Makaron Test 9 (?) Dreamcast emulator....

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:06 am

Okay, I was on www.ngemu.com recently and happened to notice a Dreamcast emulator called "Makaron T9" and thought "cool! Sounds like another awesome DC emulator!" Well, despite the fact that I saw screenshots on http://emu.makii.pl/njus_detal.php3?id=1913, I was proved wrong. The emulator does not, I repeat, does not work at all. I get an error message when I load an ISO, but the message is not in English. Keep in mind that even after downloading all the required .dll files, it does not load! Can someone tell me what the crap's going on here?

Edit: it seems it may be related to the fact that the USA Bios is not in the "ROM" folder. Well, I put there, alright, but there's another illegible error dialog.

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh13 ... crash1.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh13 ... crash2.jpg

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:18 am

when something is called "test" you know it's still learning some things. wait for the next release of NullDC.

Post by **Agozer** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:35 am

Well, Makaron is being coded by a polish developer, so what you're seeing is in polish (you haven't forgotten Poland, have you?)

That aside, I have never been able to boot any of my games in Makaron despite using the same BIOS files as the developer. Sure, I can boot up the BIOS screen, but that's it.

Note that Makaron expects these BIOS files to be present in the ROM folder:

BIOS_USA.bin
FLASH_USA.bin
BIOS_EU.bin
FLASH_EU.bin
BIOS_JP.bin
FLASH_JP.bin

As to why it doesn't recognize yours, I can't say. Also, you need to have "preinstalled" Makaron Test 8 prior to using Test 9.

Deunan's Makaron blog wrote:WARNING! Be careful not to overwrite your VMU or INI files when moving to T9!

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:13 am

That doesn't make sense, I mean, aren't those BIOS files considered "illegal"? And yeah, I'll wait for the next nullDC release. Now that's a good emulator.

Post by **Agozer** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:25 am

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:That doesn't make sense, I mean, aren't those BIOS files considered "illegal"?

Yes, and your point is?

They are illegal if you downloaded them somewhere. they are not illegal if you dumped the BIOS and the Flash from your own Dreamcast.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:24 am

My point? Is that nullDC is a good emulator. I'm sure that once I can Makaron working, it'll be good, too.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:36 am

so your ability to use it is what determines it is good?

also bioses aren't illegal, stealing is illegal. Therefore stealing bioses is illegal, but so is stealing bikes, so what's the point?

also, I wouldn't say the emulator is bad yet, I'd say it's incomplete, they call it TEST for a reason.

so THIS is why emu authors don't release WIPs.