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Title: Slow emulation?
Post by: Sheep190 on December 04, 2015, 09:56:06 AM

Hi everyone,

Quick question, is it known that FBA emulates some games with poor framerates or is it just my settings? I'm talking about Metal Slug X...

Thanks!

Title: Re: Slow emulation?
Post by: iq_132 on December 04, 2015, 10:53:29 AM

Quote from: Sheep190 on December 04, 2015, 09:56:06 AM

Hi everyone,

Quick question, is it known that FBA emulates some games with poor framerates or is it just my settings? I'm talking about Metal Slug X...

Thanks!

Metal Slug X itself has slow frame rates. It's actually a documented thing.
http://blog.system11.org/?p=1442

Title: Re: Slow emulation?
Post by: dink on December 04, 2015, 01:09:50 PM

I tried Metal Slug X (on my p4 pc) on both FBA and MAME, and then I loaded both of them side-by-side and watch the attract sequences.  The speed and framerate is exactly the same for both play and side-by-site tests.
You could try the Enhanced Blitter with default settings, and/or try Video -> Blitter Options -> "Disable All Effects".  Also make sure that under "Misc -> Options -> Use Assembly MC68000 core" is OFF (unchecked).

best regards,
- dink

Title: Re: Slow emulation?
Post by: Gab75 on December 04, 2015, 01:27:35 PM

Quote from: iq_132 on December 04, 2015, 10:53:29 AM

Metal Slug X itself has slow frame rates. It's actually a documented thing.
http://blog.system11.org/?p=1442

I played many times with the real arcade version of Metal Slug X and I remember that the game has often considerable slowdowns, essentially every time there are many objects on the screen...

Title: Re: Slow emulation?
Post by: Barry Harris on December 04, 2015, 03:32:19 PM

Ahem. Overclock the emulated CPU. Ahem. :)