errormacs Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Basically i would like to know how it can be possible to take a arcade game's pcb and convert it to a ROM file to be able to play on mame. I would like to use a EEPROM Burner to copy the complete data of the pcb board but the question is how do i convert it into ROM format. I understand games that haven't been added to mame's database might not be playable but i am also talking about games that could have different revisions and still could be playable via a simple file rename. Would like to just know how to convert them to roms. Would apperciate if some information or direction to the tools that would be needed to make such a thing possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errormacs Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Basically Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 has corruption as we all know. I have managed to find an arcade machine and would like to dump 1.0/1.1/1.2 straight from the pcb with a eprom burner and then the question is how do i convert it properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Just dump it, you don't need to convert it. It's up to whoever will be adding it to MAME, to make it work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errormacs Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Well it's easy to dump it, but how can i be able to play the game after i dump it, considering non mame alternatives as well. It would really be nice to have some kind of info on this topic, maybe we would get more arcade games added to the collection as opposed to waiting for some people to add it 2 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 You need to write your own driver for the game (for MAME or any other arcade emulator), if you wish to play it. If you don't know how, that's another thing entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ice-Man Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 This sounds like something the mamedev team would be interested in, have you thought of asking them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iq_132 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Well it's easy to dump it, but how can i be able to play the game after i dump it, considering non mame alternatives as well. It would really be nice to have some kind of info on this topic, maybe we would get more arcade games added to the collection as opposed to waiting for some people to add it 2 years from now. Let me know by pm. I can knock out a driver in mame in a few minutes and send you a compiled custom build if you're interested.I don't mind submitting the rom & driver crediting you either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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