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by HVC-Man
Thu Nov 05, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: Trying to make a NES repro with a "not supported for guessing" board
Replies: 5
Views: 5688

Re: Trying to make a NES repro with a "not supported for guessing" board

Roll-Chan 1 is a standard UNROM game, nothing fancy. You might want to try using Nestopia emulator. In the Windows version, open a ROM, click the View tab, then Image Info, there you'll see a simplified mapper info screen. The only downside with it is a limitation of INES, that being it often incorr...
by HVC-Man
Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:34 pm
Forum: NESdev
Topic: What made UNROM such a popular mapper?
Replies: 11
Views: 5644

Re: What made UNROM such a popular mapper?

I see, you guys all raise a lot of good points for UNROM, it does sound like it has the most all-around useful features and less highly specialized to specific applications. I'm not sure why I included CNROM, it doesn't have CHR-RAM like the other examples. But while I'm at it, are there any advanta...
by HVC-Man
Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:03 pm
Forum: NESdev
Topic: What made UNROM such a popular mapper?
Replies: 11
Views: 5644

What made UNROM such a popular mapper?

This is something I've been curious about for a long time. I think UNROM might be the most common discrete mapper. What drew developers to it over other discrete mappers like AxROM, BNROM and CNROM?
by HVC-Man
Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: Updated NES and FC EPROM conversion text file
Replies: 0
Views: 7581

Updated NES and FC EPROM conversion text file

I have this file from a long time ago, it has a lot more information in it than the usual text file hosted on nesdev.com: http://nesdev.com/NES%20EPROM%20Conversions.txt Hopefully this is useful to you guys here. Contents of updated version: Using EPROMs in place of NES and Famicom Mask ROMS: 27CXXX...
by HVC-Man
Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:15 am
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: Dragon Wars USA proto
Replies: 0
Views: 7658

Dragon Wars USA proto

According to nestopia's header lookup, it says Dragon Wars is MMC3 + PRG RAM w/battery + CHR ROM + 4KB VRAM for 4-screen mirroring. Is any of that accurate? If so, I don't think there exists an NES or Famicom PCB with all that. Has anyone put Dragon Wars on a cart before? What board worked? EDIT: Ne...
by HVC-Man
Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:27 pm
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: Making an NES Family BASIC cartridge?
Replies: 1
Views: 3510

Making an NES Family BASIC cartridge?

By this I mean starting with an NES NROM PCB. http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/NROM According to that page, Family BASIC V1 is just an NROM game with 2KB PRG RAM decoded with a 74HC20, also a switch for write protection on the PRG RAM. Has anyone ever tried making such a cartridge? I'm tempted to ...
by HVC-Man
Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:12 am
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: Thoughts on this "unlock" of levels for Mario NES
Replies: 10
Views: 5669

Re: Thoughts on this "unlock" of levels for Mario NES

Hot-swapping carts isn't exactly great for the NES, but I don't think you'll break anything from doing so. If your NES cartridge has some pins longer/shorter than the others, then that is hotswapping protection. The cartridge chips are a lot less likely to be damaged if the data/address/control/etc...
by HVC-Man
Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:28 pm
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: MMC3A-L
Replies: 3
Views: 4435

Re: MMC3A-L

Here:

Image

I only noticed the different MMC3 chip after I converted it to FF3. Should I revert it back to SMB2 for posterity? I didn't do anything with the label.
by HVC-Man
Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:10 am
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: MMC3A-L
Replies: 3
Views: 4435

MMC3A-L

I have a copy of Super Mario Bros. 2 used to make Final Fantasy 3, it's a fairly typical early TSROM-01 board, other than the presence of an MMC3A-L mapper chip. I can snap a picture if needed. Anyone ever run across this MMC3 version? Is it compatible with other MMC3 games? Maybe the L stands for l...
by HVC-Man
Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:30 pm
Forum: Reproduction
Topic: Aladin reproduction on US cart - help
Replies: 15
Views: 9360

Re: Aladin reproduction on US cart - help

PAL Aladdin and The Lion King don't work properly on NTSC NES consoles.
by HVC-Man
Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:51 pm
Forum: GBDev
Topic: Fixing ROMs for EMS 64 GB Smart Card USB
Replies: 338
Views: 225990

Re: Fixing ROMs for EMS 64 GB Smart Card USB

Do Pocket Monsters Red and Green JPN need patching for the Smart Card too?
by HVC-Man
Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:21 am
Forum: NESdev
Topic: NES zapper + LCD
Replies: 80
Views: 81354

Re: NES zapper + LCD

by HVC-Man
Sun Aug 21, 2016 11:47 pm
Forum: NESdev
Topic: What is actually "baked into" the PPU?
Replies: 4
Views: 4940

Re: What is actually "baked into" the PPU?

or do the exact opposite and not offer any video memory, using the stock 2KB for both name tables and patterns, at the cost of severely reducing the amount of unique tiles available to the game. No commercial games ever used that last setup, but it is possible. http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/IN...
by HVC-Man
Sun Aug 21, 2016 3:09 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: NES Cart DB down again
Replies: 83
Views: 74211

Re: NES Cart DB down again

This calls for celebration, so good to have NesCartDB back! Thanks a ton bootgod! :D :D
by HVC-Man
Fri Aug 19, 2016 12:48 am
Forum: NESdev
Topic: Managing complexity by delegating minigames
Replies: 70
Views: 19964

Re: Managing complexity by delegating minigames

Wow, that is quite a trip back. I didn't realize NesDev reach so far back. Then again there was Nesticle and it was a DOS program. Thing is almost nothing related to ROMs and homebrew from the 90s still exists today, it's hard for us new guys to understand. Was anybody actually coding demos and stuf...