Steamgear Mash (Japan) No sound

[Lizstar64]

What game is it?

Title: Steamgear Mash

Region: JP

Serial: T-10301G

Where did you get the image?

Redump.

Provide SHA1 hashes of the image file(s)

00510b2a68e4e29646722f4ac72a9ea910224d74 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 01).bin
f660333236690f3c7aa8358f0302e11ab490658a Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 02).bin
080996cd6af8ca02d87846e24b323c75649b273f Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 03).bin
9344da39f9a1496628a3921c9911b97dfa688893 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 04).bin
e55d3c87f01835a6bf45be44515c5512d7451e12 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 05).bin
7eed952e0e3162de13ea9568d065e07d7513bc80 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 06).bin
9e8026e3f66f4112772dfecf7114b3e4f38603e7 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 07).bin
47115aab15b52e450c389a9ce8ede324b599ecbb Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 08).bin
71ad741a527a9c0908a320a864bf7126ea7a9018 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 09).bin
050f7cbaaa58fa79a603bc71c46b27ff8b90c3d2 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 10).bin
baa0967df1e3a21725cfde3b9f38a6f7f980559c Steamgear Mash (Japan).cue

What is the behaviour you observe?
The game has no sound, at any points. This is the case in two separate Sega Saturns, both of which can play the game normally with no issues.

• Where in the game?
  As soon as the game starts up, it never makes any noises
• What triggers the behaviour?
  Game startup

What is the behaviour you expect?
The game first makes noise after the TAKARA logo, at the intro cutscene. There should be a song playing, with some sound effects, but nothing plays instead.

• Provide comparison to a real disc if possible
  I don't own this game, however, this does not happen on a CD-R burned with the same files.

[abrasive]

Thanks for the report. Which firmware and menu versions are you using?

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On 9 April 2022 11:41:03 Lizstar64 ***@***.***> wrote: What game is it? Title: Steamgear Mash Region: JP Serial: T-10301G Where did you get the image? Redump. Provide SHA1 hashes of the image file(s) 00510b2a68e4e29646722f4ac72a9ea910224d74 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 01).bin f660333236690f3c7aa8358f0302e11ab490658a Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 2).bin 080996cd6af8ca02d87846e24b323c75649b273f Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 3).bin 9344da39f9a1496628a3921c9911b97dfa688893 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 4).bin e55d3c87f01835a6bf45be44515c5512d7451e12 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 5).bin 7eed952e0e3162de13ea9568d065e07d7513bc80 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 6).bin 9e8026e3f66f4112772dfecf7114b3e4f38603e7 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 7).bin 47115aab15b52e450c389a9ce8ede324b599ecbb Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 8).bin 71ad741a527a9c0908a320a864bf7126ea7a9018 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 9).bin 050f7cbaaa58fa79a603bc71c46b27ff8b90c3d2 Steamgear Mash (japan) (track 10).bin baa0967df1e3a21725cfde3b9f38a6f7f980559c Steamgear Mash (Japan).cue What is the behaviour you observe? The game has no sound, at any points. This is the case in two separate Sega Saturns, both of which can play the game normally with no issues.Where in the game? As soon as the game starts up, it never makes any noisesWhat triggers the behaviour? Game startupWhat is the behaviour you expect? The game first makes noise after the TAKARA logo, at the intro cutscene. There should be a song playing, with some sound effects, but nothing plays instead.Provide comparison to a real disc if possible I don't own this game, however, this does not happen on a CD-R burned with the same files.— Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Lizstar64]

Firmware is on 159 and Menu is on 66! So, the most recent ones, as of today.

[lordviceroy]

I was able to repro this... sort of, but also it works for me in a specific scenario. I'm on a different FW/MNU though. More details below:

• Cold boot, load the game
• FMV intro plays, no sound
• Press start to skip intro, game freezes
• Press reset button on console
• FMV intro plays, sound works
• Press start to skip into, title screen appears, sound works
• Start game, everything works fine

I reproduced this twice so it seems like something is probably up here. My hash matches Lizstar's.

Algorithm       Hash                                                                   Path
---------       ----                                                                   ----
SHA1            00510B2A68E4E29646722F4AC72A9EA910224D74
SHA1            F660333236690F3C7AA8358F0302E11AB490658A
SHA1            080996CD6AF8CA02D87846E24B323C75649B273F
SHA1            9344DA39F9A1496628A3921C9911B97DFA688893
SHA1            E55D3C87F01835A6BF45BE44515C5512D7451E12
SHA1            7EED952E0E3162DE13EA9568D065E07D7513BC80
SHA1            9E8026E3F66F4112772DFECF7114B3E4F38603E7
SHA1            47115AAB15B52E450C389A9CE8EDE324B599ECBB
SHA1            71AD741A527A9C0908A320A864BF7126EA7A9018
SHA1            050F7CBAAA58FA79A603BC71C46B27FF8B90C3D2
SHA1            BAA0967DF1E3A21725CFDE3B9F38A6F7F980559C

FW 157 MNU 66
1.01 System BIOS
400GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC Red+Grey
FAT32, 64KB Block Size
No cartridge in slot

[Lizstar64]

Ooh, can confirm, after following what lordviceroy said, mine DOES start to produce sound too. Though what's confusing to me is that, I remember it freezing once while pressing start on the intro FMV. And I just turned it off, I didn't reset. But it only did that once for me during my testing earlier, so I didn't really think it worth mentioning. I was easily able to get from the FMV intro to the game, with no freezing.

Now whenever I test it it freezes like that lol I have no idea what's goin' on but it's somethin' alright.

EDIT: Okay did a bit of additional testing, found out what's up. When you first boot up the game from the Satiator, there will be no sound, and pressing anything during the intro cutscene will cause it to freeze. If you mash start when it says "TAKARA" it instead boots up as normal, but with no sound.

If you restart at any time, it just works as normal, with no issues. So it's certainly possible to play Steamgear Mash on Satiator with no issues, but you gotta go through a few hoops first.

[ferraca]

Hi! It is working to me without resetting the console using the last beta version (same that fix MvsSF). If more info is required, I can check to provide. I booted the game using Rings menu.

[lordviceroy]

Good info to know; unfortunately this GitHub is for the stock Satiator FW/MNU, not RINGS, which is a 3rd party menu maintained by someone else.

I can confirm that this is still an issue when using the stock menu and the beta FW with the MSHvSF fix.

[ferraca]

Hi! I mentioned Rings because it was part of my setup. But I just tried again using Satiator Menu (v67) and the same problem happened to me. Sorry about that!

[Peredonov]

I tried to play this game today and also found this issue, and resetting indeed helped recover sound. However after the second time I tried to save (to RAM cart) the game froze, and reset button did not work so had to power cycle the console. I'm going to try again to play saving to the console memory instead and see if it happens again.
edit: Was able to play through the game saving multiple times to console memory.