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Rbelmont: /* Bemani Twinkle */

2007-06-27T00:13:59Z

Bemani Twinkle

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	* '''Beatmania IIDX series''' (prior to 10th Mix)		* '''Beatmania IIDX series''' (prior to 10th Mix)

	This PSX-based hardware would certainly be possible (probably even easy) to emulate, and Guru has many of the CD-ROMs in hand~~. We need a dump of the BIOS ROM(s) however~~.		This PSX-based hardware would certainly be possible (probably even easy) to emulate, and Guru has many of the CD-ROMs in hand.

Rbelmont: Updated state of Twinkle.

2007-03-03T19:20:59Z

Updated state of Twinkle.

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	* '''Beatmania IIDX series''' (prior to 10th Mix)		* '''Beatmania IIDX series''' (prior to 10th Mix)

	This PSX-based hardware would certainly be possible to emulate - ~~we just~~ need ~~dumps (including~~ the ~~CD-~~ROM ~~and harddisk media~~).		This PSX-based hardware would certainly be possible (probably even easy) to emulate, and Guru has many of the CD-ROMs in hand. We need a dump of the BIOS ROM(s) however.

Rbelmont at 02:37, 2 March 2007

2007-03-02T02:37:58Z

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	Each of these games has a Xilinx FPGA (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the		Each of these games has a Xilinx FPGA (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the
	format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).		format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).

			=== Polygonet Commanders ===

			The 56056 math DSP is not fully emulated, and neither is the network hardware so the game's getting cranky at the moment.

			=== GV System ===

			All games on this system suffer from a corner case involving audio track playback in the SCSI CD-ROM emulation.

			=== Bemani Twinkle ===
			* '''Beatmania IIDX series''' (prior to 10th Mix)

			This PSX-based hardware would certainly be possible to emulate - we just need dumps (including the CD-ROM and harddisk media).

Rbelmont: No need to list this anymore.

2007-02-25T20:38:14Z

No need to list this anymore.

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	Each of these games has a Xilinx FPGA (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the		Each of these games has a Xilinx FPGA (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the
	format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).		format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).

	~~=== System 573 Digital ===~~
	* Many, many games including all '''DDR'''s from '''3rd Mix''' onwards (excluding '''Super Nova''', which runs on a PlayStation 2 in a cabinet. Literally).

	There's a minor litany here: there's a newer BIOS we don't have dumped yet (it boots with a faux-GUI instead of the traditional Konami text-only POST), there's the digital audio board which decodes and plays the music (in a currently un-understood format), there's a newer protection cartridge using a microcontroller, and the input processing is also believed to be different.

Rbelmont at 14:24, 13 February 2007

2007-02-13T14:24:52Z

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	* '''Versus Net Soccer'''		* '''Versus Net Soccer'''

	Each of these games has a Xilinx ~~custom IC~~ (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the		Each of these games has a Xilinx FPGA (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the
	format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).		format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).

Rbelmont: /* System 573 Digital */

2007-02-13T14:23:06Z

System 573 Digital

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	=== System 573 Digital ===		=== System 573 Digital ===
	* Many, many games including all '''DDR'''s from '''3rd Mix''' onwards.		* Many, many games including all '''DDR'''s from '''3rd Mix''' onwards (excluding '''Super Nova''', which runs on a PlayStation 2 in a cabinet. Literally).

	There's a minor litany here: there's a newer BIOS we don't have dumped yet (it boots with a faux-GUI instead of the traditional Konami text-only POST), there's the digital audio board which decodes and plays the music (in a currently un-understood format), there's a newer protection cartridge using a microcontroller, and the input processing is also believed to be different.		There's a minor litany here: there's a newer BIOS we don't have dumped yet (it boots with a faux-GUI instead of the traditional Konami text-only POST), there's the digital audio board which decodes and plays the music (in a currently un-understood format), there's a newer protection cartridge using a microcontroller, and the input processing is also believed to be different.

Rbelmont at 14:21, 13 February 2007

2007-02-13T14:21:17Z

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	Each of these games has a Xilinx custom IC (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the		Each of these games has a Xilinx custom IC (different per game) which primarily acts as a DMA controller, copying things all around work RAM and into the palette and sprite RAM. However, the
	format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).		format of it's operation list is not understood (see the comments in src/mame/drivers/konamigx.c for more details).

			=== System 573 Digital ===
			* Many, many games including all '''DDR'''s from '''3rd Mix''' onwards.

			There's a minor litany here: there's a newer BIOS we don't have dumped yet (it boots with a faux-GUI instead of the traditional Konami text-only POST), there's the digital audio board which decodes and plays the music (in a currently un-understood format), there's a newer protection cartridge using a microcontroller, and the input processing is also believed to be different.

Rbelmont: /* GX Type 3 */

2007-02-13T14:16:10Z

GX Type 3

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	=== GX Type 3 ===		=== GX Type 3 ===
	* '''Soccer Superstars''' ~~- this might be possible? uses extra video hw. Not thought to be protected.~~		* '''Soccer Superstars'''

	This game would probably work if the video emulation were simply sorted out a bit more.		This game would probably work if the video emulation were simply sorted out a bit more.

Rbelmont at 14:15, 13 February 2007

2007-02-13T14:15:53Z

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-* '''GX . Racing Force''' - needs special ROZ layer emulating (seems to be a roz layer with some kind of extra height map?)
+=== GX Type 1 ===
-* '''GX . Konami's Open Golf Championship''' - see above
+* '''Racing Force'''
-* '''GX - Versus Net Soccer''' - extra video hardware, protection.
+Both of these games use a special ROZ layer generated by the "PSAC4" custom IC which appears to include a height map.
-* '''GX - Fantastic Journey''' - protection
+=== GX Type 2 ===

AndrewGardner: New page: * '''GX . Racing Force''' - needs special ROZ layer emulating (seems to be a roz layer with some kind of extra height map?) * '''GX . Konami's Open Golf Championship''' - see above * '''G...

2007-02-04T00:27:51Z

New page: * '''GX . Racing Force''' - needs special ROZ layer emulating (seems to be a roz layer with some kind of extra height map?) * '''GX . Konami's Open Golf Championship''' - see above * '''G...

New page

* '''GX . Racing Force''' - needs special ROZ layer emulating (seems to be a roz layer with some kind of extra height map?)
* '''GX . Konami's Open Golf Championship''' - see above

* '''GX - Versus Net Soccer''' - extra video hardware, protection.
* '''GX - Run and Gun 2''' - see above
* '''GX - Rushing Heroes''' - see above
* '''GX - Soccer Superstars''' - this might be possible? uses extra video hw. Not thought to be protected.

* '''GX - Fantastic Journey''' - protection