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sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

Puppy Arcade 5

WARNING: This version (v5) is outdated!! Puppy Arcade 9 is now available here.

Systems emulated in Puppy Arcade 5:

Amiga, Atari, Amstrad, Arcade Machines, Colecovision, Commodore 64, GameBoys (GB, GBC, GBA), GameGear, Genesis, MasterSystem, MS DOS, NeoGeo, NeoGeo CD, NES/Famicom, PC Engine/TurboGrafix 16, PSX, Scumm, SNES and ZX Spectrum.
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Newest version: Puppy Arcade v5 Live CD - 11th Nov, 2009

Mirror 1, Mirror 2, Mirror 3 (109mb, md5: 3f114a4ffce5d5299c86b0b8ad09e636)

(Mirror 3 requires: user = puppy, password = PuppyArcadev5)

v5 is a no-bling version, but it's user-friendly, while still being even faster ever! Smile

Want bling like desktop icons and wallpaper? Easy! You've got 2 options:

1. Use the Start Menu:

Go to 'Menu->Desktop->Wallpaper', and set some wallpaper.
Go to 'Menu->Desktop->Emulator Desktop Bar', to show wbar, with all emulators.

2. Edit /root/.xinitrc (easy!) To do this, you must install this tiny bugfix for desktop bling

Just replace the contents of .xinitrc with the contents of .xinitrc-bling (or .xinitrc-nobling to remove bling again).
Then restart X to see the changes.
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Only want the emulators?

Install Puppy Arcade to nearly any version of Puppy, using one of the files below.

Attention Puppy 4.3.x users!! All files below now work perfectly Smile

(New) Puppy Arcade v5 PET, for any Puppy:
Mirror 1 (27mb, md5: 2f05315076211fee9e0b852471fa4051)

Puppy Arcade v5 SFS for 4.2:
Mirror 1 (27mb, md5: 46a11797267cbac4d30f3a5334e961fd)

(New) Puppy Arcade v5 SFS for 4.3:
Mirror 1 (27mb, md5: 614f9d0593bfb5003827970814668428)
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Visit the Puppy Arcade Download Page to see all files.
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Download ROM Loaders / Multi Emulator Frontends

If you've installed the .pet or .sfs versions and have PERL or Python installed, or are using the Puppy Arcade v4/v5 ISOs, there's a number of ROM loaders and frontends available at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=346080#346080
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Changes in v5: What's in? What's out?

Packages Added:

- Emulators for systems listed above
- Desktop icons of all emulators (uses wbar), enabled from start menu
- VBA-M replaces VBA and gets a better frontend
- Spectemu added for ZX Spectrum emulation
- Firedog (updated and customised a bit)
- WISH Rush - the dual pane file manager - is back
- lots of CLI and GTK-Dialog apps (even more than before...)
- New JWM and ROX settings, for better usability (and gaming!)

Packages Removed:

- Abiword, Gnumeric, Inkscape, etc
- Seamonkey Suite,
- Homebank and some calculators
- PSIP
- Sane + Xsane,
- Extraneous/outdated apps (netsetup_retro, pbackup, etc)
- Some other stuff

Most emulators run without OpenGL, except Mupen64Plus and pSX, which DO require OpenGL.
NOTE: ePSXe doesn't need OpenGL in 'software' mode, and can be installed and used instead of pSX.

I cannot include roms with this release, but here are some great links where you can get them:
Rom-World.com, Romhustler.net, Emuparadise.org, Snes-O-Rama.us, CPS2 XOR Files, ROM Keeper, LemonAmiga
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Enabling OpenGL (for 3D acceleration):

To enable OpenGL, you simply need to find the correct drivers for your card in the puppy repositories, then download and install the relevant .PET file. Then (optionally) follow the softwares' instructions and restart X.

PETS FOR NVIDIA CARDS:
nvidia-7186.pet for ancient nvidia graphics cards (riva TNT to Geforce 1).
nvidia-9643.pet for most nvidia cards (officially Gf2 to Gf4 but tested on Gf7 OK).
nvidia-100.14.19.pet for latest cards (Gf5 to Gf8).

All Nvidia drivers are available http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/
More Nvidia info http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22272

Alternatively, you could download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.22-pkg1_412.sfs to add a large collection of proprietry Nvidia drivers.

PETS FOR ATI CARDS:
Catalyst 9.9: For newer cards, go to http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46507
Catalyst 9.3: For older cards, go to http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=45601
You can find out which one you need at the pages above.

PETS FOR INTEL CARDS:
A few drivers and details about compatibility can be found at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=44388
Finally, for one more .PET, you can check out http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=291587#291587

PETS for OLDER / VARIOUS CARDS:
Here are a load of .PET files for SiS, framebuffer, 3dfx, Voodoo, Intel, Matrox, VIA and others - http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=48019

If you STILL can't find what you are looking for, then try a search at http://pupplinux.ca
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Playing Roms:

For pSX, you'll need to download the psx bios file 'scph1001.bin' to '/usr/local/pSX/bios' (case-sensitive).

Playing Amiga roms: Download the kickstart files (kick13, kick20, kick31), and put them in /usr/lib/uae.. Then create a symlink called 'kick.rom' that points to one of the kickstart files.

Playing Atari ST roms: You need to get the TOS file, and add it to the location that Hatari tells you. You can find these files here: http://steem.atari.st/download.htm
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Installation:

Please note that (for me, at least) the fastest, easiest and most reliable way to install this to a hard drive or USB stick is simply to copy the Live CD files to a bootable device or partition. This will create a frugal install.
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Older Version: Puppy Arcade v4 Live CD - 7th Nov, 2009

Also based on TurboPup, it works great but is missing VBA-M, Spectemu and a few other things.
Bling not disabled in this one by default!

Mirror 1, Mirror 2, Mirror 3 (108mb, md5: b4aa2879dc5e5ff2ad2b5abbc7dfc9d5)
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Please leave your feedback, improvements and suggestions on this thread.
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Hope this documentation helps you out.

For more, see the Puppy Arcade

You can't own any bios or rom files of any consoles or games that you've never bought.
You've been warned, now have fun!
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Anyway.. Hope you enjoy Smile

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Thanks to Makoto, Ale, Dingo, dejan555, ttuuxxx, zigbert, Feel, tikbalang, MU and others for all your files, suggestions, examples and help.

tikbalang · Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 47

can you please post the iso's md5 checksum? can you please add advmenu/advmame?

thank you!

puppyiso · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 595

I have seen the advanced CD site b4.

The problem is, the download link is either broken or unavailable.

Please check again.

John

cthisbear · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 3269 Location: Sydney Australia

Deleted.

Chris.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

Feel · Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 14

Great job, Sc0ttman!
This was what the world of retrogaming was waiting for!
Congratulations, I'm sure that if you talk about your puplet on M.A.M.E. addicts' fora you will have lots of download and feedback.
Also, I hope that this can further expand Puppy's user base.
Well done!

dudadas · Joined: 19 Sep 2009 Posts: 1

Excellent work. Seriously, I was looking something like that. I am not an experienced Puppy user and i have a suggestion. While playing with xmame, bottom puppy menu always ontop. Couldnt be arranged as hidden?

Makoto · Posted: Sun 20 Sep 2009, 03:40 Post subject:

Because I'm still new to Puppy... if I'm already using a frugal install of Puppy, will using a Puppy derivative (or a different version of Puppy) risk messing up my existing pup-save*.2fs file, by default?

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

mcalex · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 78 Location: Perth, WA

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

There's not been much feedback left on this thread - either noone is interested or you're having no problems.. I'll assume the former for now, until I hear otherwise. Please let me know how this puplet works for you and how you would like to see it improve, if you're using it and have any suggestions. Thanks.

TomRhymer · Joined: 18 Sep 2009 Posts: 95

Well I tried it out, but anything based on 4.2 hates my netbook. No sound, no wifi. Seems to be a problem with the older kernal. I've been meaning to try this on my other system, but I haven't had the time yet.

I do like the idea of this Puppy and appreciate the work you've put into it. Any chance of a new version based on 4.3?

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2368 Location: UK

Dingo · Posted: Thu 24 Sep 2009, 10:14 Post subject:

Tried Puppy Arcade and played to several games with much fun

I think (if you also agree) that adding an Amiga Emulator (E-UAE)
http://puppylover.netsons.org/dokupuppy/programs:emulators
could be a good thing