Dude cool video! And the fact that you also have warcraft (strategy game) box on the table next to the TV is even cooler, what a wonderful game that is.
That' final part is fake though. You searched and modified the value in the RAM, that's not permanent and won't have any effect in the final ROM. You'd have to find the code that reduces the bullet counter and patch it.
I don't think anything is "fake" he just skips steps without mentioning it. I definitely believe he is actually making this stuff, just not giving a super in-depth description of how. It would make the video drag on, probably.
@@rfmerrill yeah, why would he do that though? He didn't need to explain the process, just saying that he did the proper patching of the rom before burning it to the cartridge would be enough.
I was thinking the same thing. The other thing I didn’t get was why would modifying the temporary value of the bullets during gameplay lead to a modified rom? It even says “RAM” on the window.
Hard gold plating is expensive for a one-off project like this, but do you at least bevel or chamfer the card edge? square cart edge is bad for the slot, it will wear it out.
part of the reason chips are encased in black epoxy might be that silicon devices are usually light sensitive. There was a popular case some years ago where someone discovered one of the power supply chips on a raspberry pi would reset if exposed to a camera flash. It was a bare die CSP type thing, and the flash affected it even though the die is face down.
You are saying that those nes cartridge with blobs are programmable? Its the only type of cartridge I got to play with in my childhood. We would buy them brand new for just $1.5(converted)
I hope this isn’t the wrong place got a request. Can you do a video on dumping a rom (copying data to computer) when the chip is already under epoxy resin?
Famiclone and bootleg game industry has been big in Asia for a long time. The chips are very easy to buy. In fact they are so cheap that for the original Atari Flashback, they decided to use Famiclone chips and port all of the games rather than either clone the 2600 or use a modern emulation platform.
@@rfmerrill I understand that, because I grow up with these Famiclones, but I didn't expect that somebody can just buy naked IC that contains two ROM chips on one crystal...
