Alex Kidd in Miracle World (PlaySoniq)

By edoz

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02-09-2010, 09:55

I just played (Alex Kidd in Miracle World) on the playsoniq.
i wonder what the 'start' button is on the msx keyboard.
I can jump and shoot with the GRAPH and SPACE keys..
But if i collect an item (like the motorbike) normaly you can choose from the
start menu you collected items.. but i can't find the key on the MSX keyboard..
(Just i pressed al difertent key's nothing happens..)

Maybe.. i have to do some configuration first ?

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By hap

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02-09-2010, 10:21

The SMS pause button triggers an NMI (non maskable interrupt) on the Z80, it's not possible to add that to an MSX cartridge.
It shouldn't be too hard to patch the game ROM. Smile

By syn

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02-09-2010, 11:01

I neither have a master nor a playsoniq, but the master system joypad only has 2 buttons, A & B. on the controller A is marked as start

http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/remote-control/sega-master-pad.jpg

The Pause button hap is talking about is a button on the actual console. And I was looking at gamefaqs, its the pause button you need to press for the "subscreen" for inventory etc.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2984951450_0cdfd7ed74.jpg Right under the cartridge. Imagine you had a SMS under your tv, you are sitting comfortable on your couch and whenever you wanted to open the items menu you needed to stand up and walk towards the console

Maybe this little info helps with patching.

By Sander

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02-09-2010, 11:08

Some games already have been patched to add support for the pause screen or other features. However, we're still hoping for a website that put the ips patches up..

By FiXato

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02-09-2010, 11:09

And it seems like all SMS games need to have a pause button handler at offset 0x0066
So you could start looking there for the code that triggers that menu and perhaps have it triggered from a different action.

By edoz

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02-09-2010, 15:37

is it possible to get some patched versions .. somewhere... hmm maybe someone can contact me by mail ?

By edoz

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03-09-2010, 15:23

is it possible to get some patched versions .. somewhere... hmm maybe someone can contact me by mail ?

In the manual i read there are a lot bad roms in the world, the have some information
in the header ...