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EPROM on a ELROM
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:20 am
by socram8888
I'm trying to use a standard EPROM (actually, it's a Flash-ROM), but i'm unable to discover what traces must I cut and where I must make a connection
I've seen that page from the wiki:
http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Mask_ROM_pinout , but I don't understood what is that "MMC5" and the others two "CHR" and "PRG"
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:45 am
by tepples
PRG ROM (for "program") is the ROM connected to the CPU. CHR ROM (for "character") is the ROM connected to the PPU. As for MMC5, start by reading
MMC.
What game are you trying to put on the ELROM board?
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:52 am
by socram8888
I'm trying to put the japanese version of that game: Castlevania 3, to enable the additional audio channels. I've already connected the resistor on the expansion port, and soldered the components for audio on the ELROM
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:57 am
by tepples
Japanese CV3 will not run on an MMC5 mapper. Instead, it requires a VRC6 mapper.
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:02 am
by socram8888
tepples wrote:Japanese CV3 will not run on an MMC5 mapper. Instead, it requires a VRC6 mapper.
Oh crap, I didn't remember that D:
Lol, i've broken a cart for that :S
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:22 am
by Bregalad
I guess I already said it a few times, but breaking carts is BAD, BAD, BAD !
Especially a rare Casltevania III PAL cart.
You just have to write a ELROM homebrew game to repair that.
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:28 am
by socram8888
Bregalad wrote:I guess I already said it a few times, but breaking carts is BAD, BAD, BAD !
Especially a rare Casltevania III PAL cart.
You just have to write a ELROM homebrew game to repair that.
PAL? It's a NTSC USA in fact, becase it was cheaper
Actually, I live in a PAL zone but I have more NTSC games than PAL (well, nearly all of the games I have are pirate multicarts
)