Tested Games

[Megabusterretro]

Here is a list of the games I have currently tested and what games I tested it on. Let me know if there is a better way for me to share this spreadsheet. I will also upload video of each of the games with issues tomorrow and then post a link to my private youtube channel for you to view.

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Title	Model	Working?	CONSOLE TESTED	Notes
Bart Simpson Escape from Camp Deadly	DMG-TS-USA	YES	DMG SP	Works on SP not on DMG (Have VIdeo) SCREEN FREEZES AT TITLE SCREEN
Baseball	DMG-BS-USA	YES	DMG SP
BATMAN RETRUN OF THE JOKER	DMG-B5-USA	YES	DMG
BATTLEBULL	DMG-BR-USA	YES	DMG
BATTLETOADS AND DOUBLE DRAGON	DMG-VN-USA	NO	DMG	TITLE SCREEN WORKS, ONCE IN GAME SCREEN IS VERY DISTORTED
BUBBLE BOBBLE	DMG-B20USA	YES	DMG
BUGS BUNNY CRAZY CASTLE	DMG-BB-USA	YES	DMG
Darkwing Duck	DMG-DC-USA	YES	DMG
Defender/Joust (Arcade Classic)	DMG-ADJE-USA	NO	DMG SP	Image Ghosting on SP, DMG Unplayable
F1-RACE	DMG-F1-USA	YES	DMG
FIGHTING SIMULATOR	DMG-HR-USA	SORTA	DMG	SPRITE DEFORMED ON FIRST LEVEL, FIXES ITSELF AT BOSS LEVEL
FORTIFIED ZONE	DMG-IY-USA	YES	DMG	NEEDS FW 1.02
GARGOYLES QUEST	DMG-RA-USA	YES	DMG
HOME ALONE 2	DMG-AH-USA	YES	DMG
JAMES BOND 007	DMG-AWTE-USA	YES	DMG
KEN GRIFFY BASEBALL	DMG-AKGE-USA	YES	DMG
MARIO LAND 2	DMG-MQ-USA	YES	DMG
Megaman III	DMG-W3-USA	YES	DMG
NBA ALL-STAR CHALLENGE	DMG-AC-USA	YES	DMG
NHL 95	DMG-ANHE-USA	YES	DMG
OPERATION C	DMG-CN-USA	YES	DMG
POPEYE 2	DMG-PG-USA	YES	DMG
PRIMAL RAGE	DMG-AR9E-USA	YES	DMG
Q-Billion	DMG-QB-USA-1	UES	DMG SP
RAMPAGE (BLACK GBC CART)	DMG-ARPE-USA	YES	DMG	ONLY TESTED ON DMG GAMEBOY
REN AND STIMPY VEEDIOTS	DMG-VD-USA	YES	DMG
RESCUE OF PRINCESS BLOBETTE	DMG-RP-USA	NO	DMG
REVENGE OF GATOR	DMG-PB-USA	YES	DMG
ROCKMAN WORLD 4	DMG-R4J	YES	DMG	JAPANESE VERSION
ROCKMAN WORLD 5	DMG-WMJ	YES	DMG	JAPANESE VERSION
SAMURAI SHOWDOWN	DMG-X4-USA	SORTA	DMG	GAME IS PLAYABLE BUT HEALTH BARS ON TOP ARE CUT OFF
SHANGHAI	DMG-SH-USA	YES	DMG
Snow Brothers	DMG-SJ-USA	YES	DMG
STAR WARS (CAPCOM)	DMG-WS-USA	YES	DMG
TECMO BOWL	DMG-TL-USA-1	YES	DMG
The Cool Spot Adventure	DMG-CU-U SA	SORTA	DMG SP	Ghosting while moving
TINY TOON ADV MONTANA'S MOVIE MADNESS	DMG-T8-USA	YES	DMG
WWF SUPERSTARS	DMG-WX-USA	YES	DMG
ZOOP	DMG-AZPE-USA	NO	DMG SP	GB-I CRASHES IMMEDATELY AFTER NINTENO LOGO WORKS ON SP

[Staacks]

Wow, thanks a lot. Hopefully some of the crashes will be resolved with the fixes that I already created for the upcoming 1.0.3. I will go through these before release and then add them to the compatibility list.

About the ghosting: Is this the frame blending feature? If you press the mode button (next to the LEDs) twice (switches to green and back) it should be gone.
(I will add an on-screen display to make this button clearer and I will probably default to "off" as it seems to confuse more often than it helps, but it improves games that have fast flicker effects which do not translate well to the lower frame rate of the Interceptor video.)

[Megabusterretro]

Glad to help! I'll knock out another 30 games tonight. Do you still need video of the issues?

[Staacks]

No, if it is clear what happens I should be able to reproduce it with a flash cart. Also, I will probably get 1.0.3 ready this evening or tomorrow, which has a few fixes that hopefully also fix some of the problems you have found so far.

[Staacks]

I just tried if some of the problems have been fixed with v1.0.3 and it seems like "Bart Simpson Escape from Camp Deadly" and "The Rescue of Princess Blobette" are fine now. Not sure about the latter, though. Can you confirm, because maybe I did not play far enough.

I still think that the two ghosting entries are the frame blending feature. The new version starts with it disabled and gives feedback on screen if you toggle it with the mode button.

About Zoop: Is GB-I the Game Boy Player? Does the problem only occur there?

[Megabusterretro]

The GB-I is the GB Interceptor, sorry for the confusion!

The OSD is great! You are right, I was tweaking with the button on the back break up some of the filament because it was snug so I must have accidentally turned blending on. Spot worked a lot better!

Updated the firmware, and Blobette is working. Still having issues with Camp Deadly right at the beginning. It seems a frame updates only when something makes the screen pause. Here is the video link:

https://youtu.be/BTohWmj9F2M (apologies for the low volume).

Zoop is no longer crashing but it has similar issues like the Simpsons. If I pause the game the screen updates, once I unpause it freezes again.

[Staacks]

The GB-I is the GB Interceptor, sorry for the confusion!

Ah, lol, why didn't I figure it out myself...

The OSD is great! You are right, I was tweaking with the button on the back break up some of the filament because it was snug so I must have accidentally turned blending on. Spot worked a lot better!

No, it was on by default, but you were not the only one who disliked it in some games, so I changed it to off by default in v1.0.3. Unfortunately, it is necessary in some games. If you look at this short recording of Zelda (https://twitter.com/diconx/status/1613308004136263681), have a close look at the dog chain. On the device it looks semi-transparent because each link of the chain is only drawn on every second frame. Without frame blending you only see every second link (they seem to alternate) because the 29fps of the Interceptor only show every other frame of the (almost) 60fps Game Boy. With frame blending it still is not perfect, but all links are visible at the same time.

Updated the firmware, and Blobette is working. Still having issues with Camp Deadly right at the beginning. It seems a frame updates only when something makes the screen pause. Here is the video link:

https://youtu.be/BTohWmj9F2M (apologies for the low volume).

Zoop is no longer crashing but it has similar issues like the Simpsons. If I pause the game the screen updates, once I unpause it freezes again.

ok, I have to check both again. I am very sure that I did not see this issue, but I am not sure anymore if I tried it on the DMG or a GBC.

...and of course I have to check all the others, too. This issue will be open for a while :)

[Megabusterretro]

For now, all my testing will be on my DMG so there is no confusion. If you need me to test some specific games on other handhelds I will gladly do it. I currently have a DMG, SP, and GBC.

Here is a few games I was able to test today. I was on a PC without OBS so I decided to test the Win 10 Camera app..it worked like a champ to do some testing! That is why you see another column annotating what application I tested with.

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Title	Model	Working?	CONSOLE TESTED	Notes	APPLICATION TESTED
NBA JAM 99	DMG-AJME-USA	YES	DMG	BLACK COLOR CART	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
KIRBY'S DREAM LAND	DMG-KY-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
SPOT	DMG-S3-USA	YES	DMG	CANT SEE GAME MODE SELECTOR BUT OTHERWISE GAME WORKS	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
IN YOUR FACE	DMG-YF-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
YOSHI	DMG-YO-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
ROCKMAN WORLD 3	DMG-W3J	YES	DMG	JAPANESE GB GAME	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
NBA ALL STAR CHALLENGE 2	DMG-H2-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
STREET FIGHTER II	DMG-ASFE-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
BLADES OF STEEL	DMG-UB-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
MEGAMAN X TREME	DMG-BM6E-USA	YES	DMG		WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
DONKEY KONG LAND 2	DMG-ADDE-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
MINER 2049	DMG-MV-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
MOLE MANIA	DMG-MAMOE-USA	NO	DMG	SIMILAR ISSUES TO BART ESCAPE FROM CAMP DEADLY	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
DEADALIAN OPUS	DMG-PU-USA	NO	DMG	SIMILAR ISSUES TO BART ESCAPE FROM CAMP DEADLY	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA
BASES LOADED	DMG-BK-USA	NO	DMG	SIMILAR ISSUES TO BART ESCAPE FROM CAMP DEADLY	WINDOWS 10 CAMERA

[Staacks]

That the stock camera app works is good news indeed.

But now it gets weird: I just tried "Bart Simpson Escape from Camp Deadly", "Zoop", "Mole Mania", "Deadalian Opus" and "Bases Loaded" on my DMG and all of them work without problems (except for some garbled font in a menu somewhere). I am really confused now. I am testing on a simple flash cartridge but that should make no difference.

Looking at your video I am wondering if it really updates when you pause the game or if it is more a USB video glitch than an emulation glitch. After all, the frames that are shown look alright - they are just updated at an extremely slow rate. But in that case I would expect this to happen with all games, because the video format used by the Interceptor requires the same bandwidth for every image.

Is this reproducible for these particular games or could it be a random hickup (= still a bug) that just coincidentally occurred when you tried these games?

[Megabusterretro]

I just swapped USB C cables and tested:
Escape from Camp Deadly (Works)
Zoop (works)
Bases Loaded (Works)
Deadalian Opus (works)
Caesars Palace (Works)

Well crap....I was using a Nintendo USB Cable...I figured that was the best one I had. New cable seems to be working well.

I think I am going to widen the hold in the 3d printed cases to make room for some bigger sized USBC Cables. I wonder if the cable wasn't fully inserted during some of these tests.

I am sorry for these false positives!

At least the Windows camera worked!

[Staacks]

Damn, those cable dependent problems really worry me. I do not understand these at all.

[Megabusterretro]

I agree, there are so many variables do doing this stuff. I hope that doing this at least helps a little bit. I definitely do not want to hinder the process you have going on here!

I still have more games to test, hopefully this revelation will yield some more positive results. Going to stream/test games tonight with it!

[Megabusterretro]

Here is a list of 22 games that been tested with the NEW USBC Cable! Good results, just a few issues that I think you are already aware of on previous games.

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Title	Model	Working?	CONSOLE TESTED	Notes	APPLICATION TESTED
A BUGS LIFE	DMG-APXE-USA	YES	DMG	BLACK COLOR CART	OBS
ADVENTURE ISLAND 2	DMG-GC-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
ALIEN VS PREDATOR	DMG-A9-USA	NO	DMG	GAME CRASHES AFTER TITLE SCREEN (DMG)	OBS
ALLEYWAY	DMG-AW-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
BATTLETOADS	DMG-BV-USA	NO	DMG	SIMILAR ISSUE TO BATTLETOADS/DD (VIDEO TAKEN)	OBS
BO JACKSON	DMG-BJ-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
BOMBERMAN GB	DMG-AB2E-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
BONKS ADVENTURE	DMG-GK-USA	SORTA	DMG	SIMILAR ISSUE AS FIGHTING SIM. MODEL IS SPLIT WHEN MOVING RIGHT	OBS
BUBBLE GHOSE	DMG-BG-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
DRAGON WARRIOR	DMG-AWQE-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
DUCK TALES	DMG-DT-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
HEIANKYO ALIEN		YES	DNG		OBS
JOE AND MAC	DMG-JM-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
JUNGLE STRIKE	DMG-AJGE-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
KILLER INSTINCT	DMG-AKLE-USA	NO	DMG	CRASHES A FEW SECONDS A MATCH STARTS (VIDEO TAKEN)	OBS
KIRBYS DREAM LAND 2	DMG-AKBE-USA	SORTA	DMG	SCROLLING HORIZONTAL SCANLINE IN THE MIDDLE OF SCREEN	OBS
KLAX	DMG-KX-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
MALIBU BEACH VOLLEYBALL	DMG-SV-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
MARBLE MADNESS	DMG-MB-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
METAL MASTERS	DMG-E6-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
MICKEYS DANGEROUS CHASE	DMG-MC-USA-1	YES	DMG		OBS
PAC-MAN	DMG-PC-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
POKEMON PINBALL	dmg-bphe-usa-1	YES	DMG		OBS
QIX	DMG-QX-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
RADAR MISSION	DMG-RM-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
ROCKMAN WORLD	DMG-RWA	YES	DMG	JAPANESE VERSION	OBS
SUPER MARIO LAND	DMG-ML-USA-1	YES	DMG		OBS
TETRIS 2	DMG-EH-USA-1	NO	DMG	LESS T HAN HALF THE SCREEN IS DISPLAYING (VIDEO TAKEN)	OBS
THE SMURFS	DMG-UF-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
ULTIMA RUNES OF VIRTUE II	DMG-U2-USA	YES	DMG		OBS
WWF SUPERSTARS 2	DMG-WX-USA	YES	DMG		OBS

[Staacks]

I agree, there are so many variables do doing this stuff. I hope that doing this at least helps a little bit. I definitely do not want to hinder the process you have going on here!

Don't worry, it really helps a lot. Even if I went through all those games myself I would miss system specific stuff like the cable issue or Windows-related things.

About the cable problem: Could you test this firmware with the old cable? https://cloud.tankwar.de/index.php/s/8qEMYjzMcHJEibx

This firmware is meant to fix issues with boards where the oscillator takes a bit too long to settle after turning on. This affects individual board because of manufacturing tolerances for some components and the symptoms are that the Interceptor would work after uploading a new firmware, but stops working once it has been unplugged and connected again (that's when the original firmware would not wait long enough).

I am now wondering if there might even be an edge case where the oscillator has just settled enough to be able to start, but the PLL or VCO would not be set up correctly for stable USB communication. I have to admit that my knowledge here is very limited (and the little knowledge I have says that this is not possible) and this is a rather long shot, but different combinations of cables and games (which have different PCBs and chips) might influence the capacity enough to tip it over the edge.

Thanks for all the new tested games. I will update the list and eventually start looking into which can be fixed easily before getting into game specific fixes...

[catrenelle]

@Megabusterretro Want to combine efforts? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t-xKYgYn_4Pzesktp5r916mh_z9X_GMTLp_1bZnPkp0/edit?usp=sharing