FULS Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hi, I Purchased 4 more carts. 1. Topper (original) 2. Up For Grabs (original). 3. Star Trux (reproduction) 4. The Last Starfighter (reproduction). Carts.zip Kr0tki, Great work on documenting all these carts. Thanks, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Here are some more carts, all dumped from originals today. Mostly these are just verifying known dumps, although Mr Do's Castle appears to be different from the one at Atarimania. In addition to that, there are The Activision Decathlon, Math Mileage, The Monkey Wrench II (A800 right-cart) and Mr TNT. 07042012_2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 A couple more dumps. Orc Attack - dumped 3 different carts, all with the same result - same as the image at Atarimania. Picnic Paranoia (confirms a previous dump). U-Boot Commander (dump identical to known dump of Submarine Commander - no surprise, since the cart labels are the same too). 09042012_2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Kr0tki, Is / should "R-Time 8 Clock" by ICD be in your database. Great database! Thanks, Doug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Hi, I Purchased 4 more carts. 1. Topper (original) 2. Up For Grabs (original). 3. Star Trux (reproduction) 4. The Last Starfighter (reproduction). Carts.zip Kr0tki, Great work on documenting all these carts. Thanks, Doug Topper is nice! very rare;Great find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Great finds, thank you guys! I'm having 6 images marked as verified and 5 new cartridge dumps. Most importantly, it turned out that the images of Mr. Do!'s Castle and Up for Grabs hosted at Atarimania are cracks, and their Last Starfighter image is incorrect. Thanks for the ROM-less cartridges - I'm not intending to put much effort into that part, so your suggestions are even more helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Here are Speedway Blast, Squish 'Em and Zone Ranger. All are identical to existing dumps. 10042012_carts_3.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) I tried to find out how carts are being dumped. I think there's a Atarimax cart programmer that, I guess, you plug a cart into it and read it with a PC USB connection. The only way I know is with Omnimon to dump a cart. How are these carts being dumped? edit: Another thread about Jindroush cart dumping system mentions the Atarimax USB dumper, so I guess that is the easiest way. You plug a cart into the USB dumper cart and read it through a PC USB connection and accompanying USB driver and software? Edited April 11, 2012 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I tried to find out how carts are being dumped. I think there's a Atarimax cart programmer that, I guess, you plug a cart into it and read it with a PC USB connection. The only way I know is with Omnimon to dump a cart. How are these carts being dumped? edit: Another thread about Jindroush cart dumping system mentions the Atarimax USB dumper, so I guess that is the easiest way. You plug a cart into the USB dumper cart and read it through a PC USB connection and accompanying USB driver and software? That's it. I used to use Omnimon for dumping carts, but the "Atarimax Maxflash USB Programmer" from atarimax.com is the device to get. It makes dumping carts much easier and less time-consuming. Highly recommended. Steven Tucker's customer service is deservedly legendary, and he's already updated the software that operates the device several times in the last few weeks to cater for unorthodox bankswitching methods. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 deathtrappomegranate, Thanks for the info on the updating of Atarimax's Progamer software. I finally dumped Bounty Bob Strikes Back. Bounty Bob Strikes Back.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I finally dumped Bounty Bob Strikes Back. In addition to BBSB, the software now includes support for dumping The Writer's Tool by OSS and the very rare Microcalc XE. Microcalc is now also supported in a beta-version of Altirra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Here are more dumps for comfirmation: Matterhorn, Hamsoft/Amtor and Gateway to Apshai. Matterhorn was not dumped from the same cart used to produce the Atarimania dump. gateway_to_apshai.bin hamsoft_amtor.bin matterhorn.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Another one for verification - Fortune Hunter. Dumped from two separate carts, CRC 5CEE3180. fortune_hunter.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XeviousBGR Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I'm probably not seeing it, but is my Assembler Editor cart in your analysis? It was there, under "Editor Assembler". I've updated the cartridge's name (back to "Assembler Editor") and added comments for more accuracy. Actually the ROM is BOTH the "Assembler Editor" and "Editor Assembler". I have the "Editor Assembler" and "Assembler Editor" cartridges, both are 2-chip models. I did a dump of both and they are exactly the same. The "Assembler Editor" cartridge I have has a PCB # C012963, with left chip C012403A-05, right chip C014503-05, both © 1982. The "Editor Assembler" cartridge I have has a PCB # C012963, with left chip C014503A-03 © 1980, right chip C012403A-05 © 1982. Both of these dumps were the same as the ROM found on AtariMania and the ROM in the zip list found in this topic. I do not have the 1-chip cardridge of the Assembler Editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Hi all. What does it mean if some games don't behave properly when loaded off an Atarimax flash cart? I just got my USB programmer and created an 8 mbit cart with a bunch of titles. Some work great, while others will get stuck on the intro screen or behave erratically in some other way. In Ms. Pac Man, for instance, the ghosts move super fast or just freeze in place. Some of the dumps I got from this thread and some from Atarimania. The same errors occur on my 800XL and XEGS. Does this mean that the dumps themselves are bad, or that I did something wrong programming the cart? Also, would dirty contacts affect the flashing of the cart (i.e. corrupting some but not all games)? Thanks for any advice. Edited May 25, 2012 by boxpressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I would say the dumps first before hardware ect.. I have dumps that will not work correct while another dump of same does works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Definitely look for alternative dumps, also check out the atarimax forum, there are some games such as bounty bob strikes back that have been fixed for the maxflash. There are also images to download of working game sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 If memory serves, you can only load 8K ROMs (and maybe 16K) on the AtariMax flash cart everything bigger needs to be converted to an ATR or EXE. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Try one of these dumps of Ms. Pacman. Ms. Pac-Man (1983).xex Ms. Pac-Man.bin The 16k bin file will not work with "Mathflash Cartridge Studio" software as Mitch pointed out (8k only). The xex file will program though. You would have to use software called "MakeMenu ver. 1.3" by Eric Bacher to use 16k roms with Atarimax carts. Let me know if they work in your Atarimax cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Doesn't the Editor Assembler label seem a bit odd? The expression "all 8 bit Atari computers" just doesn't sound very natural. The "ATARI INC." copyright - without the comma - looks suspicious as well. Do all cartridges look like this one? Was the program sold in a specific box? -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Doesn't the Editor Assembler label seem a bit odd? The expression "all 8 bit Atari computers" just doesn't sound very natural. The "ATARI INC." copyright - without the comma - looks suspicious as well. Do all cartridges look like this one? Was the program sold in a specific box? -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com My Editor Assembler cart is exactly the same. It didn't come with a box, though, so I can't say whether there were box variants corresponding to the different cart labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Try one of these dumps of Ms. Pacman. Ms. Pac-Man (1983).xex Ms. Pac-Man.bin The 16k bin file will not work with "Mathflash Cartridge Studio" software as Mitch pointed out (8k only). The xex file will program though. You would have to use software called "MakeMenu ver. 1.3" by Eric Bacher to use 16k roms with Atarimax carts. Let me know if they work in your Atarimax cart. Thanks so much! The xex file works perfectly. So, I should use only xex for 16K (and up?) carts if I stick with Maxflash Studio, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Purchased another cart. Leo_s Lectric Paintbrush.bin The cart will only initialize to a green screen until the PowerPad is plugged into joystick port 1. Thanks, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hi, here's another update of the ROM list. Again, thanks to all for providing new ROM images. See Changelog.txt for the news. FULS' "Leo's 'Lectric Paintbrush" image is a bit different than the one known from Atarimania. Thanks for dumping! I have found a program named "Checksum Verifier", that was originally developed in-house at Atari (see README.txt for details). It contains a list of checksums for many cartridges. What is interesting, the list contains entries to several cartridge revisions that are different than the ones we know, for example "Qix rev. 7". I have added such entries to the list as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) CRCs for my tiny collection of carts. Only BASIC had no match for CRC in your table. I purchased that BASIC together with my 800 and a 410 cassette but I'm not sure if the year was 1979 or 1980. I'm enclosing a copy of the BASIC dump. - atari_writer_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 7be4533d, size = 16384 bytes - basic_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 4bec4de2, size = 8192 bytes - defender_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 782a81e4, size = 16384 bytes - music_composer_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 2aca9cee, size = 8192 bytes - action_dump.rom - CRC-32 = eb905cb4, size = 16384 bytes - star_raider_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 5ec023ba, size = 8192 bytes - super_breakout_dump.rom - CRC-32 = 08dc1fc6, size = 4096 bytes - telelink_i_2k.rom - CRC-32 = 30186f2b, size = 2048 bytes. a8isa1_basic_dump.zip p.s. I have one hack, so simple it's silly. A few years ago someone posted an image for Monkey Wrench II, which is for a right-handed 800 cartridge. Since I remembered wanting MW2 long ago I just appended the above BASIC version to it thus creating a single 16K cart that works in an 800 (and should work in a 400 too). basic_mw2.zip Edited September 9, 2012 by a8isa1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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