> > > I've honestly no idea what constitutes a complete set for a lot of these tho.. it > > > seems each game was a unique setup, so unless somebody has one working to know > > > exactly what boards were where then it's still going to be a bit of a nightmare. > > > > > > still, the more dumps the better. > > > > What I know about these satellite terminal games in general: > > > > Networking is the same on their respective hardware. Royal Ascot links the same way > > as with other Sega X Board games like Super Monaco GP albeit the use of ten boards. > > The "server" board and roms has its link id set to master while any other boards, > > client or live, would be set to "slave". I'm pretty sure the program roms would > > determine their network id and function but idk if it's the case for all games. > > > > I can't tell how Royal Ascot will turn out. I like seeing network emulation done > but > > satellite terminal games are a bit overkill to me. > > well the ones we do have board lists for have a central board, the board for the main > screen, a board for each of the terminals, a board for the mechanical parts etc. > > some of them will probably never be emulated; that Sega 'Pontoon' thing we have a > dump of is likely a screen for a setup that likewise requires more boards, and that > scarily used one of the encrypted FD1094 CPUs > > due to their size, and long term cost of maintaining these, vs. the fact that they're > unlikely to be profitable anymore (maybe not even legal) puts them highly at risk, so > it would be nice to see complete setups emulated one day. > > Taito made some too.. well for profitable there are a few new games that have been made but the old ones with no TITO / No players card are not going to last.
MGM Grand is done with Sigma Derby any one want to call them about rom dumps?
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