Shmupmame

[Saf]

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30659

This is a recently released modification of MAME that runs both Dodonachi: Daioujou and Ketsui (!) without lag, as well as fixing a lot of other STGs. I believe they have Espgaluda working as well, though I haven't tried it yet. All three have been ported to consoles by now, but for people like me who don't have a 360, this is really great.

[Saf]

http://shmupmame.wordpress.com/

3.0 is out with more enhanced features and accuracy, bringing more laglessly playable games to the table (like Battle Garegga). Oh, and Espgaluda definitely works.

[Tain]

I'd love to see delay tests performed with a high speed camera on some of the PCBs that Shmupmame makes changes to.

As far as I can tell, the whole point of Shmupmame is to remove the frame/sprite buffer in various MAME drivers. It's nice that this is an option, but I haven't seen anything to make me believe that this leads to more accurate emulation. There are drivers that have zero delay in standard MAME, after all, and I can't see the MAME developers including input delay for the hell of it.

[zinger]

Battle Garegga and Armed Police Batrider were basically unplayable in MAME before because of the input lag, and since I don't have the boards or even a cabinet to play them with anymore, this is awesome news. I just need to get myself a new stick, and then I'm set for life, STG-wise!