MAX 256 MEGA
PROP-GEAR SPEC

About

NeoYume is a NeoGeo AES emulator for Parallax P2 micro-controllers with appropriate external memory (Currently supported: 4xQPI PSRAM, as on P2-EC32MB (owie ouch, that retail price), 2xQPI PSRAM, 1xQPI PSRAM (not recommended), 1xHyperRAM).

Features include:

• Low latency framebuffer-less high-level emulation
• Pretty good audio
• Video output over VGA, DVI, HDMI(including audio), YPbPr, S-video, Composite or 6bit RGB bus (ILI9342 LCD)
• Low-latency USB input (Keyboard and select gamepads, see below) or direct hookup to discrete switches.
• Bugs. But not that many.

Forum thread, chronicalling development and other interesting info: https://forums.parallax.com/discussion/comment/1538689/#Comment_1538689

Usage

SD Setup

Note: all filenames and paths are case-insensitive. The FAT driver without LFN always sees uppercase 8.3 names.

• Make sure your card is formatted to FAT32
• Create a NEOYUME directory on the root of the card
• Place at least one supported BIOS into /NEOYUME/NEOGEO/
  • neo-epo.bin for the international AES BIOS
  • neo-po.bin for the japanese AES BIOS
  • uni-bios.bin for UniBIOS (can be downloaded at http://unibios.free.fr/download.html - don't forget to change file extension to .bin)
  • The BIOS you want to use can be set in the config. You can also change it by pressing B on the game selection screen.
• Unzip your MAME-style game ROMs into the NEOYUME directory, such that the paths look like this: /NEOYUME/MSLUG/201-C1.BIN. All files must have a .bin extension, rename them if they have .c1,.v1,etc kinda extensions!
• Some games have multiple romset variations. You will need the one matching the game list entry.
• Some games (noted in the compatibility list) require decryption/patching. To do this, use the romfix tool (see below)

Using the romfix tool

romfix.rb is a Ruby script that automatically decrypts/patches ROMs that need it. As a bonus, it also takes care of any renaming that may be neccessary. To use it:

• Make sure you have a recent Ruby interpreter installed (On Windows, you can use RubyInstaller)
• Copy romfix.rb into your NEOYUME directory.
• Open a command prompt there and run ruby ./romfix.rb. You may also use ruby ./romfix.rb --cleanup to have it automatically delete unneeded files.

Notes on acquiring ROMs legally

As an alternative to illicit acquisition of game ROMs, you may also purchase a PC release on a store such as gog.com and copy out the files.

For DotEmu releases:

• Download the MacOS X version, which is a ZIP file
• Unzip it
• Find the ROMset inside (for Metal Slug, it is at MetalSlug.app/Contents/Resources/mslug.zip, for Last Blade it is LastBlade.app/Contents/Resources/lastblad.zip, for Twinkle Star Sprites it is TwinkleStarSprites.app/Contents/twinspri.zip etc)
• Proceed as usual (don't foget to run romfix.rb or change file extensions to .bin manually).

For CodeMystics releases:

• Currently only The Last Blade 2 is supported
• Install the game or use the innoextract package to unpack the installer
• Copy the game files from Data/rom into your NEOYUME directory
• Run romfix.rb (see above) to convert the files to MAME format

Note that the AES BIOS ROM (neo-epo.bin) is not included, so you'll have to find it elsewhere. don't feel bad. DotEmu's BIOS zip appears to originate from a pirate torrent (check the ZIP comment: TORRENTZIPPED-347ABA77 lmao.) and contains unibios in violation of its license.

(Also note that I have not tested every single available game, YMMV)

Compiling

• Configure video, audio, input and RAM in config.spin2
  • The comments hopefully explain the settings
  • See RAMCONFIG.MD for details on the RAM configuration
• Make sure you have flexspin 6.4.1 or newer installed
• Run build.sh
• Load the resulting neoyume_lower.binary

The game menu

After loading, a menu will show a list of all detected games. The entries are colored:

• White entries are normal.
• Gray entries require more memory than is avaliable
• Red entries are games known to be broken
• Yellow entries are games known to have issues.

You can select a game using Player 1's virtual controller. Pressing A or Start launches the selected game, pressing B toggles the BIOS region and pressing D brings up the credit/info screen.

Command-line options

Certain options can be passed using the $FC000 "ARGv" convention. This can, for example, be done using the -a switch of loadp2.

To start directly into a particular game, skipping the menu, a game ID can be passed. Ex: loadp2 neoyume_lower.binary -a mslug

You can also force the BIOS by passing a second parameter of export, japan or unibios. Ex: loadp2 neoyume_lower.binary -a mslug japan

Game Compatibility

Due to the nature of NeoGeo ROM dumps, the emulator requires prior knowledge of all games. Thus games not listed here (or rather, neoyume_gamedb.spin2) just will not even try to load.

Note 1: I haven't tested every game thoroughly. Don't complain if the victory screen crashes and burns your house down.

Note 2: I sometimes gloss over very minor issues that don't significantly impact the enjoyment and/or are somewhat difficult to reproduce.

ROMset name	Title	RAM Required	Compatibility
2020bb	2020 Super Baseball	8 MB	Works
240ptest	240p Test Suite	4 MB	Audio Sync Test hangs, works otherwise
3countb	3 Count Bout	16 MB	Works
aodk	Aggressors of Dark Kombat	24 MB	Works
alpham2	Alpha Mission 2	8 MB	Works
androdun	Andro Dunos	8 MB	Works
aof	Art of Fighting	16 MB	Works
aof2	Art of Fighting 2	24 MB	Works
aof3	Art of Fighting 3	48 MB	Works
bakatono	Bakatonosama Mahjong Manyuuki	8 MB	Works
b2b	Bang Bang Busters	8 MB	Works
bangbead	Bang Bead	24 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
bstars	Baseball Stars	8 MB	Works
bstars2	Baseball Stars 2	8 MB	Works
flipshot	Battle Flip Shot	8 MB	Works
blazstar	Blazing Star	48 MB	Works
bjourney	Blue's Journey	8 MB	Works
breakers	Breakers	32 MB	Works
breakrev	Breakers Revenge	48 MB	Works
burningf	Burning Fight	8 MB	Works
ctomaday	Captain Tomaday	16 MB	Works
crswords	Crossed Swords	8 MB	Works
crswd2bl	Crossed Swords 2 (Unofficial conversion)	16 MB	Works
cyberlip	Cyber-Lip	8 MB	Works
doubledr	Double Dragon	24 MB	Works
eightman	Eight Man	8 MB	Works
fatfury1	Fatal Fury	8 MB	Works
fatfury2	Fatal Fury 2	16 MB	Unemulated copy protection (#11)
fatfursp	Fatal Fury Special	24 MB	Works
fatfury3	Fatal Fury 3	48 MB	Works
fightfev	Fight Fever	16 MB	Works
fbfrenzy	Football Frenzy	8 MB	Works
galxyfg	Galxy Fight - Universal Warriors	16 MB	Graphical Issues
ganryu	Ganryu	24 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
ghostlop	Ghostlop	16 MB	Works
gpilots	Ghost Pilots	8 MB	Works
goalx3	Goal! Goal! Goal!	16 MB	Works
gururin	Gururin	8 MB	Works
ironclad	Ironclad	24 MB	Works (need to rename files to fit in 8.3 (remove "proto_" prefix))
janshin	Janshin Densetsu - Quest of the Jongmaster	8 MB	Works
kabukikl	Far East of Eden - Kabuki Klash	32 MB	Works
karnovr	Karnov's Revenge	16 MB	Works
kof94	King of Fighters '94	32 MB	Works
kof95	King of Fighters '95	48 MB	Works
kof96	King of Fighters '96	48 MB	Works
kof97	King of Fighters '97	64 MB	Works
kof98h	King of Fighters '98	96 MB	Works
kof99ka	King of Fighters '99	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
kof2000n	King of Fighters 2000	96 MB	Broken fix layer (Needs decrypted C/M)
kof2001h	King of Fighters 2001	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/M)
kof2002	King of Fighters 2002	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/V/M)
kof2003h	King of Fighters 2003	96 MB	Black screen
kotmh	King of the Monsters	8 MB	Works
kotm2	King of the Monsters 2	16 MB	Works
kizuna	Kizuna Encounter	48 MB	Works
lastblad	The Last Blade	64 MB	Works
lastbld2	The Last Blade 2	80 MB	Works
lresort	Last Resort	8 MB	Works
lbowling	League Bowling	4 MB	Works
legendos	Legend of Success Joe	8 MB	Works
mahretsu	Mahjong Kyo Retsuden	8 MB	Works
magdrop2	Magical Drop 2	16 MB	Works
magdrop3	Magical Drop 3	24 MB	Works
maglord	Magician Lord	8 MB	Works
marukodq	Chibi Maruko-chan: Maruko Deluxe Quiz	16 MB	Works
mosyougi	Master of Shōgi	8 MB	Works (minor gfx oddity)
matrim	Matrimelee	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/V/M)
mslug	Metal Slug	32 MB	Works
mslug2	Metal Slug 2	48 MB	Works
mslugx	Metal Slug X	64 MB	Works (Needs patched P)
mslug3h	Metal Slug 3	96 MB	Sound issues (512k M1, #8) (Needs decrypted C)
mslug4h	Metal Slug 4	80 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/M)
mslug5h	Metal Slug 5	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/V/P/M)
minasan	Minasan no Okagesamadesu!	8 MB	Works
miexchng	Money Puzzle Exchanger	16 MB	Works
mutnat	Mutation Nation	8 MB	Works
nam1975	NAM-1975	8 MB	Works
neobombe	Neo Bomberman	24 MB	Works
neodrift	Neo Drift Out	16 MB	Graphical issues (#4)
neocup98	Neo-Geo Cup '98 - The Road to the Victory	32 MB	Graphical issues (#4 (???))
neomrdo	Neo Mr. Do!	8 MB	Works
turfmast	Neo Turf Masters	24 MB	Graphical issues (Needs Timer IRQ)
nitd	Nightmare in the Dark	24 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
ncombat	Ninja Combat	8 MB	Works
ncommand	Ninja Commando	8 MB	Works
ninjamas	Ninja Master's	48 MB	Works
overtop	Over Top	32 MB	Works
panicbom	Panic Bomber	8 MB	Works
pgoal	Pleasure Goal	24 MB	Works
pnyaa	Pochi and Nyaa	24 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/M)
popbounc	Pop n' Bounce	8 MB	Works
pspikes2	Power Spikes 2	16 MB	Works
preisle2	Prehistoric Isle 2	64 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
pulstar	Pulstar	48 MB	Works
pbobbl2n	Puzzle Bobble 2	24 MB	Works
puzzledp	Puzzle de Pon	4 MB	Works
puzzldpr	Puzzle de Pon R	4 MB	Works
quizdais	Quiz Daisousa Sen - The Last Count Down	8 MB	Works
quizdai2	Quiz Meitantei Neo & Geo - Quiz Daisousa Sen Part 2	8 MB	Works
quizkof	Quiz King of Fighters	16 MB	Works
joyjoy	Puzzled	4 MB	Works
rotdh	Rage of the Dragons	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/M)
rbff1	Real Bout Fatal Fury	48 MB	Works
rbffspec	Real Bout Fatal Fury Special	64 MB	Works
rbff2	Real Bout Fatal Fury 2	80 MB	Works
ragnagrd	Ragnagard	48 MB	Works
ridhero	Riding Hero	8 MB	Graphical issues
roboarmy	Robo Army	8 MB	Works
samsho	Samurai Shodown	24 MB	Works
samsho2	Samurai Shodown 2	32 MB	Works
samsho3h	Samurai Shodown 3	48 MB	Works
samsho4	Samurai Shodown 4	48 MB	Works
samsho5h	Samurai Shodown 5	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/V/M)
samsh5sp	Samurai Shodown 5 Special	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C/V/M)
samsh5pf	Samurai Shodown 5 Perfect	96 MB	Works (Needs pre-decrypted set)
savagere	Savage Reign	32 MB	Works
sengoku	Sengoku	8 MB	Works
sengoku2	Sengoku 2	16 MB	Works
sengoku3	Sengoku 3	80 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
shocktro	Shock Troopers	48 MB	Works
shocktr2	Shock Troopers 2nd Squad	64 MB	Works
svc	SNK vs. Capcom - SVC Chaos	96 MB	Black screen
socbrawl	Soccer Brawl	8 MB	Works
sonicwi2	Sonic Wings 2	16 MB	Works
sonicwi3	Sonic Wings 3	24 MB	Works
spinmast	Spinmaster	16 MB	Black screen (Timer IRQ, #5)
stakwin	Stakes Winner	16 MB	Works
stakwin2	Stakes Winner 2	24 MB	Works
strhoop	Street Hoop	16 MB	Works
s1945p	Strikers 1945 Plus	96 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)
sdodgeb	Super Dodge Ball	24 MB	Works
ssideki	Super Sidekicks	16 MB	Unemulated copy protection (#11)
ssideki2	Super Sidekicks 2	16 MB	Graphical issues
ssideki2	Super Sidekicks 3	24 MB	Graphical issues
superspy	The Super Spy	8 MB	Works
tws96	Tecmo World Soccer '96	16 MB	Works
tophuntr	Top Hunter - Roddy and Cathy	16 MB	Works
tpgolf	Top Player's Golf	8 MB	Graphical Issues (Also may need romfix)
trally	Thrash Rally	8 MB	Graphical issues
twinspri	Twinkle Star Sprites	24 MB	Works
ssideki4	The Ultimate 11	32 MB	Graphical issues
viewpoin	Viewpoint	16 MB	Works
gowcaizr	Voltage Fighter - Gowcaizer	24 MB	Works
wakuwak7	Waku Waku 7	48 MB	Works
wh1h	World Heroes	16 MB	Works
wh2	World Heroes 2	24 MB	Works
wh2j	World Heroes 2 Jet	24 MB	Works
whp	World Heroes Perfect	48 MB	Works
wjammers	Windjammers	16 MB	Works
zedblade	Zed Blade	16 MB	Works
zupapa	Zupapa!	24 MB	Works (Needs decrypted C)

Note: RAM requirements are rounded to the next highest of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 24MB, 32MB, 48MB, 64MB, 80MB, 96MB

USB Controllers

Many different kinds of USB controller are supported. For multiplayer, a USB Hub must be used.

The default input map is as follows:

NeoGeo button	Keyboard (QWERTY)	Generic Gamepad	XInput / PS3	RetroBit 6-button	Neo Geo mini
Directions	Arrow Keys	X/Y axes or Hat	Left stick or D-Pad	D-Pad	D-Pad
A	Z	Button 4	X / Square	A	A
B	X	Button 3	A / Cross	B	B
C	C	Button 1	Y / Triangle	C	C
D	V	Button 2	B / Circle	Z	D
C (secondary)		Button 7	LT / L2	X
D (secondary)		Button 8	RT / R2	Y
Start	Enter	Button 10	Start / Start	Start	Start
Select	Backspace	Button 9	Select / Select	Mode (or Start+X)	Slect

Gamepad maps can be user configured through a PADMAP.TXT file placed in the SD card root.

Each line may have the following format:

neoyume <VID and PID> <C> <D> <B> <A> <ignored> <ignored> <also C> <also D> <Select> <Start> # <Comment>

For example:

neoyume 20D6A713   4  3  2  1  5  6  7  8  9  10 # PowerA Switch controller

Mappings for the NeoGeo mini controller (ID 0E6F1112) and RetroBit USB controllers (ID 0F0D00C1) are built-in to NeoYume, but can still be overridden using a PADMAP.TXT rule.

For more information on PADMAP.TXT, see the usbnew documentation.

Keyboard controls can currently not be reconfigured (except by editing the source code). The keyboard always controls Player 1, independently of any connected game controllers.

NeoYume uses usbnew for usb input support, see the usbnew wiki for info on further information on device compatibility.

About

NeoYume was programmed almost entirely by me, Ada Gottensträter, though taking clues from existing projects (mostly MAME). The AY/SSG core is adapted from work by Johannes Ahlebrand. The USB driver was written by Garry Jordan, with additional work by Marco Maccaferri, The loader memory driver (psram16drv.spin2 and friends) was written by Roger Loh.