Vulpine
n00b
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- Mar 29, 2015
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So, foolishly on seeing a copy of AES Garou on eBay last year, I leapt for it and ordered before having the worrying realisation that it could well be a boot. Gulp. It was the first big game I'd sprung for, and impulse trumpted intellect.
The game plays fine, but the contacts need a thorough clean every once in a while else the sound's all corrupted. I hear that can be an issue with the encryption?
Today I finally opened it up (good grief it's hard), and... it looks fine? The chips are all mask ROMs with the correct NGH number, it uses a PROGLBA board, there are no EPROMS, the soldering looks machine-done.
However, I thought I'd post it here to get confirmation before I relax completely. Thanks to everyone in advance.
PROGLBA board front
CHA board front
PROGLBA back
CHA back
Gratuitous label closeup
The game plays fine, but the contacts need a thorough clean every once in a while else the sound's all corrupted. I hear that can be an issue with the encryption?
Today I finally opened it up (good grief it's hard), and... it looks fine? The chips are all mask ROMs with the correct NGH number, it uses a PROGLBA board, there are no EPROMS, the soldering looks machine-done.
However, I thought I'd post it here to get confirmation before I relax completely. Thanks to everyone in advance.
PROGLBA board front
CHA board front
PROGLBA back
CHA back
Gratuitous label closeup