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Famicom/NES / Re: Subor’s new site
« Last post by Vikograd on Today at 04:53:02 PM »Don't think many people noticed but thanks for sharing. I'm sure it's gonna be useful in the future!
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Game Boy / Re: Vast fame's fire bird cheat card (info)
« Last post by APM on Today at 12:18:02 PM »Oh you actually bought that one? Neat. Frankly my initial excitement of getting a Fire Bird has dwindled since we last talked about it but if I find an opportunity to get one then I certainly would consider it, lol.
If you've gotten the opportunity to dump the ROM from the working unit, can you confirm if it's identical to the common ROM? I'd also be interested in seeing what that weird link cable option at the bottom of the main menu does on real hardware, as going by emulation of the ROM, it still has the menu cursor for some reason and pressing the A button shows a loading dialog with changing hex values, which probably isn't how it's supposed to work? I'm willing to be proven wrong though. :p
If you've gotten the opportunity to dump the ROM from the working unit, can you confirm if it's identical to the common ROM? I'd also be interested in seeing what that weird link cable option at the bottom of the main menu does on real hardware, as going by emulation of the ROM, it still has the menu cursor for some reason and pressing the A button shows a loading dialog with changing hex values, which probably isn't how it's supposed to work? I'm willing to be proven wrong though. :p
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Game Boy / Re: Vast fame's fire bird cheat card (info)
« Last post by Ankos on May 18, 2024, 10:54:01 PM »@APM Do you remember the listing for the working Fire Bird I shared with you some time after I bought that broken one? I wound up buying it since you said you weren't looking for one at that time. My current recording setup isn't good for recording it, but it functions as expected based off of emulating the ROM. Let me know if there is anything you want to test about it
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Famicom/NES / Re: (Request) Fishing by Nice Code
« Last post by elgooGmirror on May 17, 2024, 10:17:21 PM »Thanks!
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Game Boy / Re: Vast fame's fire bird cheat card (info)
« Last post by APM on May 17, 2024, 09:30:49 PM »I know I'm four years late to the party but about a year ago I found a cheat device on Xianyu that happened to have the English name "Fire Bird" on it, which I suspected to be the elusive Vast Fame cheat card. As it would turn out, Ankos already bought the listing by the time I mentioned it on the BGC Discord. After it arrived they pretty much confirmed that it was at least connected to the Fire Bird ROM that's been dumped online, with its ROM header sharing the same name as the one in the common ROM ("VAST FAME 1.0"). Unfortunately Ankos couldn't get their unit to work and later discovered that the pins for the connector on the cartridge were bent. The ROM they dumped from the cartridge also didn't work on emulators when they tested it, which they suspected to be copy protection. Personally I still have more questions than answers about that cheat card after refreshing my memory of that whole experience, but hopefully one day more of this mystery can be put to rest.
From the last time I was able to freely search for stuff on Xianyu, the Fire Bird cheat cards aren't terribly rare but they definitely seem uncommon in mainland China at least. If I had to describe what it looked like, it looks similar to a Gameshark but it uses a translucent blue shell. I'll attach pictures of the cartridge that I downloaded from a Xianyu listing on this post.
From the last time I was able to freely search for stuff on Xianyu, the Fire Bird cheat cards aren't terribly rare but they definitely seem uncommon in mainland China at least. If I had to describe what it looked like, it looks similar to a Gameshark but it uses a translucent blue shell. I'll attach pictures of the cartridge that I downloaded from a Xianyu listing on this post.
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Famicom/NES / Re: (Request) Fishing by Nice Code
« Last post by lancuster on May 16, 2024, 04:04:02 PM »Does anyone have access to the rom of Fishing by Nice Code? Apparently it’s dumped, but I can’t find it anywhere online. Does anyone know where I can download it?You can download the archive with all plug'n'play games on the Lodt in Bygone Gaming page:
https://unlicensed.games/libg/index.php?category=101
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Famicom/NES / Re: Is it possible to convert Pink Jelly to a standard NES?
« Last post by lancuster on May 16, 2024, 03:59:34 PM »I can convert graphics to 2bpp, the only question is who can rewrite the mapper to standard MMC3.Nope, because it runs on VT03, which has an expanded color palette.Well, I suppose it may be possible, if the mapper was rewritten and the images were converted to the NES palette at 2bpp, but it would be difficult.
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Famicom/NES / Re: Is it possible to convert Pink Jelly to a standard NES?
« Last post by elgooGmirror on May 16, 2024, 08:23:22 AM »Nope, because it runs on VT03, which has an expanded color palette.Well, I suppose it may be possible, if the mapper was rewritten and the images were converted to the NES palette at 2bpp, but it would be difficult.
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Famicom/NES / Re: Is it possible to convert Pink Jelly to a standard NES?
« Last post by elgooGmirror on May 16, 2024, 08:21:17 AM »Nope, because it runs on VT03, which has an expanded color palette.
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Famicom/NES / (Request) Fishing by Nice Code
« Last post by elgooGmirror on May 16, 2024, 08:20:20 AM »Does anyone have access to the rom of Fishing by Nice Code? Apparently it’s dumped, but I can’t find it anywhere online. Does anyone know where I can download it?