View Full Version : How close are YOU to having a "complete" HS expierience?
guile
03-03-2009, 04:18 AM
First off, let me start out by saying WOW regarding Hyperspin!! I have been a gamer for a LONG time and have been too busy to play recently. Hyperspin has got me exicted about games again!!!
With that being said, it seems a daunting task to not only find most roms for each system/emu, but all the associated artwork to boot! This seems like it would take YEARS to complete:) I have thousands of roms myself but once you stop "collecting" (Mame and/or other "newer" emu's), you quickly realize just how much you are missing.
My question is....how many out there have a CLOSE to complete Hyperspin setup?
Mine has been close to complete for a long while now... All of the emus that I use are setup and running. I either have default themes or game themes for every system that I have on my cabinet.
guile
03-03-2009, 04:46 AM
That is quite impressive! I have always been a fan of emulators and mainly used my Xbox for the chore (easy and all under one roof gaming). I haven't messed with Daphne (ever, although now I will have to), Mame (in a LONG while) and some of the other more recent emulators (I just started playing with Naomi and Dreamcast over the weekend).
Unrelated: How good are some of the "newer" (chd) games running in Mame these days?
mr_tap
03-03-2009, 06:42 AM
offtopic - but how is the naomi emu at the moment and also DC, there hasn't been a nullDC release in ages I don't think.
hs has got me back into retro in the last few weeks, updating my mame 1.03 romset was a bit of a shore but got there in the end and also added some new console rom sets.
I got a torrent for the hs themes. which helped somewhat but as it's always updated it's a little difficult to stay up to date. Perhaps it would be good for the HS to release theme packs once a certain amount of new themes are created (say, every 50 themes)?... or maybe that will stop people donating?
How good are the chd games? not great imo. I have a few but don't really bother and the new lazerdiscs ones i'll be giving a miss as well, seeing as they're like 12gb a piece, i'd rather get DC iso's instead if the emulation is good.
Ego-X
03-03-2009, 07:00 AM
I have 7 systems complete to date, these have videos, themes(where available) and box art.
About 5 mins ago whilst seperating neo geo themes from mame I copied my batch file which copies a list of files from a list into the wrong damn folder, 3 times! the upshot of this is that I now have to filter out all the mame themes from neo geo as well now! Time to give it a rest me thinks.
Beaps
03-03-2009, 07:23 AM
Man I am miles of completing HS here is my list of wants...
Shout up if anyone can help!!
NEO GEO CD
* Main Theme
* Wheel images
Zinc
* Wheel
* Flv's
M2
* Wheel (few images)
* Flv's (newer games)
Sega Naomi
* Everything
SNES
* Rest of the Wheel Art
N64
* Flv's
Master System
* Wheel
Genesis
* Wheel
* Box shots
* flv's
SEGA CD
* Wheel
* Box shots
* flv's
Saturn
* Wheel
* Box shots
* flv's
Dreamcast
* Wheel
* Box shots
* flv's
Jaguar
* Wheel
Amstrad CPC
ZX Spetrum
C64
* What ever can be done.
CD32
* Wheel
* Box shots
* flv's
jackhammersalm
03-03-2009, 07:41 AM
considering i started on saturday a long way off but working quickly
guile
03-03-2009, 07:54 AM
considering i started on saturday a long way off but working quickly
lol!! That is me too!! Unforunately, I have a bit of an "obsessive" personality. I spent ungodly amounts of time the past few days just getting emu's working nevermind themes and wheels:) The Naomi (null) is a bit of a pain to work with as well as several others. Man, I just wish there was a complete HS package including 50,000 roms just working!! lol
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cathaldub
03-03-2009, 07:54 AM
Mine way a far way off but recently decieded to only setup the systems I actually own or regularly use
So this is all I'll be setting up
Mame/neogeo - Setup/Working
Model2 - Setup/Working
Zinc
Nes
Snes
N64
SMS
Megadrive
Guess you could say I'm a bit off lol
Possibly add sometime in the future
Spectrum
C64
Amiga
guile
03-03-2009, 08:24 AM
My systems of choice are (in no particular order);
Snes
N64
PCE/T-16
NES
Neo-Geo
Mame
PSX
Dreamcast
I guess it's probably best to work on one system at a time but man, just the sheer amount of work it would take for even one (small) system...gives me the willys.
guile
03-03-2009, 08:25 AM
I have 7 systems complete to date, these have videos, themes(where available) and box art.
About 5 mins ago whilst seperating neo geo themes from mame I copied my batch file which copies a list of files from a list into the wrong damn folder, 3 times! the upshot of this is that I now have to filter out all the mame themes from neo geo as well now! Time to give it a rest me thinks.
WOW!! 7 systems complete with videos AND themes!!! Which systems??
Beaps
03-03-2009, 08:29 AM
good topic by the way...
BTW - here is another thread (http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1739) that we had going about this same subject.
Ego-X
03-03-2009, 02:06 PM
WOW!! 7 systems complete with videos AND themes!!! Which systems??
Complete is a relative term right now, complete to me means it is at a stage where there are no more resources that I have access to that can be added to it.
Also bare in mind that I don't have every rom known to man in hyperspin I probably have something like an average of 100 games per wheel derived from games I know and a few "top" lists".
Complete systems are...
Mame - Has all available filtered game list videos, available hyperspin themes.
Genesis - Filtered game list, videos, Box shots
N64 - Filtered gamelist Video's, box shots
Snes - Filtered gamelist Video's box shots
Atari 5200 - Filtered game list Video's Cart shots
Nes - Filtered game list videos, box shots
Amiga - Filtered game list videos, box shot
Like you I find it incredibly hard to stop something until it's complete(we're not unique most comp users are that way) there comes a time when it's counter-productive not to take a rest though with that in mind I will probably not do much with Hyperspin now for a month or so. Gives you a chance a catch up :D
SophT
03-03-2009, 02:10 PM
where'd you get the genesis box shots? you should either release a set, or point me to it so I can release a no-intro set. that's been requested a couple of times!
Ego-X
03-03-2009, 02:22 PM
My genesis box shots are a mixture of http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cat_id=3 and a set from usenet that look like they have just been ripped from http://www.genesiscollective.com/ShowGames.php
I'll upload them to my ftp, take about an hr then I'll post a link for you.
Ego-X
03-03-2009, 03:06 PM
You can download my set here...
http://funwithpc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/Sega Genesis Box Shots.zip
SophT
03-03-2009, 04:19 PM
thanks that's gonna be my next set. no water marks I hope. :)