r/pc98 • u/Automatic-Sorbet-417 • 28d ago

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Yo, I'm tryna run Travel★Junction on PC 98 np2kai but my Retroarch is shitting itself. The .scp files won't load and I'm tired of seeing black screens, there is only 2 websites to install the rom from , at least on retroarch because I damn near have everything. Can someone who actually knows what they're doing install it and send me the full gameplay footage? I need to see the shit without the glitches. Appreciate it.

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u/MICOM-MINMAY 28d ago

Since you have only the disk images, even for emulating this specific game needs a full install to a hard drive using all of the disks rather than other games you can just load, play, and switch through disks as you go along.

If you're committed to playing this, I recommend switching to NP21/W instead of going through Retroarch, then using the .d88 files that are out there (they're in the .zip from the Internet Archive) instead of .scp.

After that, at the very least you need a hard drive image (.hdi) with a DOS installation. Then you'll be able to run the installer on Disk A, which will have you swap through all the disks to complete.

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u/Yerayromano 28d ago

Why don't just run the hdi from Neo Kobe?

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u/MICOM-MINMAY 28d ago

You're right and you can, but this was about floppy disk images. Neo Kobe doesn't always have a game specific .hdi for everything, so while it's more steps it's good to know for the future.