Heihachi_73

Long time between posts... I'm just going to bump this, as there doesn't seem to be any other alternative, but is there a list of part numbers for the ROM chips themselves? The above link is long gone these days, and on archive.org (July 2003 link) it seemed to only be a list of the part numbers you'd find on the labels anyway like CX2601 for Combat. Yes, I know it's a pain to have to desolder the RF shielding just to read them, but here's four random carts to start with (all are in well used/poor condition with the labels already damaged so no value lost opening them). Surprisingly, not even MAME has any info when it comes to documenting the chips. Midnight Magic (PAL version, red label, CX129) PCB: C011885 REV G KALEXCK368 1088 94V-0 ATARI ©1978 The 0 in C011885 is slashed on this particular PCB, so it's most likely meant to be a zero and not the letter O. The 0 in 1088 looks like a back-to-front C. (the 0 is slashed so it's most likely a zero and not the letter O) ROM chip: C300046-129A ©ATARI 1986 RP2C12 1008 38 8B4 A0 Midnight Magic also has 129 stamped in red on the RF shield (obviously the game ID since it matches the label). Plaque Attack (Activision, AX-027) PCB: ©1980 ACTIVISION AG-910-02D REV D ROM chip: 33511 8334DPP AG-027-21 ©1978 AMD ©1983 ACTVSN Plaque Attack didn't actually have any RF shielding. Not sure if it's a PAL release (I'm in Australia) or a US import - PAL versions of Activision games usually have the ID as EAX-xxx (E for Europe). The cartridge is dead so I can't test it (I accidentally let out the magic smoke 15 or so years ago when I was testing a faulty 2600, had the cartridge opened for cleaning, put the bare board into the console and forgot that the chip side is supposed to face the back of the console!) Combat (PAL, picture label, CX2601) PCB: C010789 ATARI ©78 M ROM chip: 9316B-7A13 C012501A 8217 CEA © 1978ATARI Asteroids (PAL, picture label, CX2649) PCB: C011885 REV F ATARI © 1978 ROM chip: 8151 C49005 C017449A-03 ©ATARI1981 RF shield also has 449 printed on it twice as well as E-B stamped into the metal.

Yeah, Photo-Paint 7 has a habit of resizing the fonts (being a 1997 program it was one of the first to have an anti-alias font option in windows 95) If the AA was turned off (or if I used paint) it might have looked more normal Anyone need a font feel free to ask (i have 986 fonts, 900 came with my Photo-Paint cd, a lot of clones and bad p/s to ttf rips made by other manufacturers though)

Fonts are Geometr706 Medium BT Eras Demi ITC

Yep, that's the one! Looks like a River Raid hack under PCAE. Only thing I need to do is find a system to play them on (haven't had an Atari since 1993 (2600 Jr), and a ColecoVision with Atari 2600 converter). I've seen a NES go for $60 down here so I don't think it'll be easy/cheap these days (a NES was $5 five years ago, now they're $29 which is the same price as a SNES and $10 cheaper than an N64)

Are they worth scanning, even in their condition (can easily be "digitally restored" by someone)?

I found a bag full of Atari stuff at a second hand shop, and I was wondering if I found anything useful to the emulation community (I have no ROM dumping equipment unfortunately) Sky Jinks International Edition (Activision 1982, EAG-019, black label) Enduro (Activision 1983, EAX-026, green label) River Raid (Activision 1982, EAX-020, red/pink label?) Bermuda Vanguard (Atari 1988, CX2669, silver (grey)) Plaque Attack (Activision 1983, AX-027, pink label) I also have 2 copies of Dig Dug (1983) silver label - can't find the box with everything in as I have to move in around a week, and Kangaroo (1987) "grey" label (these weren't on the rarity guide list, although they are probably the same) Unfortunately none of my games have boxes or anything