Setting up a PC-FXGA

[elmer]

lol.   We can be the only two coherent PCFX developers.

Looks like you guys won the auction, congratulations!

Truth.

Anyway, I'll get my brother to help create live-action and old-skill frame animation for

BLODIA PC-FX

when you are both ready.

Blodia? ... Nah! 

We need Gomola Speed PC-FX! 

[Arkhan]

I have many ideas for a PC-FX game

they are all similar to this:

[elmer]

I have many ideas for a PC-FX game

they are all similar to this:

Why do I keep getting the feeling that you have a lot of "ideas" running around inside your head that would get you arrested if they ever came out? 

[Arkhan]

I have many ideas for a PC-FX game

they are all similar to this:

Why do I keep getting the feeling that you have a lot of "ideas" running around inside your head that would get you arrested if they ever came out? 

because that's probably true.

lol.

[esteban]

lol.   We can be the only two coherent PCFX developers.

Looks like you guys won the auction, congratulations!

Truth.

Anyway, I'll get my brother to help create live-action and old-skill frame animation for

BLODIA PC-FX

when you are both ready.

Blodia? ... Nah! 

We need Gomola Speed PC-FX! 

Gomola Speed FX is even better. 

IT ALREADY HAS some ARPG elements, so incorporating a QUEST MODE with interactive FMV sequences  wouldn't be such a stretch.



 

[Arkhan]

If there aren't titties, I'm barely interested.

How about Boobola Speed.

The thing can be a bunch of boobs instead of a snake thing.

[elmer]

If there aren't titties, I'm barely interested.

How about Boobola Speed.

The thing can be a bunch of boobs instead of a snake thing.

Haha ... you can do your Hentai game ... I'll see about doing something where you keep both hands on the FX-PAD! 

BTW ... the PC-FXGA DOS drivers are now fully in English, so you won't need to hunt up a Japanese version of DOS/Windows to run them. 

You'll still need Japanese Win95/Win98 if you want to run the SDK's graphics tools, but I might have a go at localizing those, too, if I get bored.

Those are easier to run in a virtual machine on your main development PC, anyway.

[Arkhan]

That's useful.   I only ever dicked around with the PC-9800 stuff.   I hope its similar.  This was also about 5 years ago, maybe more.

Ok, it was 8 years ago.  So, I am sure it will be interesting re-remembering stuff.

I'm not going to mess with it until I finish these other projects though.   I'd rather not ADD myself into getting nothing done.

I know Mednafen did some stuff and had the GMAKER tools all sorted and working for us or something, but that was awhile ago too.   The PCFX is such a niche thing that nobody but about 3 of us got excited for it.

[elmer]

That's useful.   I only ever dicked around with the PC-9800 stuff.   I hope its similar.  This was also about 5 years ago, maybe more.

You'll need a real Sound Blaster 16 card (an ISA one, and not a PCI one) in order to hear any CD audio from the emulated CD. A cheap Vibra16 should be OK, but it's not that expensive to get something nicer like an AWE64.

You'll also want a decent network card. The gigabit Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop PCI card is cheap and rock-solid, with good DOS/Win98 drivers ... but don't get the "Server" version ... and don't get the newer GT version.

[Arkhan]

Oh, I still have an ISA machine sitting on my floor.   So, I am all set.  It's some clunker tardass Gateway PC that someone threw out that I said "nope, this is mine", and took home.

[sabre470]

PM or email (sabre470atyahoo.co.uk) me, if you need help to set your GA, it's been a while since I've done mine but I'm sure I can dust off my memory

[elmer]

PM or email (sabre470atyahoo.co.uk) me, if you need help to set your GA, it's been a while since I've done mine but I'm sure I can dust off my memory

Thanks, I've got the basic PC-FXGA working fine ... it wasn't as tough as I'd feared.

I still haven't tried making an emulated CD yet ... did you ever figure out that process?

[sabre470]

I've not looked into making cd images, not sure there is a program for that. I know you can create EX files. I believe though not entirely sure that you can send program to a PC-FX via the SCSI interface, I've not tried it though. Which dev kit are you using? GMAKER or GMAKER PLUS? I'll have  look at the programming guide see if I can find anything and let you know.


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[elmer]

I've not looked into making cd images, not sure there is a program for that. I know you can create EX files. I believe though not entirely sure that you can send program to a PC-FX via the SCSI interface, I've not tried it though. Which dev kit are you using? GMAKER or GMAKER PLUS? I'll have  look at the programming guide see if I can find anything and let you know.

I guess that making CD images is mostly for developer-types, and there aren't many of those around!

The tools are definitely there, FXGASYS2.TXT explains the process but, as-usual, google-translate is making such a mess of it that I can barely understand what it's saying.

I've installed the 2 drivers for the emulation (audio and cdrom), but I haven't actually fed them an image yet ... perhaps I should just try feeding them the Zeroigar files, and then see just what happens.

[sabre470]

Drivers? There aren't drivers per se to drive the board. Everything runs in DOS mode using the exe you get on the floppy disk unless my memory is going blank you can either feed it cd games or EX files. There's a lot of explore and I've just scratched the surface, keep me posted on any findings, please.


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