Is it possible to use EPROMS for the forces of GOOD?!

NipRing

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Now, i dont know squat about emulators or roms ect. But, if you can mod an xbox to play 1000 retro game roms and pirates out there use EPROMS to make boot MVS games, is it possible to use the eproms to "flash" something else onto a MVS cart? Like castlevania or super metroid? Just something i've been wondering about.
 
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You would have to reprogram the entire game to work on the Neo hardware. It not as simple as just burning eproms.
 
Razoola

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Of course, you can use EPROM's to replace damaged mask ROMs on faulty NeoGeo carts for example.

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Just today I used an EPROM to repair a small graphics glitch in an old Frogger using a ROM I "obtained"...

I've also fixed sound in a Donkey Kong by burning new EPROMS.

That is one of the targeted uses for MAME, helping owners with information/hardware documentation.
 
Superfamifreak

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As previously mentioned, the only way an EPROM can be used for good is to repair a bad rom on an existing board.
 
NipRing

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Damn, i would love to be able to play things that were for less powerful systems.

~bill
 
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NipRing said:
Damn, i would love to be able to play things that were for less powerful systems.

~bill
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What's less powerful than a 68000? You need at leaast twice the specs of a system in all respects to do emulation.
 
TravistyOJ

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Here's a question I have, and I know Im on thin ice here, but.... You see they have these flash cartridges for GBA that you can write and rewrite games to, what if someone mad a flashable MVS cart? you know, for homebrew dev :) Sorry if i hijack this thread.
 
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TravistyOJ said:
Here's a question I have, and I know Im on thin ice here, but.... You see they have these flash cartridges for GBA that you can write and rewrite games to, what if someone mad a flashable MVS cart? you know, for homebrew dev :) Sorry if i hijack this thread.
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I've been found out...


*runs*
 
Lime2K

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Epoms can be used for good -- Get a UniBios.

(Or maybe that's evil too...)
 
dogtoy

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Superfamifreak said:
As previously mentioned, the only way an EPROM can be used for good is to repair a bad rom on an existing board.
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Or to create and test new (homebrew) games on new/old recycled boards.

cheers,
-DT
 
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