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MADrigalX
MADrigalX
General
Author	HCF
Type	Handheld
Version	1.0
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2018/01/05
Links
	Download
	Website

Latest revision as of 12:10, 6 July 2024

MADrigalX is a port of the Game & Watch handheld simulator originally developed by MADrigal.

It is a standalone emulator based on the Game and Watch Libretro core and the work of Andre Leiradella.

User guide

Currently, 59 games are supported.

Most games run very well, only 4-5 most demanding games are a bit slow or unresponsive (Pacman, Wild Man Jump, DK 1 and 2).

Controls

Each game has different controls, because each machine has different buttons.

Start - Help window

L/R - Game A/Game B (there are a few games have different controls)

Back - Toggle zoom mode

Start+Back - Exit from the game

Screenshots

Media

MADrigalX: Handheld simulators for Xbox (HCF Retrocoder)

Known issues

There are a few games that are still not playable: Chicky Woggy, Crazy Chewy, Donkey Angler and Pac Man.
The "zoom" functionality is still working bad in a few games.
The coconut doesn't work well in the "Donkey Kong Jr (Panorama version)". This is not important because you can play the Coleco version, that is basically the same and works well.
A few games rarely crash when booting. If this happens, please re-launch the emulator and run the game again.

Changelog

v1.0

Amazing user interface designed by Luca "MADrigal" Antignano (thanks, Luca.)
Huge optimization that makes almost all the games playable at full speed, even with zoom mode enabled.
Fixed some bugs in gameplay, and in highscores saving. Now highscores will be properly saved.
Special zoom modes for some 2-screen games.
Fixed problems with the controls that existed in a few 2-screens games, like Donkey Kong (Nintendo, Multi Screen) or Donkey Kong II (Nintendo, Multi Screen). These games are playable now too.

Credits

Big thanks to Luca "MADrigal" Antignano for developing these awesome simulators and giving permission to make this possible.

Besides, big thanks to Andre Leiradella (twitter handle: @leiradel) for his incredible work converting those simulators to Lua and creating the libretro core to run them.

Also big thanks to the Libretro team for caring about generic emulation for everybody.

External links

EmuXtras - https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=189&t=6425&p=86060&hilit=MADrigalX#p86044

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-| title       = MADrigalX
+|title=MADrigalX
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+|image=madrigalx2.png
-| type        = Handheld
+|description=Port of the Game and Watch handheld simulators developed by Luca Antignano (MADrigal).
-| version     = 0.9
+|author=HCF
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2018/01/05
-| author      = hcf
+|type=Handheld
-| website     =
+|version=1.0
-| download    = media:MADrigalX v0.9.zip
+|license=Mixed
-| source      =
+|format=XBE
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/madrigalx.7z?k33p0fil35
+|website=https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=189&t=6425
 }}
-<youtube>eKIZhH3SUbY</youtube>
+MADrigalX is a port of the [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/index.php Game & Watch handheld simulator] originally developed by MADrigal.
-MADrigalX makes possible to play a lot of the "game and watch" handheld simulators developed by MADrigal... in your original Xbox! It is a standalone emulator based on the "game and watch" Libretro core and the work of Andre Leiradella.
-Currently, 59 games are supported. You don't need to search for "roms", as the games are already included in the emulator. The main part of the games run very well, and only the 4-5 most demanding games are still a bit slow or unresponsive (Pacman, Wild Man Jump, DK 1 and 2).
+It is a standalone emulator based on the Game and Watch Libretro core and the work of Andre Leiradella.
-Big thanks to Luca "MADrigal" Antignano for developing these awesome simulators and giving permission to make this possible; and also big thanks to Andre Leiradella for his incredible work converting those simulators to Lua and creating the interpreter!
+==User guide==
+Currently, 59 games are supported.
-===CONTROLS===
+Most games run very well, only 4-5 most demanding games are a bit slow or unresponsive (Pacman, Wild Man Jump, DK 1 and 2).
-Each game has different controls, because each machine has different buttons. If you keep pressed the START button, you will see a help window with the key mapping for the game that you are playing to.
+==Controls==
+Each game has different controls, because each machine has different buttons.
-In a lot of games, the LEFT and RIGHT TRIGGERS are mapped to the "Game A" and "Game B" buttons. So, to start playing you should press the LEFT trigger (easy game) or the RIGHT trigger (difficult game). A few games have different controls though, and you can always see them pressing START.
+Start - Help window
-Besides, if you press BACK you will toggle the ZOOM mode, making the screen larger. Please, be informed that zoom mode is experimental, it doesn't work in several games, and in other games it makes the emulation run slower. At the moment, only a few games can be played with Zoom enabled at full speed.  This will be hopefully improved in the future, if there is interest in this feature.
+L/R - Game A/Game B (there are a few games have different controls)
-If you simmultaneously press START+BACK, you will exit from the game.
+Back - Toggle zoom mode
-===KNOWN ISSUES===
+Start+Back - Exit from the game
-* There are 4-5 games that have problems with the controls (they are somewhat unresponsive), like Donkey Kong (Nintendo, Multi Screen), Donkey Kong II (Nintendo, Multi Screen), or Pac Man (Tomytronic).
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/madrigalx3.png
-* The "zoom" functionality doesn't work in several games, and in other ones it makes the game run slower.
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/xboxhomebrews/madrigalx4.png
-These issues will hopefull been fixed in later updates.
+==Media==
+'''MADrigalX: Handheld simulators for Xbox''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIZhH3SUbY HCF Retrocoder]) <br>
+<youtube>eKIZhH3SUbY</youtube>
+==Known issues==
+* There are a few games that are still not playable: Chicky Woggy, Crazy Chewy, Donkey Angler and Pac Man.
+* The "zoom" functionality is still working bad in a few games.
+* The coconut doesn't work well in the "Donkey Kong Jr (Panorama version)". This is not important because you can play the Coleco version, that is basically the same and works well.
+* A few games rarely crash when booting. If this happens, please re-launch the emulator and run the game again.
-===CREDITS/THANKS===
+==Changelog==
+'''v1.0'''
+* Amazing user interface designed by Luca "MADrigal" Antignano (thanks, Luca.)
+* Huge optimization that makes almost all the games playable at full speed, even with zoom mode enabled.
+* Fixed some bugs in gameplay, and in highscores saving. Now highscores will be properly saved.
+* Special zoom modes for some 2-screen games.
+* Fixed problems with the controls that existed in a few 2-screens games, like Donkey Kong (Nintendo, Multi Screen) or Donkey Kong II (Nintendo, Multi Screen). These games are playable now too.
+==Credits==
 Big thanks to Luca "MADrigal" Antignano for developing these awesome simulators and giving permission to make this possible.
 Besides, big thanks to Andre Leiradella (twitter handle: @leiradel) for his incredible work converting those simulators to Lua and creating the libretro core to run them.
-Also big thanks to the Libretro team for caring about generic emulation for everybody!
+Also big thanks to the Libretro team for caring about generic emulation for everybody.
+==External links==
+* EmuXtras - https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=189&t=6425&p=86060&hilit=MADrigalX#p86044