MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Colecovision ROMs

>Hi everybody!

'Mr. EM hardware' arcade fan. ;-)

It's a good thing you were able to visit Manitou Springs, Co Arcade Amusements when it was a historical monument to EM hardware games. It has gone downhill and is not what it used to be. Very few remaining EM hardware games there when I last visited in 2017.

>I had an urge to play Cosmic Avenger. Anyone know if there exist CV ROMs with the menu
>patched out so I can use a more normal controller?

I am not familiar with Coleco hardware and also with my 2003 XP system, I have not updated MAME since .171

At first, I thought you were refering to the files in the hash file softlist section since there is a minor difference, but that doesn't appear to be your question.

hash/coleco.xml

software name="cavenger"

- Cosmic Avenger (1982)(Coleco).bin

Cosmic Avenger

rom name="cavenger.1" size="8192" crc="c852bee7"
rom name="cavenger.2" size="8192" crc="75da80eb"

software name="cavengera" cloneof="cavenger"

- Cosmic Avenger (1982)(Coleco)[a].bin

- 0x3fff : 0xff ('cavenger') - 0x00 ('cavengera')

Cosmic Avenger (Alt)

rom name="cavenger.1" size="8192" crc="c852bee7"
rom name="cavengera.2" size="8192" crc="58d86f66"

It might be that enough work has been done with input control mechanisms that maybe a patch bios Coleco rom isn't needed like it used to be?

Check source files, for some controller info.

src/mame/drivers/coleco.cpp

src/devices/bus
src/devices/bus/coleco

Maybe someone else familiar with Coleco hardware will later provide needed answers.

On to non-cpu items:

src/mame/drivers/exidyttl.cpp

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GAME( 1976, deathrac, 0, deathrac, 0, exidyttl_state, empty_init, ROT0, "Exidy", "Death Race [TTL]", MACHINE_IS_SKELETON )

GAME( 1976, rhunting, deathrac, deathrac, 0, exidyttl_state, empty_init, ROT0, "bootleg", "Robot Hunting (bootleg of Death Race) [TTL]",MACHINE_IS_SKELETON )
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The Robot Hunting rom set is verified as good from contributor f205v. The Exidy Death Race rom set came from a forum in which romset was posted in late 1990s.

The Exidy Death Race rom set might be questionable. imo I think a Death Race pcb needs to be found and dumped.

In case you missed these earlier / older posts:

Death Race versus Robot Hunting post

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http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...part=1&vc=1

Re: update to old DU Update: about Death Race
11/28/14
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Matt / blinddog was able to read the parachute prom from his Desert Patrol pcb, so that part is now complete and added to both Desert Patrol pcb rom sets.

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http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...part=1&vc=1

Re: PSE Desert Patrol airplane targets image
07/15/15

I believe I got a good image of the parachute ROM. Here's what I see using the ripper program. I think I see a guy and parachute in there.

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...part=1&vc=1

Re: PSE Desert Patrol parachute falling man images
07/15/15
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The various PSE brand games have proms dumped and some documented.

src/mame/drivers/pse.cpp

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Knights In Armor (PSE, 1976)
05/11/17
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...part=1&vc=1
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A PSE Knights in Armor cab was found in 2017 and I sent copies of logic schematics to Seth in case he needs to do pcb repair work. I don't know if proms have been already dumped yet. I hope so and they also get documented in MAME source code so it doesn't get lost.

btw: logic schematics scans of a few games were done and added online last year.

For Play and Meadows logic schematic pdf scans
05/24/18

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...part=1&vc=1

For Play Manufacturing Co. Rally and Sport Center

schematics include sections for 1 player versus machine setting.

Useful for pcb repair work, but as for future emulation into MAME.....hard to say when that happens.