MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Future handheld emulation in MAME

>Will the two LCD games below be emulated in MAME in the near future ?

1. Q&Q Submarine

The complicated answer because there is/are no simple answer(s) whatsoever regarding future emulation of items.

The first issue is it depends on who has one of these or is willing to buy or contribute towards a specific handheld item to be emulated. The LCD stuff that Moogly had arranged a few years earlier was a bulk buy that consisted of multiple monetary donations. Aside from that, the next issue is what I had posted earlier.

If Q&Q Submarine is protected with epoxy, then it will require Sean to do the work.

Assuming the cpu/mcu that runs the lcd game isn't protected with epoxy coating, what cpu/mcu runs the lcd game? It might be a cpu/mcu that is not yet emulated. Or maybe the lcd screen itself is not yet emulated.

Next issue in case the cpu is emulated and not coated in epoxy and in case lcd screen is already emulated. Does a contributor like hal3000 have the hardware that can read the cpu/mcu and does he need to get another hardware adapter to capture the data images that appear on the lcd screen?

As for now, I believe only Tronica games that are similar to G&W hardware might be able to be dumped and are not coated with epoxy coating. This could be the next stuff that hal3000 might be able to deal with in case any Tronica games can be sent his way.

As for Bandai game, hard to say what that hardware exactly consists of.

https://www.handheldmuseum.com/ Rik's site for those wanting to see handheld games info

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If MCU is accessible/readable for the other three products, may it be nothing more complicated than a Sharp SM511 or Sharp SM512.

Aside from the Nintendo list, everything else was a hassle for Sean to put up with.

Konami
Sharp SM510 under epoxy
Sharp SM511 under epoxy

Tiger
Sharp SM510 under epoxy
Sharp SM511 under epoxy

VTech Electronic
Sharp SM511 under epoxy

Only exception with games currently emulated appears to be the Tronica brand games in case hal3000 wants to deal with those assuming they are SM510 and SM511 variety and are accessible like the Nintendo hardware.

Tronica
Sharp SM510

Edited by gregf (07/28/20 05:04 AM)