Hypseus is a fork of Matt Ownby's Daphne.
A program to play laserdisc arcade games on a PC, Mac or Raspberry Pi.
This version includes Singe support for Fan Made and American Laser Games.
Features:
- SDL2 support
- Updated MPEG2 decoder
- Daphne VLDP 32bit upgrade
- Integrated (active) bezel support
- Daphne and Singe 4k 4Gb+ M2V support
- Singe full 32bit overlay support (details below)
- Multiple GameController (hotplug) support: config
- Joystick, GamePad, Lightgun EV_ABS [mouse] support
- Advanced configuration and multi-joystick support: config
- 'lair/ace' hardware and software original scoreboards.
- 64bit Windows and MacOS X Ports
Windows files and documentation can be found here
Minimum software requirements: gcc, cmake, autotools, zlib, SDL2, libtool, libzip, vorbis and ogg.
Use homebrew to install the following packages:
brew install cmake
brew install autoconf
brew install automake
brew install pkg-config
brew install sdl2
brew install sdl2_ttf
brew install sdl2_image
brew install sdl2_mixer
brew install libtool
brew install libvorbis
brew install libogg
brew install libzip
Newer series Macs may need to use the brew libmpeg2 package:
brew install libmpeg2
Then clone the libmpeg2 branch:
git clone --single-branch --branch libmpeg2 https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe.git
For Raspberry Pi clone the RetroPie branch via:
git clone --single-branch --branch RetroPie https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe.git
Further RetroPie and Raspberry Pi information can be found here
Build:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../src
make
Ensure you have data in the following hypseus HOME folders:
pics, fonts, ram, roms, midi, sound, singe, vldp
Run hypseus with daphne style arguments on the command line:
hypseus lair vldp -framefile vldp/lair/lair.txt -scorebezel
hypseus singe vldp -framefile singe/timegal/timegal.txt -zlua roms/timegal.zip
In Windows, create .bat, or .vbs, scripts with arguments for specific games.
Example .bat files are provided within the Windows zip file.
Retro gaming systems will require adoption within the relevant emulation scripts.
The singe -retropath argument can ease integration into EmulationStation style systems.
Although this is now discouraged in favor of the Zipped LUA (zlua) packages.
bash scripts are provided for systems that support this shell.
Build Hypseus home and install bash scripts:
mkdir -p ~/.hypseus/roms ~/.hypseus/vldp ~/.hypseus/singe
cp -R pics sound fonts midi ~/.hypseus
sudo cp build/hypseus /usr/local/bin/hypseus.bin
sudo cp scripts/run.sh /usr/local/bin/hypseus
sudo cp scripts/singe.sh /usr/local/bin/singe
Configuration of button keycodes and joysticks should be made within hypinput.ini
By default SDL2 Keycodes and the Joystick API configuration options will be used.
Use the hypjsch utilities to help with advanced scancode configurations.
Refer to keylist.txt for SDL2 keycode values.
SDL GameController API configuration can now be enabled for supported controllers.
Enable SDL_GameController using -gamepad. Example config: hypinput_gamepad.ini
Update the Controllers db by placing gamecontrollerdb.txt in the Hypseus home folder.
Refer to CmdLine.md for the full argument list.
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Edit run.sh and singe.sh, to reflect the location of your ROM folders:
HYPSEUS_SHARE=~/.hypseus
Bezel arguments are documented in: Bezels.md
Example arguments: -usbscoreboard COM 4 9600
Full details of the USB scoreboard here.
Enable the software external scoreboard panel in lair/ace: -scorepanel.
Use KEY_TILT to switch displays when using multiple screens.
A bezel based alternate is also available via: -scorebezel
The scorepanel, or bezel, can be positioned using -scorepanel_position x y - Window Managers may influence placement of the panel, scorebezel is not under their influence. The -scorebezel_alpha argument is a transparency option for the bezel based scoreboard.
For Singe, provide the following arguments to hypseus:
hypseus singe vldp -framefile ~/.hypseus/singe/timegal/timegal.txt -zlua ~/.hypseus/roms/timegal.zip -homedir ~/.hypseus/ -datadir ~/.hypseus/
Check for Singe LUA game files here.
Hypseus Singe has support for Singe 2 games, including full 32bit overlays.
For current details see: Hypseus Singe Data
Singe supports Sinden and DolphinBar based lightguns with the -manymouse argument.
This argument enables absolute (EV_ABS) mouse input event codes.
Note: -sinden automatically enables -manymouse
Singe automatically interprets joystick axis change, on joystick #0, as basic digital mouse input.
Adjust sensitivity via -js_range <1-20> in game arguments, or disable with -nojoymouse
-gamepad -manymouse will enable multiple mouse inputs via multiple Game Controller analog inputs.
This software is intended for educational purposes only.
Please submit issues or pull requests directly to the project.
Open development of Daphne, by Matt Ownby, ceased several years ago.
Singe LUA games were originally a plugin to Daphne, created by Scott Duensing.
This repository builds upon the Hypseus project initiated by Jeffrey Clark.
It marked the beginning of the transition to SDL2 for Daphne, but excluded Singe.
The name of this application, refers to a sibling of Daphne in Greek mythology.
Thanks go out to Matt Ownby, Scott Duensing, Jeffrey Clark, Manuel Alfayate, David Griffith and the many other developers who made their work available for me to build upon. Without them this project would not be possible.
Hypseus Singe, Being Retro Orientated This Humble Emulator Regenerates
Copyright (C) 2021-2025 DirtBagXon
Hypseus, Multiple Arcade Laserdisc Emulator
Copyright (C) 2016 Jeffrey Clark
Daphne, the First Ever Multiple Arcade Laserdisc Emulator
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Matt Ownby
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the [GNU General Public License] as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
[GNU General Public License] for more details.
The "Hypseus Singe" mark is used to uniquely identify this project as an Arcade Laserdisc Emulator. Any direct or indirect commercial use of the mark "Hypseus" is strictly prohibited without express permission.
