JTXMEN Beta
Added 2024-10-11 19:24:12 +0000 UTC
We bring a new beta core, JTXMEN, compatible with KONAMI's X-MEN hardware. KONAMI's X-MEN is based on the 1989 US-aired PRYDE OF THE X-MEN cartoon, and the colourful costumes conform to those of the time. The appeal of this title was that players could choose from six main characters, with flashy explosion effects and flying gadgets to keep us hooked. Although there were not many units produced, a six-player cabinet existed, and the cabinet had six coin-op slots. Instead of choosing a character after putting coins into the slot, players put coins into the slot of their favourite character to start the game. If they opened that enclosure, they could also see the character's popularity index based on which input box contained the most coins.
Special moves of each character
CYCLOPS ‘Laser beams’ of optic blasts from the eyes
COLOSSUS ‘Energy Spark' which can attack all enemies in the vicinity at once
WOLVERINE ‘Adamantium laser blade’ that launches several forward-facing, long-reach slash attacks
STORM ‘Lightning Tornado' which sends a huge tornado forward
NIGHT CRAWLER ‘Teleportation’ moving around the screen at high speed
DAZZLER ‘High intensity sonic light blast’ that throws a light projectile forward and spreads energy when it lands on the ground
You can play with your favourite character as usual, or try a character with a different special move, which is also fun!
Technical Trivia
This machine uses an advance PCM chip, which I bet it was designed by Yamaha. It takes the digital stream from Yamaha's FM chip and mixes digitally with the PCM sound. Then, the digital mix is output to an Analog Devices 18-bit DAC. From what I see, the PCM samples used in X-Men are either 8 bits PCM or 4-bit Delta PCM, which means that 18 bits is way more than needed. Although the FM sound is arguably close to 16-bit resolution. Compared to The Simpsons, we went from the relatively rudimentary DACs from Yamaha used in previous games, to this high end DAC. Nice!
The current PCM implementation is still in its early stages. There is an external RAM allegedly used for sound effects. These are not implemented right now. It looks like X-Men does not use this feature, so we will not miss it for now. Note that because of the size of this RAM, the core is not available for small FPGA platforms, such as MiST and SiDi. You will find it attached for MiSTer, Analogue Pocket and SiDi128.
There are a couple of GFX problems in the game, the most noticeable one is that the shadows disappear for a while in a couple of scenes. This should be easy to fix.
This board uses the same sprite chipset as The Simpsons and Vendetta, so improvements done for X-Men are having an effect in these games too. Konami usually made graphic chips in pairs that worked together. But curiously, one of the sprite chips in X-Men is used on Run & Gun, while its pair is not. We hope to find out more about this in the future.
Other Updates
Note that the beta key has changed today. Find it attached to this post and follow the usual instructions to update it.
JTRUMBLE for Pocket goes public (compatible with The Speed Rumbler)
Fixed bug causing in SiDi, SD dumps appear with a wrong byte at region transitions on jtframe
Fixed screen flip on CRT for Time Scanner
Better support for integer scaling on MiSTer
Work on System 18 core continues with a custom firmware to determine how graphic layer priority works. We will give a more detailed update soon
Hello, i found out why. It was a problem with the KEY. i fiddled around with pupdater and put the updated key in the right folder, it worked.
Zub-Zero
2025-02-01 20:41:09 +0000 UTC
Any solution for this? Still seeing this. Grabbed the newer jt zip as well.
Adam McDonald
2025-02-01 19:39:04 +0000 UTC
Are you looking for feedback on issues with Core? I have been trying to 1 quarter-run this game for a while and notice some small things.
Eric Wittliff
2025-01-15 21:01:31 +0000 UTC
i was hoping a fix would come out soon. im in the same boat. all loads but no controller inputs..
Steven Bravo
2024-11-28 07:04:47 +0000 UTC
I ended up looking for the xmen.zip file , hopefully I didn't get a bad file but it seems to be working. Placed it in the /games/mame folder.
Joseybear
2024-11-03 15:45:11 +0000 UTC
Thank you for the suggestion. Where on the MiSTer do we install the missing file(s)?
The Shoe
2024-11-03 13:35:44 +0000 UTC
update_all script is still not working since archive.org is being hacked. you can go fine the mame romset and pull down the xmen.zip file and install manually.
h3llb3nt
2024-11-02 04:04:15 +0000 UTC
anyone able to get xmen working/downloaded? I have been trying to run updateall and still getting that missing file error "065-all.ll not found"?
Joseybear
2024-11-01 03:28:39 +0000 UTC
there is an x-men zip being pulled down but it seems to be the wrong one. Maybe when archive.org was down someone tried to find an incomplete rom set.
Daniel Thomas Stack
2024-10-30 19:53:46 +0000 UTC
PUpdate is reporting the early jtbeta key is wrong for it - so I don't think it's pulling down an updated core with the correct key. Hence no inputs.
Paul Priest
2024-10-25 14:34:03 +0000 UTC
This worked for me. Drop the file directly in the mame folder in Mister
Ben Peterson
2024-10-25 13:58:13 +0000 UTC
Gracias Conde Pátula.
Mike V.
2024-10-24 17:57:58 +0000 UTC
Remember to install the beta key, as it is needed to control the games in beta phase.
JOTEGO
2024-10-24 07:56:32 +0000 UTC
I’m having the same issues. With the missing file warning.
Brendon O'Donnell
2024-10-22 21:16:05 +0000 UTC
I have the same issue
JSG
2024-10-22 15:43:30 +0000 UTC
I’m also having the same problem. I’m hoping it goes away when the internet archive is fully back online, but would be stoked if it could be fixed sooner.
Daniel Szabo
2024-10-22 15:07:25 +0000 UTC
Yup, same - came here to ask the same question!
Jason Berry
2024-10-22 02:05:26 +0000 UTC
Hi folks. Has anyone hit issues with controls for the NGPC core on the Analogue Pocket? Everything looks like it's running fine, I just can't interact with it. If I can find where I put my dock, I'll see if a USB controller is any better but I'm getting nothing (except the Analogue button) from the Pocket. Fine in other cores.
Steve Engledow
2024-10-20 17:34:49 +0000 UTC
X men shows in cores list. When I go to play it - says rom not found? Any idea about a fix?
Patrick Bartley
2024-10-20 13:26:46 +0000 UTC
Hello same problem for me
Rainwolf
2024-10-20 12:58:13 +0000 UTC
nothing you currently have licensed will stop working.. your device is offline. why would it?
Drew Alden
2024-10-20 09:35:03 +0000 UTC
the documentation for where it goes is incorrect then @jotego
Drew Alden
2024-10-20 09:25:35 +0000 UTC
yes, i am as well and was going to ask about it.
Drew Alden
2024-10-20 09:23:37 +0000 UTC
Exactly that. Even downloading the ROM with this file, it always says that another one is missing. I had a problem with this file, so I downloaded the ROM from another source. I solved the problem with this file, but now it says that another one is missing...
Fred Jorge Silva de Souza
2024-10-20 01:33:00 +0000 UTC
I have the same issue, something about 065-all.il not found
also on MiSTer, this is after moving the files over for mister, and running update_all.sh
Even Deleted xmen.zip and re-update_all'd and nothing... same error
Andrei Maraklov
2024-10-20 01:24:48 +0000 UTC
downloaded tmnt with this latest one. player 2 joystick up maps to pause and alternate tmnt plays but does not recognize coin buttons. Any ideas?
Ben Nacorda
2024-10-19 06:50:19 +0000 UTC
Guys it keeps showing the credits the whole time. Not allowing me to access the game. What do I do?
Zub-Zero
2024-10-18 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
Hey guys, unfortunately I might be selling my Analogue Pocket. What happens to my Jotego betas if I cancel my patreon subscription?; do the beta cores just somehow stop working?
Wolfgang Haggar
2024-10-17 23:12:22 +0000 UTC
I don´t have a Pocket. I use a Mister FPGA.
Fred Jorge Silva de Souza
2024-10-17 18:52:50 +0000 UTC
Please have a look at this README file:
https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Analogue-Pocket-Cores
We hope it will help you to do it.
JOTEGO
2024-10-17 08:06:51 +0000 UTC
Good to see X-Men Arcade join the lineup of all the other X-Men capcom fighting games on the Mister! Good times ahead!
Joey
2024-10-17 05:57:39 +0000 UTC
Is it still down damn
Mark Saunders
2024-10-17 05:35:44 +0000 UTC
EDIT: Solved. Dont realise I had to copy the .rbf and .mra new file sunset riders.
Ruben Martin Martin
2024-10-16 21:44:25 +0000 UTC
Hi! An strange thing. I manually install in mister the xmen core and i can play it but now I cant play with this jtbeta to sunset riders. When i put the 2024/05/20 jtbeta, sunset works.
Ruben Martin Martin
2024-10-16 21:05:51 +0000 UTC
I can't get it to work. I've downloaded several versions of the game's ROM file, even from different sources, but it won't load. A message always appears saying that a file is missing.
Fred Jorge Silva de Souza
2024-10-16 17:53:49 +0000 UTC
Hi, is this still the case. I still can't receive it! I've copied the jtbeta.zip into the mame folder and updated all.
Timothy Watson
2024-10-15 20:45:51 +0000 UTC
This sucks because Outrun is one of my favorite games and it worked perfectly until early this year. Now its hit or miss after every update. I dont even know if its actively being worked on or it is just updating it sometimes get it to work again?
Niko24!
2024-10-15 16:20:42 +0000 UTC
I can map controls when I load up the game (8bitdo SN30 Pro +) but I can't control anything. Anyone else have this issue?
XC-3730C
2024-10-14 18:52:25 +0000 UTC
How do you do this for MiSTer update_all ?
XC-3730C
2024-10-14 18:28:38 +0000 UTC
How do you mean? Jotego has nothing to do with the PC Engine CD core.
ElloMrChris
2024-10-14 08:37:32 +0000 UTC
hey, I manually installed an older version of the outrun core and it works again. Weird thing is I then updated it to the current core and it now works fine. Whatever is happening is not version specific.
Something is going on while installing the core and I guess it randomly causes this bug?
Niko24!
2024-10-14 00:46:29 +0000 UTC
There is Captain America and the Avengers too
Fabricio
2024-10-13 21:36:33 +0000 UTC
Yes back to not working again for me. No sprites on the Pocket.
ElloMrChris
2024-10-13 17:11:39 +0000 UTC
It may not be updating properly due to Archive.org being temporarily offline.
Randall Sloan
2024-10-13 15:02:57 +0000 UTC
Thank you! This solved the problem I was having. Much appreciated.
Brian Dubin
2024-10-13 01:56:43 +0000 UTC
How come I don’t see jtpatreon under Assets?
Tyler Johnston
2024-10-13 00:30:30 +0000 UTC
Thanks Jotego!!! I was waiting for XMen since I became a Patreon!!! Much appreciated!
DrMnike
2024-10-13 00:21:33 +0000 UTC
Anyone have any advice/tutorial to get this running on the pocket?
Tyler Johnston
2024-10-13 00:14:47 +0000 UTC
Good looking out.
James Dean Booth
2024-10-13 00:14:27 +0000 UTC
I’m having a really hard time with this. Where should I see the game once I’ve loaded it onto my pocket? I don’t see it under arcade.
Tyler Johnston
2024-10-13 00:07:04 +0000 UTC
Thank you good sir. You've got me X-Men running on the Pocket
Cody Hill
2024-10-12 22:57:38 +0000 UTC
Got the latest jtbeta.zip and installed x-men fine. Looks and runs great. But also got an error message "missing or in correct license for the following cores: jotego npc" anyone else experience this? The core still boots so I'm assuming it's fine?
Steven S
2024-10-12 20:31:06 +0000 UTC
It's because the internet archive is down at the moment
Pete Walker
2024-10-12 18:20:28 +0000 UTC
Please note that this Patreon has nothing to do with ROM distribution.
JOTEGO
2024-10-12 16:49:30 +0000 UTC
You need to put the latest JTBeta file in your MAME folder I believe
Joseph Anania
2024-10-12 16:35:47 +0000 UTC
This did it for me. Thanks.
Jason Wixom
2024-10-12 16:12:29 +0000 UTC
Well the Internet Archive got hacked and is down so blame the pro Palestinian Hacktivists. Not anyone's fault other than those scumbags, may they get AIDS and suffer a long and protracted painful death.
Joseph Anania
2024-10-12 15:47:30 +0000 UTC
LiteUp X
2024-10-12 15:31:28 +0000 UTC
For anyone having issues with Pocket Sync not pulling X-Men roms with internet archive down: In settings for the ROM & BIOS archive set it to https:// updater.retrodriven.com
In pupdate's settings enable Use custom asset archive same address
Gabriel S
2024-10-12 15:06:04 +0000 UTC
You can just change the archive for auto updaters without having to manually compile roms: https://updater.retrodriven.com/
Gabriel S
2024-10-12 15:01:07 +0000 UTC
That’s too bad, better luck next time.👍
THE_MAQ
2024-10-12 13:39:06 +0000 UTC
Is support for the 6 Player versions coming later?
Tim Oaks
2024-10-12 13:38:31 +0000 UTC
Hi all, analogue Pocket user here. Do you think we'll ever see a Sega System 32 core for Spiderman and GA: Revenge of death adder?
Wolfgang Haggar
2024-10-12 13:27:51 +0000 UTC
having the same issue, will try and run updateall again later today to see if it pulls it down.
Joseybear
2024-10-12 13:16:56 +0000 UTC
We bought a PCB but it turned out to be a bootleg :-(
JOTEGO
2024-10-12 13:16:21 +0000 UTC
I've manually installed the jtbeta.zip and update all. It's not grabbing the rom by the looks
Missing .zip
Timothy Watson
2024-10-12 12:48:12 +0000 UTC
Thank you for your efforts & dedication. Us here in the niche appreciate you and your team!!
Leigh
2024-10-12 09:45:36 +0000 UTC
archive.org is still closed. That's what is happening.
Dr. Manga
2024-10-12 08:55:55 +0000 UTC
Genial el poder tener otra gran joya de Konami. Irá genial con mi mando para 4 jugadores.
Dr. Manga
2024-10-12 08:55:05 +0000 UTC
Yea my last tries with manual conversion of the roms in OSX didn't play nicely... so I'll wait until Internet Archive is up again (I hope doesn't take many weeks)
Dr Tenma
2024-10-12 08:32:19 +0000 UTC
Played thru X-Men.. Haven't played it in YEARS!!! Still as awesome as I remembered!! Tho, I could only find the UBB ROM from a sketcky ROM site since that archive site is down :(. Was unable to find a merged ROM. THANK YOU for all the awesomeness!!
LL
2024-10-12 07:02:51 +0000 UTC
Hi Jotego, updateall doesn't seem to currently grab the rom files. Transferred manually and all good.
Paul Barker
2024-10-12 06:42:17 +0000 UTC
Place the beta key unzipped in Assets/jtpatreon/common and it will apply to all cores in beta phase.
JOTEGO
2024-10-12 05:34:49 +0000 UTC
Grab the xmen.zip from a merged MAME 0261 or newer set
Count Duckula
2024-10-12 05:11:58 +0000 UTC
Wow!!! Y del Run & gun2? Siempre me han alucinado ambos y siempre he tenido la sensación de que el juego funcionaba idéntico al uno pero con gráficos de la leche…
Iker Cortés
2024-10-12 05:02:46 +0000 UTC
I can't get the new Beta key to work I put it in Assets/jtxmen/common/beta.bin Anyone else having this problem? the other cores in beta are now no longer working to even though I put the new beta there as well.
Josh Parker
2024-10-12 04:23:49 +0000 UTC
Played through for some capture with my wife and had a blast! Excellent stuff!
Two Bards Productions
2024-10-12 03:20:51 +0000 UTC
I had to manually install it. xmene.zip but I renamed it to xmen.zip
Rick S.
2024-10-12 03:15:09 +0000 UTC
Great job
Philippe Losier
2024-10-12 02:42:42 +0000 UTC
what mame files does it need? I mean, I have an xmene.zip file that says it's "X-Men (4 Players ver EBA)" in my mame folder, but the md5 doesn't match what's in the mra.
Update: taking the xmene.zip file from my mame collection and renaming it to xmen.zip seems to be working, even if the md5 is different.
Hodgkin LeBlanc
2024-10-12 00:34:14 +0000 UTC
Anyone else still having issues with the Outrun Core? it worked many months ago, then updates had issues, seemed to be corrected and now its not working again?
Niko24!
2024-10-11 23:59:42 +0000 UTC
YES! This is a dream come true! This was one of my favorite classic arcade games and I'm so happy you got it working. Many thanks!
HanJeSu
2024-10-11 22:00:36 +0000 UTC
Thanks team, love this beta release
chicogml
2024-10-11 21:46:23 +0000 UTC
HAHAHAHAHA X-MEN, WELCOME TO DIE!
OldManBog
2024-10-11 21:44:51 +0000 UTC
Thank you team for all your efforts, any word on moo mesa?
THE_MAQ
2024-10-11 21:38:11 +0000 UTC
Thanks, yes it’s down for now. The only way right now is to convert the mra file into rom using the tool on github. And it’s a huge pain on macosx. Let me know if you can find a rom to add it manually. Otherwise we have to wait for internet archive to get back online
Dan Van der Vlugt
2024-10-11 21:37:17 +0000 UTC
update_all isn't bringing in the xmen.zip. Looks like internet archive is down so I'm guessing this is the problem? Just posting in case anyone else runs into this
J
2024-10-11 21:23:29 +0000 UTC
Thank you!
Evets Trebeh
2024-10-11 20:59:54 +0000 UTC
is theres gona be a fix for the pc engine cd?
norman george
2024-10-11 20:39:41 +0000 UTC
Thanks for your amazing work!
I think that the last supe-hero games from golden age of Arcade games that are left are Superman, Batman and Spider -Man.
Don’t know if TMNT:Turtles In Time and Robocop 2 are super-hero games but I miss them too😀
Fabricio
2024-10-11 20:19:26 +0000 UTC
I tried copying it on to the pocket manually and it gives a platform id error in pocketsync. it is not yet showing in the list either.
Steve
2024-10-11 20:10:40 +0000 UTC
Incredible. Thank you for your amazing work!
Peter
2024-10-11 19:55:33 +0000 UTC
Thanks guys!
Rick S.
2024-10-11 19:51:16 +0000 UTC
Run&Gun is my favourite basketball game. It's coming soon.
JOTEGO
2024-10-11 19:50:43 +0000 UTC
Oh my freaking GOD! 😵😵💫🤩
Adam Davis
2024-10-11 19:48:20 +0000 UTC
Thank you so much, great job!
Fender
2024-10-11 19:45:35 +0000 UTC
This is a dream game for me. This was one of my favorite games to play as a kid in the Arcade. You mentioning Run & Gun is interesting to me because that was ANOTHER favorite of mine. Is that one even a possibility on current FPGA hardware?
Peter
2024-10-11 19:43:33 +0000 UTC
Amazing work once again yall
SouthboundShinobi
2024-10-11 19:38:25 +0000 UTC
Great work, enjoy your weekend !
Mark Saunders
2024-10-11 19:37:30 +0000 UTC
🍻
Kyle Mickley
2024-10-11 19:36:48 +0000 UTC
NICE!
Christian Johansson
2024-10-11 19:33:11 +0000 UTC
Heck yeah! Can't wait to try this out later.
Bdon
2024-10-11 19:28:45 +0000 UTC
Happy #JTFriday everyone. I got a lot to catch up on.
Thank you Jose, the team and all you other people that help from behind the scenes
Churry
Rautz
2024-10-11 19:28:08 +0000 UTC
Nice! Thank you and have a great weekend.
Retroplayer
2024-10-11 19:28:00 +0000 UTC
Finally! This is it!
hyp36rmax
2024-10-11 19:26:54 +0000 UTC
Thanks Team, you are awesome.
Pixel Cherry Ninja
2024-10-11 19:26:11 +0000 UTC