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Halloween special: Splatter House

🕑 Added 2023-10-31 16:15:54 +0000 UTC

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Bean Soup

is anyone getting issue mapping buttons on this? i can seem to get the jump button working - even thou i have tried it multiple times. its only happening on this game weirdly

XC-3730C

I am still not able to insert coins

Rent Optional

I figured out the splatterhouse thing. Need to start the game and disable demo mode.

Wayne

Yup latest update simpsons tmnt and aliens cores won’t work so frustrating

Rent Optional

Anyone else suddenly not able to get Splatter house to boot? The core loads, then a black screen.

Televicious Goober

Just thought I should note here, but Splatterhouse video sync is very skewed with the official mister composite adapter. There is a color image, but it's unplayable.

Holger Lagerfeldt

Certainly. I'd like to report it on GitHub but I fail everytime to find the exact page on GitHub for a specific game or core. So here goes: https://onlinemastering.dk/download/splatter-dump.png You can see the flickering lines on the right side of the screendump, in the middle. They will also happen on the left, before the fog of death comes in. It seems related to the purple fog, but will happen before it enters the screen as well.

JOTEGO

Can you tell us the approximate location of it? We can't confirm it when we play.

Holger Lagerfeldt

Awesome! There's a flicking block of lines on the first level on the left and right side of the screen - bug?

Hassan Sajid

I'm going to miss the wild audio of the Splatterhouse beta when the core is updated/fixed. Like others have said, it's genuinely brilliant to experience its broken/chaotic character. A menu toggle for the "Halloween Beta Music" would be a treat, if it's simple to implement. In any case, many many thanks for bringing another video game holy grail home.

Adam Davis

I see, have you reached out to Jose? It would feel better as a customer to know that the domain is under his jurisdiction

Curtis M

To be clear, I'm not a member of the team, just a supporter. I'd be happy to transfer the domain to Jotego or another party, but I hope that it's not necessary for much longer. Many websites and services have already updated to ignore .zip when automatically converting domain names into links, so hopefully Patreon and other stragglers will follow suit before too long.

Jimmy Heinrich

I dont get beta2 or beta3 when I download from the link above. Just says the same beta.zip as always and doesn't work. I even used an updater.

JOTEGO

If you cannot control the game, read this: https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Why-I-only-see-the-on-screen-credits%3F

JOTEGO

When the beta key changes, all cores and the key file must be updated. If they do not match, you will not be able to play. The easiest way to do this is to use an updater tool.

JOTEGO

When the beta key changes, all cores and the key file must be updated. If they do not match, you will not be able to play. The easiest way to do this is to use an updater tool.

JOTEGO

When the beta key changes, all cores and the key file must be updated. If they do not match, you will not be able to play. The easiest way to do this is to use an updater tool.

Pat Jones

I can't get Splatter House working on MiSTer. The buttons don't respond on Splatter House and I'm locked out of all the other beta cores after updating the beta zip file. Splatter House is running fine on Pocket tho.

John Luedtke

Not sure if you're still having the issue, but I got it to work. I downloaded the most recent zip file (from the most recent blog post) and extracted beta.bin from that, then replaced all the old beta.bin files with the new one. I think where I was getting hung up was before when I downloaded it, the file was called beta-3.bin, which was jacking it up. After I replaced all the files, and deleted the old ones from my Trash bin (Mac user), I re-ran pocket_updater. Once I did all that, it worked. Good luck!

Gum Bercules

Had the same issue until I manually put the beta.bin (from jtbeta.zip, downloaded from the splatter house post) in assets/NAME/common (also make sure you don’t have an old beta.bin in your root when/if you run an updater)

Michael Jones

I have the same issue. None of the games on beta will allow me to even insert a coin and I cannot play any of them.

John Luedtke

Has anyone gotten this to work, yet? Splatterhouse runs, but I can' insert a coin. This is with the new beta-2.bin file. All the other Jotego games now have credits rolling. Do I need to replace beta.bin with beta-2.bin? I've tried that, too, but still credits on everything.

Gum Bercules

Got it. Needs latest beta.bin from the splatter house post. Put in assets/NAME/common (had an old beta.zip in my root messing things up when I ran the updater)

Smokeymanson

Same here

Gabriel S

Did you update pocket sync? After updating, I updated each beta core, it had me redownload some of the necessary files, then every beta works again

Urban Knish

I tried it multiple times. All the required files (according to pocket sync) are there and I'm still unable to play any of the games. Some games there's no scrolling credits, others have the credits. In all cases, I can't play any of the games.

Urban Knish

Same...seems like a common problem? I hope it gets fixed.

Urban Knish

Same here. The MiSTer setup is working great but the Pocket - nothing works with the new beta.bin. It's as if it's not there and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I double-checked the date on each file and they are all from 10/27. I hope someone clears it up.

Jimmy Heinrich

I don't know. I have replaced the new beta.bin to all the proper game folders and on the root of the card. Nothing is working. Simpsons, Aliens, TMNT, Splatterhouse, Bad Dudes, ect. All locked.

Jimmy Heinrich

How? I am still locked out.

rester159

for some reason I'm not able to get buttons to work. I reconfigured them in the menu, but they don't work (I'm using Mistercade connected to a Blast City)

Gabriel S

Good news, pocket sync was updated just now specifically to fix the weird error of the new jtbeta file locking out of some cores

Jimmy Heinrich

Installed the pocket.zip and now I am locked out of bunch of games. Just scrolls jotego credits...

Nicolas Verlet

Hey guys, the new jbeta.zip works fine with Splatterhouse, but it now locks good ol' TMNT or jtaliens core for instance. What did I do wrong? Thanks again for the amazing work!

Smokeymanson

game runs but cant play it

Gum Bercules

Followed the directions, but having the issue with Simpsons, tmnt, bubble bobble, and Taito sj. Tried doing beta.zip in the root > run updater and manually putting beta.bin in the assets\NAME\common folders. They were working for me previously (splatter house is working but can’t insert coin)

JOTEGO

If you cannot control the game, read this: https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Why-I-only-see-the-on-screen-credits%3F

Gum Bercules

Heh, yea. I can’t get the credits button to work or map either

Adam Davis

Aaahhhh, ok I was worried someone had hacked his patreon account or something. Thank you for the clarification and glad to know the person behind the message is actually part of the team. Makes more sense now 👍🏼

Curtis M

Sorry if this caused confusion. I've improved the message on that page to help clarify the problem. The issue is that Patreon is "helpfully" turning every occurrence of the text "jtbeta[.]zip" (without brackets) into a link, because jtbeta[.]zip happens to be a valid URL. This link doesn't let you download the actual beta file; it just takes your to that URL. I registered that URL (it was unregistered as of this morning) because I was concerned it could be abused. I then hastily set up a simple webpage explaining what had happened. However, in my haste, I wrote a message that was hard to follow, and this clearly caused a lot of confusion and distress. The new message should better explain what's going on. TL;DR: The jtbeta[.]zip link in Jotgeo's post doesn't download the file. Click on "Read more" and scroll down to the attachments to find the actual file. The proper file should have a paperclip icon next to it.

Trey S.

And, we're off! Splatterhouse now that my kids are in bed, thanks again!

Trey S.

Pocket Updater on Mac grabbed it for me this time around, just a heads up!

XC-3730C

I map the controls but I can't control it

Gum Bercules

What a spooky surprise! ty Jotego!

Adam Davis

Found a work-around = download it in the iPhone and send via email = no weird URL ownership page … strange

Adam Davis

Weird right? Don’t want to download the zip cause this doesn’t look right

John K

Figured it out: I was on my Patreon dashboard, not on Jotego's page. The links show when I clicked into Jotego's page and scrolled to the post again.

John K

The only two links I see are the two I am sure Adam Davis also sees, which result in that error screen.

ronalvel .

Muchas Gracias, me encanta ese sistema de Namco.

Jason Moskowitz

Important: jtbeta.zip changed, you need to update your copy. (this is not a link, use the link below that near show more and it will work.)

Adam Davis

Is anybody else getting a weird warning screen when trying to click on the new jtbeta.zip? It says that the URL is not owned by Jotego and that he/she owns the site and you have to go to their site in order to download the zip file ... WTF?!

Steven S

Splatterhouse seems to work for me, but now a few cores such as bubble bobble, tmnt and simpsons are loading straight into the credits screen as mentioned above.

Adam Davis

HOLY MOTHER 🥹 Thank you José 🙏🏼🙌🏼

Andreas Watzinger

Thank you so much!

Diana2Carolina

Eres el mejor! muchas gracias.

JOTEGO

Please have a quick read at this https://github.com/jotego/jtbin/wiki/Why-I-only-see-the-on-screen-credits%3F

Gabriel S

Can't wait to load up Splatterhouse once Pocket Sync grabs it, thanks for all the hard work!

samred

Same issue for me on Pocket. Additionally, on Pocket, the beta.zip linked here doesn't work, all beta cores now load directly into credits screen.

Kronos Chiarini

Its a great day to have Splatterhouse in the MiSTer FPGA. I tried to play but the insert coin button doesn't work yet.

JOTEGO

Thank you very much for your long time support. All the best :-)

AlxUnderBase

Thank you , Jotego team 👏🏻This is a great release ✌🏻

Dr. Manga

Gran trabajo don José (y doña Esperanza)

twilitezoner

Thank you. Happy Halloween!

Zichio

Thank you Jose (and team!)🎃

Sunder Raj

Thanks Jotego. Just wanted to say I've been a proud supporter of two years now. I think today will be my last day. No reason but because I kind of want to move on with other stuff now and Im quite happy to see all the support you're getting now. Thank you for all your work, Jotego. Happy Halloween and God bless.