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Anyone tried the emulator, TeknoParrot ? I have recently been working with it a fair bit, and have got one of my all time favourites, Outrun 2 SP DX running (along with Sega Rally 3 and Daytona 3) Outrun (1986) and then Outrun 2 (2003) and Outrun 2 SP (2004) have long been my favourite machines of all time in the arcades. I have played Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast (which is basically Outrun 2 and 2 SP combined) on my PC for years but have been waiting for the emulation of the arcade originals. Outrun 2 is based on Chihiro (which in itself is an original Xbox with a bit more RAM) and the emulation of this is still not great but Outrun 2 SP was released on Lindbergh technology, which is basically PC architecture (an Intel P4 HT 3.0Ghz and NVidia 6800) and then running on Linux. So TeknoParrot itself isn't quite so much about emulating different technology but moreover about running Linux on Windows with then specific hacks to get games functional. Outrun 2 SP runs about 99% perfect for me, with just these 2 standout issues: 1. The sun can be over bright in some sections, and this can be fixed by a hack to adjust the sun position/strength. (it's to do with hacking the game to run in higher resolutions than originally intended, and this then causes the sun's position and strength to be adjusted incorrectly) 2. The audio can become distorted and out of sync (although this is rare) If anyone is interested more then I can always provide more info about getting it working etc. I have also got rumble working now with my 360 Controller with a third party FFB add-in, which is a nice cherry on top. Here is a video:

Thanks very much, all up and running. Just completed the easy course, without issue. Few points to note for me: 1/ On fibre, download of Outrun file, didn't take more than 10 minutes. 2/ Extracting the Outrun file, can take quite a while, about 15-20 minutes for me. 3/ Had trouble setting up controller (wired xbox one pad, also wireless keyboard). Make sure general x-input is checked in game settings, if having trouble. Also make sure you move the controller left and right, when setting it up.

Maybe just the thing to get me back into some retro gaming. I've seen videos of this before and I'm sure other games also run on it IIRC. Thanks for the guide and links will look at it later tonight.

Leave it with me chaps, will sort out some more in-depth info shortly.

@Mort many thanks for this. I can't wait to try at the weekend. Thank you.

Mate , on the download baby !!!! , lmao , 2 hours for 1.9 gig , my mums internet is slamming . looks great mort , cheers for the guide , will give it a go in two hours , I aggree wearecity , bit of fresh emu action , awesome , more of this sir !!!!! , big up to the surrey massive , at me mums in Godalming

Step 1 - Download and install TP (TeknoParrot) Note: To run Outrun 2 SP DX you need an NVidia GPU - as far as I can see it does not support AMD GPUs (due to shader and graphics library/api issues). Note: I am running on Windows 10 v1909 - I believe it's fine on earlier Windows versions but I cannot guarantee. Note: I have provided a .zip archive for TP (TeknoParrot) here: https://mega.nz/#!TzZFSKZZ!D07r8o9Lz7coe_4cmpgpTFB0qSRKrAHJmaNcPAGKPCI which I have updated to all the latest modules as of today. If you prefer you can download this version which will allow you to skip most of the steps below and just extract to a permanent location as per step 4. 1. Point browser at https://teknoparrot.com/ and then click on Downloads tab, then click on the link Click here to download version 1.0.0.140 now! 2. You should be redirected to Mega and then click the green Download button. 3. The download is a .RAR archive and is a portable version (i.e. it doesn't require installation to Windows, just extraction to a permanent folder) 4. For my example I am extracting to the location E:\Games\TeknoParrot_1.0.0.140 (I may have a few extra files and folders in the screenshot below) 5. The executable file you need to run is called TeknoParrotUi.exe 6. The first time it runs it will detect it being run for the first time, it will ask about adding games, click NO for now. Also, 4 update windows may appear. TeknoParrot has multiple modules, and each one needs updating. Find the window that wants to update the component TeknoParrotUi first and click the Update button. This should download and install, and you may get an error "Object Reference Not Set..." just press OK, then it will ask if you want to restart TP, click YES. 7. TP will reload, and then another 4 update windows may appear *groan* - do the updates for OpenSegaAPI and OpenParrotWin32 first - these should both install very quickly. Then do TeknoParroN2 update. This then leaves the final update to do, TeknoParrot Unknown to 1.0.0.28, which takes a short while. 8. The emulator is now installed *phew*

Thanks Mort:) Just set up TP and downloaded my first racing game.

Yes please. Years ago I used to play Outrun 2 on the Xbox and absolutely loved it - it's such a pity that was not currently available on PC's at least to my knowledge. I cannot believe the timing of your post, I had pulled out the loft during my clear ancient consoles and was looking at that remembering Outrun in it a couple of nights ago. Any download links to support the limited time I have would be brilliant as well - thank you. :)

Never heard of TP, but thanks for mentioning it, it looks interesting, especially with my current set up. I shall investigate:)