30 Team Rom

[greatfun0]

I've been playing around with the 30-team RBI rom today, and I have to say it's pretty awesome! A couple problems I found with it, though... at least for me, the pitcher list for the Yankees shows the Cubs pitchers instead, and San Diego's list show Seattle's pitchers. The Cubs and Seattle are fine, as are the lineups. Has anyone else had that problem, or am I totally missing something?

Also, I agree that a DH for the AL teams would improve the realism. It might also be nice to separate the team selection list into AL and NL sides, like the RBI3 selection list or to some extent even the original RBI list. Having them broken up into divisions, like my long-forgotten RBI3 hack, would be a extra bonus!

Just some thoughts; it's looking great!

[Turd]

The issues you're mentioning with the 30-Team ROM are strictly roster related.   They have nothing to do with the actual ROM working, that kind of thing will all be fixed when the editors are completed.  They probably got hosed when he was moving data around...the ROM I posted wasn't meant to be a final product with accurate rosters, they are just there for filler to test if the ROM works.

Either way, those ratings aren't even perfect, they are from 2008...soon as 2009 is over I'm gonna update the ratings and release a more polished ROM.

[rbichamp]

Can someone confirm if the 30 team ROM will be compatible with a custom NES cartrridge as done by Leon K. in the past. thanks!

[Turd]

Unless any nes hacks modify anything crazy, it should work just fine.

[rbichamp]

Unless any nes hacks modify anything crazy, it should work just fine.

sounds good. since asking that question I read about RetroZone's PowerPak cartridge that accepts .nes files straight off Compact Flash cards. this would seem ideal. You could load up the original, arcade version, 30 team version etc. and have them all on one cart. definitely seems a great way to not have to perfect your player's before getting to play on a real NES system.

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=34

[nightwulf]

Can someone confirm if the 30 team ROM will be compatible with a custom NES cartrridge as done by Leon K. in the past. thanks!

There's no 100% sure answer until it's tried. The best answer I can give is that if it runs in Nintendulator then there's a very high probability that it'll run on an NES.

[Clambutt]

the Yankees have the Cubs pitchers...

[Turd]

Check out the steroid thread, I posted my exporter and all that is fixed there.
rbi30.sweethoss.com

[dusto magnifico]

At what point in time do we stop hacking great games and just build our own game that moves and looks like the original? I love RBI, but in all seriousness, I wish I had the know-how to just start from scratch and build a baseball game that was exactly what I wanted. 

[Turd]

Yeah, but understand that the developers already spent all of their development and planning on the gameplay of these games, and had teams of people dedicated to graphics and testing and all that.

Having a base to start with means that we can take that base and improve upon that without as much effort. We all have full-time jobs, families, etc, so we don't have time to do what you're asking.

I'd be lying if I told you I haven't thought about exactly what you're saying.  I always joked that if I ever won the lottery I'd dedicate my free-time to recreating our favorite old games and fill in all the missing pieces...

[BeefMaster]

At what point in time do we stop hacking great games and just build our own game that moves and looks like the original? I love RBI, but in all seriousness, I wish I had the know-how to just start from scratch and build a baseball game that was exactly what I wanted. 

Supposedly there was a team working on a version for XBox Live, slated for this year - they went so far as to register the name with the ESRB, and I got confirmation from one of the developers on some basic info.  However, last time I checked, there was nothing about it on their site, and my email to that developer went unanswered.

[Big Hath]

and my email to that developer went unanswered.

I smell a conspiracy

[dusto magnifico]

I'm sure at some point in time, likely when I finish school, that I will find myself neck deep in RBI baseball hacks and mods to my hearts content. I would like to see the Dodger stadium version and the Fenway park version, (really would like to see all the stadiums, seems unrealistic though), at the same time include great features found in other games like RBI 3. Skipping between innings, home run distance, season play with updated stats, defensive attributes, etc... but still keep the classic simple gameplay of the original! 

[dusto magnifico]

Is there some place where all the possible editors are located together? I'd like to see all of them and have my choice of whats possible. 

[Turd]

Nightwulf's original ROM editor (web)
http://nightwulf.rbicentral.com/rbi-editor/

RBIM (do a google search or PM me) (windows)
http://www.emuware.com/rbibm/

DBatch's editor (windows)
Noone has this anymore, at least noone who shows their head here

RBITool (windows)
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=22874.0

Nightwulf's 30 Team Editor
Currently under development

TecmoTurd's 30 Team Editor
In very raw form, not suitable for release, and no plans to do so unless needed

[dusto magnifico]

Thanks tecmo. I still haven't figured out the emuware editor. But nightwulfs works good enough for me.

[BeefMaster]

Thanks tecmo. I still haven't figured out the emuware editor. But nightwulfs works good enough for me.

The emuware editor was made before the power attribute had been fully figured out, so there is a really big hack in there - at one time, it was believed that hitters had a "groundball" attribute that made them hit weaker than their power rating actually was.  However, we later discovered that the groundball attribute is actually another byte of the power rating.  Basically, if you use RBIBM for editing, you need to know that a guy with zero power and a guy with full power plus "groundball attribute" are actually one power point apart.

[TβG]

here is achildprodigy's rom of with the green monster.

1. 15 teams + monster

2. wrigley field

3. yankee stadium

the dude is somewhat of an anomoly.  no one seems to know much about him except that he's japanese.  not even sure if gantry has his contact.

[dusto magnifico]

Oh the awesomeness!!!

[rbichamp]

Unless any nes hacks modify anything crazy, it should work just fine.

sounds good. since asking that question I read about RetroZone's PowerPak cartridge that accepts .nes files straight off Compact Flash cards. this would seem ideal. You could load up the original, arcade version, 30 team version etc. and have them all on one cart. definitely seems a great way to not have to perfect your player's before getting to play on a real NES system.

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=34

Well, I got the PowerPak cartridge. Every RBI game I've put on it so far has played. This includes the original, Fenway, Wrigley, Yankee stadium, and 30 team versions.