MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Space Fury, Wizard of Wor Etc... Samples

> > What was the last version of Mame to use samples for the above games. I typically
> stay
> > current within a few versions (I am running 195, whereas 199 is current. The sound
> in games
> > like Space Fury and WOW drives me nuts, and I want to reinstall an old version just
> to run
> > some of the older games.
>
>
> For games that used Votrax sc-01 hardware for speech effects:
>
> -
> http://mamedev.org/releases/whatsnew_0181.txt
>
> 0.181
> --
>
> -votrax sc01: Simulate. [O. Galibert]
> * Complete simulation of digital section based on die imaging
> * Removed now-obsolete samples
> * Plosives are still imperfect
> -
>
>
> .180 version or earlier is what you want.
>
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> For Space Fury, I am not sure what version you need to revert to for that game. That
> one will require much more time spent searching of how far back to revert to.

Space Fury parent has a weird pitch change:
http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=2684
Use a clone for that game.

Wizard of Wor, Qbert and others all suffer from the experimental Votrax emulation rather than samples. It is a known issue:
http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=6462

You've been advised already what versions to use for older sample behavior.