Franco23444

Keep in mind the version of Tag 2 we are using for demonstration purposes is NOT the exact version you guys got, however, we did get a similar version working…

Hey guys, it’s me again, but this time I come to ask for help again. I still would absolutely love to dump and share my 4.20 and my recently received FR version 20.03 however, I still don’t have a clue where to start. I’m not asking for anything other than some help dumping them for you guys to have and enjoy. With the new Emuline now established, new stuff shall come this year and I would still love to contribute. So, what do you guys say? In other words, I need help delivering the goods and you guys do your magic!

Oh yes! We totally understand, sorry about that 👍

Intro to Sailor Zombie arcade, the others have also been posted to this YouTube channel, go check them out!

Hi! We are currently working on that, without spoiling to much *Wink, Wink*, the games do work and are playable, however, not with the mouse or keyboard, yet…

Confirmed “working” games are: Taiko no Tatsujin: Fully Playable Dragon Ball Zenkai Battle: Fully Playable Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited: Fully Playable! Razing Storm: Bootable (playing the intro videos and shootout demo) Deadstorm Pirates Special Edition: Bootable (playing the intro videos and shootout demo) Dark Escape 4D: Bootable (playing the intro videos and demo) AK48 Sailor Zombie Arcade Edition: Bootable (playing the intro videos and demo)

So far, here’s the working games list we have compiled. These are the games that will boot on RPCS3. Brian218 did send over his work to the RPCS3 team, so now the public build should support native 357 emulation. Confirmed games are: Taiko no Tatsujin: Fully Playable Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited: Bootable (playing the intro videos and fighting demo) Dragon Ball Zenkai Battle: Fully Playable Razing Storm: Bootable (playing the intro videos)

New progress yet once again! We finally got Razing Storm to boot! Thanks to Brian218!

Hi all, I’ve been doing some research/experimenting with the game dumps and found some very interesting things. Before I share what I have found, please don’t ask me anything about Tekken 7 R2 4.XX, the time will come when I finish doing some more work on that version of the game. I will be talking about Tekken 7 vanilla as it’s the game dump I’ve been experimenting with the most, and some stuff about a Windows 10 version of my own multi, but I won’t go into specifics about that as I might make a thread about it. anyway, you all have seen that it was indeed possible to change the region and language of the games easily with a few edits in the game files, well I’ve discovered some interesting stuff lately. I did mention that I have access to a dump of the full ES3 Windows Embedded Standard 7 software and I’ve been using some of its scripts to make a custom modified version of Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC IOT image for the game. Well, the games and the scripts, with some heavy editing, work just like the ES3 image, which is pretty cool! The scripts now function and all the programs like the AMUpdater open and function, this is what I used for my custom multi for real hardware and the games play super well! Here’s a pic of the AMUpdater working on Windows 10 below, I’ve changed the background color to black for my own purposes but the blue background can be put back. I’ve also somehow got this version of Vanilla to finally work, it’s the version with all the characters and now all sections are selectable I will need some help by trying to patch out the error codes as if I try to boot the game in any other region other than Japanese, the game will throw up a “21-4 First Check Error”. I’ve learned that by suppressing the errors, you can boot it in any region, looks like the problem is that the ALL.NET files are region locked or something which is preventing me from booting in any other regions other than Japan. Hopefully you guys can help me to get this version playable for the community. EDIT: JAN 24,2021, nvm, I finally figured it all out…

This is awesome! Even though it’s not the original super 256 version but tbh they have no real differences at all. Great work to you guys! 😁

Video progress of the game finally playable! Thanks again to Brian218

New progress! We finally got DBZ to be fully playable using our patched digital I/O interface! Brian218 has definitely been working hard on this and has achieved it! Hopefully he can record some gameplay footage soon to post it here!

Ok, no worries bro, I wish I could help dump it but I don’t have one of those machines with the software in my possession.

Yo! Is it a 357 game or BNA1? If it’s a not a 357 game, ask somewhere else as this thread is for 357 emulation.

Yep, the C partition would be completely protected using the Enhanced write filter while the other partitions would be set to dirty using FSUTIL.

Yeah, I’ve been messing around with the files and figured out how to change the region and set the games to true offline, sometimes the test menu changes around and adds/removes some stuff. I still haven’t figured out how to add the difficulty selector but I feel like I’m getting close. On the original arcade OS, the perforce data would be stored in two different partitions :Data 0 and Data1. Kinda interesting that in normal windows 7 and 10 the data would get stored in the C partition. As for other stuff, I also changed around some optimization settings as each game behaves differently, especially Tekken 7 vanilla.

@zetsurinis a very awesome bro and his multi has definitely been a huge blessing for me, I have also made a modified version of his multi using Windows 10 Enterprise IOT LTSC 2021 just as an experiment. I’ve also written a post on my findings messing around with the Namco System ES3 here:https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/namco-system-es3-teardown-and-some-basic-info.22930/ I’ve also been messing around the games files and have discovered a few cool things and have access to a decrypted ES3 OS image and also been playing around with it. @zetsurin I would absolutely love to continue working on this multi project if you don’t mind

If you have the time, please do as I would also like to also play the game on real hardware as for emulation, even the current dumps for T6 are kinda hard to get up and running. We are trying our best though to get them to work on RPCS3.

Thanks bro! Tekken 6/BR is one game we’re currently trying to get working but it’s seems to be a hassle as it crashes. I have some dumps that could possibly also need the protection removed.

Obviously I was talking about actual hardware, not emulation, but the arcade still looks much better than the home ports through emulation as well…

Not quite, the ps3 and arcade version are in 720p, the Xbox 360 and Wii U versions are in 1080p. I forgot the Wii U version looks slightly terrible as it’s using the YUV color space for HDMI which results in a washed out image while the other versions support either YUV or RGB which looks much better. The arcade, Xbox360, and PS3 all have interlaced cutscenes (I have no fucking clue why) while the Wii U doesn’t, which looks nicer. I’ll start working on the comparison video I had planned, should be a treat for any Tekken fans…

I can definitely guarantee that yep, it’s the better version as it plays better. I do have every version of Tag 2 (XBOX360,PS3,WiiU, and arcade) and I do plan on making a comparison video. The only problem I have with the home versions is that they use something called dynamic resolution when switching/tagging characters which looks horrible. The arcade version didn’t have this and the textures/visuals were better on the arcade version. As for the pros on the console ports: more characters and better optimization/performance. The arcade version did have slight slow down issues on certain stages, most notably the fountain stage (more like the motion blur was disabled) and the Heihachi/Jinpachi Mishima stage when you do the floor break. but yeah, I’m guessing most of you don’t care about the home ports and would rather play the arcade version…

Nice, I’ll see what my team says and we’ll give you guys an update if anything changes. I’m not going to guarantee anything with TP but we’ll see where it goes. Well, I’m definitely smoking some good shit, that’s for sure…

This is gonna be controversial but no, we are not going to contact anyone from the Teknoparrot team anymore (or at least not yet) as we simply don’t want to have these games hidden behind a paywall. That’s not our goal/intention. Our main programmer has already done some great progress on the digital controller for the games. So far, DBZ is working with a keyboard using D-Input which is very cool. Hopefully the others can be spoofed as easily. If we do end up making a donation thingy for anything, it should be for his work, he’s done a lot that I’m very grateful for and has taken time out of his day to work on this stuff. Stuff he’s very passionate about and hopefully once it’s at a playable state, we can share it for all of you to enjoy. Again, just be patient as this work is NOT easy.

And you’re totally right! Most of these games don’t have any replay value. We’ll see if we can do more progress on this project and if we can get more help ( if needed) I’m definitely on board! 👍