lolifoxgirl
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I received a copy of art of fighting today in the mail, and took some board shots of it.
Art of Fighting: would anyone even bother?
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It's legit. Just because you see an eprom doesn't mean it's a boot, it's when they are all eproms that you need to worry.
http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Art_of_Fighting
http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Art_of_Fighting
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Thanks gohan. Next time I will go ahead and look more closely at mvs scans.
before and after i buy I usually check out this site, maybe there is a better one http://www.arcade-collector.com/neogeo.php a lot of images of boards
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The only true guarantee you have against boots is to look up the NGH number of the ROM chips on the boards. NGH-044 is Art of Fighting. This is important to do look up because some boots have a mix of Mask ROMs and EPROMs, where the Mask ROMs go unused and the actual game is made up of EPROMs.
If looking up NGH numbers is too much, you can also determine a boot just by looking at the P, M and S ROMs. There is only one slot for M and S on any SNK board and I've never seen a game with a dummy P ROM still installed. So even if the V and C ROMs are a mix of EPROMs and Mask ROMs, there won't be a question that the game is a boot.
The occasional game with a EPROM for S1 and P1 (or EP1 and EP2) and the rest is all Mask ROMs is just a repaired or code revised game.
If looking up NGH numbers is too much, you can also determine a boot just by looking at the P, M and S ROMs. There is only one slot for M and S on any SNK board and I've never seen a game with a dummy P ROM still installed. So even if the V and C ROMs are a mix of EPROMs and Mask ROMs, there won't be a question that the game is a boot.
The occasional game with a EPROM for S1 and P1 (or EP1 and EP2) and the rest is all Mask ROMs is just a repaired or code revised game.
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You can't count bro.
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My bad, 5 windowed eproms. 5, FIVE, FIVE WINDOWED EPROMS!!!!!!!!!!!11!1!1!!one
http://mvs-scans.com/index.php/Samurai_Shodown_III
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I don't think there is a difference. If I had to guess, if one of the ROMs went bad they would replace the whole set.
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That SS3... Man, never even noticed that Set 2 board scan. A replaced M1 isn't too weird. What gets me is the PROGGSS3 board, it is extremely strange. Just look at it, four, count em FOUR EP1 sockets and a P5 socket. I have never seen a board like that before.
In case you guys are confused, SS3's usual two P ROMs have been split up across 4 smaller EPROMs, in the EP1 sockets. Not sure about the P5 ROM though.
In case you guys are confused, SS3's usual two P ROMs have been split up across 4 smaller EPROMs, in the EP1 sockets. Not sure about the P5 ROM though.
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