- Cheetahmen
- Jul 12 2011, 06:26:02 AM
Yeah, I definitely recall both versions being playable. That said, I think the ROM of the Mega Drive version resets whenever you win a battle.[/quote]The Mega Drive version definitely exists as a dump-- I found a cracked version on a Chinese site a while back.- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: PlayerSecelt on July 12, 2011, 04:58:45 PM- I saw a ROM of the MD version on some site that looked like a forum, the Pokémon Stadium ROM and ROMs of some other pirated games were there, all in a RAR folder.
- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: Awesome Panda on July 12, 2011, 05:01:15 PM
- PlayerSecelt
- Jul 12 2011, 04:58:45 PM
I saw a ROM of the MD version on some site that looked like a forum, the Pokémon Stadium ROM and ROMs of some other pirated games were there, all in a RAR folder. [/quote]I might be wrong, but I think that's the site codeman38 was referring to in the previous post. May I ask what the site is, BTW?- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: Azathoth on July 12, 2011, 06:29:57 PM
- codeman38
- Jul 12 2011, 04:43:31 PM
- Cheetahmen
- Jul 12 2011, 06:26:02 AM
Yeah, I definitely recall both versions being playable. That said, I think the ROM of the Mega Drive version resets whenever you win a battle.[/quote]The Mega Drive version definitely exists as a dump-- I found a cracked version on a Chinese site a while back.[/quote]I guess I should clariify; the existing ROM that works in HazeMD is not cracked. It's a straight up dump of the cart with the copy protection intact and HazeMD emulates the copy protection so it works. Since the ROM isn't properly cracked it won't work on any other emulator or a flash cart.
If a cracked version of this is available, then I'd love to get a copy of that!
- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: KingPepe on July 12, 2011, 08:25:34 PM- ...if this is a port of the original Kirby Super Star, I'm afraid to see how this will turn out. (I wonder if the partner system is even intact)
- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: codeman38 on July 12, 2011, 10:59:16 PM
- Azathoth
- Jul 12 2011, 06:29:57 PM
I guess I should clariify; the existing ROM that works in HazeMD is not cracked. It's a straight up dump of the cart with the copy protection intact and HazeMD emulates the copy protection so it works. Since the ROM isn't properly cracked it won't work on any other emulator or a flash cart.
If a cracked version of this is available, then I'd love to get a copy of that![/quote]The copy of Pokemon Stadium that I found runs fine in Kega Fusion. Here 'tis:
http://fyels.com/TvO00p (http://fyels.com/TvO00p)
Edit: ...Come to think of it, I recall having this discussion in the past, and I seem to recall that this ROM didn't work on a flash cart either, though it does run fine in emulators other than HazeMD.- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: Awesome Panda on July 13, 2011, 05:24:41 AM- Wait, so there's a ROM that only works in HazeMD and another version of it that works on every other emulator apart from HazeMD? O_o
- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: codeman38 on July 13, 2011, 10:22:51 AM- No, I meant that it works in other emulators in addition to HazeMD. Bad wording on my part. :)
- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: Azathoth on July 13, 2011, 12:41:10 PM
- codeman38
- Jul 12 2011, 10:59:16 PM
Edit: ...Come to think of it, I recall having this discussion in the past, and I seem to recall that this ROM didn't work on a flash cart either, though it does run fine in emulators other than HazeMD.[/quote]Oh but it does work properly on flash carts. :wub: It does reset to the title screen after the battle ends.
If it boots in Kega/Gens/whatever, then the copy protection has been removed. You sir, are the YONG YONG. Thanks a ton for sharing this.
Let me just fully derail the topic and as if you've found a working copy of Battle of Red Cliffs? If so then I won't continue to pull my hair out trying to crack this dump I just made.
Also, could this be from the same group behind Chinese Fighter III? The title screen menu using the same minimalistic font, and the flame background on the character select screen is exactly the same.- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: codeman38 on July 13, 2011, 01:05:35 PM
- Azathoth
- Jul 13 2011, 12:41:10 PM
Let me just fully derail the topic and as if you've found a working copy of Battle of Red Cliffs? If so then I won't continue to pull my hair out trying to crack this dump I just made.[/quote]Unfortunately, no-- the only copy I've seen is the one in the weird encrypted MDX format. I need to take a look at Gens32 Surreal's source codeto see just how it manages to decrypt it. (Edit: Oh, wait, Gens32 isn't open-source unlike its parent program, apparently...)
Edit: If this is any help, I got something vaguely runnable by XORing every byte in the .mdx file by 0x40 a while back... but it doesn't get past the title screen. But there's definitely an XOR involved in there somewhere.
- Azathoth
Also, could this be from the same group behind Chinese Fighter III? The title screen menu using the same minimalistic font, and the flame background on the character select screen is exactly the same.[/quote]Probably so. The font is from PC Paint (but of course!), and the sound driver in both games is from High Seas Havoc. I'd guess that both games were probably developed by ex-Chuanpu people.- Title: Kirby's Super Star pirate
Post by: Azathoth on July 13, 2011, 02:20:52 PM- Just so you know, Barver picked me up a copy of it a while back. The cart itself bypasses the licensing screen so it has some type of strange TMSS thing going on. It won't boot properly on original hardware, it only works on clone systems and a Nomad(!). The dump I made loads fine in any emulator or flash cart but doesn't display the opening demo, it just plays the BGM, then when you reach the titlescreen you're unable to actually press start. If you've got any ideas about cracking it PM me.