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Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:02 pm**

i know that this game exists for PSX but i'd rather play original on MAME
will MAME any time soon become compatible for this game ?

Posted: **Fri Oct 01, 2021 11:08 pm**

Exley wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:02 pm i know that this game exists for PSX but i'd rather play original on MAME
will MAME any time soon become compatible for this game ?

AFAIK the arcade original is very playable (some sound,graphic issues may be present) until a certain point due to emulation issues
https://mametesters.org/view.php?id=7203

Not sure what to say - until it can be fixed that is the best MAME has.
If you want to try an older version (0.197 according to the bug report - pre-regression), you may be able to complete the game.

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:17 am**

uhh i don't call that "very playable"
i tried now with 0.197, it still plays like 15 fps, if even that ...
it lags too much ...

i'm kinda surprised that so much time went by, and mame devs didn't look at this game to make it work with mame
its not bad game at all ... no love

Posted: **Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:53 pm**

Exley wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:17 am uhh i don't call that "very playable"
i tried now with 0.197, it still plays like 15 fps, if even that ...
it lags too much ...

i'm kinda surprised that so much time went by, and mame devs didn't look at this game to make it work with mame
its not bad game at all ... no love

Not sure what to suggest otherwise. 0.197 seems to play 100% speed for me and I'm on a 9 year old Intel i5.
You'll just need to wait longer, I guess. Not much solace, but that's the way it is. If it were an easy fix, it would have likely been done a long time ago.

Posted: **Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:18 am**

so 5 years later, i'm back to ask same question

did Batman Forever got fixed ? - as in does it play without choking ?
or nothing was done yet ?

Posted: **Thu Jul 23, 2026 9:24 am**

https://github.com/orgs/mamedev/discuss ... t-14656145

It's already been mentioned multiple times that Saturn VDP1 and VDP2 needs to be modernized, too many bad choices along the way and this is one of them.

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2026 3:45 pm**

here is a "bit of love"

retrorom wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2026 3:42 pm Hi, I saw Exley post so here is 4k artwork for batmanfr with Nightvoice bezel, I set lamp p1 inside batman marquee and lamp p2 in robin marquee. Sadly, to date mame 0.288, the game crash after defeating the bat in the cavern... it is near the end of the game though, and I am not a fan as it is highly repetitive commands, but the game is nice with mortal kombat like digits.

Posted: **Sat Jul 25, 2026 6:57 pm**

as rude as it might look, i don't want to be rude...
but is there any chance that this heavy incompatibility will be fixed in mame or is this like brick wall now ?

i know i can play this pn PS1(emu), but i think arcade version is THE one
hence why i am asking about it every few years

(which is btw bit too long)

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