MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: DU Update: Deco cassette dumps

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>We've dumped a bunch of tapes and dongles. It is slightly messy at the moment because of
>cassette dumps getting their ends padded with blank space in mame but (very) roughly
>it's looking like:

Lock'n'Chase (Japan original no rev)
Pro Tennis (Japan original no rev + fix for incorrect dongle read)
Graplop (Japan original no rev)
Fishing (Japan original no rev, redump with newer tools)
Hamburger (Japan original no rev, redump with newer tools)
Super Double Tennis (Japan original no rev, redump with newer tools)
Burnin' Rubber (Japan original no rev)
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Outstanding. If someone over there has Highway Chase and can correct things to where dongle data is verified (dumped from actual dongle) data rather than a guessed-assembled data file, thanks.

http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/decocass.c.html

Regarding a comment from Haze's exceptional 2012 wrap-up.

>"The list of rare, and mostly forgotten, or even thought to be extinct games emulated
>over the past year is impressive, it’s been a good year for Deco Cassettes all of which
>can be considered rare and fragile. It’s great news whenever one of these is found,
>although the ones we’ve found so far are still only the tip of the iceberg, there are
>plenty more we don’t even have so much as a screenshot for."

Fortunately it is not as bad as compared to in previous years, but it can be better. I'll cross fingers that maybe one or two more titles can be rescued/preserved this year like Hellow Gateball.

*promises to no longer mention/type game name of a certain name of a DECO cassette title for remainder of this year. http://www.progettoemma.net/gioco.php?game=cmanhat *

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http://www.progettoemma.net/indice.php?source=decocass.c

http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/decocass.c.html

/* 02 */ // 1980.12 Sengoku Ninjatai
/* 05 */ // 1981.?? Missile Sprinter
/* 06 */ // 1980.12 Nebula
/* 08 */ // 1981.03 The Tower
/* 10 */ // 1981.?? Ocean to Ocean (medal)
/* 12 */ // 1981.08 Flash Boy/DECO Kid
/* 17 */ // 1981.10 Bobbitto
/* 23 */ // 1982.?? 18 Hole Pro Golf
/* 24 */ // 1982.07 Tsumego Kaisyou
/* 36 */ // 1984.04 Genesis/Boomer Rang'r
/* 42 */ // 1984.08 Hellow Gateball
/* 43 */ // 1984.08 Yellow Cab

/* UX7 */ // 1984.12 Tokyo MIE Clinic/Tokyo MIE Shinryoujo
/* UX8 */ // 1985.01 Tokyo MIE Clinic/Tokyo MIE Shinryoujo Part 2
/* UX9 */ // 1985.05 Geinoujin Shikaku Shiken
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Edited by gregf (02/04/13 05:16 AM)