Am I the only one having control problems with Mikie? The ROM loads fine and all, but for some reason, button mapping doesn't work for the second button, regardless of what I map there, nothing happens when I press the assigned button (which is the kick button -- the headbutt button is fine).
Anyone else has that problem, or maybe is it an issue with MacMAME 0.96u1?
Yay, i won the first round!Originally Posted by Jibbajaba
Bah, can't even spell my name right. :P You can keep the game and give it to the grand prize winner or something, I don't need anymore sega crap messing up my nintendo collection.
Curiosity killed the cat.... Satisfaction brought him back.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Hey, you're right. It doesn't work. The driver must be broken. :/
Here's a quick-n'-dirty workaround fix:
1. Set the button you would like to use for the headbutt in the Input General controls, otherwise known as the default controls (The headbutt button is Button 2).
2. Exit MAME, and then go to the cfg folder and delete "mikie.cfg".
3. Re-enter MAME, and start up Mikie. Button 2 should then work to whatever you've set it to.
Annoying, I know, but that's the only way I know how to do a temporary fix.
"I am a cipher, wrapped in an enigma, smothered in secret sauce."
Calm down fella, it was just a typo. I know how to spell your name just fine.Yay, i won the first round!
Bah, can't even spell my name right. :P You can keep the game and give it to the grand prize winner or something, I don't need anymore sega crap messing up my nintendo collection.
Congrats
Chris
That sample zip isn't passing the audit:
qbert : fx_17a.wav NOT FOUND
qbert : fx_17b.wav NOT FOUND
etc
etc
Pretty sure I'm doing it right...
-Mark
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Calm down fella, it was just a typo. I know how to spell your name just fine.Yay, i won the first round!
Bah, can't even spell my name right. :P You can keep the game and give it to the grand prize winner or something, I don't need anymore sega crap messing up my nintendo collection.
Congrats
ChrisIt's all good. Now time to start on my next two 1st places
Curiosity killed the cat.... Satisfaction brought him back.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Makes sense, as the default mapping worked during my first game (unaware of what to do exactly, I tried mapping for that game precisely after my first game and that's when hell broke loose).Hey, you're right. It doesn't work. The driver must be broken. :/
Here's a quick-n'-dirty workaround fix:
1. Set the button you would like to use for the headbutt in the Input General controls, otherwise known as the default controls (The headbutt button is Button 2).
2. Exit MAME, and then go to the cfg folder and delete "mikie.cfg".
3. Re-enter MAME, and start up Mikie. Button 2 should then work to whatever you've set it to.
Annoying, I know, but that's the only way I know how to do a temporary fix.
Hrmm.. well that's easy to check. When you open up the zip yourself, do you see all those files?
First time I tried to download it I got errors.. but now it seems fine.
Anyway, if all else fails, here's my copy:
http://www.users.uswest.net/~userid946/qbert.zip
I got to the boss of stage three, but only got his energy halfway down before dying. I'm actually surprised I did win, because I heard the next stage is basically a 'gimme' where another 10-20k is easy to get. Figured someone would make it that far.Woohoo! I won, and I also ended up with the forth highest score again. I'm happy.
Tough game, and congrats to everyone who submitted good scores.
I see Quintracker posted the highest score -- did you beat the boss of Stage 3, much less get to him? I never could get that far on one credit.
Also, I tried the download for Mikie and it's not there.
Good luck to everyone this week!
Curiosity killed the cat.... Satisfaction brought him back.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Hey, you're right. It doesn't work. The driver must be broken. :/
Here's a quick-n'-dirty workaround fix:
1. Set the button you would like to use for the headbutt in the Input General controls, otherwise known as the default controls (The headbutt button is Button 2).
2. Exit MAME, and then go to the cfg folder and delete "mikie.cfg".
3. Re-enter MAME, and start up Mikie. Button 2 should then work to whatever you've set it to.
Annoying, I know, but that's the only way I know how to do a temporary fix.
Make sure the samples are zipped and named qbert.zip. My original link from Mameworld is complete but from time to time their servers do take a beating. If EVERY file is failing the audit then it's probably a name mismatch, make sure the sample (in the samples folder) and the name of the rom (in the roms folder) are the same. For some reason when I audit the games the sample doesn't show up as Correct OR Incorrect - however when I run Q*bert all the audio is there. (I've played around with removing / including the samples and they are still needed for true audio) There are only a handfull of games that require audio samples under MAME.That sample zip isn't passing the audit:
qbert : fx_17a.wav NOT FOUND
qbert : fx_17b.wav NOT FOUND
etc
etc
Pretty sure I'm doing it right...
Okay, I read the link about how to play Mikie, but I've yet to figure out how to get any points aside from headbutting the teacher.
I've also not figured out how to get the kick button, but I'll get around to it.
Basically, I am supposed to collect the flashing hearts, but I run right through them. I have run around the room for 10 minutes running through flashing hearts trying to collect them, and I don't pick them up. Is this some kind of error?
-Mark
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No no no no no, the flashing hearts are not collectible. The normal hearts are. You want to go up to a desk where someone is sitting that has a heart behind them. Press the joystick (everyone okay with using that for controller direction in this thread?) repeatedly in the direction of the person at the desk and you'll begin to shove them aside until the fall off of their chair. Once they've moved you can get to where they were sitting and collect the heart behind them. The flashing hearts (that encircle the normal hearts) award you bonus points if you can pick up the normal heart when it has the flashing heart around it. Once you collect all the hearts you can exit the stage into the hallway and move to the next.
I don't understand the kick button problem, the second button doesn't make Mikie kick (I did the walkaround like was posted) but it DOES work to make Mikie open the doors once levels are cleared - always has from the start, so the button IS registering. It also works when throwing basketballs. I haven't seen this game in a LONG time, is that what Lady Jaye was taking about when she meant button 2 is supposed to kick - as in kick the door open?
KLOV confirms there's only one attack in this romset - headbutt...
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?...=&game_id=8696
The second button is used to open doors after all the hearts in the current room are clear / enter new rooms from the hallway and to pick up and throw basketballs. There's nothing wrong with the rom.
Is there any reason why this Mikie game doesn't record your score?
Is anybody playing Q*Bert yet? I'm wondering how far people can get and what their average scores are.
..can you please be more specific? You have to hit F12 to take a screenshot if you want record of your score. The images will dump out into the /snap folder. If you mean preserve your high score tables then that's a totally different thing and requires the hiscore.dat file to be installed (THIS IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE CONTEST AND HAS NO BEARING ON GAME PERFORMANCE AND SCORING).
What I mean is that my score won't show at all. For example, say if I headbutt the teacher, it's 800 points. But it won't show up anywhere on the screen. And after I get a game over, my score doesn't show up at all.
I suck at Q*bert, :/ still a fun game, I just suck at it. I've only given it one real play (after checking to make sure the audio samples were working) and I got a bit over 12k.
@DragonMaster Sam: That's weird. Mikie works perfectly on that part on my puter. Which version of Mame are you running, on which platform?
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