Jobf #1 Posted November 22, 2002 Wow, I was browsing Gamereset and discovered that someone has found a previously unknown Sancho cart: http://www.gamereset.de/base/pic/sancho/sak_word.jpg Ultra cool! Can anyone provide more info? Heres a screenshot: http://www.gamereset.de/base/pic/sancho/sas_word1.jpg Cheers Jobf. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex #2 Posted November 22, 2002 Cool! Is there a ROM so we can post some screen shots of our own? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest #3 Posted November 22, 2002 Dear God! It's like a giant scrabble game is attacking you. Weird! Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Atari #4 Posted November 22, 2002 Looks pretty wacky to me, I'd like to try it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MegaManFan #5 Posted November 22, 2002 It's Demon Attack meets Scrabble! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slapdash #6 Posted November 23, 2002 This is so cool! I mean, it's been great the last couple years with how many previously unseen prototypes have been discovered, but a whole new game that no one has ever mentioned before? Glorious! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyXB #7 Posted November 23, 2002 Yes, and this is no Prototype I think. It has a complete lable and look like a released game. The only known copy of this game. So it must be a rarity of 11. But it look like that the box and manual is missing for that game, when there was some out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dash #8 Posted November 24, 2002 i am the guy who found this game. i have already sent the roms to atariage. The Game works fine in stella, but it is missing a few lines on the bottom, because it is in pal format. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MegaManFan #9 Posted November 24, 2002 i am the guy who found this game. i have already sent the roms to atariage. The Game works fine in stella, but it is missing a few lines on the bottom, because it is in pal format. Say dash, do you have any idea how long it takes stuff to travel from Germany to the United States? I've done two deals recently (including one with an AA member) that are over a week+ old now, and I presume airmail should have made it from there to here in that time or less. I hope to God they weren't sent surface mail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dash #10 Posted November 24, 2002 at MegaManFan my english is not very good, so perhaps you misunderstood me. I dumped the roms and send the binarys via e-mail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyXB #11 Posted November 24, 2002 Say dash, do you have any idea how long it takes stuff to travel from Germany to the United States? I've done two deals recently (including one with an AA member) that are over a week+ old now, and I presume airmail should have made it from there to here in that time or less. I hope to God they weren't sent surface mail. @MegaManFan From USA to germany can take ca. 2 weeks. So I think there is no problem, when there is only 1 week over. I hope that all arive good for you. @dash Du kannst ROMs dumpen für Atari 2600 VCS? Was braucht man den dazu? Woher bekome ich die Geräte? Hätte nämlich auch einige interesante Spiele. Die ich dumpen würde. Weis aber nicht wie das geht. Ist es sehr kompliziert? PS: Sorry for my german, but I have ask dash, how to dump ROMs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eckhard Stolberg #12 Posted November 24, 2002 Since MattyXB's question was in German, my answer will be too. Wenn du ein 7800 hast oder dir eins besorgen kannst, dann ist das ganz einfach. Die nötigen Programme und Anleitungen kannst du auf meiner Homepage finden. Das ist allerdings alles auf Englisch. Falls du damit Probleme hast, kannst du dich gerne per E-Mail melden. Der Umbau einer PAL Konsole ist sogar noch einfacher als in der Anleitung beschrieben, denn die meisten haben den BIOS-Chip schon gesockelt. Da müsstest du dann höchstens noch eine Lötbrücke umsetzen. Dann musst du dir nur noch ein einfaches Kabel löten, was für dich als Elektroniker sicher kein Problem ist, und das neue BIOS auf ein EPROM brennen. Wenn du keinen eigenen EPROM-Brenner hast, dann kann dir vielleicht Jahfish weiter helfen. Der scheint ja bei dir in der Nähe zu wohnen und hat immerhin schon Thrust+ Module gebastelt (oder basteln lassen?). Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Happy_Dude #13 Posted November 24, 2002 How about dumping a ROM without opening the case and unsoldering it. Wie über das Entleeren eines ROM, ohne den Fall zu öffnen und ihn abzulöten. Sorry if that German sucks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyXB #14 Posted November 24, 2002 Since MattyXB's question was in German, my answer will be too. Wenn du ein 7800 hast oder dir eins besorgen kannst, dann ist das ganz einfach. Die nötigen Programme und Anleitungen kannst du auf meiner Homepage finden. Das ist allerdings alles auf Englisch. Falls du damit Probleme hast, kannst du dich gerne per E-Mail melden. Der Umbau einer PAL Konsole ist sogar noch einfacher als in der Anleitung beschrieben, denn die meisten haben den BIOS-Chip schon gesockelt. Da müsstest du dann höchstens noch eine Lötbrücke umsetzen. Dann musst du dir nur noch ein einfaches Kabel löten, was für dich als Elektroniker sicher kein Problem ist, und das neue BIOS auf ein EPROM brennen. Wenn du keinen eigenen EPROM-Brenner hast, dann kann dir vielleicht Jahfish weiter helfen. Der scheint ja bei dir in der Nähe zu wohnen und hat immerhin schon Thrust+ Module gebastelt (oder basteln lassen?). Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Naja, mal sehen, habe zwar ein Atari 7800, aber dan würde ich mir lieber noch eins billig zulegen. Aber ich glaube nicht, das Jah Fish ein EPROM Brenner hat. Jedenfalls hatte er ihn bis vor kurzem nicht. Er hat sich bei Thurst + wohl nur um die Lable und Verpackung gekümmert. Vielleicht bekommt man sowas auch mal irgendwo. Sonst erst mal Danke für die Hilfe. Oder könnte ich ein gebranntes EPROM auch bei jemand kaufen, womit ich es dann machen könnte? Oder könntes Du mir sowas (Ein fertiges Atari 7800 zum ROMdumpen)verkaufen, für ein guten Preis. Dann weis ich auch, daß es funktionieren würde. Habe leider gar keine Ahnung von sowas beim Atari 2600 VCS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex #15 Posted November 24, 2002 Thanks to Dash, you can now download the ROM and see some emulated screenshots here: Words Attack I captured these with z26 in PAL mode. It won't auto detect as PAL, for proper emulation you'll need to run it from a command line with a -5 parameter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #16 Posted November 24, 2002 Inside the ROM you can find this pattern: XXX X X X XXX X X X XX X XXX XXX XXX XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X X XX X X X X X XXX XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X XX X XXX X X XXX XXX Reads like "HOMEVISION 83" to me, but three bits are wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest #17 Posted November 25, 2002 Actually it looks like Nomevisioin 83. Tempest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #18 Posted November 25, 2002 Actually it looks like Nomevisioin 83. Yes, maybe. But if the E has an bit error, why not the H too? And Homevision is at least a company name I know. Maybe a redump may help. dash? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert #19 Posted November 25, 2002 Actually it looks like Nomevisioin 83. Yes, maybe. But if the E has an bit error, why not the H too? I'm not convinced the E actually has an error. It could very well have been intended as a lowercase 'e'. ..Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco(2) #20 Posted November 25, 2002 Ah, that makes sense! This could very well be just another Homevision game. There should be some 40 titles out there, that we hardly know. Well, we probably know most of them in pirated form, but not the Homevision versions - I think. Cheers, Marco (waiting for Thomas to slap me around with some tech info that falsifies my claim) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dash #21 Posted November 25, 2002 i got the words-attack cartridge together with these following carts sancho games homevision robot fight 'i want my mommy' is in pal format, was this ever released as pal game? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattyXB #22 Posted November 25, 2002 The other games look all like Prototypes. (Not 100% sure, but no lables). Maybe Words-Attack is too only a Prototype? The only one with great Picture Lable? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dash #23 Posted November 25, 2002 Yes, maybe. But if the E has an bit error, why not the H too? And Homevision is at least a company name I know. Maybe a redump may help. dash? @Thomas i will do a redump in the next days, and send it to you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #24 Posted November 25, 2002 The other games look all like Prototypes. (Not 100% sure, but no lables). Maybe Words-Attack is too only a Prototype? The only one with great Picture Lable? About 15% of the ROM are still unused, so it could be a prototype. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lumpbucket #25 Posted November 25, 2002 Maybe its all lowercase and you missed a line or two? IE: X X X X XXX X X X XXX X X X XX X XXX XXX XXX XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X X XX X X X X X XXX XXX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XXX X X XX X XXX X X XXX XXX homevision Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord