- Awesome Panda
- Jan 31 2012, 07:32:45 PM
I might be wrong, but aren't the background graphics taken from Sonic Advance?[/quote]Most of them are. And go figure it seems to play similarly to the other non-VF GBA titles (that is, kinda lousy). :P- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Smedis2 on January 31, 2012, 08:42:29 PM- WHY IS THIS ENGINE SO OVERUSED?!?!?!?
Sorry,I feel legitimately ripped off and angry right now. We waited so long to find out what this is,and what do you get?
CRASH 3/SPIDERMAN 3/RAYMAN 3/DIGIMON WHATEVER.
Why can't you code a different engine?- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Azathoth on January 31, 2012, 09:02:47 PM- Awesome! Where did you manage to pick this up at?
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Post by: Barver on January 31, 2012, 10:59:02 PM- I already expected this was gonna use that same engine, so I'm not as disappointed as I could be =p
So how many GBA pirates does this leave left that we haven't seen screens of I wonder. Seems like they're all gonna be Sintax and this shitty engine over and over.
Thanks for sharing your discovery with us! :thumb:- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Yoni Arousement on February 01, 2012, 12:40:23 AM- You're welcome! I simply bought this game off of eBay and it took 3 weeks to get in the mail.
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Post by: Brn89 on February 01, 2012, 03:30:34 PM
- KingPepe
- Jan 31 2012, 07:32:50 PM
At 07:54, there's a Starmie that is rolling around. I wouldn't be surprised if Sintax made a Pokemon game using this engine. o_o[/quote]I think I saw an Agumon seconds after that. Anyway, I felt disappointed that this uses the exact same engine as the other games Smedis mentioned. How come all of these games have the number 3 in their titles? :huh:- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: codeman38 on February 03, 2012, 10:06:44 PM- ...I really should've figured by now that this game was based on that engine...
- BrydoRX
- Feb 1 2012, 03:30:34 PM
How come all of these games have the number 3 in their titles? :huh:[/quote]Actually, it's Rayman IV. ;)
Edit: Also, as I just remembered, it's Crash IV. But it's Spider-Man 3, at least!- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Brn89 on February 04, 2012, 07:30:40 AM- Oh right, thanks for the correction. I just couldn't remember their titles well :P
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Post by: codeman38 on February 04, 2012, 10:33:44 AM- I'm still utterly curious, incidentally, just what Vast Fame game (if any) the title theme to all these Sintax games is from. I mean, it's got to be from something by VFame, but I wonder what; it's either from a game that never got released, from one that hasn't been discovered, or an unused tune from a game that is known to exist.
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on February 05, 2012, 04:21:53 PM- Here's a full playthrough of Fighter Sonic:
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Post by: SonicZfan on February 05, 2012, 06:45:07 PM- Cool Find
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Post by: ThunderBlastMan on February 06, 2012, 05:53:51 PM- Nice find. The Yong Yong games look more appealing.
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Post by: Awesome Panda on February 06, 2012, 06:00:27 PM
- SUPERSONICDUDE91
- Feb 6 2012, 05:53:51 PM
Nice find. The Yong Yong games look more appealing.[/quote]As bad as these games look, I wouldn't go that far. :P- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Pepper-98 on February 06, 2012, 06:51:38 PM
- Awesome Panda
- Feb 6 2012, 06:00:27 PM
- SUPERSONICDUDE91
- Feb 6 2012, 05:53:51 PM
Nice find. The Yong Yong games look more appealing.[/quote]As bad as these games look, I wouldn't go that far. :P[/quote]Yong Yong's appealing in its own unusual quirky way, but yeah...These games look far more fun.- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: ThunderBlastMan on February 06, 2012, 08:23:00 PM- It would be good to play the game on an emulator to see how it's like. Unfortunately, it's not dumped.
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on February 06, 2012, 09:01:55 PM
- SUPERSONICDUDE91
- Feb 6 2012, 08:23:00 PM
Unfortunately, it's not dumped. [/quote]Which I'm seriously trying to figure out. I simply can't find any GBA ROM dumpers on eBay or whatever website has them in stock and can be purchased via PayPal.- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Pepper-98 on February 06, 2012, 09:17:22 PM- I know EMS Production Limited has a GB Transferer 2 that I've been being lazy about getting, which can dump GB/GBA stuff. Whether it'd work with this (copy protection and all) I'm not fully certain of.
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Post by: Awesome Panda on February 07, 2012, 06:46:22 AM- You can try dumping it if you have a DS (one with a GBA cart slot, that is) and an R4 card. ;)
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on February 07, 2012, 06:56:45 AM- Which neither of those is the case for me. Is it just me, or did Amazon stop selling R4 cartridges?
Edit: After some Googling for "r4ds amazon" it turns out that they did (http://www.r4dscards.com/Where-to-buy-Genuine-DS-Cards/).- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Azathoth on February 07, 2012, 11:24:42 AM- Shameless plug, but I have an R4i and TTDS for sale in the selling forum.
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Post by: taizou on February 07, 2012, 02:53:03 PM- any DS flash card will do the job so long as it can run homebrew, I have an Acekard 2 myself. a few sites stopped selling them for one reason or another, but Volumerates (http://www.volumerates.com/cate/nds-flashcards~r.1312434294U10894) still has tons of them.
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Post by: codeman38 on February 08, 2012, 12:04:40 AM- For what it's worth, the guy who had the Spider-Man version of this game couldn't get it to dump using a DS flash card. Which doesn't bode well for this one.
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Post by: Awesome Panda on February 08, 2012, 06:03:25 AM- In that case, the only thing I can think of is sending it to someone who can dump GBA games. :\
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on February 16, 2012, 03:44:47 AM- Out of jealousy, I really don't want this game anymore. I simply want to send it to someone who could dump it, or has a GBA rom dump utility.
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Post by: harimepuffle on September 25, 2014, 07:30:47 PM- I wonder if this game will ever get dumped...
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Post by: taizou on September 26, 2014, 06:54:03 AM- I dunno, Sintax GBA protection is pretty good, I have Lord of the Rings IV and I've never been able to dump *anything* from it, even in an encrypted form..
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Post by: RVVD4029 on February 08, 2015, 05:33:09 PM- Taizou and lorenzeo the comic can you try dumping these games and sending them to me please?
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on May 17, 2018, 08:32:44 PM- I tried FIX94's GBA Link Cable Dumper, and unfortunately, Sonic 3 Fighter Sonic is incompatible with it. The app simply throws an error saying that no valid GBA game is found.
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on June 23, 2018, 10:56:31 PM- So I recently bought myself an R4 cartridge for the DS, and tried using the GBA Backup Tool, still no luck. The ROM was merely produced as repeated hex values of "0EF0". It seems downright impossible to dump this game's ROM properly.
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Post by: sonichacker on June 24, 2018, 11:29:27 AM- A way which probably won't but could work is to try to legit open up the game and dump from possible eproms in the cartridge using a eprom reader/copier, and then get someone with the knowhow to compile it into a .gba. But I do see that as risky and could destroy the game completely. Especially since you would have to desolder and the cart could even use a globtop
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Post by: bgr on June 25, 2018, 09:17:33 PM- I have some bootlegs for sale, so I can say with confidence that even directly with a flash drive you can not get a working ROM.
On the flash drive written patch game, and the drop acts as a decoding when you start on the console.
Therefore, there is not so simple.- Title: Sonic 3: Fighter Sonic
Post by: Yoni Arousement on June 27, 2018, 10:19:05 PM- EEPROM Readers appear to be awfully cheap on eBay, I should try and get one of those. Problem is, I don't know of anyone in person who has soldering experience or know how to work PCB's. I wish I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble just to make this game available to everyone on the internet.
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Post by: Yoni Arousement on November 14, 2018, 01:33:58 PM- So someone DM'd me on Twitter if I was still interested in dumping this game. He linked me a device that can dump the game, but since Paypal seems to be absolutely necessary to purchase from the website that listed it, I told him that I can't use Paypal. Then he never replied since then.