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Re: Undumped earlier Sega Hang-On revision
06/21/18 02:51 PM
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>Just as you say, the names are different...So there's no new revision here, just different names
>Unfortunately as your board has handwritten labels it's likely that it was a user upgrade, >maybe from an older MAME (or other emulator) romset with the incorrect names.
>The fact the CPU was inserted the wrong way around may also suggest that the original board >had a security module instead, and somebody was trying to convert this to an 'unprotected' >set and messed up at the final hurdle. We have no dumps of protected Hang On sets, only a >protected Super Hang On using the same PCB, although a conversion FROM Super Hang On would >explain why every single rom appears to have been replaced (all your labels are >handwritten)
>Either way I'm inclined to think this isn't "from factory" and that the labels on your >chips may actually just be adding to confusion rather than helping to resolve it.
Bummer. Good to see you took a look at it.
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