/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5981442
thanks. if you have pce version that would be cool too, fx yuki has godawful colors on the genesis port

>>5981442
Thanks for staying absolutely based OP

based OP thanks, is there a working link for tanzer going around?

I appreciate the link but I would give the developers money if they are good games, they should sell the roms.

>>5981442
My sincere thanks. I have been wanting to try these games. Do you have a rom dump of Tanzer?

>>5981442
nice

>>5981442
huh

nice

>>5981763
Try clearing the cache.

>>5981793
I just tried it now again and it worked without me doing anything. Guess it was a minor hiccup.

>>5981442
FX Unit Yuki isn't working for me in Kega, any recommendations?

FX Unit Yuuki, doesn't seem to work on my emulator either. Do you think it's the emulator or the rom dump?

>>5981871
works fine on my mega sg, must be the emulator

>>5981908
Will try another.

>>5981837
FX-Unit Yuki will run on the Genesis Plus GX RetroArch core (tested on WiiU RetroArch, will/should also work on other RA versions without a doubt) and Gens32 Surreal v1.90 Std. Just tested these myself not so long ago.

Can someone dump the PCE version of FX Unit Yuki please

Here's my ROM dump of Second Dimension NES releases games in this link are :
Ao, BeerSlinger, Blow'Em Out, Family Picross, Get'Em Gary, NES Virus Cleaner, Perfect Pair..
Link will be good Till Sunday 11/03/19.
https://mega.nz/#!dRVD1KyY!DpBrTUffhi9miZORp-dy4Yhx3iTTBapf0kSkgf-7Psk

Here are my roms dump of Second Dimension Nes releases... >>5982060

>>5982063
Thanks! throwing them in my N8 right now

The only decent homebrew Megadrive game that I've played within the last few days is xeno crisis. Thanks for your effort regardless OP. Not everyone wants to overpay for shit games just because they're a novelty being on an old console.

>>5981757
No not yet, waiting for my order from Mega Cats Studio.. Once I get it i'll dump the game .. No Worries

>>5982048
https://mega.nz/#!yLJnmAhD!8B0qErcGfpEu9m2GXd9R27E7k3_7bopaLDjhn1LUENE

CHD format, ready for Retroarch.Or you can uncompress it back to bin/cue with CHDMan (included in MAME) for use on real hardware

Xeno Crisis rom

https://mega.nz/#!mKBz2Y5Z!8h2g10ZnANMkwVXtKs6GD11Xn1Bp4lN3Hg2vbycECCw

>>5982094
Agreed. I'm happy with what these consoles got. In the case of Ultracore, DICE refound a build and wanted a way to release it to the public without Sony suing them (they own Psygnosis who had the rights). Enter Analogue who fucking bought the rights and now everyone has to buy a Mega SG to play it kthx give Phil Fish money. Columbus Circle are cooler but only for Japanese MDs afaik. Such a shitshow for a game I wanted to try since Dice showed it.

>>5982175
You're a good man. Thanks a lot for that.

Bump.

>>5981442
Thanks based OP!

>>5981837
>>5981871
fx unit yuki was a rushed port on the genesis

it doesn't even work on most models

>>5982223
>>5982223
Can someone post me any hash to the CHD format? I want to make sure I downloaded a without corruption, my internet fell while I was downloading on mega.

>>5982438
It only works on the model 1 if I recall, and only if the sega cd is detached. A pity, I'd donate just to patch in more compatibility.

>>5981680
Seconded

>>5982550
It works in a mega sg with the cd attached.

Also, funny that a sega reference is the bad guy in this mega drive port.

>>5982514
CRC32: 937C679B
CRC64: 87726D5509BAE597
MD5: 3A473349239163D7FEAAAEF5EA95F585
SHA1: 7EFBDB6D270507D08757675E9C865FEFEBE62BB1
SHA256: BA0CD768FF08EC7E4C2AC34B3121F33ED2CA8E611F9125FEEAA451006983B78B
BLAKE2sp: DB0C31474E24370031E48A266F0D34C4934132E87CE2682C4A84A8E7D7AA5D61

>>5982581
Interesting. A shame it does my xeye no good.

>>5981442
stay based OP

>>5982598
It may be because I'm using the cores and playing off the sd card. Once you do that, you have to turn the sg off and on in order to use the cd, or an md cartridge, again. You're stuck in core mode until then.

>>5982594
>>5982283
>>5981442
>>5982223
Thanks everyone.

Coffee Crisis sucks, XenoCrisis is badass, im not sure about Switchblade MD
Seriously who the fuck wanted to play a beat em up where you play as a barista?

Can somebody share "Tänzer" please?

MSX dumps, anyone ? I was wondering if Ghost was avaliable somewhere...

>>5982754
I don't have any issues there. Mainly the lackluster art and gameplay is what bothers me.

The link is down, can someone re-upload it please?

>>5981442
tybg

If only I could play as THIS barista. If you know what I mean. By that I mean I want to have sex with her in case you're retarded.

>>5982996
Future signs say yes, eventually.

We are in receipt of a takedown notice affecting the following public link in your account:

Link:https://mega.nz/#!8RUD2AqB!ltXAScideMKmiS3iMDnkvXCDNg3lR2DCLn7f9MgXWdI

Submitter of notice:info@pikointeractive.com

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>>5983164
Teehee I wonder who could have done that

>>5983175
It's because of Switch Blade MD, Piko Interactive is selling that game on their site for $44.99 NEW CIB...

Please reupload the Switchblade rom

>>5983196
Anyone with the temerity to sell a slightly above average Amiga game for $45 deserves to have their shit pirated. What a fucking liberty. I mean, have they added ANYTHING to the game?

>>5983175
I'm thinking you snitched to Piko

>>5982223
It's gone

>>5983301>>5983175
You know that old saying Snitches get Stitches..

>>5983164
Wasn't that the same company that tried to buy the prototype of the Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures and when they didn't get it they lied claiming that they had the rights to the game and threatened the buyer saying that he shouldn't release the rom to the public because he could get into legal trouble?

>>5981442
Thanks again op, doing the lords work
>this is why i come to vr

>>5983437
Yup.. Good old Piko Interactive!!!

>>5983437
>Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures
That Genesis version is still undumped because of this? Holy shit.

This is almost as scummy as Super Fighter Team DCMA'ing competing translations from RHDN and how they got the one who was to release the ROM for the lost English version of Blue Almanac for the Genesis, not to do it, release their own version, and only a decade later it resurfaced as part of a separate leak?

Also did anyone get FX Unit Yuki PCE version in time before the link was killed?

This link is up for 24h only.

Aladdin - "Final Cut"
https://a.uguu.se/STGpuUtIL6Ci_aladdin-remix.7z

Please, re-up Coffee Crisis, FX Unit Yuki - The Henshin Engine & Switch Blade

>>5983540
I may be wrong but I remember that one of the original developers of the game also asked the buyer not to release the rom, i think he wanted to find a way to finish and release the game.

>>5981442
Please reupload to different hosting! -_-

>>5983565
Even if you don't reupload it for us, reupload it to spite Piko

>>5983490
Speaking of fucking with Piko Interactive. Was their released NTSC version of 40 Winks for N64 ever leaked? I mean the rom they completed and slapped their logo on, not the PAL beta version from No-Intro.

>>5983196
>>5983274
I remember buying the Amiga version for 9 quid back in the day. It's a flawed game but has charm in its huge explorable world and proto-weeb aesthetic. All they did to it here is add nice backgrounds when you're above ground with neat psuedo 3d scrolling and relieve it of having to choose music or sound effects. You jump a bit higher too so lame shit like the fire traps and spikes are easier to hop over. That's $44.99 plus tip.

>>5983319
I've got it, anon. I'll upload it for you tonight if you don't have it by then.

>>5982241
Japan why

https://anonfile.com/BcN6D993nf/Coffee_Crisis_FX_Unit_Yuki_-_The_Henshin_Engine_Switch_Blade_MD_7z

>>5984271
Please re up

>>5984312
Thank you!!!!

Does anyone have a dump of Canon - Legends of the New Gods by Piko?

Gourmet Warriors is another game Piko did their 'magic' on - if they actually translated it i'd dig a dump of it.

Hey OP, do you have the Piko version of Duke Nukem 3d?

>>5984312
Thank you very much!!

>>5984541
Yes, it would be good if someone upload this duke nukem 3d (piko version) rom. There are some changes to compare it with the old rom

>>5982765
Seriously, Tanzer needs to be dumped, cant find it anywhere.

What about ESCAPE 2042 rom for Genesis/Megadrive? Can anyone share it here?

>>5984435
http://www.emu-land.net/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=6084f291ce1ebec46ba5c7fb1650d4f8&action=dlattach;topic=72444.0;attach=210286

Links taken from this thread on emuland which hast most latest Piko MD releases (except Duke Nukem 3d and Noah Ark 3d that does not seem to be there) and other recent MD dumps

http://www.emu-land.net/forum/index.php/topic,72444.0.html

>>5984715
I have it (it was actually posted by the dev on its twitter because he claimed his copy protection techniques were undefeatable) but it does not work in any emulator except gpgx

>>5984861
Could you PLEASE upload the rom

>>5984312
Holy shit, thank you so much!

>>5984907
here yugo

https://anonfile.com/E9YaE794n2/Escape_2042_-_Defenders_of_the_truth_W_bin

>>5984953
Thank you soooo much!!! :)

>>5984953
is protected, cant run

>>5984953
The game boots but it get stuck before starting the first level, it has some kind of protection.

>>5984953
a guy reupload this same file to a russian site, same protection

>>5984953
There's some weird stuff going on. Genesis Plus GX boots the first level fine, but BlastEm triggers the protection. And it is supposed to be more accurate.

>>5985018
same on fusion

Escape 2042 works on Genesis Plus GX. Only a few of the new Russian dumps work (namely Generals of the Yang Family, Smart Mouse), I can't manage to run the others.

>>5985023
>Canon - Legends of the New Gods
cant make it run

>>5985018
> And it is supposed to be more accurate.
It has nothing to do with accuracy but emulation of copy protection, which is lacking in Blastem.

Blastem is only more accurate in regard to VDP emulation, which is only useful in a few demos that use some VDP tricks (like Overdrive 2 demo or DMA color demos).

GPGX has more accurate sound emulation and better game compatibility overall as it emulates most (if not all) mappers used in unlicensed games (like Pier Solar for example)

>>5985027
Indeed, it is either protected or is a bad dump (I doubt Piko cartridges have copy protection hardware as it would cost money to design/implement so it's probably the latter)

Same for Piko version of Thunderbolt 2 actually

Got my hopes up when I saw the link for Canon. Feeling sad now.

>>5984715
>That story
Hoo, boy.
Well, if indie devs can put tranny propaganda in their games, I guess this guy can put his propaganda in his own game.

>>5985151
>no one ever brought up the game's plot in outrage anywhere
I'm not sure if this says his game barely sold or if retro gaming is based.

>>5985023
Will it work on my flashcart?

>>5984953
Someone was very damned bored it seems.

What are these roms, homebrew?

https://orionsoft.itch.io/escape2042

>>5984271
Please reup (FX PCE version)

>>5984312
Good lad

Can someone dump Gleylancer (Columbus Circle) [2019 - Reprint] ?

>>5985325
Yes. Homebrew that some tards pay money for.

>>5984845
baste

>>5985034
Looking at the ROM file in an hex editor shows that the Cannon ROM seems to be mapped in the upper 2MB so maybe there is some mapper in that cart after all?

Extracting the upper 2MB data and putting it in a bin file did not work though

Do someone here has Fuwa fuwa cotton candies rom by Future driver?

>>5981459
>>5982048
>>5983540
>>5983565
>>5983319
>>5984271
>>5984313
>>5985354
I don't know what happened to that other guy. Looks like he didn't show up, huh? Sorry I'm way late in getting back to you, bros. Here you go: https://anonfile.com/Icz1Ha92n6/FX-Unit_Yuki_-_The_Henshin_Engine_rar

I'm about to upload Mysterious Song, too: a rare homebrew TGCD rpg that an anon requested a few months ago.

By the way, anyone have Mysterious Song II: Eternal Silence and/or Lucretia: Demon Princess?

Has this ever been dumped?

>>5986102
https://archive.org/download/redump.pce/Mysterious%20Song%20%28USA%29%20%28En%2CFr%2CEs%29%20%28Unl%29.zip
https://archive.org/download/redump.pce/Mysterious%20Song%20%28USA%29%20%28En%2CFr%2CEs%29%20%28Unl%29%20%28Rerelease%29.zip

I don't know what the difference between the "original" and the "re-release" is, but here are both anyway.

>>5986102
>>5986229
Mysterious Song II: Eternal Silence and Lucretia: Demon Princess are unreleased. No new information: facebook - Eponasoft, youtube - user Eponasoft

>>5986349
Oh. Thanks anon.

>>5985435
Probably not worth it, because the game was already released in the nineties, and this reprint was done because the original is so hard to find. The reprint is still expensive, besides lacking any original content, which is why I'm saying it's not worth it. They did more of those.

Shockman Zero one would be more interesting among those reprints, as it is supposedly based on a leaked cart of the cancelled 1994 version, rather than the (probably similar, and internally regular SNES rom aside from the header) Satellaview version that still has a 1994 copyright.

Columbus Circle has some other interesting originals like Neo Heiyanko Alien.

>>5984861
Gee, I wonder if the Itch.io version if free of DRM...

>>5981442
Bump.

>>5986229
What the fuck am I supposed to do with this? Nothing will mount it. Unplayable on Ootake and MagicEngine.

>>5987297
Works fine for me on PCE.emu for Android. You just need an emulator that can load the cue file.

>>5986102
This is the anon who requested Mysterious Song a while ago. Thank you for uploading it, it works perfectly. I'm honestly so shocked that anyone was able to find it, it had seemed that anything related to the original Frozen Utopia developer was dead and buried for years.

>>5987568
A pleasure, anon. Sorry it took so long. Hopefully it's good and not a letdown like FX-Unit Yuki was for me.

>>5987297
>mount

>>5987568
What do you mean? Those PCE homebrews are hardly rare, I myself owned Mysterious Song and many others but sold it with my Duo last year. They're always cheap to buy if you know where to find them, it's not like the NES scene where any shitty homebrew will get a numbered limited release and nothing more.

>>5987642
>girls
>something you've never touched
>something that would never touch you
Actually, that's completely inaccurate. For a start, those are women in that PNG, and not girls. But you've definitely touched plenty of girls, though, they've all been underage. All of them. And they always will be.

>>5987568
Here's an early-2000s-campy pre-order bonus video for it in case you haven't seen it yet: https://youtube.com/watch?v=u-8dpOLMazY

>>5987669
>SEETHING
kek

Thoughts and prayers for a Neo Heiyanko Alien goodie drop :(

>>5983543
>Aladdin
What's the difference between this & the regular genesis version?

https://anonfile.com/h3M2Mf93n5/Tanzer_zip

>>5988861

Thank you, anon! Would've loved to pay the devs for the rom, but they don't offer it yet. bad luck.

>>5988861
tybg

>>5988861

Thanks based anon!

>>5988861
Thank you very much!!

Just a couple of minutes later a guy reupload this file to a russian site.

>>5986102
Thank you for the re-up!

>>5988861
Thank you!

>>5984953
A guy take from here post in other site and no even tested

>>5989071
I've tested it and it works on retroarch with the gpgx core. Maybe some romhackers will crack copy protection presented in this rom. So I tested this rom many times before I upload it to emu-land

Why the fuck would they release switchblade and not switchblade 2? Hiro is based

>>5984217
I think it's out there. They bundle it with the Everdrive on StoneAgeGamer:
https://stoneagegamer.com/ultra-everdrive64-v3-base.html

>>5989221
Alright, who is willing to spend $112 on the cheapest Everdrive and leak the rom for the greater good?

What about Brave Battle Saga, anyone have a working dump of Pikos version?

>>5985151
looks pretty based, possibly redpilled

>>5984861
>he claimed his copy protection techniques were undefeatable
how does that even work at all? will it run on a flashcart?

>>5990174
>how does that even work at all?
If it can be run in am emulator it obviously doesn't

>>5988861
Awesome. Thanks!

Does anybody has Phantom Gear ?

>>5986229
>This second print run version is not simply that, Frozen Utopia have done some updating to the game. Bugs that were problematic in the original release are now squashed and this version offers better performance. Luckily Frozen Utopia have made the save games compatible between this version and the first edition.

>>5990651
Thanks anon

>>5990623
At most, late next year as it still hasn't been released.

>>5990680
Yea I was just reading something about an August 2020 release date, although I'm sure that'll get pushed back till the end of 2020.

Anyone have a dump of Generals of the Yang Fanily by Piko, and not the Chinese rom?

>>5990937
https://anonfile.com/d6KeR894n7/Generals_of_the_Yang_Family_zip

>>5990968
Thanks!!! I swear this thread has done wonders for my rom collection!

Now if only I could get a working copy of Canon - Legends of the New Gods. That's my white whale right now...

>>5990993
Dumped but not working. It's avaliable on the Russian site. My guess is that it includes some kind of protection, as the hacking/translation of the game has been done by Super Fighter Team and they always include stuff like that in their releases.

>>5991000
So will this ever get cracked, or should I give up hope?

>>5991009
The others SFT games have been cracked so nothing's impossible.

>>5991038
Well then fingers crossed I guess

Generals of the Yang Family cheat codes:
FF71CC:0018 - Inf. Energy
FF71CD:0004 - Inf. Lives

>>5989221
>bundling games with an everdrive
huh.

>>5991000
anyone know who dumped the game? A picture of the inside of the cartridge could help. Also, the dump is 4MB but the lower 2MB has a weird header and lot of empty space, while the actual game (with valid header indicating 2MB ROM + SRAM mapped at 200001h) seems to be stored in upper 2MB. I tried to run both the full 4MB dump and the extracted 2MB Canon ROM in an emulator with debugger but get stuck in an infinite loop and black screen in both of them so there must be something else...

Thunderbolt II (Piko Interactive) and Canon (Piko Interactive) have similar protections. The original chinese "Canon" aka "Feng Shen Ying Jie Chuan" is 2MB size and Piko Interactive version is 4MB with something like... a fake ROM start?!

Looking in Canon ROM, it seems starts in $200000 but why the data repeats in $201000?! The "demonstration program" starting in $000000 does the same... data repeats in $001000. It's a fake program start? Or it's a bad dump because some protection hardware in cartridge?

>>5991940
probably a bad dump with some code/data chunks being hidden by mirroting/mapping hardware

Some of SFT games had similar protections... and Pier Solar as well. The game would probably need to be redumped using some specific cartridge dumper that is able to write to the cartridge and disactivate the mirroring.

>>5991940
I tried Thunderbold 2 from the russian site and it loads fine but no sound, is that normal?

>>5992143
which emulator ?

>>5992483
Kega fusion

>>5992143
It's not normal. The chinese fixed ROM ( [f1] ) run fine in Kega Fusion, with sound effects and music. The English version (Piko Interactive version) don't opens and shows a black screen

>>5983164

Fuck that bitchass faggotass Piko Interactive

The same bitchass motherfucker that defrauded byuu.

https://www.libretro.com/index.php/appeal-to-game-journalists-about-retro-bit-and-about-the-new-retro-emulation-industry-in-general/

Fuck that piece of shit welfare bum that got his 'business' 'kickstarted' when he was in his mid 40s. Pathetic bitch loser.

Fuck these 'retro game' swindlers would-be wannabe businessmen. You people suck at business, you are pathetic autistic nerds in your mid 40s trying to make yourself happen. You'll never happen.

>>5984249

Piko Interactive is a scamartist fraud that just buys up old IP and old prototypes then pretends they are his.

This sad pathetic loser didn't fund his business with his own money, he had to beg like a bum on Kickstarter as a mid 40 year old man to 'start' his business.

He's a pathetic loser, like the majority of the pathetic 'retro gaming industry'.

>>5992778

Eli Galindo is the one man pathetic loser behind Piko Interactive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL1F6TKdiEg

>>5992778
>>5992771
Hi SP

>>5992778
You forgot that he also forces takedowns of English patches once he buys up the IP for the game, and then says you're stealing money from Indie Devs if you keep playing the patched roms instead of buying his $60 physical versions.

>>5993378
which patch has he taken down?

>>5993410

https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1467/

>>5993410
Most likely the English translation patch for Barver Battle Saga for Mega Drive/Genesis. The patch was removed from RHDN some point after Piko acquired the rights to the game.

>>5993378
>>5993410
>>5993429
>>5993435
Posting this for no apparent reason:bbs_eng.v1.00.rar

>>5993150

Hi eli

Ehh, kinda not okay to pirate small budget indie stuff, especially when most of them also offer demo roms. Shit will stop getting made that way.

>>5993534

> pirate small budget indie stuff

More like buying up old prototypes and then pretending it's your IP.

> Shit will stop getting made that way.

Nobody cares. You're not relevant. Get a real job and make real games.

>>5993429
>>5993435
>Notice: This translation has been removed at the request of Piko Interactive LLC who obtained the rights to this game.

Damn, I think this is a first... did he bought exclusive rights for the original translation work from the original hacker/translator? What a cunt move... even Brandon from SFT did not go this far ...

Just wondering , has anyone verified he really owns exclusive rights he claims to have on the games he is publishing. It wouldn't surprise me if it was just made-up claims to legitimate his business. Surely this can be proven with official papers but i find odd he has been able to buy so much game IPs + paying hackers and translators for all these games + handling cartridges production (even if it's cheap material) for such a niche market. Something smells fishy.

>>5993569
>Just wondering , has anyone verified he really owns exclusive rights he claims to have on the games he is publishing.
good luck researching the legal status of an unlicensed taiwanese mega-drive-game.

>>5993534
1) Buying and republishing games that have been dumped for years or more is not Indie Publishing. Neither is using a translation patch that the actual translator himself stated is the verbatim translation of the "new" game. Of course in a Sega-16 forum thread Piko claimed to have paid the translator for rights to the Brave Battle Saga patch. BTW these Taiwanese games have stolen assets in them from other snes era games, which Piko claims they removed.

2) Something tells me the people downloading these roms would never buy a $50-$60 cartridge for a 30 year old game system. So who's bottom line is being hurt, exactly?

Here my dump of Gourmet Warriors for SNES/SFC.... >>5994007

>>5986102
>>5986349
I'm in a discord with the developer of those games

his life is kindy messy, as he's had a divorce and he's also in an online undergraduate program

>>5994009
Not all heroes wear masks, thanks

>>5994073
You're Welcome

Here my ROM dump of the reprint of Tinhead for the SFC/SNES
>>5994167

>>5993429
Anyone want the patch? I found it a few hours ago I could upload the stuff.

>>5994202
This was the patch that was taken down, there's no download link when you go to the page and a message stating it was taken down per Piko Interactive

>>5994226
sharing is caring my dude

>>5993429
>>5994226
https://web.archive.org/web/20131012132721/http://www.romhacking.net/download/translations/1467/

>>5994231
https://anonfile.com/Xct4Zb96nd/Rodolpho_rar

https://anonfile.com/h4ucZ49cnd/bbs_eng.v1.00_rar

Have fun escaping.

>>5994246
By escaping I mean a fun game I've found in Rodolpho, enjoy guys.

>>5994246
That IS a fun game! Dude ported it to a random set of platforms though. Thanks for sharing anon.

>>5992602
Yeah it ran with music but no sound effects for the lasers, what version of the emulator are you using?

>>5989781
I would do it but I don't have that much cash to drop.

toasting in an epic bread

best thing ive seen here in ages

>>5993617
>>5993550
Yes, most of Piko's catalog is old IPs. However FX Unit Yuki, Coffee Crisis, Tanzer, Xeno Crisis, Escape 2042 have also been shared ITT. No Piko involvement with those.

> 2) Something tells me the people downloading these roms would never buy a $50-$60 cartridge for a 30 year old game system. So who's bottom line is being hurt, exactly?
Half of those listed also sell ROMs for peanuts, and the rest have said ROMs will get for sale later. 5$ for a ROM is about the same audience as the downloaders, you're right the cart collectors/vintage players aren't.

Physical repro makers confuse the situation a bit though.

>>5984506
>>5994528
u wan moa? >>5994007
>>5994167

erryting else in hurr, mahn!
>>5990707

>>5994334
Shots don't had sound effects in this game. But the game have other sound effects when destroy enemies, use bomb or pause/unpause game

Tested in Kega Fusion 3.63 and Regen 0.97

>>5992778
just one more reason to never help fund a kickstarter project, ever

>>5993378
so does he steal the original romhacker's work, pay them some nominal fee or fund his own translation by someone else?

>>5986012
How about making a copy of the upper bank and pasting that into the lower bank?

Tho I'm guessing their 'protection' relies on nothing more than using a corrupted header to report a false image size. Like one of those chinese fake 256GB flashsticks off ebay, that actually have but a fraction of that. And pretend to work by overwriting the data in the lower banks after the upper banks have been filled. Sound familiar?

>>5995019
>>5993378 (You)#
so does he steal the original romhacker's work, pay them some nominal fee or fund his own translation by someone else?

As far as I know he bought the IP, then paid the translator some kind of fee for the rights to the patch and forced RHDN to take it down.

>>5995019
>>5995079
He's both paid for existing translation patches and paid for new such work.

>>5995221
Also should be noted, he’s never proven he’s licensed any of the IPs of the games he sells and svoids talking about it.

>>5995258
In an interview he said he could show those contracts under NDA, often both parties insist on them not being public. I haven't seen any counterparty say that they sold the rights, but I have seen second-hand evidence (the former employees of some works who still had source code and other stuff in their possession, they said on twitter they need proof of ownership to pass those on; later said they're working with Piko).

The guy may be an asshole, but I doubt he's stupid enough to get in legal trouble.

>>5995038
Tried that on it does not work. Also emulators does not care about header informations so no, it's not as simple as that. Seems like so part of the ROM are hidden/mirrored when dumped and only become accessible when writing some specific address/data. Weird stuff.

>>5995547
No, what I meant is that the header is intentionally corrupted to report a false image size and overwrite uncorrupted data, so that the cartridge dumper cannot create a proper working dump.

Also I thought about a possible loophole, tho I assume this one has at least been tested before... How about copying most of the code directly over the original Taiwanese ROM and seeing how that works.

>>5994246
https://anonfile.com/J3WadeAdna/ESetup_exe

Okay a last upload for the DRM free version of Windows, it has leaderboards if you're interested.

>>5995258
Keep in mind it's not on him to prove he's done anything wrong.

Just like you can download and distribute all these roms as much as you like, and you only get in trouble if the rights holder comes up and defends the IP.

Same thing for him, but of course he's much more public, so rights holders would either have to be stupid/non-existent, or he did actually license the stuff.

>>5996073
>keep in mind it's not on me to prove i didn't eat the chocolate bar mommy

>>5996216
Maybe it's not on him because he's an incapable baby, and everyone would see that?

>>5995547
Canon and Thunderbolt II ROMs had data mirrored in blocks of 4096 bytes. Each block is copied 2 times resulting in half ROM's data lost. Something like this:

Block 1
Block 1 (again)
Block 3
Block 3 (again)
Block 5
Block 5 (again)
(...)

>>5996252
>Maybe it's not on me because I'm an incapable of posting a coherent sentence baby, and everyone would see that?

>>5995854
the dumped ROM size is maximal size (4MB) so that's not the issue


And your 'solution' makes no sense as there is no way to know what parts are code or data to copy or overwrite ('most' is what exactly ?) without fully disassemble each two ROM versions...

>>5996401
Indeed, I wonder if that mirroring disappears when the cartridge detects it is being run on actual console (for example by checking RESET input signal is kept high, as this signal is usually not driven by cartridge dumpers like retrode or krikzz flashkit) or if it is being disabled/enabled by the game during runtime through specific writes that are intercepted by cartridge hardware (disassembling the ROM shows some write access are done to 0xA16xxx area which is normally unmapped).

In both cases it means the game needs to be re-dumped to get the full ROM (it is similar to Pier Solar initial dumps which were 8MB with the same first 32KB repeated over and over).

Anyone have a dump of Dorke and Ymp?

>>5997103
yeah, I'll upload it in a few hours if no one else does, hang tight

>>5997254
Thanks

Here my ROM dump of Dorke & Imp its has good sum check ... >>5997307

>>5997315
Thanks!

Amyone ever heard of an Nes indie game called Lizard? I'm looking all over and can only find the PC version

Anybody have justice duel on NES?

Anyone have the Columbus Circle Japonized version of Battle Kid?

Anyone have 8-bit Rhythm Land for NES?

>>5998796

https://anonfile.com/O7I0lfA6n8/Battle_Kid_-_Fortress_of_Peril_zip

>>5982241
nooo

>>5998892
Fucking SANKYU, king!

>>5996845
Unless I'm mistaken, any commercially available dumper should rely on the header to compile the completed image and not dump the rom purely in raw. IF that is so, using a corrupted header could cause the issues I've mentioned.

You see this chinese piece of shit? It claims to be a 256GB flashstick, but the truth is that it is not. It uses a false header to tell your computer there's 256GB of storage space, but in truth the actual size is unknown and any data stored on it is eventually corrupted by adding additional data. As in adding data begin to overwrite what is on the device and that is what I suggested might be occurring with these dumps, which are relying on easy to use commercially available dumpers.


You can't use hexedit to copy over a large section (as in skipping the first last few bites of usable code and copying everything else) of the code? I'm not telling you to shove a 4MB image into a 2MB file, I'm telling you to try using most of that later half to overwrite the majority of that 2MB image.

>>5998680
So... no?

Most of these new games are stiff playing garbage. No offense to the devs who are really pouring their souls and skills on them, I really appreciate it, but them's the facts.

>>5999227
Some of them are cool. Tanzer is really fun, sort of Strider meets Shadow of the Beast, with really fast-paced action. Plus, it's difficult, but fair. If you suck at the game, it's because you suck, not because the game is designed to fuck you up by shitty enemy placement or stiff controls. It really is a good game, well designed and with a nice soundtrack. If you must show your support to developers, buy this one above all others, it's fucking worth it.

Xeno Crisis is a very nice game too, but I'd rather play it with two sticks ; it might be better to purchase it on Steam. Still very impressive for a Genesis game, though. Aesthetics are top-notch and the soundtrack kicks ass.

As for the chinese bootlegs re-branded as new games, well no surprise : they're quite shitty. Honestly, I played an hour of Barver Battle Saga and it was a fucking horrible experience. Stolen assets, uninspired story, everybody acting like they've have serious mental issues... It isn't even worth pirating. Same goes for Wukong (horrible grind-fest) and the two rips-offs of KOTR/Dynasty Warriors. Beggar Prince is a little better, but still not a very good RPG. I don't get why people go through the trouble of debugging this shit, let alone put them on cartridges. It's just a waste of time and EEPROMS, and I'm not even sure it can sell well except for a few die-hard collectors who will keep them sealed and not even go through the hassle of playing them.

Tanglewood for the Sega Genesis
https://anonfile.com/haC7o9A6n0/TANGLEWD_rar

>>5999498
nice

Anyone have Star Keeper for NES?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn8p1srtM0

>>6000621
I second this. Game looks great and would love to play it.

>>5988516
>Removed genius intro of Genie shooting Iago
>Added a few side-areas with more gems
>???
>AS YOU'VE TRULY IMAGINED IT

>>6001068
They also centered the camera.

>>5999475
Tried to like Water Margin but it's so obviously Knights of the Round (several animations are just ripoffs) I find myself thinking I may as well be playing Knights of the Round. Nice spell effects though.

Tanzer is the best of the lot and really nails the arcade 1cc challenge by making it feel like a roguelike run. Your between stage upgrades let you experiment with different options freely to optimise your run and it's such a quick game death never feels so overwhelming you give up. It does have sweet spots you can kill bosses in seconds by standing in but overly drawn out boss battles would go against the game's quickness, imo.

>>5995868
Nice. Was there a version 1.0?

Anyone has the rom dumps of the Piko NES game releases, like Snakky, Wisdom Tree Collection, Escape from Atlantis, Free Fall, Noah's Ark, Exploding Fists, Pyramids of Ra, and Little Lancelot?

>>6001098
Who cares, the fact that they would much rather get the original devs out of retirement* (supposedly, they're not credited for "Final Cut") than get Capcom's permission for rereleasing the SNES version is a travesty. And this isn't a "Genesis vs. SNES" argument so much as "Disney Classics" feels incomplete, the fact of the matter is each version did certain things better than the other and both are worth playing.

>>6003182
>Who cares
I do.

So is this a bunch of homebrew games or something? I'm out of the loop when it comes to this stuff.

>>6003214
iirc the Genesis game wasn't even designed for this camera, it makes enemy resawns more obvious. Game was just fine before, it's all only a poor way to compensate for lack of the other classic Aladdin game.

>>6003405
Yep, u need linx breh?

>>6003498
No I'm good right now. I see that some the links are being taken down.

>>6003510
There's an archived thread full of a lot of them (that are still active): >>5990707

There are more than that, too. Look around in the Catalog and Archive to collect em all (hint: ctrl f "Piko" and "anonfile" for some)

Anyone got the Chinese Thunderbolt II for Mega Drive, original and patched dumps? Can't find it anywhere.

>>6003510
Looks like there's no existing link of Gourmet Warriors (very fun game) still up, so have a new link https://anonfile.com/q00e01Adne/Gourmet_Warriors_Piko_Interactive_USA_Unl_7z

>>5982241
Honestly the Game and Watches are the only really heartbreaking things in the pic. I don't give a fuck about an Atari Lynx

>>6003541

Heres 4 different dumps i have, dunno if they're what your'e looking for

https://anonfile.com/h33502A7n9/Thunderbolt_II_zip

>>6003562
>>6003596
bless

>>6000621
No because of a stupid drm the game has apparently...
>>6001261
Only version available, no 1.0 as of yet.

Here's my ROM dumps the rest of Piko Interactive snes collection.. >>6005164

>>5981442
>another Yuki port
Any word on a sequel? There are some hanging plot threads from that weird Lords of Thunder stage (unless it's wrapped up in that secret stage that supposedly changes the ending slightly), and I feel like the PC Engine parodies are just scratching the surface.

>>6005167
ayy

>>6005368
A YouTube interview from earlier this year claims that FX-Unit Yuki 2 in early development, will be crowdfunded soon, and continues from the true ending.

>>6005368
Does anyone know how to find the secret stage? These are the hints I've managed to come across (paraphrasing):
>"You have to do a sequence of events in a certain order. You should hear a chime if you do it right."
>"I think you must be playing on Normal or Hard. It doesn't unlock on Easy. Play Normal to be safe."
>"It's hinted in the manual." *points to Shir0*
>"It's in the Castlevania stage."
>Something vague about a dark area of the stage.
That should be all the revealed hints. As far as I've ascertained, it has to do with the Shir0 module you can optionally find near the middle of the stage, which goes away after you lose a life. A dark area of the stage can refer to the candles near the beginning, where you get the double-jump near the end, or both. Other than that, I'm at a loss.

>>6003953
>No because of a stupid drm the game has apparently...

This game was sold in very limited numbers. The "drm" you speak of is some versions having either a username or number on the title screen. Either way, that shouldn't discourage dumping. Easy enough to hack that out of the ROM, and who give a shit anyway.

What's the best version of FX Unit Yuki?

>>6007575
PC Engine Super CD > Dreamcast >>> Mega Drive. PC Engine had all the love and the other two were outsourced. Mega Drive is easily the worst version and is downgraded in every where. Dreamcast sits somewhere between the two as it uses Mega Drive as a codebase but restores much of the PC Engine effects. The one thing the ports have over the original is a password system, so if you're playing on real hardware then you may appreciate that since you can't savestate (not that the game's super-long), in which case it's okay to go for the Dreamcast version (which also has upgraded cutscene artwork). Just avoid Mega Drive.

There's also a PC/Steam release in the works that'll include a few extra areas and enemies that couldn't make it to the PC Engine version.

>>6008213
>Original PCE-CD game
Not one port of Hucard version or PC-FX.

>>6008234
>PC-FX
There's always the sequel, but let's be honest, that's too niche.

does anyone have little medusa for genesis?

Does anyone have the retail dump / kickstarter rom of Twin Dragons for the nes (so far I have only found the NESDev version of 2016 but not the most complete kickstarter version), Rikki & Vikki for the Atari 7800 and Sydney Hunter & The Sacred Tribe Master System?

Here's my dump of Sydney Hunter for the Snes.
>>6008924

>>6008606
Seconded for the SMS version of Sydney Hunter

>>6008606
I know I have Twin Dragons somewhere, the complete version. If I can find it, I'll post it.

Defintely want tue SMS version of Sydney Hunter. Missed out on the physical copies.

>>6008928
bless

This was a good thread.

>>6011710
Why, is it dead?

And yes, awesome thread.

>>6011817
it's on autosage due to age.