Experimenting with adding/changing sprites in KOF'01

I've always wanted to change around some of the character sprites in KOF'01 with some of their *ahem* better animated *ahem* counterparts from other KOF games.

I know KOF'01 is an encrypted game, and I'm under the impression that the C1-C8 roms are encrypted across the whole set, not the individual ROMs.

So basically, in order to tamper with the ROM, I first need to replace the encrypted ROMs with their unencrypted counterparts from MAME, right?

Can I just use the boards I've already got, or do I need different PROG and CHA boards to accomidate an unencrypted set?

I can provide pics if requested, I do legitimately own a KOF'01 kit (specifically, the last new one Yaton had, although I've got a beater as well )

simple, decrypt the whole game, edit what you want and encrypt it. no need for other boards!

blastar...

Oh, there's a tool to re-encrypt the ROMs? That helps quite a bit, actually.

If you're doing this with roms, do you need to reencrypt them? Cant you use the unencrypted C roms on an emu that supports it, like Kawaks?

No, my end goal is to put them back into a cartridge.

If U edit the Gfx, U'll a crappy boot !

It's better to keep it intact, as legit original game.

Baka, itd be a cool project with his own property.

Terry, make sure to post what you find. I've dreamed of an Engrish-free garou for a while now.

If your actually going to also change animation your probably also going to have to change animation tables in the P ROMs as well as the actual tiles in the C ROMs.

Raz

Razoola said:

If your actually going to also change animation your probably also going to have to change animation tables in the P ROMs as well as the actual tiles in the C ROMs.

Raz

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I was thinking about that just today, actually. As long as I replace sprite tile with sprite tile, exactly the same size, I don't think I'll need to update any addresses.

TerryMathews said:

I was thinking about that just today, actually. As long as I replace sprite tile with sprite tile, exactly the same size, I don't think I'll need to update any addresses.

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Yes thats right. Youll just have to hope the different games use the same tables.

Raz