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Namco System 357 is an arcade system board based on the Sony PlayStation 3. It was released in 2007 as the board for Tekken 6. The system plays 4 lightgun games including an arcade version of Deadstorm Pirates, the exclusive to arcades Sailor Zombie and the unique lightgun experience that is Dark Escape 4D.

NEW SETUP

NEW RPCS3 Fork in Teknoparrot

Download the latest version of Teknoparrot that includes the RPCS3 fork

Launch RPCS3.exe from the TP folder, run it and install the latest firmware (4.90 or later recommend) the the File menu option
You will need the game file folder that has the EBOOT.BIN file: C:\RPCS3\dev_hdd0\game\SCEEXE000\USRDIR\EBOOT.BIN
Map test menu buttons to calibrate Deadstorm Pirates and turn on 2D by default in Dark Escape (toggling the 3D with a button will leave a '3d off' icon on the screen unless set through the test menu options under 'Other')

OLD FORK SETUP

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Emulator
License:	Free
Developer:	Namco
	Note: RPCS3 fork

Files

You will need the following files that contain the specific RPCS3 fork calibrated for each game packaged with the rom file:

Dark Escape 4D (READY TO PLAY)
Deadstorm Pirates Special Edition (READY TO PLAY)
Sailor Zombie (READY TO PLAY)
Time Crisis: Razing Storm - CURRENTLY NOT WORKING

Plus the following files for 2 player guns:

DemulShooter – Required for 2 player and proper controls.
Reshade – Dark Escape 4D will not display a border through the Sinden software

First Launch

Run each version of rpcs3-gun.exe, add firmware and run the game to load shaders. Exit through the RPCS3 menu to save settings. NOTE: Controller/IO/General Setting can be left unchanged as they are in the packaged fork and don't need to match the RPCS3 settings for the PS3 lightgun games.

DemulShooter Setup

Launch DemulShooter_GUI and select your 1 and 2 player guns from the Page Selection dropdown menu and run complete the setup according to the Demulshooter Wiki.
Chose RPCS3 (System 357) from the Page Selection dropdown. Press the button for each game and navigate to the directory containing rpcs3-gun.exe to apply shaders fixes.
Ensure the start buttons on the RPCS3 page match your P1/P2 gun start button settings and press the Save Config button.

Final Calibration & Launching

In game press space bar, use arrow keys to go to the I/O test and press enter, select gun test and press 'G' on keyboard to start gun calibration if required.
Launch each game with an AHK script.

GAMES

Dark Escape 4D

**Reshade is required. Add the latest version to the game folder, run Reshade and select Direct3D 9 for the rpcs3-gun.exe.

Run the game with the following script to launch with DemulShooter and change hardcoded buttons:

#SingleInstance Force

Run, C:\Namco System 357\Dark Escape 4D (READY TO PLAY)\rpcs3-gun.exe --no-gui `"`%RPCS3_GAMEID`%:SCEEXE000`"

Sleep, 4000

Run, C:\DemulShooter\DemulShooterX64.exe -target=rpcs3 -rom=de4d

YOUR COIN1 BUTTON HERE::f

YOUR COIN2 BUTTON HERE::g

MButton::d


Esc::

  Process,Close,rpcs3-gun.exe

  Process,Close,DemulShooterX64.exe

  Run,taskkill /im "rpcs3-gun" /F

  Run,taskkill /im "DemulShooterX64.exe" /F

  sleep, 1000

ExitApp

Deadstorm Pirates

Run the game with the following script to launch with DemulShooter and change hardcoded buttons (wheel is mapped to Left/Right pad on gun and just needs to be held down):

#SingleInstance Force

Run, C:\Namco System 357\Deadstorm Pirates Special Edition (READY TO PLAY)\rpcs3-gun.exe --no-gui `"`%RPCS3_GAMEID`%:SCEEXE000`"

Sleep, 9000

Run, C:\DemulShooter\DemulShooterX64.exe -target=rpcs3 -rom=deadstorm


YOUR COIN1 BUTTON HERE::f

YOUR COIN2 BUTTON HERE::g

MButton::d

Left::

send {WheelDown 5}

return

Right::

send {WheelUp 5}

return

Esc::

  Process,Close,rpcs3-gun.exe

  Run,taskkill /im "rpcs3-gun" /F

  Process,Close,DemulShooterX64.exe

  Run,taskkill /im "DemulShooterX64" /F

  sleep, 1000

ExitApp

Sailor Zombie