On one hand, Nintendo fans would probably lose their minds if they only knew that I'm actively buying Nintendo Game & Watch handhelds to ostensibly have their circuit boards hacked apart with a saw and then boiled in nitric acid.
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On the other hand, that's what needs to be done in order to retrieve the ROM contents of the microcontrollers contained within. And after that's done, the games will be permanently preserved for historical posterity through MAME.
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Which leads me to my point: If you have a partly-functioning or non-functioning Game & Watch, or other vintage LCD handheld, and are willing to ship it off so that it can be preserved permanently through the magic of emulation, kindly reach out to me! It would save me money.
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I almost certainly have some of these stashed away at my mother's. I will take a look when I visit over the holidays.
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Many thanks! Definitely get back to me. :)
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hey, I have a few Tiger handhelds I could donate. Sonic Soinball, Virtua Fighter, maybe others. Interested?
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Absolutely! If you can DM me a complete list, I'll forward it over to the dude who does the depackaging/dumping, and see which ones are needed. :-)
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Generally, the microcontrollers used by these systems are mask-programmed parts, which means that even if the system itself is non-functional, the bits themselves are usually still good, and can be optically read out with a microscope after depackaging.
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I'd like to see people create custom graphics for the games.
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Well, this is what these sorts of games look like when running in MAME - https://i.imgur.com/p65ebhD.jpg - creating custom graphics would be as simple as replacing the external backdrop artwork, and authoring a new SVG with its elements tagged appropriately for access by the code.
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You only need the PCB or the whole item?
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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