[Arcade PC] CLIFF HANGER AC - BRD REMASTERED (Laserdisc)

[Fishman]

On 6/2/2018 at 6:33 PM, dex77 said:

Daphne can't manage HD resolutions since its original purpose was meant to replicate 1:1 the laserdisc experience which comes in SD definition (the glorious old 4:3 TV aka 640x480),

the emulator is so neat and precise that can be used to control real LD hardware and actually this is its primary function (the original cabinets used to have so many issues related to the hardware so the genius of Matt Ownby came across to the idea of developing a software to replace the pcb and control the LD player with a PC and that's how Daphne was intended to be originally), the only way to remaster in HD a LD game is to have the best quality source of the content you need for the specific game you love (if it exists) and rebuild the whole LD video track frame by frame with a video editing software (aka a huge pain in the ass), i hope this is gonna clear many doubts out there!

 

So far there's only a limited amount of titles that can be remastered since there's no HD source available, these games are Dragon's Lair 1&2, Space Ace, Cliff Hanger and Bega's Battle which I will probably remaster some day in the future since i have the japanese blu-ray version of the movie footage used for it, the only exception comes for Time Gal and Ninja Hayate which I have remastered using post-productions techniques with advanced softwares, that's pretty much all I can tell you.   

I was wondering if Ninja Hayate was ready yet for download?  I have Dragon's Lair 1&2, Space Ace, Cliff Hanger  and Time Gal  already running on my arcade cab and i would like to get Ninja Hayate running also in high def!

[dex77]

On 5/19/2019 at 12:40 AM, Fishman said:

I was wondering if Ninja Hayate was ready yet for download?  I have Dragon's Lair 1&2, Space Ace, Cliff Hanger  and Time Gal  already running on my arcade cab and i would like to get Ninja Hayate running also in high def!

 

Unfortunately the remastered version i did has a bug in one scene letting the game proceed also without inputting the requested move, at the moment i have no time to understand what's wrong so nope, it isn't ready.

[big enos]

thank you very much.  this means a lot

[The Thinker]

Thank you very much, just noticed that on the 30 frame version the quality is a bit blurry sometimes like here:

 

 

Compared to the 24 frame version:

 

 

Is it the same for you?

 

Thanks

[aztha]

beau travail mon bartop est vraiment heureux, juste a configurer big box avec le .bat .   

[snupello]

Il 3/6/2018 Alle 02:33, dex77 ha scritto:

Daphne non è in grado di gestire le risoluzioni HD poiché il suo scopo originale era quello di replicare 1: 1 l'esperienza del laserdisc che arriva nella definizione SD (la gloriosa vecchia TV 4: 3 aka 640x480),

l'emulatore è così pulito e preciso che può essere utilizzato per controllare l'hardware LD reale e in realtà questa è la sua funzione principale (gli armadietti originali avevano così tanti problemi relativi all'hardware, quindi il genio di Matt Ownby si è imbattuto nell'idea di sviluppare un software per sostituire il pcb e controllare il lettore LD con un PC ed è così che Daphne doveva essere originariamente), l'unico modo per rimasterizzare in HD un gioco LD è avere la migliore qualità dei contenuti di cui hai bisogno per lo specifico gioco che ami (se esiste) e ricostruisci l'intera traccia video LD fotogramma per fotogramma con un software di editing video (aka un enorme dolore nel culo), spero che questo chiarirà molti dubbi là fuori!

 

Finora c'è solo un numero limitato di titoli che possono essere rimasterizzati poiché non è disponibile alcuna sorgente HD, questi giochi sono Dragon's Lair 1 & 2, Space Ace, Cliff Hanger e Bega's Battle che probabilmente rimasterizzerò un giorno in futuro poiché ho il giapponese versione blu-ray del filmato utilizzato per esso, l'unica eccezione arriva per Time Gal e Ninja Hayate che ho rimasterizzato usando tecniche di post-produzione con software avanzati, è praticamente tutto ciò che posso dirti.   

 

 

Bega's Battle HD, you have??

[harlock1972]

Grazie, sei un genio! Thank you! Arigatou Gozaimasu!

[sgtmckay]

Thanks!

[Falken Hawke]

Thank you for the time and effort and making this available!

[buck116]

Hey dex77,

Thank you so much for all your work on this. It is very appreciated. And is my favorite version of this game out there by far. (the 24p Letterbox version). So thankful to be able to play it again thanks to you and the fantastic Daphne emulator.

 

I had a question for you. Have you ever thought about maybe creating a 4x3 fullscreen version from this?

I know Karis did one, and it's very cool, but the frame crop on the sides of that one is more than on the original arcade version (more info lost), it's a higher resolution (940p I think) too high for my gear (640x480 is closer to the o.g. arcade res, diehard purist here ), and his is for use on Singe. I always prefer Daphne when at all possible.

 

I believe the original game laserdisc was 4x3 Letterbox (side cropped ol' vhs days style ) (if I'm not mistaken) and stretched vertically to cut off the bars?

 

I'm fairly certain you weren't thinking of ever doing this, but I just thought I would ask. 

Anyway, thank you for your time and for your work.

 

 

Modifié le 10 novembre 2020 par buck116

[colinm]

have the dvd as well .  would love to play it on daphne.   thanks