MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Dumping Glob Tops

> > The 2003 version of Spongebob (and 2003 Namco unit) remain undumped, yes, it seems
> > likely they use CPUs with the ROM onboard, in the same glob, at least based on
> Sean's
> > analysis of them. (There aren't really enough lines going between the globs on the
> > PCB for one to be acting as ROM)
>
>
> Just checking... undumped... as in Sean has them... just can't dump them yet? Or they
> are still needed?
>
> And last time I checked in... I remember mention of some keys that are still
> missing... is that still the case? If yes, is there a list somewhere?

I've sent Spongebob 2003 and Namco units to Sean before, so yes, he has them, although since he decapped them, they're probably not very useful at this point for anything more.

I also have a Spongebob 2003 here (there are multiple revisions of it based on the checksums / version numbers in test mode too, just to make things more annoying)

I also have a Namco, although I don't know if there are multiple revisions of that.

The other early JAKKs ones like Activision, Atari, and a Fishing game also appear to be on earlier tech, and possibly use CPUs with onboard ROM.

Sean has the vast majority of the JAKKs games (I know, as I bought them) I think there are only 1 or 2 known ones we didn't source. The later ones he hasn't dumped yet are in theory dumpable, but require such delicate work they're a complete nightmare (soldering 30+ wires direct to PCB traces that cover a 2mm square area)

For the GameKeys we technically have all the known released ones, and even some unreleased ones, although it has come to my attention that one of the Star Wars keys we only have a build from the original developer for (which was thought to be a prototype) was actually released, as I've had a few people try to sell me sealed copies for ludicrous money. There's a chance the retail build of that might be different.

Outside of the JAKKS stuff, we just picked up another 25+ XaviX based Plug and Plays from Japan, which Team Europe will attempt to dump (thanks to Peter Wilhelmsen for contributing 600 Euros towards those) and of course if you've been following recent MAME announcements, we got all the Konami PlayPoems based ones dumped recently too.

Sean also worked out how to dump the main ROMs from the MAG (Motion Activated Gear) units, so dumped a few of those, which I've been adding here https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/12004 Those do still have globbed MCUs of some kind in the individual controller parts, which seem to be capable of playing their own sounds, but there's little hope of those being dumped.