Laserdisc Emulator
Daphne is an emulator which plays classic arcade laserdisc games from the 1980's. Probably the most famous of which was Dragons Lair. Original author Matt Ownby. Thanks to Xaijiqq for testing.Website:This port uses a much faster rendering method in order to allow the games to run at full speed. This causes occasional flickering of text on a few intro screens but doesn't affect gameplay.In order to get the roms to run you will need to convert the video files (.m2v) I have included a comprehensive guide on how to do this in the manual accessible from the gmenu. Please read and confirm you have followed the below instructions before posting that you can't get a game to work.
Untested games are Space ace, dragons lair 2, firefox, star rider/blazer and singe. All other games are confirmed as working at least as far as level 1. UPDATEI have removed copyright assets from the opk. This means that sound effects will not work as these were sampled from the original games. If you wish to add them follow the instructions below which are also reprinted in the manual.Sound files can be obtained from a regular pc installation of Daphne. Copy all files from the sound folder and place them in the $HOME/.daphne/sound folder.
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All games should play fine without sounds of course but I recommend you use them as they add atmosphere to the games. Guydebored, the files all look correct but i convert everything in the 'bin' folder, not sure if that really matters. Also there should be 2 files included inside that folder: 'FFMPEG Encode.bat' and 'FFMPEG DEMUX.bat'-once the batch files commands are copy and pasted over its really only a matter of drag and dropping the video files onto each batch file for converting, aside from changing the game's name and in some cases the resolution each time.
Wow, didn't see this one coming. I'll have to test it out with Dragon's Lair and Super Don Quixote soonEmail from macemu news:Posted Tuesday, April 8, 2003 by iug:This emulator was ported to the Mac at the end of March for the Mac.Here is a brief discription from their page in their documentationsection.DAPHNE is a Free laserdisc game emulator that allows one to playlaserdisc arcade games on one's PC. Using DAPHNE, one can play the followinglaserdisc arcade games:Astron BeltBadlandsCliff HangerCobra Command (running on Astron Belt hardware)Dragon's Lair (US)Esh's AurunmillaGalaxy RangerSpace Ace (US)Star BlazerSuper Don Quix-oteThayer's QuestThe main question everyone seems to want to know is whether you need areal laserdisc and a real laserdisc player to play games with DAPHNE.The answer is you do NOT need a real laserdisc player to play gameswith DAPHNE. DAPHNE can emulate a real laserdisc player using mpeg files.If you happen to have a real laserdisc and a real laserdisc player, youCAN use them with DAPHNE.First off, thanks go to (link:Mac.Emuscene.Com for helping me realise this emulator was made, which they havefound from (link: mac-emu.net, a french MacEmulation site.
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Go visit them both.You can download the emulator at Daphne's page (link:here.