121
Pirate Talk / Dumping Hardware
« on: July 14, 2011, 07:56:04 AM »
But what about the mapper in the cart itself? Is this normally proprietary or are there some common ones?
ＮＥＷ ＣＥＮＴＵＲＹ ＥＸＣＥＬＬＥＮＴ ＦＯＲＵＭ
News:
Forum is back up, see post for details: http://bootleg.games/BGC_Forum/index.php?topic=3010.msg21813#msg21813
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
122
Pirate Talk / Dumping Hardware
« on: July 14, 2011, 05:28:56 AM »
I am looking into dumping my collection of games, but I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations about which hardware to use (my current plan is to make my own) or any experience with this sort of stuff. Also, does anyone know which mappers are common in pirated games/multicarts?
123
Hacker Center / 2K11 Super 16MB Ultra Mega Powerful Joy 210-in-1
« on: July 14, 2011, 03:28:13 AM »
- Cheetahmen
- Jul 13 2011, 05:46:12 PM
I forgot to explain this before, but I was hoping that someone could solve a problem for me. The pointers to each game (as defined by the menu data) work by finding the start point and size of the PRG and CHR banks. However, as far as I can tell, both are required and as a result, I can't get any UNROM and UOROM games to work. (Those formats have no CHR-ROM)[/quote]Hmm... what about creating 1K of null data and setting that to be the CHR-ROM?
124
Pirate Talk / Let's list hacked games that have yet to be dumped
« on: July 14, 2011, 03:24:36 AM »
I have a undumped Gameboy hack of an Adventure Island game called something along the lines of Super Mario World 8 and with vaguely mario-themed graphics on a multicart somewhere.
125
Hacker Center / 2K11 Super 16MB Ultra Mega Powerful Joy 210-in-1
« on: July 13, 2011, 04:34:05 PM »
I already have a famclone earmarked for salvage, so no problem there. Probably won't be able to start on my dumper for some tine, as I need to get an Arduino and some other components first.
126
Hacker Center / 2K11 Super 16MB Ultra Mega Powerful Joy 210-in-1
« on: July 13, 2011, 02:40:42 PM »
- Cheetahmen
- Jul 13 2011, 02:35:24 PM
Not sure how using a broken Famiclone would be better than using a working one, but I'm not the best person to ask when it comes to that stuff.[/quote]Seeing as all I really need is the cartridge slot, it doesn't really matter - and I may as well recycle something broken rather than YONG YONG a perfectly good famiclone.
127
Hacker Center / 2K11 Super 16MB Ultra Mega Powerful Joy 210-in-1
« on: July 13, 2011, 02:26:11 PM »
- Cheetahmen
- Jul 13 2011, 09:27:48 AM
Well if you know how to dump flash carts, I'd send you one.[/quote]The bigger problem I have at the moment is finding a famicom cartridge slot - I will probably end up hotwiring one in a broken famiclone.
128
Hacker Center / 2K11 Super 16MB Ultra Mega Powerful Joy 210-in-1
« on: July 13, 2011, 09:06:56 AM »
Hmmm... I think I have a VT03 based clone or two - might try burning this to a cart/making a repro from it...
129
Pirate Talk / About those undumped carts of yours.....
« on: July 12, 2011, 06:04:39 AM »
Well, if I am every able to get my hands on some dumping hardware, I will dump these games - does anyone have any recommendations for raw ROM dumps (I am quite good at electronics so might make my own - something Arduino Mega2560 based maybe?)
130
2000-present / Ultra-cheap famicom games
« on: July 12, 2011, 06:01:05 AM »
Although the TV I use is PAL, I have plenty of PAL famiclones so aren't buying another - hopefully the games will work on at least one of them.
131
Pirate Talk / About those undumped carts of yours.....
« on: July 12, 2011, 02:58:33 AM »
I don't have anything too special, but I have an "Educational Computer 2000 48-in-1" cart, loads of GBC multicarts (which have a few undumped games on them), an n-Joypad famiclone with loads of undumped hacks and pirate originals. Apart from that, I have loads of Wii clones but they don't have emulators so dumping would be pointless.
132
2000-present / Ultra-cheap famicom games
« on: July 11, 2011, 05:26:55 AM »
I was browsing the net and came across these:
http://www.volumerates.com/cate/video-games-fc
What do you think? There are some interesting pirate originals/ports there - has anyone used this site or bought similar cartridges?
http://www.volumerates.com/cate/video-games-fc
What do you think? There are some interesting pirate originals/ports there - has anyone used this site or bought similar cartridges?
133
Other Pirates / DDR Disney Mix (?!)
« on: February 14, 2011, 04:00:30 AM »
I personally wouldn't use any AC adaptor that came with imported Chinese crap - I've seen some really dangerous ones, and heard several stories of them exploding, luckily half the time they have a foreign plug which forces me to use another one (for some reason they are all the same, 9V 500ma tip negative) - built-in safety measure 
134
Other Pirates / Firecore Super Arcade
« on: February 03, 2011, 05:35:01 AM »
- taizou
- Feb 2 2011, 02:05:05 PM
Is it anything like this?
http://www.dooyoo.de/konsolen/millennium-super-arcade/1393501/
i've always been slightly interested in that one, especially since the first two 8-bit games listed in that review (Space Shuttle & Panda Adventure) seem to be ABABsoft/ex-Hummer Team games .. are they on yours too?[/quote]That does look similar, but mine has a different selection of games. Also, it has 95 instead of 90 8-bit games - I think mine is a new revision or something. However, the 20 16-bit games are the same.
135
Other Pirates / Firecore Super Arcade
« on: February 02, 2011, 01:49:37 PM »
I recently picked something up from Amazon marketplace that is very intriguing. It is the Firecore Super Arcade Interactive Sports Games, and it is yet another clone of the Wii. Unfortunately, the one I ordered was the last they had and I cannot find anywhere else selling it - I think it may be a Brazilian release. Also, the instructions talk about your "Nova Console" - nova is Portuguese for new. The box also proudly claims 110 games in 1 - but I will talk about that more later.
First of all, it has the killer feature of being able to play Genesis/Mega Drive carts, which is a great feature. The first of built-in games are 20 16-bit games, 7 of which are the pretty decent interactive sports games, the rest filler type games. The sports games have no credits, but the other 16-bit games have a TecToy logo and also credit Devworks Game Technology. Both of these appear to be based in Brazil, and in Brazil Mega Drive/Genesis-based hardware is still common, which increase the likelihood that this was a Brazilian release.
Then there are 95 more games, listed as “Bonus Games” (yes, that totals to 115 games - 4.5% extra free ). These are all hacks of Famicom games, and the background for the game selection screen is the same as on the 101-in-1 Arcade Action and the 88-in-1 joystick. The games are also a similar selection to these two other consoles. However, the sound on these games is really screwed up – I ended up muting the television.
The confusing part of this is that it plays both 8-bit Famicom games (the 95 bonus games) and 16-bit Mega Drive/Genesis (the 16-bit games and the cartridge slot) games. I suspect there is some kind of emulation going on, which explains the screwed-up sound for both cases. Also, there is something available which is also referenced to in the manual called the Firecore Passport which lets you plays ROMs of an SD card.
I can provide pictures/game lists if anyone wants them.
First of all, it has the killer feature of being able to play Genesis/Mega Drive carts, which is a great feature. The first of built-in games are 20 16-bit games, 7 of which are the pretty decent interactive sports games, the rest filler type games. The sports games have no credits, but the other 16-bit games have a TecToy logo and also credit Devworks Game Technology. Both of these appear to be based in Brazil, and in Brazil Mega Drive/Genesis-based hardware is still common, which increase the likelihood that this was a Brazilian release.
Then there are 95 more games, listed as “Bonus Games” (yes, that totals to 115 games - 4.5% extra free
). These are all hacks of Famicom games, and the background for the game selection screen is the same as on the 101-in-1 Arcade Action and the 88-in-1 joystick. The games are also a similar selection to these two other consoles. However, the sound on these games is really screwed up – I ended up muting the television.The confusing part of this is that it plays both 8-bit Famicom games (the 95 bonus games) and 16-bit Mega Drive/Genesis (the 16-bit games and the cartridge slot) games. I suspect there is some kind of emulation going on, which explains the screwed-up sound for both cases. Also, there is something available which is also referenced to in the manual called the Firecore Passport which lets you plays ROMs of an SD card.
I can provide pictures/game lists if anyone wants them.