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04061 Sound Minor Always Sep 24, 2010, 07:20 Sep 17, 2015, 18:28
Tester M.A.S.H. View Status Public Platform MAME (Self-compiled)
Assigned To Resolution Open OS
Status [?] Confirmed Driver
Version 0.139u3 Fixed in Version Build Normal
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary 04061: quasar: Missing sound effects
Description The boot/start sound and the alien shoot sound is missing in Quasar since MAME 0.127u1.
Source: drivers\quasar.c was changed and i think it has something todo with
a missing soundlatch clear (see snapshot).
Steps To Reproduce Start MAME 0.127 with Quasar and you can hear the start sound.
Then compare it with MAME 0.127u1.
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Regression Version 0.127u1
Affected Sets / Systems quasar
Attached Files
png file icon MAME0127-0127u1-Quasar-Driver.png (29,160 bytes) Sep 24, 2010, 07:20
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No.12027
Osso
Moderator
Sep 15, 2015, 10:39
Is the shoot sound still missing? It seems to be there for me, if there isn't an explosion sound already playing.
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No.12029
M.A.S.H.
Senior Tester
Sep 15, 2015, 23:50
The shoot sounds from the aliens are missing and not the player shoot sound.
My report was not correct. I fixed it!
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No.12031
Osso
Moderator
Sep 16, 2015, 11:09
Ah I misunderstood the report, thanks for clarifying!

Adding "soundlatch_byte_w(space, 0, 0);" in quasar_sh_command_r does restore the missing sound of the enemy shots, but Aaron must have removed it for a reason.
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No.12035
Stiletto
Developer
Sep 17, 2015, 04:48
Footage from US Billiards (Zaccaria) set:
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No.12036
Mamesick
Senior Tester
Sep 17, 2015, 18:28
edited on: Sep 17, 2015, 18:36
IIRC there's a comment in the driver by Aaron where it says that he's following probably wrong schematics.... So maybe that soundlatch write should be there and was wrongly removed.

EDIT: here it is:
// not necessarily like this, but it seems to work better than direct mapping
// (although schematics has it as direct - but then the schematics are wrong elsewhere to!)

Also this note at the top of the driver:
- Sound (missing invader effect - still not sure all noise in correct places)