For those who are curious as to what the process is for dumping the ROM contents* (*- if applicable) of these games, I figured I'd scribble out a little synopsis of what's involved. It's kind of long for a synopsis, though, so strap yourselves in, folks!
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But, for chips that are going to have a lot of them made, this step costs too much time and money. In these cases, the ROM bits are literally a part of the photolithographic mask used to manufacture the silicon chip itself. So yes, bits in this case are actual physical objects.
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The bright side to this is twofold: First, after photographing, the bits can be pulled out of the images however. Computer vision, some unfortunate fellow sitting and manually plugging 0/1 into an editor, whatever method results in the least number of errors.
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Second, and most importantly, it means that the actual ROM bits are usually the absolute *last* thing to break. So, in the event that you have a partly-functioning or non-functioning LCD handheld that you'd like to see dumped, take heart and send me a DM! :-)
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This ended up being even longer than I expected, so I kindly thank all of you who have stuck with me for this long-winded explanation. And I give even bigger thanks to all of you who have pledged your assistance in this monumental auction!
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