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Dragon's Lair II Enhanced As Karis pointed out: Details of DL2E can be found here: http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/enhancements/dl2e.asp We have an updated Hypseus port of this latest version for all those interested. As it's running Singe v3.31c code, version 2.6.21 of Hypseus Singe is required. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/Mk0miRDR#1tBmu9kxrdNJP6d7xnFyw6iSSqWT8vEf2RZ420dD2YE

Drug Wars HD And also the final release for Hypseus. I have added an alternate HUD to this (and now Crime Patrol too) you can switch in the Service Menu in the latest release below. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/s0tXCayR#2dleOIx9z8td88_m3fyxXZwJjLIgSk8t905ZAg-1gvc All other releases are available here: https://mega.nz/folder/t082hTgT#J9NiuIB9bl2pYSbj-jrjnQ Now "go buy the fat man a hotdog" and have fun.

Drug Wars HD And also the final release for Hypseus. I have added an alternate HUD to this (and now Crime Patrol too) you can switch in the Service Menu in the latest release below. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/s0tXCayR#2dleOIx9z8td88_m3fyxXZwJjLIgSk8t905ZAg-1gvc All other releases are available here: https://mega.nz/folder/t082hTgT#J9NiuIB9bl2pYSbj-jrjnQ Now "go buy the fat man a hotdog" and have fun.

Crime Patrol HD Having been bugged by the Sinden Discord channel for these for some time, here we finally have the Hypseus release. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/hkt1CAZa#95sf-i0CFmVEInMDUdum9PdEFfMC8i6soGVnx_txs0w - Updated with Alternate HUD Score display via Service Menu All previous release are available here: https://mega.nz/folder/t082hTgT#J9NiuIB9bl2pYSbj-jrjnQ

Just wanted to thank @Karis once again, and literally turning these games around in a few days - You are amazing man !!!!

"shot" - It many take several I like the fast paced shooting scenes in these games, it will test your Sinden.......

Note: DLE21 and SAE For those pinging me about the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace Singe 2 releases: Hypseus already has support for these games, in Daphne, from the native ROM's available from: http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/tech/ If anyone has a compelling reason to port the Singe 2 game please let me know. Crime Patrol HD Having been bugged by the Sinden Discord channel, for some time, here we have the Hypseus release. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/hkt1CAZa#95sf-i0CFmVEInMDUdum9PdEFfMC8i6soGVnx_txs0w - Updated with Alternate HUD Service Menu Option All other releases are available here: https://mega.nz/folder/t082hTgT#J9NiuIB9bl2pYSbj-jrjnQ

Oh yes indeed, those Sinden boys and girls are gonna be happy

100% behind you on this Karis. Stretch if you really have to, but never crop. This is not a new argument: http://archive.thedigitalbits.com/articles/mgmsuit/mgmsuit.html We won't solve it here

Just as a note to this thread. The remastered video posted here by HVG for Singe 2, can be converted to MPEG2 for Hypseus Singe with the following FFmpeg commands. Maddog HD: ffmpeg -i maddog.mp4 -vf tpad=stop_mode=clone:stop_duration=2 -qscale:v 4 -b:v 6000k -c:v mpeg2video maddog.m2v ffmpeg -i maddog.mp4 -ss 00:00:00.33 -vn -c:a libvorbis -ar 44100 -map a -b:a 160k maddog.ogg FFmpeg is available for Windows here: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html Once again many thanks @HVG

Ninja Hayate HD And again hot on the heels of Karis' release, here is the Hypseus version. This version follows the original overlay more closely, but with all the enhancements and updates. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/gkNRlKBS#VcJS8UeM18n0NHiJo9vfazr-AZM9NzoSyTWiU2eF9vo - (Added alternate .singe file path)

Ninja Hayate HD And again hot on the heels of Karis' release, here is the Hypseus version. This version follows the original overlay more closely, but with all the enhancements and updates. Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/gkNRlKBS#VcJS8UeM18n0NHiJo9vfazr-AZM9NzoSyTWiU2eF9vo - (Added alternate .singe file path)

Chantze's / Triad Stone HD Hypseus version of Chantze's Stone, requires version 2.6.21 of Hypseus for 'lfs' support in v3.3 game code: Relevant to the recent discussion here: Hypseus 2.6.21 now uses argument switch -novsync to disable VSYNC for CRT so a custom build is no longer required. Note: in-game SCANLINES menu option is disabled, use native hypseus -scanlines argument on command line, or Alt-Backspace to toggle in-game https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe/releases/tag/v2.6.21 Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/Nk0GRbxA#JO7fEGkWbwqiMZsKnMaK8TeFK_6CrLyVIkQe9BG-LG0

Chantze's / Triad Stone HD Hypseus version of Chantze's Stone, requires version 2.6.21 of Hypseus for 'lfs' support in v3.3 game code: Hypseus 2.6.21 uses argument switch -novsync to disable VSYNC for CRT - no longer requires custom build. Note: in-game SCANLINES menu option is disabled, use native Hypseus -scanlines argument on command line, or Alt-Backspace to toggle in-game https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe/releases/tag/v2.6.21 Windows Singe 2 folder format for Hypseus Singe (Just needs Karis' MP4 and FFMPEG): https://mega.nz/file/Nk0GRbxA#JO7fEGkWbwqiMZsKnMaK8TeFK_6CrLyVIkQe9BG-LG0 (Updated to 3.31c with Scanlines .bat files)

I believe the 'patch' here was for a very specific 'graphic glitch' in 2 player Cliff Hanger. Nothing related to VSYNC or the CRT framerate.

I would guess here that the Pi is not actually playing the video at normal speed, hence getting out of sync with the audio. You may end up having to resize the video to get the Pi to play correctly, you could try reducing the bitrate too. ffmpeg -i ACR.mp4 -an -qscale:v 4 -b:v 6000k -vf scale=960:540 -codec:v mpeg2video carbon.m2v Note: you will still need to address the delay in the audio sync as before, this is inherit in the MP4 due to a Singe 2 issue. Watch the MP4 in any video player to see. On a Linux system, such as the Pi, you can use something called 'symlinking' - Kinda like a Windows Shortcut but far more flexible. So, taking the RetroPie naming convention you will have an initial folder called 'timetraveler.daphne', within it will be the main singe files called 'timetraveler.singe' From '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/' folder you can create a new link to this game using a different main singe file, taking your example it would be called 'timetraveler3D.singe' for instance. So create a link to 'timetraveler.daphne' as 'timetraveler3D.daphne' like so (this needs to be done on the command line, via ssh): cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/ ln -s timetraveler.daphne timetraveler3D.daphne You should then see both game names in ES (you will need to reload ES or restart): timetraveler timetraveler3D Note: There is a caveat on the above symlinking, it does rely on a Linux filesystem (the default in RetroPie). If you have a Windows FAT/NTFS ROMS folder, on a USB stick or similar, then it won't work. You will need to 'copy' and duplicate the folder, and all files within it, to create 'timetraveler3D.daphne'.

Sorry, I assumed you would do this on a Linux system not Windows as you used a Pi mv carbon.ogg carbon_delayed.ogg This just 'renames' (mv is move - not sure what PowerShell thinks it is) the file, so use Windows explorer to rename the file rather than the command line stuff. This seems to be working ok though: ffmpeg -i carbon_delayed.ogg -ss 00:00:00.330 -c copy carbon.ogg "carbon_delayed.ogg: Unknown file format" This just means ffmpeg can't find the file or it has been corrupted, because the rename failed. If all else fails, just pull the ogg from the original MP4 again, with the delay: ffmpeg -i ACR.mp4 -ss 00:00:00.330 -vn -c:a libvorbis -ar 44100 -map a -b:a 160k carbon.ogg

To answer this more generically, you probably need to add the following arguments to the game `.commands` file. Assuming this is RetroPie or similar. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Daphne/#command-parametres Add `-manymouse -oversize_overlay` to the gun games .commands files. i.e. /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/maddog.daphne/maddog.commands Create the file if it doesn't exist.

This could be one of two things: 1) The pi isn't playing the video at full speed ? You will need to lower the bitrate, or reduce the resolution of the video so the Pi can handle it (Both ffmpeg arguments). 2) The audio is out of sync due to the Singe audio bug work-a-round. You can add a delay when you encode the audio out of the MP4, see details here: https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus_singe_data#conversion Usually 00:00:00.330 (i.e. 9 frames [33ms] is enough), but you can adjust that value. So for carbon an already encoded ogg , you can quickly correct with: mv carbon.ogg carbon_delayed.ogg ffmpeg -i carbon_delayed.ogg -ss 00:00:00.330 -c copy carbon.ogg Or you can do the encode direct from the MP4 and do the same thing, see the above URL documentation. You need to provide more details on which games (HD versions or SD) and the arguments you are passing to them here.

If this was the only reason for these games to exist, I fear they would die out far too quickly...

@dex77 - I am a massive fan of your SD work on lair, ace etc, these SD are fantastic when displayed at native resolution in a 640x480 "window" on a modern screen. Heads above the original video by RDG. However, when I use yours, or any, SD content in -fullscreen, on a modern 2/4k monitor it just doesn't match what some of these upscales are trying to achieve. Even with all the modern bilinear filtering etc applied. There is a drive for HD on this content. This is not gonna suite, or please, everyone. As I say about Singe 2 and Hypseus comparisons, there are different audiences for the games in these applications. And if we can cater for as many as we can, then all the better. @HVG - I have to state that on a 2k -fullscreen display these "upscales" look far better than anything we have already and I thank you for that. I also thank everyone for their work in providing this diversity. Great job to all the people who have the knowledge, and spend their own time, in providing these classics in an improved/refactored version. I think we just have different groups of people looking for different things.

1000% agree - As I said I am amazed it works at all. But it is pretty cool how close we have got thus far.....

Here is an interesting discussion about the SDL1 to SDL2 shift on a 15k CRT in the SCUMM forum: https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=16330

I'm getting old, but on that video does the LCD version not sound to be playing too fast ? Or is it just the comparison...... The VSYNC stuff is explained quite well here: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/what-is-vsync/ So VSYNC is what I disabled on the CRT build, i.e. it relies on the (reported) refresh rate of the display. I'm pretty sure your CRT wont have VSYNC technology. I have looked through the SDL setup functions, and cannot see anything else I can add, or take out, to help this. SDL is supposed to make all the choices itself now. Again re-enforcing the SDL maturity hope. The CRT version does look playable enough there though Really nice to see them in play - BTW were the munchies nice ?

So, from your comments above, I assume this is what you are using: https://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=295 Which is creating a hardware abstraction layer between a digital HDMI and producing an analogue signal to the CRT ? So SDL will be reliant on what is passed back from this abstraction layer as I understand it. I think this is down to SDL library support, fingers crossed it will be addressed in future releases. I guess there are many ways to do the digital to analogue conversions, so some may work better with SDL than others. Interesting stuff. To be honest, I am pleasantly surprised that a 4k video signal is even remotely working on an analogue CRT