Double Dragon II on the PC-Engine.

[ProfessorX]

Hi, I'm new here, please excuse me if this thread is in the wrong place. I have a problem uploading Double Dragon II on my computer. I've downloaded the ROMs as RAR files, and I tried to run it through several PC-Engine/Turbo Grafx-16 emulators (including Magic Engine). However, none of them seem to work at all. I'd be very thankful if someone here could offer some help. Thanks.

[Jale]

Don't reveal ROM sources. It's against the rules.

Have you tried uncompressing these RAR files?

[ProfessorX]

Don't reveal ROM sources. It's against the rules.

Have you tried uncompressing these RAR files?

Sorry about that. I've deleted it.

I can't find the option to uncompress it. Any more help please? :(

[FatTrucker]

You need to download and use WinRar (http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar/). Its a trial version but works just fine and every so often it will pop up asking do you want to use the full version or carry on with trial just click continue with trial version. When you install it, it will add a new option to your right click menu - use that.

[ProfessorX]

You need to download and use WinRar (http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar/). Its a trial version but works just fine and every so often it will pop up asking do you want to use the full version or carry on with trial just click continue with trial version. When you install it, it will add a new option to your right click menu - use that.

Thanks. I've done that now. I've extracted the Double Dragon files okay, but none of my emulators seem to be able play it. Which PC-Engine/Turbo-Grafx 16 emulator should I use and how should I go about this?

[Zach]

Try magic engine

It's a very good emulator.. It's the only one I know of off the top of my head. It should allow you to play for a certain amount of time, but then you have to purchase a license to get rid of the annoying time limit.

[azoreseuropa]

Use Ootake 1.43.. It is going to be the best emulator soon because it is FREE.

And also.. winrar is a crap because it is not free. Use 7-zip.. It is free

[ProfessorX]

Thanks again. I managed to get ootake running (I think), though I'm having second thoughts about the Double Dragon files I downloaded. I've uncompressed it, but I only see a few mp3 files and music tracks. I don't know if it's the right one.

It's probably against regulations to post links to ROMs on threads, so could anyone please PM me a better ROM for Double Dragon II on PC-Engine? I hope it's all right. Thanks.

[Zach]

That's still against the rules.. But anyway, I hardly think "because its free" qualifies something as the best automatically. I'd rather base my opinion on a programs functionality than financial status.

It sounds like maybe you got some sort of CD version of the game (Turbo CD I am guessing, or whatever its called).. Not sure why there would be MP3 files AND music tracks, tho..

You could post a screenshot of the directory with the files, that may help shed some light on the issue

[Zach]

Back to expand on that thought about the emulator..

User Interface.. slightly atrocious.
Control definition doesn't even list key conflicts
Tried out Magical Chase which seemed decent.. but the sound got choppy and it slowed down once I started the first level..

Think I'll stick with Magic Engine.. worth the $20 to me

[ProfessorX]

I've stuck with Ootake after all. But thanks for your help. 'Double Dragon II' contained a .cue file, and someone suggested I tried to mount it using Daemon Tools Lite. I tried doing that, but the only message I got was: "Unable to mount image. File not accessible."

Any more help please? I didn't realize playing PC-Engine games would be so hard. :confused:

[Zach]

The CUE file should have an ISO/BIN or other Cd-Image type file with it..

If the name inside the cue file is misspelled, or the wrong case, or in the wrong location, it will not find the CD image file and mount it.

You can edit the cue file with notepad, or you could try mounting the CD image directly, and bypassing the cue file.

Most people keep the cue file and image file in the same directory, and named exactly the same (except for the extensions of course), that way there is on confusion about where it is located.

So here is an example..

C:\dd2\dd2.bin
C:\dd2\dd2.cue

then inside the cue file, you just have to have it say "dd2.bin", or whatever the extension is, as the filename.. As long as you keep the files together, you don't need to worry about full directory paths or anything.

[ProfessorX]

I managed to open the cue file with Microsoft Word. I'll PM you the information I gathered.

I mounted the ISO file and it worked. I tried to open it through my CD-ROM, but I got the message: "Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows."

[Zach]

I'm not sure why that is.. Did you try loading the game from your CD drive inside the emulator? Because that would be your next step.. I really don't know much about this particular emulator so my knowledge isn't gonna be much help from here on..

The info in your PM looks pretty different to me.. It's common to see listings for audio tracks that are on the CD, as it helps them to be accessed properly.




FILE "Track-01.wav" WAVE
TRACK 1 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-02.iso" BINARY
TRACK 2 MODE1/2048
PREGAP 00:03:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-03.wav" WAVE
TRACK 3 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-04.wav" WAVE
TRACK 4 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-05.wav" WAVE
TRACK 5 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-06.wav" WAVE
TRACK 6 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-07.wav" WAVE
TRACK 7 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-08.wav" WAVE
TRACK 8 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-09.wav" WAVE
TRACK 9 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-10.wav" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-11.wav" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-12.wav" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-13.wav" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-14.wav" WAVE
TRACK 14 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-15.wav" WAVE
TRACK 15 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-16.wav" WAVE
TRACK 16 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-17.wav" WAVE
TRACK 17 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-18.wav" WAVE
TRACK 18 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-19.wav" WAVE
TRACK 19 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-20.wav" WAVE
TRACK 20 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-21.wav" WAVE
TRACK 21 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-22.wav" WAVE
TRACK 22 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-23.wav" WAVE
TRACK 23 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-24.wav" WAVE
TRACK 24 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-25.wav" WAVE
TRACK 25 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00


I don't know why Track 1 is listed as an audio file, and then track 2 is listed as an ISO. Usually the image file is listed first inside a cue, then audio tracks are listed, and not even like that.. It could be that Pc-Engine Cd games are handled differently, but here is an example of a CUE file from my Age of Kings CD-ROM



FILE "Age of Empires II - Conquerors.img" BINARY
TRACK 1 MODE1/2352
INDEX 1 00:00:00
TRACK 2 AUDIO
INDEX 1 34:02:15


I'm not really experienced with dealing with CD based games though, so this is really out of my element.

I looked at a Sega CD CUE file for comparison and again it looks different that your cue to some extent.. The .WAV file designations are there, but again it is "called" differently than your CUE file calls its audio files, and also the CD image is the first track, once again..



CATALOG 0000000000000
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 01 of 25)[!].iso" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 02 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 03 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 04 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 05 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 06 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 07 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 08 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 09 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 09 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 10 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 11 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 12 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 13 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 14 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 14 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 15 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 15 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 16 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 16 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 17 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 17 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 18 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 18 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 19 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 19 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 20 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 20 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 21 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 21 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 22 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 22 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 23 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 23 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 24 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 24 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 25 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 25 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74


I hope someone else can help you out with this.. I think its just a question of making sure your CUE is done properly and getting it to boot the CD in the emulator.. You should still be able to see the data in windows explorer though, so maybe this has to do with the Track 1 / 2 issue I noted before with the CD image.. also, you do have those seperate .WAV files in the same directory with the CD image and CUE, correct ?

You should give Magic Engine a try, if nothing else just for troubleshooting purposes to see if you can get the same to work. I believe it has support for Cd based games, but haven't used it in a while

[ProfessorX]

I'm not sure why that is.. Did you try loading the game from your CD drive inside the emulator?

Yes, although my emulator doesn't seem to pick it up. It can oly detect ROM images under zip, pce or hes files.


Because that would be your next step.. I really don't know much about this particular emulator so my knowledge isn't gonna be much help from here on..

The info in your PM looks pretty different to me.. It's common to see listings for audio tracks that are on the CD, as it helps them to be accessed properly.




FILE "Track-01.wav" WAVE
TRACK 1 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-02.iso" BINARY
TRACK 2 MODE1/2048
PREGAP 00:03:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-03.wav" WAVE
TRACK 3 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-04.wav" WAVE
TRACK 4 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-05.wav" WAVE
TRACK 5 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-06.wav" WAVE
TRACK 6 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-07.wav" WAVE
TRACK 7 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-08.wav" WAVE
TRACK 8 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-09.wav" WAVE
TRACK 9 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-10.wav" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-11.wav" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-12.wav" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-13.wav" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-14.wav" WAVE
TRACK 14 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-15.wav" WAVE
TRACK 15 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-16.wav" WAVE
TRACK 16 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-17.wav" WAVE
TRACK 17 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-18.wav" WAVE
TRACK 18 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-19.wav" WAVE
TRACK 19 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-20.wav" WAVE
TRACK 20 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-21.wav" WAVE
TRACK 21 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-22.wav" WAVE
TRACK 22 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-23.wav" WAVE
TRACK 23 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-24.wav" WAVE
TRACK 24 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-25.wav" WAVE
TRACK 25 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00


I don't know why Track 1 is listed as an audio file, and then track 2 is listed as an ISO. Usually the image file is listed first inside a cue, then audio tracks are listed, and not even like that.. It could be that Pc-Engine Cd games are handled differently, but here is an example of a CUE file from my Age of Kings CD-ROM



FILE "Age of Empires II - Conquerors.img" BINARY
TRACK 1 MODE1/2352
INDEX 1 00:00:00
TRACK 2 AUDIO
INDEX 1 34:02:15


I'm not really experienced with dealing with CD based games though, so this is really out of my element.

I looked at a Sega CD CUE file for comparison and again it looks different that your cue to some extent.. The .WAV file designations are there, but again it is "called" differently than your CUE file calls its audio files, and also the CD image is the first track, once again..



CATALOG 0000000000000
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 01 of 25)[!].iso" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 02 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 02 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 03 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 04 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 05 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 06 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 07 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 08 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 08 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 09 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 09 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 10 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 10 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 11 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 11 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 12 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 12 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 13 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 13 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 14 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 14 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 15 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 15 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 16 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 16 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 17 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 17 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 18 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 18 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 19 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 19 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 20 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 20 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 21 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 21 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 22 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 22 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 23 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 23 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 24 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 24 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74
FILE "Earnest Evans (1991)(Wolf Team)(NTSC)(Jp)(en)(Track 25 of 25)[!].wav" WAVE
TRACK 25 AUDIO
INDEX 00 00:00:00
INDEX 01 00:01:74


I hope someone else can help you out with this.. I think its just a question of making sure your CUE is done properly and getting it to boot the CD in the emulator.. You should still be able to see the data in windows explorer though, so maybe this has to do with the Track 1 / 2 issue I noted before with the CD image.. also, you do have those seperate .WAV files in the same directory with the CD image and CUE, correct ?

Yes, there are separate .WAV files. I had a little tweak with the .cue file and changed Track 1 and 2 into this:



FILE "Track-01.iso" BINARY
TRACK 1 MODE1/2048
PREGAP 00:03:00
INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track-02.wav" WAVE
TRACK 2 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00


I still had the same problem, though. Would you be familiar with somebody on the forums who knows more about CD based games? It would really help. Thanks.

[Zach]

I've done some research and it seems you may also need a SuperCD System Card ROM in order to play the games.. I'm not really sure how that all works.. But I am in the process of getting a USA CD set (Double Dragon 2 is not in it.. guessing its a Japanese release?) so I will experiment and let you know, hopefully in a couple days, if I come up with anything

[cibomatto2002]

I got Ootake 1.44 and I was playing Magical Chase it plays fine on my PC with 60 fps are you running Vista

[Zach]

Vista x64 Ultimate. I haven't tried running magic engine under Vista yet.. haven't found the time to mess around.. But I'm willing to bet the issue isn't really a "speed under x OS" issue. Especially on a Core 2 Duo.

At any rate if it is a Vista issue then that's no excuse for an actively developed emulator.

[Zach]

It's confirmed..

Magic engine runs 100% no problems... No slowdown that isn't part of the actual game. No sound slowdowns, glitches, or anything. Graphics smooth as silk like a hot knife through butter I'll test out CD loading tomorrow.

[ProfessorX]

I got Ootake 1.44 and I was playing Magical Chase it plays fine on my PC with 60 fps are you running Vista

I'm not too sure if I have Vista. What's that?

[Zach]

Umm... Windows Vista.. The OS that replaced Windows XP.

:confused:

[ProfessorX]

Sorry...wasn't thinking before I posted.

[georgc3]

Hello, I need help as well. I tried mounting the cue file for double dragon II. I also got an error that says "Unable to Mount Image. File Not Accessible". It has a E: dirve. I need help changing it to to D: drive because that's I all I have for the CD/DVD drive is the D: Can anyone help so I can get this image mounted?

[Khmer]

Try YAME038 :D

[Zach]

I'm assuming you know how to use whatever program you are using to mount images and point it to the correct file, etc.

This may be a problem with the cue file.. open it in notepad and look at the file path.

If it lists something like " C:\dir\image.bin " or whatever the filename is, then you need to fix it. change it to the exact name of the actual CD image file, and remove ALL drive or directory references to the path. If you keep the bin and cue in the same directory, it should mount it fine because it is only looking for the file name, in the directory the cue file is in.

Here is what a proper cue would look like, with the CD image and its cue file stored in the same directory.

Don't worry about all the audio track listings. That only applies to games which contain CD audio on their CD.. The example in this case is my CD Image for Descent for the PC.


FILE "Disc.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 08:19:45
TRACK 03 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 12:11:35
TRACK 04 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 14:46:23
TRACK 05 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 15:08:68
TRACK 06 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 19:59:49
TRACK 07 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 24:51:47
TRACK 08 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 29:42:33
TRACK 09 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 33:48:38
TRACK 10 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 38:08:69
TRACK 11 AUDIO
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 42:09:15
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FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 46:26:07
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FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 50:52:01
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FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 54:01:61


My actual disc image file is named "Disc.bin", but your cue file can either be the same name, or a different name as long as the path inside the cue points to the correct filename. Remeber it is CaSE SenSitive so if the filename or exension has uppercase letters you have to use uppercase for those letters. Personally I store all my CD images in individual folders, and rename the bin and cue to something short and easy, since I already know what game it is based on the folder I select in my mounting browser.

[ProfessorX]

Thanks for your help and my apologies for the LATE reply. I've been away from using emulators for a while. However, I've ended up buying a real PC-Engine and DDII, so everything's fine. Again, I appreciate your help. :happy: