Cube Quest (1983) running on MAME

In Cube Quest, you must maneuver your space ship through a series of corridors in the Cube. You start off with a radar display of the cube, deciding which of the 54 corridors you want to start in. Each corridor has several enemy fighters that are determined to defeat you. Once you defeat the enemies you zoom back to the radar display of the Cubic World to chose another corridor to travel in. Once you complete all the corridors, you are rewarded with the Treasure of Mytha, Master of the Cube Quest.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Cube
• Quest
• MAME
• Simutrek

[DevilMaster]

Does the CHD only contain data for the background video (as well as the introduction at the beginning)? If so, I wonder if it would be possible to make a DivX out of the video and use that.

[NML32]

Yes, the CHD file contains the audio and background video. You can convert it with chdman.exe. File size will be 38.2 GB 00:30:02 min 720x524 29 fps.  Converted to Divx 758 MB.

[DevilMaster]

Does it work on DAPHNE?

[NML32]

Yet, currently only MAME.

[Ruinah]

I actually wanna try this game, but I can't bring myself to download that HUGE .CHD file, it's insanely massive...

[NML32]

If you have the storage space and a decent PC I would recommend you give it a try. It's not that bad of a DL when using BitTorrent. It may seem a bit jerky in the video but the game play is quite good. The jerkiness is caused by my video capture software.

[MasterEiji]

heh...reminds me of Gyruss.

[feenix219]

i downloaded a 150 GB Mame pack and this game plays, but there are no cool pretty graphics, just lines. How do i get it to look like that?

[danylopez123]

i have the chdman.exe

what i need to do whit the chd files?

[ApacheMan2K]

What's the best way to play this on MAME? I mean, what all do I need besides the ROM file?

[DanielBMS]

Don't download this huge file. Hire a ROM burner.

[colonforsecs]

Polygon graphics in 1984 must have made for an expensive machine.

[circuschris2880]

It's more of a milestone as the first Laserdisc game to be emulated on Mame.

It brings us closer to the day when Mame can emulate everything.

The only thing I'm not a fan of if is the large size of the CHDs. Don't quote me, if you want to know more then google it but I think it's because the point of Mame is FAITHFULL emulation, apparently that means no video compression. Although a good lossless codec would probably be able to make it smaller and not sacrifice much.

[bancoran]

Oh, and near the end of the disc there is a 10-second clip of a topless woman flipping her hair at the camera (she is covering her chest with her hands). A little in-joke by the programmers?

[bancoran]

Just did. Repeats a lot.

[bancoran]

How can I do that? I have plenty of room.