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I'm tracing out the Tomy Break Up game now; that will probably fill in some gaps. That radio service manual had the MS pin tied high, but Break Up has it tied low.
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I started on a Mitsubishi MELPS 4 microcontroller family emulation core. Known games using it are AFAIK: - Coleco Frogger - Gakken Frogger (or is this the same rom as coleco version?) - Gakken Amidar - Gakken Jungler
Rik: do you know any other games using this MCU?
Also, this thing has an output-PLA similar to TMS1x series. I've read about someone(nickname: blanka) that decapped a Frogger MCU. Is the die picture online somewhere? And if so: more than just the ROM.
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I'm tracing out the Tomy Break Up game now; that will probably fill in some gaps. That radio service manual had the MS pin tied high, but Break Up has it tied low. My bad- they both have it tied to positive voltage, which on the game is labeled GND.
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I started on a Mitsubishi MELPS 4 microcontroller family emulation core. Known games using it are AFAIK: - Coleco Frogger - Gakken Frogger (or is this the same rom as coleco version?) - Gakken Amidar - Gakken Jungler
Rik: do you know any other games using this MCU?
Also, this thing has an output-PLA similar to TMS1x series. I've read about someone(nickname: blanka) that decapped a Frogger MCU. Is the die picture online somewhere? And if so: more than just the ROM. Gakken and Coleco Frogger are different. Probably not by much, but the VFD is slightly different, and it's a different ROM code. I'm not sure (off the top of my head) if any other games use that MCU or not... I'm sure we'll find at least 1 or 2 more... I sent an Email to Blanka to see if he has a pic of the Frogger die handy... I'll also look around and see if I saved the chip from a dead Frogger I scavenged for parts. Not sure if I kept it or not...
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I have the vertical one that looks like Dynamic Race. The PCB has a logo that looks like TCL : www.seanriddle.com/searsautoracepcb.jpgThe die just says RMR-0012. I guess those traces that have been drilled out are for testing that the PCB was made correctly? I see that all the time. Here's a 58 MP GIMP XCF of the Sears Auto Race die; there are 2 layers- one with and one without the top metal layer: www.seanriddle.com/searsautorace.xcf
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corrections: tomybreakupraw.bin: change offset $034: $CD to $DF entexbasketball2raw.bin: change offset $713: $7F to $3F football4: looks ok
Do you have a pcb photo of Football 4? I'd like to know the LEDs positions. If the game ever turns on green+red, it could mean either a 2-colored icon, or orange.
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Sean by the way, with all the MAME license updating, I have to officially ask you if you're ok with the license in the source files I credited you in. I tagged them as BSD3. More specifically, lemme just copy-paste it directly: // license:BSD-3-Clause // copyright-holders:hap, Sean Riddle, Kevin Horton
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Thanks for the corrections. I updated my files. The LEDs are surface mounted, with the green and red ones only about 1 mm apart, behind opaque plastic. So I bet if both LEDs were on, the colors would mix. Here's a pic: http://www.seanriddle.com/entexcolorfbleds.jpgIt's interesting that there is an unused row at the 50 yard line. The BSD-3-Clause license is fine, thanks!
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Also, this thing has an output-PLA similar to TMS1x series. I've read about someone(nickname: blanka) that decapped a Frogger MCU. Is the die picture online somewhere? And if so: more than just the ROM. Here's what he has: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Z_Imgs/MESS/froggerchip.zipA couple of shots of different parts of the chip with an inexpensive microscope... I don't think he has the chip anymore, so we'd have to sacrifice another one to get better pics... But maybe this covers what you need (assuming they are clear enough)?
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