> > > I've honestly no idea what constitutes a complete set for a lot of these tho.. it
> > > seems each game was a unique setup, so unless somebody has one working to know
> > > exactly what boards were where then it's still going to be a bit of a nightmare.
> > >
> > > still, the more dumps the better.
> >
> > What I know about these satellite terminal games in general:
> >
> > Networking is the same on their respective hardware. Royal Ascot links the same way
> > as with other Sega X Board games like Super Monaco GP albeit the use of ten boards.
> > The "server" board and roms has its link id set to master while any other boards,
> > client or live, would be set to "slave". I'm pretty sure the program roms would
> > determine their network id and function but idk if it's the case for all games.
> >
> > I can't tell how Royal Ascot will turn out. I like seeing network emulation done
> but
> > satellite terminal games are a bit overkill to me.
>
> well the ones we do have board lists for have a central board, the board for the main
> screen, a board for each of the terminals, a board for the mechanical parts etc.
>
> some of them will probably never be emulated; that Sega 'Pontoon' thing we have a
> dump of is likely a screen for a setup that likewise requires more boards, and that
> scarily used one of the encrypted FD1094 CPUs
>
> due to their size, and long term cost of maintaining these, vs. the fact that they're
> unlikely to be profitable anymore (maybe not even legal) puts them highly at risk, so
> it would be nice to see complete setups emulated one day.
>
> Taito made some too..
well for profitable there are a few new games that have been made but the old ones with no TITO / No players card are not going to last.
MGM Grand is done with Sigma Derby any one want to call them about rom dumps?
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