Thread: For the record, the thing that has me the most stoked about the Game & Watch library being on the cusp of fully preserved in MAME is not that it happened, but that 10 years ago nobody ever even thought that it *could* happen.
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This ended up leading to
@algestam stepping up and exactly duplicating Sean's process, and providing an unexpectedly convenient vector for dumping: Since I decided to take point on acquiring these handhelds, and I also lived in Sweden, it drastically cut down on shipping.Näytä tämä ketju -
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@algestam's setup, similar to Sean's setup, is pretty cool: There are custom-made PCBs to which the LCD matrices get attached, which can selectively light all or individual segments. There's also a high-quality camera with a fixed tripod pointed at the setup.Näytä tämä ketju -
The end result is the ability to get high-quality, vectorizable photos of each LCD segment. Combined with dumping the ROM data and scanning the underlays and overlays, and high-quality photos of the case, one winds up with the HD-quality artwork available for these games.
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Last but not least, I want to give a shout out to an anonymous donator who agreed to essentially bankroll all of the final, practically Unobtanium, entries in the Game & Watch library. If not for him stumping up a couple thousand bucks, we'd be short several units.
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We'd not have Donkey Kong Circus, or Mario The Juggler, or Super Mario Bros. Crystal, if not for this person. it's been a monumental task, but it's nearing completion. And apart from a few alternate revs, we can finally say Nintendo's Game & Watch line is preserved.
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