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Pirate Discussion => Famicom/NES => Famicom/NES dumps => Topic started by: McHorse on January 22, 2026, 01:22:11 PM

Title: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: McHorse on January 22, 2026, 01:22:11 PM
Hi,
I recently couldn't resist taking a retro handheld (240games) home with me out of curiosity what was inside and if i could make it run other games. Some google image searches later I learned a new word, NOAC. I amputated its flash memory and read its content several times with reinserting just to be somewhat sure of a good read (see attachements).

Now i was hoping to get this rom dump running in an emulator but haven't succeeded yet. Is there a way to determine which hardware this rom is made for? I suppose something like VT03? I'm very new to this NOAC world :)

Much appreciated.
Title: Re: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: forgotusername on January 22, 2026, 06:18:36 PM
It's likely either VT09 or some derivative of VT369, but I could not determine the specific mapper. It's definitely strange; it contains VT03 games that are converted to VT09 format, something I've never seen before on another console. I attached two VT09-converted game extracts below (with Thin Ice having its copyright restored).

As a side note, does anyone know what this chicken-ish sprite set is at the start of the ROM? It's heavily overwritten (whatever it is), but I don't recognize it as a game.
Title: Re: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: NewRisingSun on January 24, 2026, 08:30:10 PM
Attached please find the correctly-headered ROM file.
Title: Re: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: Soloname_07 on January 26, 2026, 05:20:30 PM
Hi, I just found several unused graphics in the multicart ROM, it seems to be the same system but VT02.
Title: Re: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: lancuster on January 27, 2026, 02:49:00 PM
Quote from: forgotusername on January 22, 2026, 06:18:36 PM
As a side note, does anyone know what this chicken-ish sprite set is at the start of the ROM? It's heavily overwritten (whatever it is), but I don't recognize it as a game.
I suppose it could be one of the enemies from the game "Ling Jie Hu Fa: Shock" (bootleg version of Blackthorne on NES).But that's just my guess.
I would like to see the correct dump of this game myself.
Title: Re: From ROM dump to emulator
Post by: McHorse on February 11, 2026, 11:30:39 AM
@forgotusername & @NewRisingSun thank you both very much! That got it running in an emulator :)

Although atm i don't have the time, I am somewhat curious if i could get Choplifter running on this system for nostalgic reasons.
Would this involve a cumbersome task of converting?