> > > > > > but I honestly wouldn't get your hopes up too high, my gut feeling is that > > > > > something > > > > > > is missing, and at best we'll get a partially working game. > > > > > > > > > > Sadly I know that's a very, very real possibility, I also get major bad vibes > > > come > > > > > from that empty socket. > > > > > > > > > > Who knows, maybe someday that missing EPROM will turn up in another board? We > > can > > > > > only do what we can and hope. > > > > > > > > > > There's another game I dumped too that I think is an undumped version of > Super > > > > Tank, > > > > > but that ended up have a bad EPROM, which it's why it's important to dump as > > many > > > > of > > > > > these games while we still can. > > > > > > > > > > On the bright side Eeekk! is now safe, I'm looking forward to trying it! I've > > got > > > a > > > > > Street Heat daughter board and I wonder if I'll be able to convert it? > > > > > > > > yeah, it happens, it's always worth submitting the dumps even if one is bad or > > > parts > > > > are missing, I'd just be careful paying over the odds for broken things, $500 > for > > a > > > > game a seller couldn't even get running properly was just absurd. > > > > > > > > probably the most famous example of 2 partial dumps making a complete one is > with > > > the > > > > Moon War prototype in MAME, where the sound board was first dumped (and seemed > > > quite > > > > mysterious, it contained speech that seemed to be for Moon War, but no version > of > > > > Moon War used that hardware) the actual game board turned up a few years later, > > > > without the sound board, and was dumped, giving us a complete set. Maybe not a > > case > > > > of bad roms, but a case of why dumping what you have is important. > > > > > > Which is also why it's even more critical to decide on what to do about the > > Laserdisc > > > games still not in Mame. > > > > I'm not sure what any of this has to do with Laserdiscs, or how the conversation is > > even remotely relevant to that subject. > > The point I was making is that the longer those don't get dumped and supported by > Mame, the greater the chance they are lost forever. It was like what you said about > why dumping what you have is important.
In case folks don't understand why this is an issue, laserdiscs tend to rot. The materials go bad if not stored properly - and even if they are, they'll still waste away.
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