Back into emulation after 6 years - Questions

[LaLaMio]

Hi!

 

Hope this is the right place to post.

 

Because of reasons I left emulation behind years ago and just recently got a non fully working Lindbergh System (yellow) and various arcade dumps.

Having enjoyed Mario Kart Arcade GP back in the days, I decided to get back, as this place still seems to be THE place for it.

But I read those posts that EMULINE was taken down in 2023?

 

Im still overwhelmed by the amount of dumps and the community efforts. This is fancy madness. 😃

 

Reading about JConfig for the 1st time, beeing able to play Mario Kart Arcade GP DX...as well as Tekno Parrot allowing it for all users now? For free?

Sounded too good be true, but it is reality it seems. Some configurations required for JConfig for sure. Im still reading into it.

 

It sounds so easy, starting JConfig then doubleclicking the mk agp exe, yet there are so many tutorials and videos...and someproblems.  

Seems like Tekno Parrot is the way to go here.

 

 

Hopefully some of my questiosn can be answered:

(Im not expecting anybody to do the googling for me. Im on it.)

 

1.)

Id like to start with the Lindbergh. Most forums seem a bit outdated (dead) but include a lot of info already. Yet I fail to understand where I would need to start.

Where would I start reading, to really start from scratch?

 

2.)

Id like to play Americas Army Arcade by Global VR. I think I retrieved "America's_Army_1.01.82_Full.iso" from here back then. Any other way to play it without Tekno Parrot?

How many versions might be out there?

 

3.)

Looks like as Mario Kart Arcade GP DX VR never got dumped because of the built in security features ID+USB Update Keys?

Keeping in mind most games had dongle like systems, I wonder what kidn of security got used here.

 

4.)

I read about the complete OS dumps that will run on VMs, if correctly configured, that is.

Would there be somekind of "list" that describes the actual Hardware of these machines, except for the official manuals in PDF formats?

 

 

5.)

Had there ever be (public) discussions on how complete OS-dumps had been secured? I read about a patch on MK DX, for example, that worked on older and newer versions.

I found Versions 1.10 and 1.18. Where would I start reading into this, to understand additional things like BANAPASS and LAN gaming?

 

For sure its all about googling and how much effort you put into it. Was hoping for a little kickstart again.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read!