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Are there enough mpu6 mechanical machines to warrant the time and effort it'd take to emulate it ? Are there many update files available and any info/schematics for the board itself ?

Where are the faults ?, I can't see/hear them

Betcom really where the tarts of the industry, didn't matter what the tech was they'd always put something in it. They realised quite early on the benefits of a good HAL. Didn't some of the software guys become INNOV8 or is that wrong ?

Sorry, I don't have a scan of manual and I don't have a scanner. TBH, the manual is pretty bad, just a bit of text but little info of any use. It doesn't even mention of the dot matrix display. I'll get it scanned if I can find someone with a scanner

It's quite a fun game. The cabinet was called Pinnacle. I can't find any photos but here's a sketch from the break ball manual

Where are you getting your version of mame from which supports cobra3 ? Can you post it ? The official mame does not support cobra3, the driver is just a very bare skeleton

Just been told the software on archive.org has been changed for a new version. I'm not home so can't try it

Compression was just mpeg1 at CD data rates. i've a small collection of Video CDs, anyone remember those ?, and the quality is dreadful

AFAIK this is the only emulator supporting cobra3, it's not emulated in mfme or mame. There was a video released on youtube showing this at the start of the year but all went quiet after that until now.

I don't normally use a vpn so ended up having to download opera as a quick fix. After trying various browsers on different devices and operating systems including my phone it looks like it's an isp issue. Trying to view on my phone over wifi fails too but switch to 5G network all works fine. Looks like something odd with virgin media as my neighbour as the same issue, very odd. Anyway, the important bit is the emulator works so that's something new to play with

I’ve tried chrome and firefox and neither can connect to the site. Opera also fails unless I turn its vpn on

Don't know if anyone has seen this on archive.org ? https://archive.org/details/@itmightbeme For some reason I can't access archive.org without using a vpn

Thanks for your reply and links. I’ll take a look at the code this evening

Can I ask how you get the information from MAME for you to be able to do the rendering? I assume there’s a way of getting info such as whether a lamp is on or off and if it’s on what brightness it is. I didn’t know this was possible with MAME. thanks

Pluto uses the same cpu as Scorpion 5 - 5206e, so it should run full speed