Nintendo Vs. Chipsets

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Anyone have a source on these???
Just picked up a Red Tent.
It came with Tennis, Baseball, Castlevania, and Skykid.
I really want Super Mario Bros.
Also interested in Tetris and Excitebike.

I'm pretty stoked on this system :)
 
"It came with Tennis, Baseball, Castlevania, and Skykid."

Ya I picked it up for $200.00 today in pretty good shape.
Fully operational One joystick is a bit wobbly, and probably will do a cap kit.

The good thing is that it has all the PPUs.
I am sure someone could burn the roms, the PPUs on the other hand I am not sure.
Good thing is that a lot of the games seem to use the same ones.
 
"It came with Tennis, Baseball, Castlevania, and Skykid."

Ya I picked it up for $200.00 today in pretty good shape.
Fully operational One joystick is a bit wobbly, and probably will do a cap kit.

The good thing is that it has all the PPUs.
I am sure someone could burn the roms, the PPUs on the other hand I am not sure.
Good thing is that a lot of the games seem to use the same ones.

Was that the ebay one??

Anyway nice choice... Lots of good 'uns with it. PPUs cannot be burned.

This thread can get you some roms burned at a good price.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=131239
 
Was that the ebay one??

Anyway nice choice... Lots of good 'uns with it. PPUs cannot be burned.

This thread can get you some roms burned at a good price.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=131239

Nope.
Got it on CL.
She wanted $400.00 but I was'nt going over $200.00
I really want to get Super Mario.
I might even be willing to trade for BaseBall or Tennis..... These are the 12 Rom 4p games that Vs. was designed for.
I don't think I would trade straight across, but maybe Tetris, or Excitebike, or ?? plus SMB.
Overall I think I got a deal :)
 
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Nope.
Got it on CL.
She wanted $400.00 but I was'nt going over $200.00
I really want to get Super Mario.
I might even be willing to trade for BaseBall or Tennis..... These are the 12 Rom 4p games that Vs. was designed for.
I don't think I would trade straight across, but maybe Tetris, or Excitebike, or ?? plus SMB.
Overall I think I got a deal :)


I realize that each guys taste is the relevant factor in this, but there is no way I would trade the SMB I have on one side for either tennis or baseball for both sides.

and yes you got a nice deal, congrats.
 
Anyone have a source on these???
Just picked up a Red Tent.
It came with Tennis, Baseball, Castlevania, and Skykid.
I really want Super Mario Bros.
Also interested in Tetris and Excitebike.

I'm pretty stoked on this system :)

Welcome to the sickness!!! Red Tents have become really popular here in the last few years!

When people start out with tents i always send them to John's Site, this helps with explaining alot...
http://www.johnsarcade.com/nintendo_vs_ppu_info.php

So you have These PPUs:
Two RC2C03B
Three RP2C04-0001
One RP2C04-0002

The problem with you wanting SMB is that you don't have the correct PPU. You don't have the correct PPU for excitebike either. You need an 0003 or an 0004 PPU for that one.

Tetris on the other hand, i could help you out with that ;) I actually play Tetris with an 0001 PPU and the color is great.

As for reprogramming the code to match a certain PPU, i'm just not convinces yet. I have been reading alot about the design of the chip to see if i could find a way to remake it but it is a fairly complex chip. I have been checking out the Mame code, and from what i see the 2A and 2B chips are the ones that are loaded into the PPU memory. Maybe there is a common string there within each rom program that could be changed/utilized... Very Very interesting thought though!!! Lets see what we can dig up!
 
I realize that each guys taste is the relevant factor in this, but there is no way I would trade the SMB I have on one side for either tennis or baseball for both sides.

and yes you got a nice deal, congrats.


Good to know!
Neither would I :)
I would rather buy it outright.
You do get two PPUs with TE, Or BA.
And really that is the value since the ROM can be burnt... NO?
 
Lets see what we can dig up!

Good deal. A different angle on the same problem.
I would rather have TETRIS than Skykid.
I had read the Tetris worked well with that chip on John's site.
Although I have the correct PPU for TETRIS in Tennis.
I imagine now that these are picking up steam that someone will
find a box full of these in one of their piles.
 
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I have been checking out the Mame code

You should see about getting an original ROM dump from a SMB VS owner if you have'nt
got it. The reason being that the VS version has missing levels and other goodies.
 
I have SMB put there is no way I could part with it. Hopefully a PPU will show up somewhere and you can have John burn the EPROMS for you.

Are you selling the others? Skykid?
 
I have SMB put there is no way I could part with it. Hopefully a PPU will show up somewhere and you can have John burn the EPROMS for you.

Are you selling the others? Skykid?
:(
I may part with Skykid... but I want to hang on to it until I get SMB just in case someone
will trade.
 
O.K. I have some things in the works with a couple guys here. So I think it's covered for now. Feel free to piggy back on this post if you are looking for or have anything talked about here.
Thanks everybody!
 
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