTERS 2 (SNK) -
LAST BLADE [GEKKA NO KENSHI] (SNK) - works perfect
LAST BLADE 2 [GEKKA NO KENSHI 2] (SNK) - works perfect
LAST RESORT (SNK) - no sound
LEAGUE BOWLING (SNK) - works perfect

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MAGICAL DROP 2 (DATA EAST) - works perfect
MAGICIAN LORD (ADK) - works perfect
MAHJONG FINAL ROMANCE 2 (VIDEO SYSTEM) -
MAHJONG KYO RETSUDEN (SNK) -
MASTER OF SYOUGI [SHOGI NO TATSUJIN] (ADK) -
METAL SLUG (SNK) - works perfect
METAL SLUG 2 (SNK) - works perfect
MUTATION NATION (SNK) - no cdda and some sound effects missing
NAM-1975 (SNK) - no cdda
NEO DRIFT OUT (VISCO) -
NEO GEO CD SPECIAL (SNK) -
NEO TURF MASTERS [BIG TOURNAMENT GOLF] (NAZCA) - Inter-course graphics and leaderboard are corrupt (*)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
NINJA COMBAT (ADK) - no cdda
NINJA COMMANDO (ADK) - no cdda
NINJA MASTERS (ADK-SNK) - works perfect
OVER TOP (ADK) -
PLEASURE GOAL STREET SOCCER 5-ON-5 [FUTSAL] (SAURUS) - buggy graphics
POWER SPIKES 2 (VIDEO SYSTEM) - works perfect
PULSTAR (AICOM) - works perfect
PUZZLED [JOY JOY KID] (SNK) -
QUEST OF THE JONG MASTER [MAHJONG JANSHIN DENSETSU] (YUBIS) -
QUIZ KING OF FIGHTERS (SAURUS) -
RAGNAGARD [SHINOKEN] (SAURUS) - works perfect
RALLY CHASE (ADK) -
RIDING HERO (SNK) - works perfect
ROBO ARMY (SNK) - works perfect

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SAMURAI SHODOWN [SAMURAI SPIRITS] (SNK) - works perfect
SAMURAI SHODOWN 2 [SAMURAI SPIRITS 2] (SNK) - works perfect
SAMURAI SHODOWN 3 [SAMURAI SPIRITS 3] (SNK) - character voices are missing
SAMURAI SHODOWN 4 [SAMURAI SPIRITS 4] (SNK) - works perfect
SAMURAI SPIRITS RPG (SNK) - no sound or cdda - graphics are buggy
SAVAGE REIGN [FU'UN MOKUJIROKU] (SNK) - works perfect
SENGOKU (SNK) - works perfect
SENGOKU 2 (SNK) - works perfect
SOCCER BRAWL (SNK) - works perfect
STAKES WINNER (SAURUS) -
STREET HOOP [DUNK DREAM] (DATA EAST) - graph. glitches
SUPER SIDEKICKS [TOKUTEN OH] (SNK) - works perfect
SUPER SIDEKICKS 2 [TOKUTEN OH 2] (SNK) - Field not visible
SUPER SIDEKICKS 3 [TOKUTEN OH 3] (SNK) - Field not visible
SUPER SPY,THE (SNK) - no cdda

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
TOP HUNTER (SNK) - works perfect - backgrounds in wind stage are buggy
TOP PLAYERS GOLF (SNK) -
TWINKLE STAR SPRITES (ADK) - works perfect
VIEWPOINT (SAMMY) - works perfect
VOLTAGE FIGHTER GOWCAIZER [CHOJIN GAKUEN GOWCAIZER] (TECHNOS) -
WINDJAMMERS [FLYING POWER DISC] (DATA EAST) - works perfect
WORLD HEROES (ADK) -
WORLD HEREOS 2 (ADK) - works perfect
WORLD HEROES 2 JET (ADK) - works perfect
WORLD HEROES PERFECT (ADK) - works perfect
ZINTRICK [OKIDASHI ZENTRIX] (ADK) - works perfect



Don't hesitate to post your results on the forum!

I GOT AERO FIGHTER 3 and KABUKI KLASH and there's no F@!#$% music first this is what i do i use sega cue maker and make a cue file and i put it in the game folder that has iso+mp3 and i burn it with nero with the speed 4x and when i load it up there's no music only the sound works i even put the cdda on and restarted CAN SOMEONE HELP !!!!

[gutossn]

The game King of Fighters '99 works fine, there's music only the fighters select screen...But freeze when I won the first team. The emulator doesn't works more...

I used the version 0.6.

see ya.

[boule]

really small update thank you !!

[LeizenBR]

Samurai Shodown 2 works fine but freezes just after character selection
I'm using version 0.6

magical drop 2 no music and samaurai showdown 4 no music

[realAVT]

CROSSED SWORDS has no music

[boule]

TOo , i don't have the same results as you , at least for magical drop 2 and Kabuki Klash: both of them have music+ cdda (even if KK freezes after 1st fight)

Also, does SS4 work for you? (for me the emu freezes before the fight even begins :P )

yeah samurai showdown 4 works very good but theres no music

[realAVT]

PULSTAR has incredible long and loud "BEEP" instead of some soundtracks, when playing them from options menu. I completed 1st level, and that awful "BEEP" appears and remains until level 2 was started, and then normal soundtrack starts playing again, but after 4-5 deaths all sounds disappears forever, even "restart" option didnt help (but CDDA was still here).

[LeizenBR]

double dragon have graphical bugs in game play

[evilo]

Ok, thank you to everybody about your feedbackS,
but maybe it's also time to start setting some rulez for the compatiblity list, as everyone has different results..

I just tested :
ALPHA MISSION 2 - I had NO BOSD, games is working (apart from sound issues)
LAST RESORT - Played the whole first level
Sengoku 2 - working perfectly (no loading problems)

I know that almost nobody is actually playing with their original copies and rather prefer playing with the backup version.. but how can we be sure of them ? I mean that the backup one is correct ?

[realAVT]

Well, in order to run LAST RESORT, I had to boot another game, turn CDDA off and then it starts to work. Then I turned it on again, the music starts playing (still no sounds), but after my death just hangs up console.

[Ps2fanatico]

Hi guys,

I'm new here, but I been trying to run the new emulator version 6.0a for a while now.
The results I have are using the backups version of games.
In each game only the sound appears, but not the music, even though I turn the cdda on and then reset the emulator, still doesn't work.

What I did was, I used a pc-neocd emulator to try my backups games and they work perfectly with the music, but the sound sometimes disappear. But I think that's the emulator itself , since it's not that good, But the music was really clear and sharp.

So, please let me know if you guys tried this method and what you think about it

sorry can you tell me what is bosd thank's

[boule]

Originally Posted by eguibs

sorry can you tell me what is bosd thank's

BSOD = Black Screen Of Death
(sorry for not answering sooner)

I've updated the list for NeoCD 0.6b, it looks much better now, don't you think ?

The Last Blade 2 freeze at start menu.
Art of fighting 2 ambience are damaged sometimes.

[Ps2fanatico]

Hi Boule,
The games that you been testing are the originals or backups?
Because I used the backups games with the new 6b version but still not music in the games.

[boule]

Originally Posted by wendrigo

The Last Blade 2 freeze at start menu.
Art of fighting 2 ambience are damaged sometimes.

I tried it again and i have no freezing problems, but yeah sometimes the emu can freeze: when i tried AOF2 it froze the first time

Originally Posted by Ps2fanatico

The games that you been testing are the originals or backups?
Because I used the backups games with the new 6b version but still not music in the games.

well, i'm very careful about not scratching my originals...

[red_icculus]

My Samurai shodown original disc freezes at the screen after picking your fighter while the letters are scrolling and has a horrible buzzing sound while the game is loading.

Metal Slug has the buzzing sound too.

[phoangkhoae]

Which Samurai shodown is that?My back up SS 2 runs good except there is no background music and the game kinda slow. Haven't tested the other SS

[Nachbrenner]

With this game disc holds data track with 511 files (!) and 49 audio tracks.
So i build mixed disc with NGCD data in CD folder (and added audio tracks of course).

Moving cursor in main menu makes speech asynchronous.
After selecting new option speech is synchronous again.
Game's built-in CD player works fine and i can play all audio tracks (on a real PS2).
Game randomly freezes when loading selected disc contents from main menu or turning back from CD player to main menu.

As i don't have TV card, i made some screenshots with PCSX2 (where audio wont work, but that's not your problem).

[evilo]

Originally Posted by Nachbrenner

With this game disc holds data track with 511 files (!) and 49 audio tracks.
So i build mixed disc with NGCD data in CD folder (and added audio tracks of course).

Moving cursor in main menu makes speech asynchronous.
After selecting new option speech is synchronous again.
Game's built-in CD player works fine and i can play all audio tracks (on a real PS2).
Game randomly freezes when loading selected disc contents from main menu or turning back from CD player to main menu.

As i don't have TV card, i made some screenshots with PCSX2 (where audio wont work, but that's not your problem).

Hi nachbrenner !

thank you very much, as always for your interesting feedback.

Note that you don't need to use a CD folder, you can just mix both the game files and emulators files at the root level and it should be fine. I use the CD folder when booting from host (to keep my neocd directory clean on my pc).

Also, random freeze seems to be fixed in my wip version (0.6c) together with others cdda issue and other bug fixes, but i'd like to solve that swap issue (problem of toc refresh) before I release it.

evilo

[Nachbrenner]

Originally Posted by evilo

Note that you don't need to use a CD folder, you can just mix both the game files and emulators files at the root level and it should be fine. I use the CD folder when booting from host (to keep my neocd directory clean on my pc).

I already wondered why it got an IOPprintf "booting from host"

Did the compression of NEOCD.BIN become mandatory?
I noticed i cannot boot a disc which holds only an uncompressed NEOCD.BIN
i.e. NeoCD 0.6b searches for BIOS.ZIP in first place and if it cannot find it, booting stops

NeoCD/PS2 0.6
Compiled on: Jul 26 2005 23:25:15
PS2 version by [evilo]
Booting from cd
rpc init
loadmodule: fname rom0:SIO2MAN args 0 arg 

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (45e9c):  sio2man
intrman RegisterIntrHandler (45ec0): intr INT_SIO2, handler 45b08
loadmodule: id 25, ret 0

loadmodule: fname rom0:PADMAN args 0 arg 

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (4cb7c):   padman
Pad driver. (99/11/22)

sifcmd sceSifRegisterRpc (4cd00): rpc_id 8000010f
sifcmd sceSifRegisterRpc (4cd00): rpc_id 8000011f
loadmodule: id 26, ret 0

loadmodule: fname rom0:MCMAN args 0 arg 

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (5971c):    mcman
loadmodule: id 27, ret 0

loadmodule: fname rom0:MCSERV args 0 arg 

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (6e80c):   mcserv
loadmodule: id 28, ret 0

CDVD: CDVD Filesystem v1.16

by A.Lee (aka Hiryu) & Nicholas Van Veen (aka Sjeep)

init dumb patch by O.Biot (evilo) 

CDVD: Initializing 'cdfs' file driver.

intrman RegisterIntrHandler (21a30): intr INT_CDROM, handler 1f620
sifcmd sceSifRegisterRpc (76a7c): rpc_id b001337
FREESD v0.9

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (73c54):    libsd
audsrv: greetings from version 0.85 !

loadcore RegisterLibraryEntries (99eb0):   audsrv
intrman RegisterIntrHandler (73c00): intr INT_dmaSPU, handler 71124
intrman RegisterIntrHandler (73c00): intr INT_dmaSPU2, handler 71124
intrman RegisterIntrHandler (73c00): intr INT_SPU, handler 713d4
audsrv: rpc server thread 0x71b725 started

audsrv: creating rpc server

sifcmd sceSifRegisterRpc (99e74): rpc_id 870884d
sifcmd sceSifRegisterRpc (6e8cc): rpc_id 80000400

Initializing video.... PAL MODE SET
NEOGEO: Allocating memory :
PRG (2MB) ... 
SPR (8MB) ... 
PCM (1Mb) ... 
FIX ROM (128kb) ... 
DONE!
Set startup ram...DONE!
BIOS ROM (512kb) ... 
Loading BIOS...
open name cdfs:\BIOS.ZIP flag 1 data 41378

[evilo]

lol

no, a compressed bios is not mandatory, and is more for booting from the MC (where memory is limited).

I honnestly didn't tested it from CD, but when booting from a CD we don't really care about an additional 512Kb file, and when loading from host it really slowdown the boot time, so it's really only adapted to the MC

On my ps2 I can boot CD with uncompressed bios, it's weird that you have that problem...

The emu first look for the zipped bios (bios.zip), and if not found, looks for the uncompressed one (neocd.bin)

I take note of the bug anyway

is your log an output from PCSX2 ? or from a real PS2 ?

thank you,
evilo