Unfortunately an keen eye will notice that the whole image seems blurred despite the high resolution. Increasing the resolution is a breeze and the game even detects and applies widescreen hacks automatically for you. The obvious second choice was the Playstation 2 port and the rather solid PCSX2 emulator. Unfortunately it's a very tiresome process, that involves using CheatEngine while the game is running to change memory addresses in real time, but the result speaks for itself.Īs with VF3 before it, I tried the arcade version with Demul, but unfortunately the old video plugin - the one that allows for higher resolutions - crashes the game on boot, so that went nowhere fast Just like with The House of the Dead, my emulator of choice for this particular purpose is Demul, thanks to the usually flawless way that widescreen hacks work with it. When forcing a widescreen mode the background would remain in 4:3 with black borders on either side, which was both distracting and completely ruined the immersion.įortunately there is the Dreamcast version. My first choice was the original arcade version running on the Supermodel emulator, but quickly ran into a problem. lua (so, for Virtua Fighter 2, it should be vf2.lua) and put it into the scripts folder. Require("model2") - Import model2 machine globals Just create an empty text file (I recommend using Notepad++) and copy and paste this into it:
![virtua fighter 2 rom model 2 virtua fighter 2 rom model 2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fjV7T1JICsA/maxresdefault.jpg)
For the widescreen mode, as with other games running on this emulator, you'll need to create a special file and put it into the scripts folder. The aptly named Model 2 Emulator does everything we need, from upping the resolution to running in widescreen, and it just looks stunning. Not only does the original arcade version, running on the very powerful Model 2 board, looked much better than the Saturn port, but the emulator support is amazing.
![virtua fighter 2 rom model 2 virtua fighter 2 rom model 2](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-ThmTZAw3I/Wo9eOLon9OI/AAAAAAAAAH4/tx0aSqw4XtYQwFnl5O5jLylwwScnOI8YwCLcBGAs/s1600/VirtuaStriker_Dreamcast%2B%25284%2529.jpg)
The only other option was the Saturn version and the only recommended emulator for HD resolutions was YabaSanshiro (or one of its many forks).įor the widescreen hack I relied on the community effort from the folks over at the Assembler Games forum, which have come up with a lot of widescreens, both for the SSF emulator or general Action Replay codes.įor this one the choice was obvious. The original arcade version ran on the Model 1 board, which can only be emulated at native resolutions in MAME, so that was a no go. There wasn't much choice in regards of version or emulator for VF1. MAME and coin-op alike are welcome here! Welcome to /r/cade!Ī while ago I tried to emulate every The House of the Dead in high definition and widescreen, and you guys seemed to like that video quite a lot, so I though of doing that again with another beloved Sega franchise. When in doubt find someone experienced to help with technical problems. Any advice given assumes knowledge of safety procedures and a minimum level of technical competence. /r/pinball - Pinball specific discussionĭisclaimer: Working on equipment can be hazardous if you don't know what you are doing./r/Arcade - Original CoinOP Arcade specific discussion.Include item name, city/state/country and price in the title.
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