MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Desert Patrol emulation

>> Was the game Desert Patrol ever emulated in Mame? I am referring to this game -
>> https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=desert-patrol&page=detail&id=4264

>When arcade-history.com states "Listed and emulated in MAME !", sadly, it makes the
>assumption that if it is documented as a machine in MAME even if the relevant ROM data is
>present, the machine will also "work" and be "emulated".

Ohhh No. I am guessing all the pinball [those that use roms] entries are like that as well.

I haven't visited there in a while, but hopefully they have a 'rom documented only' type category so that way site visitors aren't unintentionally given a false impression.

> In this particular case, there is no emulation currently as it is a machine without a
> CPU. There is work on emulation of TTL components to make presenting such machines a
> reality, but it'll be some time yet.

I don't see multiple pcb type non-cpu coinop video games being emulated for some time compared to single board pcb video games. If such a game does get emulated, it will either be Kee Games Tank or maybe one of the early Atari driving games such as Gran Trak that also use dual (analog and digital boards) pcbs. I am thankful that some of those pcbs that use roms are already documented/dumped in MAME source code at this time.