WinUAE Emulator for Windows in CD32/CDTV mode - part 2
Well I tried out several CD32 games on WinUAE with the standard CD32 settings from the Quickstart menu and results varied greatly. It seems that cd-audio tracks are played well, but mixed in Amiga digitized sounds can stutter quite a bit. Also execution - especially of certain menu items - of the games seems to be varying in speed. Some games are very playable whilst others have just too much stuttering to be any good.
Here's some small videos from my experiences on WinUAE with basic settings: Legend (CD32)
Legend actually runs quite well, it is in fact a tad smoother than the video shows you.
Microcosm (CD32)
This doesn't run well, in places it is way to fast - in other places it is a little slow. Very inconsistent speed.
Labyrinth of Time (CD32)
die Erben der Erde (CD32)
The intro seems to function all right.
D-Generation
Preliminatry conclusions on booting cd32 games on standard cd-32 settings:
Although both the CDTV and the CD32 bios and machine settings are easily accessed from within the WinUAE emulator and running the games is as easy as inserting the cd-rom and press start - the speed at which the emulator executes the games is far from smooth for quite a number of games rendering it not an enjoyable experience that is far removed from the real thing. CD-audio is played just fine, but data streaming or data accessing can slow down the emulator.
The games that do seem to function best are the games that are basically converted disk-games that run from cd-rom instead - they function pretty much as expected but you're better of using the adf of the game through WinUAE or WinUAE with Lemon instead.
CD32 emulation without tweaking on my Duo Core Vista Machine whilst using WinUAE without any additional tweaks is not 100% ready yet. But to me it looks like a speed-timing issue. Most games with flaws have parts that are executed too fast, so there's actually quite a bit of overhead. I am confident that in the near future emulation will be more smooth.
I will compare the experience with my Windows XP professional machine though, perhaps removing Vista out of the equation helps and of course I need to do some tweaking to see if that helps. From what I understand about the Akiko Emulator - that is running cd32-games by patching them real-time and executing them in 1200-mode - is that it is supposed to offer a more solid cd-32 game experience because all the tweaks have been done for you. I am still waiting for the registered version though. It will be nice to be able to compare the both on the same games. More to come....
Here's some small videos from my experiences on WinUAE with basic settings:
Legend (CD32)
Legend actually runs quite well, it is in fact a tad smoother than the video shows you.
Microcosm (CD32)
This doesn't run well, in places it is way to fast - in other places it is a little slow. Very inconsistent speed.
Labyrinth of Time (CD32)
die Erben der Erde (CD32)
The intro seems to function all right.
D-Generation
Preliminatry conclusions on booting cd32 games on standard cd-32 settings:
Although both the CDTV and the CD32 bios and machine settings are easily accessed from within the WinUAE emulator and running the games is as easy as inserting the cd-rom and press start - the speed at which the emulator executes the games is far from smooth for quite a number of games rendering it not an enjoyable experience that is far removed from the real thing. CD-audio is played just fine, but data streaming or data accessing can slow down the emulator.
The games that do seem to function best are the games that are basically converted disk-games that run from cd-rom instead - they function pretty much as expected but you're better of using the adf of the game through WinUAE or WinUAE with Lemon instead.
CD32 emulation without tweaking on my Duo Core Vista Machine whilst using WinUAE without any additional tweaks is not 100% ready yet. But to me it looks like a speed-timing issue. Most games with flaws have parts that are executed too fast, so there's actually quite a bit of overhead. I am confident that in the near future emulation will be more smooth.
I will compare the experience with my Windows XP professional machine though, perhaps removing Vista out of the equation helps and of course I need to do some tweaking to see if that helps. From what I understand about the Akiko Emulator - that is running cd32-games by patching them real-time and executing them in 1200-mode - is that it is supposed to offer a more solid cd-32 game experience because all the tweaks have been done for you. I am still waiting for the registered version though. It will be nice to be able to compare the both on the same games. More to come....
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