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30th December, 2005 I was able to get a good read of the ROMs from the PCB shown below with a little creative heating from my heatgun. We still don't know the game name though, there's no title on screen. Anyway, Dox says it's now fully playable :-) http://www.slanina.pl/mamewip.html So that's another one saved from the grave yard :-) Update: I got an email from Randy who says the PCB below is an original Omori board and there is a very high probability that it's Shuttle Invader or Shuttle Invader II. 29th December, 2005 A few weeks ago, I was sent a very old 8080-based PCB that was thought to be Omori Shuttle Invader. I've just dumped it and I still don't know what it is, and probably never will. According to Dox, some of the ROMs contain just garbage, the data has been eaten away by time. Check the PCB pic below, maybe it was a real Omori Shuttle Invader?  I also just dumped an original Power Instinct and Power Instinct Legends. It's hard to believe that a dump of the original Power Instinct has eluded us for so long. But now that's history. Lots more surprises coming soon. 28th December, 2005 I repaired my Grand Tour PCB and pointed out a few things that were not correct to Dox, which he promptly fixed :-) A few days ago, we got a shipment of Korean stuff from our Korean contact. All of it went to Brian T, who dumped the easy stuff straight away. You can probably see some of those emulated on various dev web pages around the net. The hard stuff will have to come to me to be processed. The full list includes.... Go 2000, a Korean card type game 98 Grand Prix Quiz 6000 Academy, SunA quiz game Mad Ball, now emulated Garo-kun Sero-yang, now emulated MuHanSeungBu, SemiCom Baseball, emulated Don Den Lover (bootleg, dead PCB) Puzzle Bang Bang, needs smt ROMs dumping Search Eye Plus ver2.00, ditto Clone Dike+, Simple solitary game by Eolith Super Model - Unknown Comad game Monkey Elf We also picked up a few other nice PCBs from mostly eBay sellers. Some of those will also come to me at the same time and some are HUGE and will come later by surface mail. I'm also on holiday for a month, so expect to see a LOT of dumps completed and released. I'm up to about 20 new dumps this week (so far) 13th November, 2005 I received a very new Eolith PCB called Balloon & Balloon (a Bomberman rip-off), thanks to Apollo69. This is the first arcade PCB I've seen that uses a 256MBit NAND FlashROM. The hardware is ARM-based and also uses the familiar sound hardware used on Eolith games, currently unemulated QDSP sound chips :( 5th November, 2005 Hmmm, just found it's way into MAME 101u5, but anyway, better late than never I suppose..... I got hold of a dump of Daytona 2 Power Edition, thanks to "m-3h" for dumping it from his machine, which was then passed onto the team and plugged into MAME by Ville. As an added bonus, this set also fixes a bad dump in the regular Daytona 2 ROMset. 16th October, 2005 Unfortunately a bit of bad news now... Regarding the news below about Model 2/3 dumps, Tokyo Bangaichi turned out to be just another Last Bronx Export (i.e useless) Over Rev sound ROMs are dumped at half size. I have checked with the supplier and was told the Over Rev ROMset was dumped many years ago and is not available now. I didn't dump any of that Model 2/3 stuff listed (was sent to me on a CD), so these matters are out of my control. No loss anyway, it cost $0. So we lose $0. Also forgot to mention that a Vegas 4-in-1 PCB by Entertainment Enterprises, 1983, arrived about a week or two ago, purchased by Randy on Ebay several months ago. Dox has it running, but currently with bad colours. 15th October, 2005 A small but HILARIOUS update to my Lamer Email page. Hahahahahhhaaaaa 13th October, 2005 A few early s/shots of Jaleco's Over Rev, thanks to ElSemi. Yep, it does really exist 
 Also, I forgot to mention a few things that arrived a few days ago... Japanese version of Tenkomori Shooting, thanks to Mr T. Unknown Mahjong by IGS, and Real Battle Mahjong King (Game Master System), thanks to bnathan Donkey Kong 3 (I think) on Galaxian h/w and a Taito Marine Date PCB, but is supposed to have a game on it called "Alligator" or something, thanks to Tingoes 10th October, 2005 Oh yeah, the Dumping Project is just run by a 'bunch of clowns'..... (link) I don't think so buddy. Some stuff just arrived. 
Let's take a look.....Box 1 (from Japan, sourced and purchased by the Dumping Project Team): SSV Lovely Pop Mahjong Janjan Shimasho 2 Joshi Volleyball CPS2 Choukou Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Power Instinct JP) Gouketsuji Ichizoku Saikyou Densetsu (Power Instinct Legend) MACS Yu-Jan cart (for analysis of MACS system by Dox) Joy Stand Private Box 2 (With Dumping Project guidance, thanks to our NEW Korean contact): ST-V carts: DaeJeon! SanJeonSuJeon BoMulEul Chajara Critter Crusher EXP Name Club ver.3 MVS cart: The Last Soldier (korean version of The Last Blade) PCBs: Office YeoInCheonHa 1.2 New Hidden Catch Hidden Catch 2 Hidden Catch 3 Pasha Pasha Champ Pasha Pasha Champ 2 Power Instinct 3 Nakshi Mania 3 Live Quiz Show Date Quiz GoGo Fortress 2 Blue Tant-R, Korean version, bootleg Flying Shark, Japanese version, bootleg Top Packet contains a working Gaelco World Rally to be sent off for analysis/trojaning. Thanks to Tingoes. Also arrived earlier this morning in a 'Top-Secret' local deal .....  DDR 1st mix (black cd) 845JAB02 DDR 1st mix (purple cd) 845JBA02 DDR 1st mix (jade cd) 845AAA02 DDR Solo 2000 (black cd) 905JAA02 DDR Solo Bass Mix (black cd) 894JAA02 DDR 3rd mix (black cd) 887JAA02 DDR 3rd mix (violet cd) 887KAA02 DDR 3rd mix (violet cd) 887KBA02 DDR 3rd mix (pink cd) 887AAA02 DDR 3rd mix plus (black cd) A22JAA02 DDR 4th mix plus (black cd) A34JAA02 DDR 5th mix (black cd) A27JAA02 DDR 6th mix-Max (black cd) B19JAA02 DDR 7th mix-Max2 (black cd) B20JAA02 Dancing Stage feat. True Kiss Destination (jade cd) 884JAA02 Martial Beat (black cd) B47JAB02 Dance Maniax 2 append J paradise (black cd) A38JAA02 Punch Mania (red cd) 918JAB02 Punch Mania 2 (Black cd) A09JAA02 Evil Night/Hell Night 810UBA02 - M2 System Total Vice 639AAB01 - M2 system Overrev (Jaleco/Sega Model 2b) Fighting Vipers 2 (Sega Model 3) Scud Race Plus (Sega Model 3) Get Bass (Sega Model 3) Tokyo Bangaichi (Sega Model 2b) All of this last list was for free, of course, in a top secret local deal ;-)) There's A LOT more to come. Do yourself a favour, don't listen to extremely pessimistic nay-sayers who are simply trying to damage the flawless reputation of 'The Dumping Project' and really have no idea about the facts or reality. Stick a sock in it buddy! Oh yeah, and remember, NEVER bite the hand that feeds. 2nd October, 2005 Small update on the Dumping Project pages. The Bad Dumps / No Dumps list is now 100% accurate thanks to it now being auto-generated. Everything is nearing completion :-) 30th September, 2005 Twisty set me up with a forum to help with discussion about the Dumping Project. Please use it if you are concerned about anything Dumping Project related. Link in the right column, 3rd one down :-) 27th September, 2005 I was asked by a serious collector last week for stuff we need and I couldn't give him an accurate answer. So I'm taking matters into my own hands. There's a permanent link here too, 2nd one down, right column :-) If there's something that needs to be updated on those pages, let me know and I'll do it immediately. I forgot to mention, also arrived a couple of days ago were ..... Mahjong G-Taste, Psikyo 2002 Gals Panic 2 Quiz, Kaneko 1995 Thanks to alien_mame 15th September, 2005 The 4 Sega System 24 games I have are now for sale. That includes only the upgrade kits, not the main PCB (I don't own that). So that means the following are now available..... Rough Racer (FD1094 + Floppy + Analog Controls PCB) Quiz Syukudai wo Wasuremashita (FD1094 + Floppy) Quiz Mekuromeku Story (ROM board + EPROMs) Quiz Rouka Ni Tattenasai (ROM board + EPROMs) I forget who wanted them, but in any case, if it was you, contact me now before the rush. 12th September, 2005 Holy COW! Jackpot!  I haven't opened them all yet, but as far as I can tell, here's what has arrived..... Konami "Thunder Hurricane", thanks to R. Belmont Psikyo "Taisen Hot Gimmick 4 Ever", thanks to alien_mame "Minigame Cool Collection" & "Columns III", thanks to f205v "Tiger Heli" & "Slap Fight" (with 68705s), thanks to Tingoes Konami "NBA Play By Play", purchase on eBay by Randy 8th September, 2005 As you can see, I've migrated over to Mameworld. So update your bookmarks now if you haven't done so already. 22nd August, 2005 I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! I've just finished a tricky surface mount dumping job...... 
 And here's a pic of the tiny custom adapter used to dump the nasty surface mounted ROMs......  There were 7 used on the PCB and each one had to be removed from the PCB and mounted onto this adapter, dumped, then removed and remounted onto the PCB. Luckily I'm a patient man! I also received a package from the good boys at the Italian Forum containing..... Pong Pong Car King of Dynast Gear Dream World (for trojaning) Lup Lup Puzzle 13th July, 2005 Received a box with a pile of Dynax Mahjong games in it. I'm sure _everyone_ will be really overjoyed about that ;-) Anyway, in the box is..... Mahjong Chuukanejyo (Zhonghua Ernv in Chinese, Dynax 1995) Mahjong Electron Base (bootleg, Dynax, 1993) Mahjong Ougon No Pai (Dynax, 1991) Mahjong Reach (Dynax, 1994) Mahjong Tenkaigen (Original) Mahjong Tenkaigen (Taiwan, Dynax, 1993) Unknown Mahjong (Dynax, 199?) Big thanks to 'bnathan' for these. I also added another H-U-G-E update to my Lamer Email page. Gee, some people just don't get it do they? 3rd July, 2005 Not really much to report (yet) I received a Great Swordsman PCB which was hoped to be an English version, but it turned out the dump from it was the same as the existing dump. I also added a small (but very funny) update to my Lamer Email page. Hahahahaaaa 17th June, 2005 I'm sure everyone is anxiously waiting for the HUGE pile of stuff that I have to be dumped. There is of course a reason why no dumps have been coming from me recently.... Up to this point I was looking to buy a house....I've bought one now and soon I'll be organising moving and many other related things. After that is sorted out, regular dumping will resume. So please bear with me for approx. 1-2 months while I get my sh*t together ;-) In other news, a few PCBs arrived that were bought on Ebay by Randy, and the next large box from Japan also arrived with a mega-pile of stuff, but I have no time to even open them up.... there's no point really because I am actively boxing up everything for the move.. So it will all just have to wait :-) Just to wet your appetite.... this is what's in the Japan package.... Indian Battle, Jolly Jogger, Tetris GM 2, Tetris GM 2+, Paca Paca Passion SP, Paca Paca Passion 2, The First Funky Fighter, Dark Horse Legend CDROM + cart, Tokimeki Your Heart CDROM + cart, Another Soul Calibur PCB, Flame Gunner 17th May, 2005 Just a small reminder to everyone, if you're going to contact me, PLEASE make sure you use a return email address that works if you want a reply! 14th May, 2005 Arrived and dumped... Varia Metal (Excellent System Ltd, 1995) This was purchased by Randy on eBay several months ago. 29th April, 2005 I was waiting for RB to post some pics, but it hasn't happened yet, so sorry RB, smf wins ;-)) 
 20th April, 2005 The next package from Japan arrived..... HNG64 Samurai Showdown Asura Zanmaden ROM cart Pachinko Sexy Reaction 2 (SSV ROM board + motherboard) Psychic Force 2012 (Taito Wolf System, faulty) Where's Wally (Sega System 18, 317-0197B) Space Ship Gomorrah (JP ver of UPL's Bioship Paladin) MACs mother board (no ROMs on it, no idea what this is??) Koi Koi 2 (a Kiwako table cards game) A Sega System E PCB (probably Fantasy Zone II, not working) Passing Shot (Sega System 16B, 317-0070) Slipstream (Capcom/Sega System32) Plus a couple of other packages..... HNG64 Extreme Rally Cart + Mainboard Multi Champ Deluxe (ESD) Purchased by Randy on eBay Now a couple of requests..... - B Simpson, please contact me regarding those 2 Mega Tech carts you sent recently. - I'm looking for an old PC motherboard from 1997.... Elite Group P5TX-LA It's a Socket 7 motherboard, for use with Pentium 1 CPU's up to 233MHz. It looks a bit like this.... (not exactly but very close)  The exact model I'm looking for has less parts on it. The full manual for the exact motherboard is here. If someone has one and wants to donate it, please contact me. This motherboard is used on the above listed Taito Psychic Force 2012. Thanks! 16th April, 2005 More stuff arrived!! Choky Choky (Semicom) Animal Land (Dynax) Birdie King 3 (Taito, for 68705 dumping) These were purchased by Randy on eBay several months ago. Hyper Crash (Konami) Hot Mind (Playmark) An unknown 8080-based PCB (same as Midway's L-Board type) Legend Of Heroes (Limenko, 2000) Alcon (with 68705P5, unfortunately it's protected!) Thanks to the good boys at the Italian Forum A couple of Sega Megatech carts, Great Golf & Tetris Thanks to B. Simpson 14th April, 2005 As part of our never ending shopraids, another package arrived from Hong Kong containing a couple of cheap skill-based gambling games.... A-Plan Dai Ban City (Dynax) and.......... an EXTREMELY rare...... Battle Tryst (Konami, 1998, M2 hardware) 7th April, 2005 I've been offline for just over a week swapping ISPs again. Now on 8000/1000 ADSL for $20/month less than I was paying on the other ISP with double the GB limit! A few packages arrived while that happened..... Flying Tiger (Dooyong) Maze Hunter (Data East) Hot Memory (Tuning/IT, 1994) Bombs Away (Jaleco, 1988) New Dyna Blaster Global Quest (Irem, 1992) All of these were purchased from two private sellers by Randy. Tenkomori Shooting (Namco, 1998, System12 hardware) Raiden Fighters 2 (Seibu, 1997, SPI hardware, required for a ROM check/redump of the surface mounted ROMs) Thanks to R. Belmont! You may also notice some other changes around the site, I'll let you wander around to discover those ;-) 27th March, 2005 Nothing spectacular to report, I've just dumped a few PCBs including... Tekken 3 (version TET2 Ver.A) Ehrgeiz (version EG2 Ver.A) Soul Edge (SO3 Ver.C) Sega MegaTech carts: Tetris, Super Hang On Sega MegaPlay carts: Bio Hazard Battle, Streets of Rage 2 Treasure Hunt (Sega/ Deniam, 1997, STV cart) I plugged the ROMs in and they appear to be OK :-) 
 21st March, 2005 Arrived... Tekken 3 (version TET2 Ver.A) Ehrgeiz (version EG2 Ver.A) Quizmaster (Coinmaster, 1984) Purchased by Randy privately 18th March, 2005 Arrived and dumped... Winning Run (Namco, 1988, System21 Hardware) Purchased by Randy on eBay Also arrived and dumped... Mazin Wars, Grand Slam (Mega Play carts) Alien Syndrome (Mega Tech cart) Thanks to Kevin Eshbach 4th March, 2005 More stuff arrived! Tecmo World Cup Millennium (Tecmo, 2000) Pipeline (Daehyun Electronics, 1990) Tour Vision PCB and two carts (Final Match Tennis & Formation Soccer, Human, 1990) Thanks to the good boys at the Italian Forum. Also 3 more packages..... USB adapter board for Sega System 24 FD-dumping Thanks to Charles MacDonald 2 special chips required for the above USB adapter board Thanks to Jordan Rom Sichuan 1 PCB Super High Impact Proto PCB Purchased by Randy on eBay 25th February, 2005 Holy COW-RACE. Another box arrived today! Photo Y2K2 (IGS cart) Exotic Dream Mysterious Universe Gate In / Cow Race Purchased by Randy from a PCB Shop. Thanks to the donators for keeping up the support! Everyone may have noticed the nice stuff that arrived over the last few days. Please remember, this is ONLY due to us having large sums of money to purchase PCBs. We have our eyes on MANY PCBs, but without funds, they can not be 'preserved', so keep supporting the cause regularly. And those of you that play with emulators and have not donated yet, you know what to do :-D Thanks! 24th February, 2005 Ack! Seems Randy spilled the beans and spoiled my fun! Ok no problems. See if you can figure out what this next package contains.... ;-))  Hahaha.. ok, ok, here's the list.... More packages arrived.... Solar Warrior (Memetron, 1987, for 68705 trojaning) 2x Pro Golf (Data East, 198x, has some sort of custom CPU/epoxy block on it :-( Jaleco Trivia (198?. Looks like a version of Trivia Master by 'Enerdyne Technologies', but it's running on a Jaleco Naughty Boy PCB??. Unfortunately there are missing ROMs so it's mostly useless :( These were purchased by Randy on EBay a few months ago IIRC as mostly unknown stuff that went fairly cheaply. Update: It turns out that the Trivia Master dump is complete, and is now emulated Another package we picked up a few months back arrived recently too containing about 3 or 4 discrete PCBs. I remember seeing a Midway board. I forget the rest, I think most were unknown anyway. Unfortunately these will probably never see daylight again unless someone attempts the HUGE task of simulating the older discrete game boards, which is very unlikely to happen. One of the other DEVs will be accepting all the discrete boards we pick up from now on. There's nothing to dump on them, so there's little point in them coming to me. Also, we finally won one on Ebay! Point Blank 2 (Namco, 1999, System11) YAY! In other news, a few days ago I got hold of and dumped another Night Slashers PCB which turned out to be a different version (Japan version). Not particularly useful, but anyway..... :-) 8th November, 2004 A few more bits arrived.... Raiden Fighters Jet (US version, Seibu, 1998) Title Fight (US version, Sega, 1992) Tokio (Taito, 1986) Unfortunately the 68705 on it is protected :( There's still hope we can trojan it though. Thanks to RB! Also forgot to mention.... You've probably noticed in a certain arcade emulator that Woodpecker is now working. Here's a few pics of the protection module after I unearthed it ;-) Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Actually... hehehe, 'unearthed' might give you a false impression. You could be mistaken for thinking that the mess on top of the PCB is sand. It's not though, it's epoxy resin. Though it seems like the manufacturer forgot to read the resin mixing instructions because several parts came off in BIG chunks. Also the resin didn't fully encase the PCB.... I guess they ran out of resin or something. Lucky for us! :-) 31st October, 2004 Quote: 'Anyway, it doesn't matter anymore. The tables made were enough to determine how the decryption works. So all that's left to do now is wait for more CPUs, and hope that some of them use the bits that the current ones don't.' - Nicola Salmoria, 31st Oct, 2004 That's GREAT news! I've added a link to the left column listing all the known FD1094's and which ones we have. Some of this info is a bit sketchy and sparsely documented so if you can help with missing info or corrections, let me know. We need all the FD1094's to complete the decryption of all FD1094-encrypted games. If you can help out by buying/loaning some of them to us, speak up! 29th October, 2004 A few more EBAY purchases arrived today.... Aqua Jack (for a redump) Raiden Fighters Jet (Seibu/Tuning, 1998) and two thanks to Dangspot.... Libero Grande (Namco 1997, System12) Vandyke (Jaleco, 1991) 15th October, 2004 Received a HUGE box today. It contains... Puzzle Club (Yun Sung, 2000) Twin Brats (Elettronica Video-Games S.R.L, 1995) Super Lup Lup Puzzle Ping Pong Masters '93 (Electronic Devices, 1993) Explosive Breaker (Kaneko, 1992) Twins Pop Bingo (Dooyong, 1996) Hot Bubble (Afega) Born To Fight Gun Ball (Data East, 1992) BC Story (Semicom, 1997) Funny Strip (Microhard) Mighty Warriors (Elettronica Video-Games S.R.L ) Special thanks to Reip, F205v and the good boys at the Italian Forum :-) 2nd October, 2004 I got a local loan of a Sega Title Fight PCB, World Version. You can see some pics of it emulated on Haze's WIP Page It turns out the existing US dump is bad. Ughh! 27th September, 2004 A few bits and pieces from EBAY arrived... Painted Lady (Gaelco, 1992) Super Oriental Legend (IGS, 1998) A _very_ interesting bootleg Fix Eight :-) 10th September, 2004 Finally got the next package from Japan. Some Naomi GD-ROMs obtained very cheaply... Mobile Suit Gundam Federation VS Zeon (Capcom, 2001) Mobile Suit Gundam Federation VS Jion DX (Capcom, 2001) Initial-D Arcade Stage (Sega, 2002) Virtua Striker 3, (Sega, 2001) Virtua Fighter 4 (Sega, 2001) Some G-Net carts.... Usagi (Warashi, 2001) Mahjong Oh (Warashi, 1999) XII-Stag (Triangle Service, 2002) Zoku Otenami Haiken (Success, 2000) Chaos Heat (Taito, 1998) And some PCBs... Space Guerrilla (Omori, 1979?) Sliver (Hollow Corp., 1996) Mach Breakers (Namco, 1995) Pac & Paint Thanks to MAMEWorld donations and several anonymous (private/direct) donations. There wasn't a lot in this package because the Space Guerilla PCB took up most of the box! It was also one of the most expensive PCB's we've bought so far! Puzz Loop 2 (Mitchell, 2001) Thanks to Smitdogg and jmurjr There's more on the way.... 27th August, 2004 As an update to the previous news, there seems to be another way we can get at the data in the HD647180 MCU. Not directly, but we can side-step around it with this device, which allows us to snoop on what any chip is sending to any other chip, and what it receives from any other chip. It can be used to monitor and capture any data travelling to/from it's Data and Address lines. Even a Logic Analyser is no good because to capture all the data we need would require a Logic Analyser with a HUGE amount of on-board RAM (typical Analysers have only 512K or less RAM on-board which would allow capturing only a fraction of a second of data). We can't get a direct dump of the internals (we'll never get that), but the captured data will allow us to develop an accurate HLE of the chip's end functions. I believe this is similar/identical to the device that is being used to break the Hitachi FD1094's used on many Sega boards. I would guess that it can be used to snoop on many other Microcontrollers too, I'm sure. So probably this is the next gizmo we will look at buying.... :-) 25th August, 2004 I finally located the Teki Paki board and attempted to dump it's HD647180 QFP80 using the recently-arrived adapter. Bad news unfortunately, it's protected. So there's is virtually no hope of ever seeing sound emulated in those Toaplan games that use this chip. Adding to this dilemma, I swapped the Vimana chip with the Teki Paki one and the board had no sounds at all, which tells me the contents of each chip per game is different. Of course, when I put the chip back onto the correct PCB, it works fine :) However...... I've been working with another dev and we've got a current release _private_ build playing Vimana with full sound which is almost indistinguishable from the original. This was achieved because I've sampled all the sounds from test mode and saved them as .wav files which are then played when the MCU asks. But unfortunately, unless the powers at Dev HQ change their minds, it won't be accepted for inclusion because the samples zip file is 60MB ;-) However, if it is allowed, I can provide samples for other Toaplan games also :) So probably unless someone wants to give some serious money to a Professional breaking company, or someone wants to donate around $5K for a logic analyser, I guess everyone should start getting used to the idea that there will never be sound in those Toaplan games in emulators :-( In other (bad) news, I've also attempted a dump of the HD647180 PLCC84 chip on Gaelco's Masterboy. This is also protected. This is the main CPU code, so the game will not run at all without it. Masterboy is a pretty crap game anyway, so no loss there. haha. p.p.s Yep, at that link above is a Dallas DS5002 breaker/reader also. It's _only_ $5000 ;-) 16th August, 2004 A few more adapters arrived today. "What does this mean?" you ask. Well, a full dump of Tenkaigen for starters ;-) The other big news is in dumping the Tenkaigen MCU (A Toshiba TMP91P640N in SDIP64 package), we've realized that the sound MCU/CPU on the NMK games that use NMK004 is the same chip, just in a QFP44 package which I have support for in the programmers software! So I can dump those too, but unfortunately we'll need another adapter :-( This means sound in GunNail, Mustang, Acrobat Mission, Vandyke, Black Heart and possibly others that use the NMK004 chip is possible once the chip is dumped. If you can help me out with some much needed funds, please contact me :-) Or donate directly via MAMEWorld or via my donations page You can see a pic of the newly-arrived adapters on my Equipment page. It's currently the last pic showing the Hilo Programmer there.... Also, we decided to buy one of the needed PLCC EEPROMs, they're only around $8 new :-) 9th August, 2004 Update: I found a few chips here, and a few other people contacted me, but none so far are suitable. SSV39SF010 (found on Geforce AGP card, EEPROM, 5 Volts) SSV39SF020 (found on Athlon m/b, EEPROM, 5 Volts) AT49F020 (found on Netcomm modem, EEPROM, 5 Volts) AM27C010 (EPROM, 5 Volts) AM29F002 (EEPROM, 5 volts) I've actually programmed the trojan into a SSV39SF010, but it doesn't boot. At first I couldn't understand why, but now I realize why. All these are 5 Volt chips. After cross-referencing them, the pinouts match exactly but the one on the PCB is 3.3 Volts. So any chip required needs to be something like 29LV010. The L denotes that it operates on low voltage (3.3 Volts) So for now, I'm stuck! 8th August, 2004 I need a little assistance..... I've run into a small problem with trojaning the Crystal System PCB. We have the trojan code ready and waiting to be run. I assumed the BIOS ROM on the Crystal System was an EEPROM, but it turned out to be just an EPROM... well actually it's an OTP (One Time Programmable) ROM. Since it's a PLCC32 chip, it's not easily swappable with another (blank) EPROM and the one on this PCB is not erasable. What I need is an old PC motherboard that has a flashable BIOS. The flashable BIOS on PC motherboards is just an EEPROM. I can then re-program that chip to run the trojan on the Crystal System to break the protection (which is absolutely necessary for in-game emulation). Take a look at this pic....  Anyone have an old PC motherboard that has something similar on it and want to put it to a good use? Ignore this number since it's an EPROM. I need something either 29F010 or 28F010 or similar (020 and 040 are also ok) and it must be a PLCC32 chip like this one. It can be either socketed or soldered on. If socketed, it can be easily removed with a small screwdriver. If soldered, then send the whole board. If you have one, but not sure as to your chip type, just ask and I'll tell you if it's acceptable or not. Please contact me if you can help. Thanks! 8th August, 2004 Here's some nice WIP shots of attract and game start in Crystal Of Kings, thanks to ElSemi :-) 
 
 Unfortunately, protection prevents in-game emulation working, but this is a great start! 1st August, 2004 Hmmm, well, the cart I mentioned 2 days ago isn't directly dumpable. Click the pic thumbnails to see why....
30th July, 2004 No, I'm not dead, I'm just hibernating over the Winter ;-) If you've been paying attention to recent emulation news, you would have noticed I've been busy (and still am busy) with some trojans for RB and Haze as well as updating a few sections of this site with some very subtle changes. I've also been very busy with some other top secret dumping stuff that I can't mention yet ;-) As well as dumping several PCBs that were on my To-Do list, I also hooked-up and got running the Virtua Racing PCB's sent to me a few months back (see news 27th April 2004). While documenting these PCB's I realised there were 4 missing ROMs in the current dump, which I've now dumped. So hopefully that will solve the problems relating to the incomplete emulation of the road. As usual another long-awaited package arrived too containing... Master Boy (Gaelco) Jumping Pop (ESD, 2001) and a strange epoxy-encased cart called Final Match Tennis Thanks to ClawGrip Also arrived was a Puzzle Star PGM cart purchased by Randy on EBay. I've dumped it, but it will require trojaning to get the emulation working. We're working on it...... :-) Unfortunately, this US$250 adapter needed for the final attempt at dumping the HD647180 MCU's on Toaplan PCBs seems to have been lost in the mail, which saddens me greatly :-( Let's all pray with 1 minute silence for the poor adapter. R.I.P. 22nd May, 2004 Two updates in one day! Here's some exclusive pics of a seemingly rare ZN1 game..... fully emulated of course ;-) 
 
 Don't ask me about the game-play though! Also arrived was a _real_ Psychic Force EX PCB purchased by Randy on EBay. The one RB sent turned out to be another Psychic Force. Some of the ROMs to have been changed and the actual PCB says "Psychic Force EX", though the software is Psychic Force. Strange. 22nd May, 2004 Arrived on loan.... G Darius Ver.2 (Taito, ZN1 hardware, 1997) Monster Farm Jump (Tecmo, ZN1 hardware, 2001) English version of Dragon World 2 (IGS, 1997, PGM cart) The Killing Blade (IGS, 1998, PGM cart) Puzzli 2 (IGS, 2001, PGM cart) B-I-G thanks to blastar! Also finally got the Get Star PCB that Randy bought on eBay. Unfortunately it's a bootleg. There's no 68705 on it, so it's useless :( 20th May, 2004 More stuff arrived! Heavens Gate (Atlus, ZN1 hardware). Thanks to Olivier Galibert Psychic Force EX. Thanks to R. Belmont ZNx Dump Status page updated. It seems like only the ZN2 sec. chips can't be brute forced (yet). The rest are now known thanks to Tournique/RB and co. 3rd May, 2004 More stuff arrived! Street Fighter EX and Star Gladiator (to dump the security chips) Bloody Roar 2 1945 III K Gekitoride-Jong Space (Namco / Metro, 2001, System 10) Panicuru Panekuru (Namco, 2002, System 10) Thanks to Brian Troha CP13 (security chip from Strider 2) Thanks to Sheep 27th April, 2004 I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak! Around the beginning of April, my previous ISP account expired so I decided to go ADSL. I had to swap Telcos to do that, which resulted in a _large_ delay in getting back online. Sadly the emuunlim.com email account has died for some reason while I was offline taking with it about one months emails, which I'm not particularly happy about >:-/ So if anyone mailed me with something important in the last few weeks from April 2nd until now, please send me a PM (details are here) and I'll answer your email, and if required, give you some updated contact info :-) The good news is I received about a million packages while I was offline. Well, a few anyway... :-)) Box 1: GP 500 (Namco, 1999, Super System 23) Mr Driller G (Namco, 2001, System 10) Thanks Pelle! Box 2: A huge pile of Model 1 boards including several Virtua Racing PCBs and a Virtua Fighter PCB, plus an undumped revision of Soul Edge. Thanks to Justin Dawkins! Box 3: Wink (Midcoin, 198x) Thanks Randy! Box 4: Alpine Surfer (Namco, 1996, Super System 22) Thanks Randy and Vidpro1! Box 5: Shogun Warrior (Kaneko, 199x, to continue my trojaning exploits ;-) Thanks Randy! Box 6: About 15 Sega Megaplay carts Thanks to B. Simpson! Box 7: Go By RC! (english version of RC De Go, Taito, 1999, Taito GNET) Thanks to poweremu! Box 8: Chuugoku Ryu 3 SP PGM cart Mission Craft Fire Hawk Super World Stadium Target Ball Dyna Gears Pachinko Gindama Shoubu Pachinko Gindama Shoubu DX Agress Head On Thanks to Randy, Gin, Smitdogg and many Mameworld donators! Box 9: Racing Beat (Taito, 1991, Taito Z hardware) Thanks to R. Belmont! Box 10: Woodpecker Thanks to daeven! Plus I got a local loan of.... Harley Davidson (Sega, 1998, Model 3 Step 2) Area 51 (Time Warner version) which I've dumped already. Thanks to Tony! Probably one or two other things arrived too which I've forgotten! If you sent something recently that I've missed here, feel free to remind me :-) In the meantime, I'll get back to downloading the whole internet on my shiny new ADSL connection :-)) 25th March, 2004 Arrived: Final Lap R (Namco, 1993, System FL) Dead Or Alive 2 Millenium (Tecmo, 2000, Sega NAOMI cart) World Kicks (Namco, 2001, Sega NAOMI cart) Tekken 3 (Namco, 1996, System12, TET3 Ver.A) Dunk Mania (Namco, 1996, System11, DM2 Ver.C) Thanks to Brian Troha Vivid Dolls (Visco/Seta, 1998, Aleck 64 hardware) F1 Grand Prix Star II (Jaleco, 1993) Wink (Midcoin, 198x, sadly the battery (and PCB) is dead :( Thanks to Randy and some other stuff I forgot to mention..... Gallop Racer 2 (Tecmo, 1997, ZN1, to dump Security chip) Elevator Action Returns (Taito, 1989, F3 System, alt. region) 14th March, 2004 Arrived and dumped: Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (Seibu, 2000) 9th March, 2004 Here's a couple of early WIP pics from the MAME ZN1 driver. 
 Now that many of the ZN security chips are dumped, we're beginning to see some action on screen, but only in Gallop Racer so far. The majority of the remaining ZN1 games have further protection that prevents them from working right now. But the ones that run on the Capcom ZN1 hardware will work now. Unfortunately we only have the protection chip for Gallop Racer, so only this one can work at the moment. We really need the remaining ZN security chips to get further with the emulation of the other games. So if you have those game PCBs, or know someone who has them, or you want to help us to buy the needed ones, contact me so we can make some arrangements :-) Check my ZNx Dump Status page for more info. 6th March, 2004 Updated the ZNx Dump Status page, plus added some pics to show how it's done :-) If you have those remaining undumped ZN games and want to loan them for dumping, or want to donate towards the other completely undumped ZN1 games, contact me. 3rd March, 2004 Arrived: Super Monaco GP (Sega, 1989, X Board hardware) Demon Front (PGM cart) Vs Net Soccer (Konami 1996, GX, redump required) Thanks Pelle! 23rd February, 2004 Added a ZNx dump status page to the left column..... 15th January, 2004 The next package arrived from Japan. Don't get too excited though, there's not a lot in here which can be easily emulated, unfortunately :( Space Fever - High Splitter / Space Launcher (Nintendo, 1979) Pairs Love (Allumer, 1994, on Seta/Allumer hardware) Denjin-Makai (Banpresto, 1994, on Legionairre hardware) Calorie-kun vs Moguranian (Sega, 1986, on encrypted Z80 h/w) Sega System24 Rough Racer (floppy + Hitachi encrypted 68K) Souten-Ryu game cart (Taito, 2000, Gnet) Densya de Go EX (Taito, 1997, System JC hardware) Side By Side (Taito, 1996, System JC hardware) Quiz Tou (Namco, 1995, NA2 hardware) Great Sluggers (Namco, 1993, NB1 hardware) But don't worry, there's already some rare stuff on the way which should be more easily emulated :) 11th January, 2004 Did someone say 'Emulate Sega Rally 2 and 'Virtua Fighter 3'? OK...... 14th December, 2003 Some very early WIP shots...... )
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) Finally completed the adapter to read the nasty Toshiba embedded ROM on US Championship V'Ball. Still some work to do though, it's not quite giving us the correct read yet..... it's taken Jarek and I many hours over several months to get to this point, we're not far off now! :-) 2nd September, 2003 Two packages arrived today, seems I always get packages on a Tuesday :-) Side By Side 2 (Taito, 1997, Taito JC hardware) Surf Planet (Gaelco, 1997) Radikal Bikers (Gaelco/Atari, 1998) Super Eagle Shot Golf (Seta, 1994) Super X (NTC/Dooyong, 1994) Spawn (Capcom, 2000, NAOMI cart) Aleck 64 Eleven Beat cart (Hudson Soft, 1998) Last Fortress (Metro, 199?) Huge thanks to Pelle for all that! Bakuretsu Breakers (Kaneko, 1992) Dragon World 3 (Alta Co/IGS., 1998, IGS PGM cart) Thanks to Smitdogg and Mameworld 19th August, 2003 The Model 3 WIP page is updated. Now with full 3D textures and cars in Scud Race! I also added a tutorial page on how to dump ROMs a couple of days ago, in case no-one noticed :-) 15th August, 2003 I received a DoctorV64jr 256M N64 backup unit (thanks to EFX) and purchased a Nintendo 64 console (I never thought I'd do that! hehe!). After 2 days of messing around, I managed to dump the Magical Tetris Challenge PCB. This means I can dump the Aleck64 carts too :-) 11th August, 2003 I've been fairly busy over the past week so didn't get chance to update here. However, this stuff arrived just recently thanks to Mameworld contributions :-) Taito G-Net motherboard Shanghai Shouryu Sairin Mayjin-Sen 2 Mogura Desse Gunpei Power Stone 2 Slash Out GDRom version Capcom vs SNK : Millenium Fight 2000 Pro The Ninja Master Asura Blade Fatal Fury Wild Ambition Also picked up a Dreamcast Broadband Adapter. So hopefully there will be some NAOMI GDRom dumps coming soon :-)) In other news, I successfully dumped the MCU from Tiger Heli thanks to the Data IO Unisite Programmer which was recently acquired :-) 5th August, 2003 Added Model 3 Dump Status page to links in the left column..... 3rd August, 2003 Oops! I forgot to mention in the 20th July news.... Virtua Fighter 3 for redumping arrived as well! Thanks to R. Belmont for sending it :-) Ok, I'm sure you have seen Model 3 Emulation is now a reality over at retrogames.com. So if anyone has a Model 3 PCB they want to loan to me for dumping, or wants to buy/donate one for dumping, please contact me :-) 31st July, 2003 Two more PCB's arrived.... Lady Frog (Mondial Games, 1990) Genix Family (Nix, 1994) Thanks to Leandro More good news! I have successfully used the Data I/O Unisite programmer to read the 68705 microcontroller on Pit N' Run. After some time, you should see progress on that here :-) 29th July, 2003 I've discovered that the main board of Magical Tetris featuring Mickey is virtually identical to the Aleck64 main board I had a while ago. It also turns out that the ROMs used on it are the same kind of serial PROMs that are used in the Aleck64 carts, which just happen to be identical to the ones used in standard N64 carts. Anyone happen to have a N64 backup unit that they want to loan or donate to me so I can dump these boards? I've also got the Data IO Unisite working. The supplied software disks were all bad and the PC-side software was not included. I managed to get an old Rev 5.3 of the Unisite software but device support is seriously lacking. Here's two screenshots of the unit in action.... )
) So... I'm looking for an updated (preferably the latest) version of the Data I/O Unisite software and algorithms. Can anyone help? Update: I'm aware that Data I/O offer updated algorithms on their FTP (that's where I downloaded the V5.3 bootdisk & V5.3 algorithm floppies). However, it's not plainly clear which algorithms to get (for example I need support for MX27L1000 PLCC32 which was added at V5.4). But I'm not sure even having the algorithm is enough, I'm sure the updated boot disk would be needed also, and a full set of the latest boot software & algorithms with full support for the newest devices would be much nicer too ;-) 28th July, 2003 More stuff arrived! Mr Driller 2 (Namco, 2000, Namco System 10) Magical Tetris Challenge Featuring Mickey (Capcom, 1998) Thanks to Pelle Crystal of Kings (Brezzasoft, 2001, Crystal System) Thanks to Taucher 20th July, 2003 I received a HUGE pile of stuff..... Mr Driller (Namco, 1999, Namco System 12) Aqua Rush (Namco, 1999, Namco System 12) Paca Paca Passion Special (Produce, 1999, Namco System 12) Super World Stadium '99 (Namco, 1999, Namco System 12) Bonks Adventure (Kaneko, 1994) Grand Striker 2 (Human, 1996) Schmeizer Robo (Hot-B, 1993, Data East hardware) Gaia Crusaders (Noise Factory, 1999) Godzilla (Banpresto, 1993, Legionairre hardware) All Japan Pro Wrestle 2 (Sega, 1999) Dynamite Baseball Naomi (Sega, 1998) Giant Gram 2000 (Sega, 2000) Dynamite Baseball '99 (Sega, 1999) Rival Schools 2 (Capcom, 2000) Cosmic Smash (Sega, 2000) Heavy Metal (Capcom, 2001) Out Trigger (Sega, 1999) Giga Wing 2 (Capcom, 2000) Derby Owners Club (Sega, 1999) Big thanks to Leonid81, Bob Schultz, jmurjr, Smitdogg, f205v, Kevin Eshbach, and many MAMEWorld contributors. Racin' Force, Sexy Parodius (version JAB), Slam Dunk 2, Ridge Racer (World rev) and Heavy Unit. Thanks to R. Belmont for these. Extra special HUGE thanks to Gyrovision for buying this for me from Ebay :-)) 10th July, 2003 Arrived and dumped: Winding Heat (Konami, 1996, PPC hardware) Thanks to Andrew Slorach for the loan of the PCB 5th July, 2003 Received another package... Power Instinct (Atlus, 1993, original PCB) Hatch Catch (Semicom, 1995) Thanks to Taucher Update: I just picked this up cheap too, which will be used to dump NAOMI GDROMs (hopefully) :-) 25th June, 2003 I ran a trojan on the 'House of the Dead' PCB and ElSemi was able to fix most of the remaining problems. So now it's fully playable ;-)) Check the screenshots on my Model 2 Dump Status page. 20th June, 2003 Lots of stuff arrived! Package #1: Sega NAOMI GDROM system including Street Fighter Zero3 Upper, Sports Jam and Virtua Golf. See a pic here. H-U-G-E thanks to Narendra Verma for the main system donation, additional parts from Gin, Smitdogg and jmurjr and the software titles via donations from MAMEWorld :) Package #2: Outtrigger (Sega, 1999, NAOMI cart) Landmaker (test/prototype version not using an F3 mainboard) Dock Man (Taito, 1982, original version of Port Man) Super Dogde Ball (for trojaning) An unknown _very old_ PCB by Mirco Inc. (no CPU, no ROMs) Update: The unknown PCB is probably Block Buster Thanks to Taucher. 10th June, 2003 Zinc again :-) )
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In other dumping news, I have now dumped Tekken 3, Prime Goal EX and another version of Tekken 2. I also updated the Namco System10/11/12 page. 25th May, 2003 Received some more PCB's from Japan.... :-) Dragon Ball Z (Banpresto, 1993) US Championship V'Ball (Technos, 1988) Thanks to Karasu Tojo Kyros No Yakata (Alpha Denshi, 1986) Cosmo (TDS & Mints, 1979, modified Taito Space Invaders h/w) Yachtsman (Esco/Sanritsu, 1982) Thanks to Mameworld donations Tekken 3 (Namco, 1997, System 12) Thanks to Mr Faust and his "rare DVD auction" :-)) Note....I don't have a listing of every person who donated via Mameworld (because no-one told me), so I'll just say a H-U-G-E thanks to everyone who donated to the dumping project via Mameworld and continue to dig deep, this is only the tip of the iceberg :) 15th May, 2003 A coupla more PCB's arrived to cross off the list :-)) Fighting Layer (Namco, 1998, System 12) Soul Calibur (Namco , 1998, System 12) Thanks to Narendra Verma 11th May, 2003 While I wait for the next shipment of PCB's to arrive, I decided to add a new page to the site. Check the link in the right column or if you're lazy, click here. It's not completed yet, but it's a start :-) Also arrived were 2 PCBs..... Land Breaker (Eolith, version with all SMT ROMs), Thanks to Tim Knuckle Bash (Toaplan), Thanks to Randy 14th April, 2003 Arrived: The final part of Shopraid #4, at last! Vasara (Visco, 2000) Skull Fang (Data East, 1996) Big Bang (NMK, 1993) SD Gundam Neo Battling (Banpresto, 1992) Champion List II (IGS, 1996) Tenkaigen (Dynax, 1991) Also got a few boards from Taucher.... Goal '92 Catsbee (Uchida, 1984) Blockbuster (Kiwako, 1983) 13th April, 2003 Dumped: Scud Race (Sega, 1996, Model 3 Step 1.5) Konami Open Golf Championship (Konami, 1994, System GX) Golgo 13 (Namco/Raizing/8ing, 1999, System 12) 7th April, 2003 Arrived: Street Fighter III New Generation (Capcom, 1997, CPS3) KOF95 Neo Geo cart (for a redump) Huge thanks to Smitdogg for buying these. 30th March, 2003 I have a request from a few developers..... There is some interest in emulating the Capcom CPS3 system. However, we don't yet have a complete dump of any CPS3 game. What we have is mostly incomplete due to the CPS3 cart (likely) containing some kind of BIOS ROM and possibly some surface mounted ROMs also. Please note that emulation could still be some time off due to encryption, but without a full dump and hardware info, we can't really start (and you gotta start somewhere....). If anyone is interested to see CPS3 emulation/development and is willing to buy/donate/send a PCB to me for analysis and dumping, please contact me. 29th March, 2003 Check these early WIP pics.... Namco System 12 emulated...      in Zinc, of course. Still a few graphical problems caused by protection, but they'll be sorted out eventually. I think now might be a very good time to donate towards buying System 12 PCB's :-)) 27th March, 2003 Heheh! Judging by the emails I got, it appears you're all wondering what this small PCB is for.... Well........ it's an adapter to dump the sound program from a Hitachi HD647180 Microcontroller, which just happens to be found on some Toaplan PCB's that have no sound when emulated. I'm not too confident it can be dumped though. It appears after some testing that either the MCU is read protected (very likely), or the schematic info we have obtained is wrong. Either way, it seems it's not dumpable so far :-( It will require further testing and analysis with other Toaplan boards before I give up, however. There's also the chance that one of them is not read protected. I still have to extract the HD647180 MCU from the Teki Paki board I have, and try that..... There's also the possibility to capture the data directly from the chip while it sits on a working board. But to do that will require special (and very expensive) equipment that I don't currently possess. UPDATE: The equipment is an 80 Channel Logic Analyzer that can sample at 400MHz (and has a pile of other features also). Prices start at around US$10,000. The ideal unit made by HP costs US$100,000 ;-) 25th March, 2003 PCB routing by Jarek, etching by Dox, wiring, assembly and surface mounting by Guru. Now it's finally complete.....  20th March, 2003 Thanks to all who donated to the Icarus project. We added some spare Dumping Project funds to them and purchased a few NAOMI carts in Japan which just arrived.... Zombie Revenge (Sega, 1999) Slash Out (Sega, 2000) Capcom vs SNK - Millenium Fight 2000 (Capcom/SNK, 2000) Samba de Amigo (Sega, 1999) New Japan Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 4 (Namco, 2000) Virtua Striker 2000 (Sega, 1999) We still need a NAOMI mainboard and GDROM unit for hardware analysis. Donations for this specific purpose are always welcome :-) We now have a new maximum capacity for NAOMI carts. The Namco one here has a maximum capacity of 3.2GBits (dump will be 400Megs!) 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I also added a global index page to the right column, so you can easily find a particular game. Also received a Strato Fighter PCB for trojaning, thanks to R. Belmont. 15th February, 2003 Arrived: SHOPRAID #4 (parts 2 & 3) Ground Effects (Taito, 1993) Ultra Toukon Densetsu (Banpresto, 1993) Dragon Master (Unico, 1994) Head Panic (ESD/Fuuki, 2000) Billiard Academy Real Break (Nikanihon/Dynax, 199x, pr0n) Taiwan Chess Legend (Uniwang, 1995) Guardians (Banpresto, 1995) Powerful Baseball (Konami, 1998, System 573) Mad Donna (Tuning, 1995, pr0n) The Return of Lady Frog (Microhard, 1993, pr0n) Maya (Promat, 1994, pr0n) Vs Block Breaker (Kaneko, 1997, Super Kaneko Nova System) These were purchased with funds from the sale of some PCBs I had, from the sale of some PCB's owned by Smitdogg and Taucher (which I sold) and with a sizable injection of funds from me personally :-) I also got hold of Rev B of Time Crisis (program ROMs only, previous version is Rev A) Thanks to Mr. F. Also received Primal Rage II (ZN1 hardware with 1GB hard drive) Thanks to Eric R. The 4th part of Shopraid #4 is still to be shipped, the last part is in transit (via surface since 3 weeks ago) and should arrive soon. 5th February, 2003 Arrived: Perestroikia Girls (Promat/Fuuki, 1993) Dead Or Alive (Tecmo, 1996, Sega Model 2A version - for resale) Kyukyoku Tiger (Taito, 1987 - for trojanizing the MCU) Gigas (Sega, 1986) Thanks Taucher Time Crisis (Namco, 1996, Namco Super System 22) Thanks to Olivier Galibert SHOPRAID #4 (box1) Teki Paki (Toaplan, 1991 - for reading the smt HD647180 MCU) Prime Goal EX (Namco, 1996, Namco System11) Konami's Open Golf Championship (Konami, 1994, System GX) Final Lap 3 (Namco, 1992, Namco System 2) The "Dumping Project" wishes to thank the following people for their contributions including Mike Fleischner, gnoppi, Amnios, kastellorizo, DDT, Moebius, sweettooth, f205v, ArcadEd, [FAR-Q], Cornishdavey, Aaron Giles, phys32, almightyjustin, Kevin Eshbach, B. S. Ruggeri, uRebelScum, Dave France, Phil Stroffolino, and several anonymous donators. 28th January, 2003 Arrived and Dumped: Power Stone (Capcom, 1999, Sega NAOMI cart) Thanks Thierry Lescot 19th January, 2003 Arrived and Dumped: Laser Ghost (Sega, 1990, System 18) Thanks Pelle 12th January, 2003 Arrived and Dumped: Dynamite Cop (Sega, 1996, Model 2A-CRX version) Super Visual Soccer (Sega, 1994, System32) Batman Forever (Acclaim, 1996, ST-V cart + extra sound board) Daytona to the MAXX (Upgrade kit for Daytona) Thanks to Malcolm McKay Vasara 2 (Visco, 2001) Lord of Gun (IGS, 1994) Thanks to Brian Troha 5th January, 2003 There's been a significant update in Model 2C emulation.Check the 2C section of the status page for more info. 2nd January, 2003 Dumped: Vamp 1/2 (Danbi, 1999). Thanks to Smitdogg for buying and sending the PCB. X Files (dgPIX Entertainment Inc, 1999) Backfire! (Data East, 1995) 25th December, 2002 Thanks to Manuel "Gaelco" Abadia, we have some progress already on World Rally 2! Sadly, it's not fully playable and has some graphical problems, but Manuel hasn't given up yet! 
 24th December, 2002 Arrived: Air Combat 22 (Namco Super System 22, 1995) Thanks to mc-escher for the PCB loan. Area 51 Site 4 (Atari, 1998, uses 2.5GB hard drive) Thanks to Mr F. Arrived and Dumped: World Rally 2 (Gaelco, 1996) Heh, actually "Arrived" is not correct. It's closer to "drove a 100km round trip to pick it up and bring it back for processing" ;-) Thanks to Tony for the loan of the PCB. NEWSFLASH! I just received another package a few minutes ago. Hmmm, well, lemme look what's inside... Arrived: Last Bronx Ver. A (Sega, 1996, Model 2B-CRX, this one is for resale and a donation since it's already dumped). Gumbo (Min Corporation, 1994) An unknown board (possibly gambling themed) Trogg II (Williams/Midway, 1990) Thanks to Taucher for these. Also, a BIG thanks to mamegrrl and Smitdogg for sending me this nice Xmas present. Hmmm, looks like Santa visited me early this year ;-) 9th December, 2002 Dumped: Die Hard Arcade (STV cart) Avengers In Galactic Storm Sauro (bootleg) Rohga (Alt. version) Some of you may have noticed that Dreamcast emulation is coming along very nicely on the Icarus home page. These guys are really interested to take this one step further by attempting emulation of the Naomi arcade hardware (basically a more powerful version of the Dreamcast). Unfortunately, they need some dumps of the carts (only one is available) and a main board to get a dump of the BIOS (which I am able to dump for them when a main board is purchased). If you would like to help out, please visit their page and offer your support or help me by donating a Naomi main board, or funds to purchase one. Update: Ok, we got ourselves a nice BIOS dump via another dumper. We still need some carts though... and a main board will assist with hardware analysis etc. 20th November, 2002 Arrived: Zombie Raid (Sammy, 1995) Thanks Pelle. 11th November, 2002 Received and dumped: War Gods (Midway, 1996, including 420M hard drive) Thanks Taucher. 9th November, 2002 Dumped: Area 51 / Maximum Force Duo (Atari, 1998) Thanks to Tony for the loan of the machine. Hyper Athlete (Konami, 1996) Thanks to Taucher. San Francisco Rush (Atari, 1996, including 3.2GB HD) Thanks to Mr. F. 3rd November, 2002 The next package from Japan arrived..... In the H-U-G-E box we have 10 PCB's :-) Avengers in Galactic Storm, Data East, 1996 Diet GoGo, Data East, 1993 Dunk Dream '95, Data East, 1995 Magical Drop +1!, Data East, 1995 Pocket Gal DX, Data East, 1992 Stadium Hero '96, Data East, 1996 World Cup Volley '95, Data East, 1995 Thanks to WTC. Do Donpachi II, Cave, 2001 Strikers 1999, Psikyo, 1999 Thanks to R. Belmont. Dragon Blaze, Psikyo, 2000 Thanks to Smitdogg 2nd November, 2002 Two more boards arrived.... Cyber Commando (Namco, 1995, System22, bought by me) Back Fire! (Data East, 1995). Thanks Pelle 21st October, 2002 Dumped: Tekken Ver. B (Namco, 1995, System 11) Tekken Ver. C (Namco, 1995, System 11) Also... DOA was redumped and I redumped IC6 of Virtua Cop 2. The Sega Model 2 Dump Status page is updated with some more pics. 19th October, 2002 Some more boards arrived.... Gunbarich (Psikyo, 2001, SH-2 hardware) Ehrgeiz Ver. A (Namco, 1998, System 12) Tekken 2 Ver. B (Namco, 1995, System 11) Tekken Ver. B (Namco, 1995, System 11) Soul Edge Ver. A (Namco, 1995, System 11) Soul Edge Ver. II Ver. C (Namco, 1996, System 11) Nostradamus (Face, 1993) Note the System 11 ones all have PCB faults. Thanks to Brian A. Troha for the loan of the boards. I fixed 2 out of the 4 System 11 boards. Not too bad :-)) Also arrived.... Indy 500 (Sega, 1995, Model 2B-CRX) I forgot to mention... several weeks ago I also received a Die Hard Arcade STV cart. Thanks to Malcolm McKay for the loan of these two boards. 12th October, 2002 Dumped: Cyber Cycles (Namco, 1995, Super System 22). HUGE thanks again to Tony for the loan of the boards from his working cabinet! The Sega Model 2 Dump Status page is also updated with lots of pics and comments ;-) 26th September, 2002 I added a new page.... Sega Model 2 Dump Status And, I just updated it again... check it out! 25th August, 2002 Dumped: House Of The Dead (Sega, Model 2C-CRX) Behind Enemy Lines (Sega, Model 2C-CRX Check my M2 Dump Status Page for some early emulation screenshots, plus info on other Model 2 games. If you were ever thinking about donating Model 2B/2C PCB's or funds to go towards Model 2B/2C PCB's & dumps, now might be a good time to do so, thanks! Also, if anyone happens to have access to info on the custom IC's used on Model 2 PCB's please let us know! In particular we need info on the Fujitsu TGP chips, we don't need info on SHARC (Model 2B) or TGP4X (Model 2C), just plain old TGP, used on Model 1, 2 & 2A (that's Fujitsu part number MB86233) 17th August, 2002 Dumped: Rave Racer (Namco, 1995, World revision, System 22) PCB Pic#1 PCB Pic#2 Thanks to an operator friend (G'day Tony!) for the loan of the PCB. D.M. Note: Cost = $0.00 14th August, 2002 I received the next batch of PCBs from Japan. "The Dumping Project" wishes to thank the people who have contributed funds towards these.... Gin, Amnios, Pelle, David Baltes, Gerald Coy, Renaud Dayen, Erik de Maeyer, Kevin Eshbach, Olivier Galibert, jmurjr, Luca Maggiolini, Will Perez, Theo Phillips, Bob Schultz, The Manuel, The Sil, Smitdogg and friends, Phil Stroffolino, sweettooth, Taucher0815, Brian A. Troha, Taylor Woll, ZeroKnightRaiden & Stefan Zimmermann If you don't see your name on this list and it should be, or if you see your name on this list and it shouldn't be, or if you want to be known by your nick rather than your name or vice versa, we apologize. Let us know and we'll make the change. Now for the boards that arrived.... Syougi (Alpha '82) Syougi part 2 (Alpha '82) Quiz Panikuru Fantasy (NMK '92) Country Club (SNK '88) Kamen Rider Club Battle Racer (Banpresto '93) Hyper NeoGeo64 mother board Dumped: Carnevil (including 3.2GB hard drive) Beastorizer Gaiapolis 12th August, 2002 Dumped: Victory Lap (Namco, 1995, System 22) Also, check this VERY PRELIMINARY screen shot......  Thanks to Phil Stroffolino :-) 7th August, 2002 WOW! LOADS of boards arrived over the last few days.. Gaiapolis, Winning Spike, Beastorizer, Rushing Heroes (all for re-dumping) and Strikers 1945 (for trojaning ;-)) Thanks to R. Belmont for these. Crypt Killers (Konami 1995, Playstation hardware + 540M harddrive), which I bought for PCB-A-Holic. RayStorm (Taito FX1, Sony ZN1 mobo + custom Taito top board), Eleven Beat (Aleck64 mobo and cart), Hoops (aka Dunk Dream 96, Data East MLC Cart, heh, but only half a cart, the game side only!), Thanks to Pelle for these. Youma Ninpou Chou bootleg bought by Randy on Ebay Plenty more on the way.... I need a Data East MLC main board (the side with the JAMMA connector on it). If anyone has one (or any other MLC carts) and would like to loan or donate it to me, please contact me. Thanks Update: I got an MLC cart! 24th July, 2002 Two more boards arrived.. Fantasia II (Comad, 1997) Golden Fire II Thanks to Taucher! 21st July, 2002 I've been instructed to sell some PCBs that I have on loan. If anyone is interested in them, speak up now before I sell them elsewhere. The ones up for sale are.... Cyber Sled, Cross Shooter, Rad Rally, Gun Force 2, and two Neogeo Quiz Japanese carts Quiz Daisousa Sen and Quiz Daisousa Sen Part 2 I'm also offering my Neogeo 1 Slot PCB and Metal Slug 2 cart to anyone that can supply any undumped Namco System22 or Super System22 PCBs to me. i.e. a straight swap. Be quick, it won't last ;-) 14th July, 2002 The 1st stage of the next Japan PCB Shop Raid has been completed. Our Organisational Leader (Randy) says.... "The Dumping Project wishes to thank the people who have contributed funds or PCBs or dumps, or at least offered them, to the project so far: amnios Pelle David Baltes Gerald Coy Renaud Dayen Erik de Maeyer Kevin Eshbach Olivier Galibert jmurjr Luca Maggiolini Will Perez Theo Phillips Bob Schultz The Sil Smitdogg and friends Phil Stroffolino sweettooth Taucher0815 Brian A. Troha Taylor Woll ZeroKnightRaiden Stefan Zimmermann plus several anonymous donators as well as the dumpers and the numerous people who have provided informational and logistical support. If you don't see your name on this list and it should be, or if you see your name on this list and it shouldn't be, or if you want to be known by your nick rather than your name or vice versa, we apologize. Let us know and we'll make the change." ok, back to me now :-)) The PCBs that arrived and have been dumped are: Lode Runner The Dig Fight (Ver. A, Psikyo 2000) Robo Wres 2001 (Sega, 1986) Victorious Nine (Taito, 1984) Three Sega System 24 Quiz games Change Air Blade (Sammy, 1999) Pairs (System Ten Co. Ltd., 1989) The next raid has already been completed and PCB's are on the way to me as we speak. If you'd like to donate towards the continuation of this shop raid, see my donations page (link to the right) 24th June, 2002 Got some more PCBs in the post.... Battle Balls (Seibu, 1995), thanks to Naikrovek Raiden Fighters (Seibu, 1996), thanks to Mr F. SS Mission (Comad, 1992), thanks to Roy A. Carnevil (Midway, 1999) & Buriki One (SNK, 1999, Hyper Neo Geo 64 cart), thanks to PCB-A-Holic Bubble 2000 (Tuning, 1998) Match It (Tamtex) Triple Fun Bouncing Balls (Comad) Unknown IGS game (IGS PGM cart and main board with Chinese title that I can't read), thanks Taucher. UPDATE: It's called Dragon World 2. A H-U-G-E thanks to all these people for their efforts :-) REQUEST: I need a Hyper Neo Geo 64 main board as the main board will contain ROMs and they are not dumped yet. Can someone loan or donate one because I can't dump this cart until I get a main PCB also. Thanks! UPDATE: Got one donated! Thanks Gin! 11th June, 2002 Just a bit of WIP news.... Remember that Tekken 2 PCB that arrived 1st June? Well, it turned out to be Version A (previously not dumped). So I dumped it a few hours ago, and here's the first emulation screenshot.... ) I also finally dumped Prop Cycle, and here's an early WIP screenshot courtesy of Phil Stroffolino..... ) 7th June, 2002 Another one arrived.... Behind Enemy Lines (Sega, 1998, running on Sega Model 2C CRX hardware) Thanks to PCB-A-Holic! Oh, and check these too.... )
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Yep that's right, they're from Zinc. BTW, if you can help with donating/loaning any undumped Namco System 11 or System 12 PCB's, please contact me. 1st June, 2002 2 More PCBs received from Pelle. They are... Osman (Mitchell Corp., 1996, running on Data East hardware with unknown CPU!) Tekken 2 (Namco, 1995, world version) 15th May, 2002 I received a lot of things over the last few weeks but have been very busy (mostly re-dumping things) so I didn't update them here. Thanks to Theo for donations of Speed Spin, Gigas Mark 3 and 9 Ball Shootout PCBs. Thanks to Paul Sommers for a loan of his Taito Side Kicks PCB. Update: This is actually Kick Start Wheelie King. Thanks to Knuckle for donation of a Raiden II PCB. Thanks to R. Belmont for a loan of his Violent Storm and Mystic Warriors PCBs and the donation of a non-working (and undumped) golf PCB running on SSV hardware (called 'Eagle Shot Golf') Lastly, H-U-G-E thanks to Malcolm McKay for a very nice loan of his wonderful STV cart collection including a main board and no less than 20 STV carts! Some much needed STV re-dumps coming soon! I also fully dumped the Namco Super System 22 PCB that Pelle donated a while ago called Alpine Racer (containing a mega-pile of surface mounted ROMs and the first SS22 dump AFAIK), which has been confirmed a good dump and uses some hardware that is similar to Namco System 21. 25th March, 2002 Forgot to mention, about a week ago, I received a PCB from Quench. Which PCB? It's called 'Lode Runner The Dig Fight'. Runs on similar hardware to Gunbird 2, Strikers 1945 II etc. You might want to keep an eye out on the MAME WIP page..... 21st March, 2002 I can now accept donations via Paypal. See the donations page (link on the right) if you wish to donate some funds for the next planned PCB Shop raid.
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