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3DO incompatable with RetroAchievements

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re: RetroAchievements Repro: Affects 2.11 Request: Feature/Enhancement
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Description

Summary

I am attempting to play Wolfenstein 3D with a Panasonic FZ-1 (U) Bios that is marked as a "perfect" choice by BizHawk. The game runs fine and the version of the game matches, but RA won't even resister me as playing it, let alone give me achievements. I'm logged in and RA works for any other games I try aside from 3DO ones. This is the only 3DO title I'm currently interested in, but I tried another just to test and it too didn't communicate with RA.

Host env.

BizHawk 2.11 running on Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in BizHawk 2.11 on Linux Mint 22.3 with a Panasonic FZ-1 (U) BIOS and Wolfenstein 3D, then compare RetroAchievements communication with a working non-3DO game. Done means a 3DO title registers as playing and can receive achievements.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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