03839: viewpoin: Game crash with Work Ram Error

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
03839	Crash/Freeze	Critical (emulation)	Always	May 9, 2010, 08:02	May 10, 2010, 17:26

Tester	rommaster	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Invalid report	OS	Windows XP (32-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	neogeo/neogeo.cpp
Version	0.137u4	Fixed in Version		Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	03839: viewpoin: Game crash with Work Ram Error
Description	The Game crash at Level 4 Boss with a Work Ram Error, when you use Smart Bombs.
Steps To Reproduce	Play until Level 4 and at the Boss, the Game will Crash when you use any Smart-Bomb.
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Affected Sets / Systems	viewpoin

Attached Files	d571-1g.jpg (27,054 bytes) May 9, 2010, 08:02
Attached Files	stage4.sta.7z (263,851 bytes) May 10, 2010, 17:03

No.06061 Tafoid Administrator May 9, 2010, 18:32 edited on: May 9, 2010, 18:34	If you used any type of cheats, this can very likely cause the crash you are describing. Every other report on 4th level that I've heard about for this game was people using cheats. We need an INP file and/or a savestate before the crash happens to figure it out. As hard as it might be, we need to make sure no cheats are active at all to make this a valid report.
No.06075 Fujix Administrator May 10, 2010, 17:13 edited on: May 10, 2010, 17:27	I tested the game using save state, without any cheats. The error didn't reproduce no matter what type of bombs I used at the boss scene. Attached a save state just before the 4th boss. The address error screen appears also when I enable any of cheats and reset the games. I think this is from using cheats.
No.06076 Fujix Administrator May 10, 2010, 17:26 edited on: May 10, 2010, 17:27	I found the error point is not fixed when using cheats. I guess the system would check the certain point of the RAM at regular intervals. It seems that Neo Geo doesn't like cheating ;)