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Introduction Downloading Callus Installing Callus Installing Games Setting Up Callus Playing A Game

Introduction

Callus was one of the first arcade emulators that I got into. The main reason was the fact that it ran Ghouls and Ghosts and I have always loved this game from my old Spectrum and Amiga days. The emulator only runs Capcom games and is therefore very fast. There are 85 supported games in Callus including all 17 variants of Streetfighter 2 including the zero and alpha versions. This is another emulator like Raine that has been discontinued and then pick up by another set of developers. I have been given the URL for Bloodlust the original authors, just click the link. (thanks to lustmord for the info). The last official release was on the 24th June 1998 however the version I have uploaded should be in continual update. Have fun as Callus is a great emulating accomplishment. The only quirk you will notice is the vertical scrolling games such as 1941 go horizontally????? but who cares when you can pulverize Vega at 60 frames per second! Top

Downloading Callus

You can find the latest version of Callus here. I have amended the file on easyEmu to include all the necessary subdirectories and a matching callus.ini file. Top

Installing Callus

To install Callus you will need a copy of Winzip. All you have to do is right click over the cls95p24.zip file, select "Extract To..." and type C:\Callus into to the path area of the window that opens. If you have downloaded Callus from easyEmu then when you extract the archive it will automatically set up all the necessary directories. I have also configured Callus to look in the correct directories for roms etc. Here is what the directory structure looks like... Images - Stores Game Snapshots Log - Stores sound CPU logs. Roms - Where the zipped roms go. Saves - Where callus stores its saved states A good idea is to create a shortcut on your desktop by simply right clicking over the Callus icon and selecting Send To and then desktop in the menu that appears. Top

Installing Games

All the roms in Callus match the Mame versions. To install the games you will need to place the zipped roms into the C:\Callus\Roms directory. If you are unsure on how to do this then try the basics tutorial. Top

Setting Up Callus

Open Callus by clicking its icon and you will see the opening screen like this On the main screen you can see some menus. Here is a list of what you can change... Game Menu Load... Loads a game if avaliable Free Clears a game from memory Dipswitches Lets you change settings for games (e.g. lise, credits, etc) Directories Lets you change the directories Callus uses Messages Shows any messages or errors that Callus encounters Write Gameslist Writes a file called gameslist.txt that contains all the information about the supported games Exit Exits Callus CPU Menu Pause Pauses the games Reset Resets the loaded game Dump Dumps the contents of the various chips emulated in Callus so they can be viewed or debugged Save State Saves the current position of the loaded game. Load State Loads a saved state. Movie Saves the control movements whilst you play a game and lets you play them back. BG Pause Pauses Callus if the window de-selects. Settings Menu Input This option lets you set up an input devices such as a keyboard or a joystick for each player. If you open a player then the following screen will open... You can see from above that Callus will let you store in 4 keyboard / joystick command sets. Press the remap button and the following screen will open: It is fairly straightforward to change the keys, just select a box and press a key. The only thing you need to remember is to make sure that you set them for all game types. Once done press OK to go back to your game. Frameskip Lets you set how many frames are skipped if you find that Callus is running slow. Alt Keyboard Layout Changes the Start Button / Coin inputs to 1-8 on the keyboard same as Mame. Pal Intensity Intensifies the colours in fullscreen 8bit mode. Layer Enables/Disables the various graphics layers in games. Video Menu Windowed 1x 2x 3x or scanlines zoom functions when using Callus in a window. 8 Bit Set screen resolutions from 320x240 to 640x480 in fullscreen, 256 colour mode. 16 Bit Set screen resolutions from 320x240 to 640x480 in fullscreen, 65535 colour mode. Stretch Stretches the game screen to fill the resolution set. Sound Menu Settings Opens the following screen... Sample rate lets you set the quality of the sound in Callus. If you start losing performance lower the slider. The sound enable sets which sound systems are emulated. If you find that you sound is crackling then increase the buffer slider. Log Wave Logs wave output requests. Log YM2151 Logs YM2151 output requests. Net Menu Connect Connects you up to a host. You will need to enter a Nickname and the IP address of the host computer. Also the port number must match the host. Host This option sets you up as a host. You can enter a nickname and also set the port number that can be used. Disconnect Disconnects you from the host. Settings The latency is the lag that Callus will produce so as to synchronize two computers of different speeds. Player mappings lets you select which players are to be controlled over the net. Chat This is a small chat window so you can talk to your opponent over the net Ping This option determines the speed that information is being transmitted to your opponent in milliseconds. Top

Playing A Game

To load a game just click on the games menu, select load and a second window will appear like this Click the game you want, click load and the game will load. Hopefully you should be seeing a screen like this... . Now the game has loaded you need to know some keys. General Keyboard Commands F3 / F4 Insert coin Slot 1 / 2 F1 / F2 Player 1 / 2 Start button In Game Keyboard Commands Keypad Keys Up / Down / Left / Right and Diagonals Left ctrl / Left alt Fire 1 / 2 in 2 Button Mode (You can tell how may buttons a game uses by looking in the load screen) a / s / d Fire 1 / 2 / 3 in 3Button Mode a / s / d / f Fire 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 in 4 Button Mode a / s / d / z / x / c Fire 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 in 6 Button Mode Escape / Pause Pause Game Other Keys F5 Save state (Allows you to save you game position!) F6 Decrement save state slot number F7 Load state F8 Increment save state slot number F10 Reset Game F11 Test mode button (hold down and press F10 to get into test mode) F12 Service mode button Now press F3 to put some money in, Press F1 to select player 1 and have a play! Here are some more pics... Top

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