Color Dreams PCB boards question *pics added*

nesmaster14 · Post by **nesmaster14** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:11 pm

Do I have to use a REV-A board to make an Escape from Atlantis, or do the boards not matter as long as they're the correct mapper and support the ROM size.

Escape from Atlantis is Mapper 11, 64kb PRG/CHR, Captain Comic is Mapper 11, 64kb PRG/CHR

Thanks

SkinnyV · Post by **SkinnyV** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:29 am

This board should be fine to use but I really don't get why anyone in their right mind would ever want to make a repro of that game. Unless it's not produce a fake prototype which would be very lame. I've heard that if you play Escape from Atlantis more than 5 min, a small japanese girl will come out of the TV and punch you in the family jewels... It might be an urban legend but why risk it?

nesmaster14 · Post by **nesmaster14** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:30 am

Haha, nah I actually enjoy this game (well I enjoy every Color Dreams game), it's actually pretty creative and fun.

Okay, here's pics of the PCB... maybe a trace is bad or something? The original game worked fine before, I have a feeling something is wrong with the PCB, possibly when I took the chips out. Pin holes? Any help is appreciated, thanks a lot!

infiniteneslives · Post by **infiniteneslives** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:11 pm

What problem are you seeing? By not working do you mean the CIC is reseting every second? Because if you haven't disabled the CIC on your NES I can imagine you might have problems. I don't know the details on how thier CIC stun works but I know it's driven by the games' code and that might not be compatible between boards with possible different stun circuits.

Tormenter · Post by **Tormenter** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:28 pm

Looks like you tore several traces on that board.

nesmaster14 · Post by **nesmaster14** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:56 pm

Tormenter wrote:Looks like you tore several traces on that board.

So you're saying the pin holes got torn? Is there a way to fix that?

infiniteneslives · Post by **infiniteneslives** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:00 pm

nesmaster14 wrote: So you're saying the pin holes got torn? Is there a way to fix that?

Just re-make the connection with some wire. As long as things are electrically connected properly and there are no shorts it doesn't matter that the pad is missing.

EDIT: it's hard to see in the picture. But it looks like the only one that is detrementally broke is PRG ROM pin 13. Looks like you pulled up the pad and there were two connections being made there.

nesmaster14 · Post by **nesmaster14** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:07 pm

infiniteneslives wrote:
nesmaster14 wrote: So you're saying the pin holes got torn? Is there a way to fix that?
Just re-make the connection with some wire. As long as things are electrically connected properly and there are no shorts it doesn't matter that the pad is missing.

EDIT: it's hard to see in the picture. But it looks like the only one that is detrementally broke is PRG ROM pin 13. Looks like you pulled up the pad and there were two connections being made there.

So I just solder wire directly onto the EPROM pin from a trace of the broken pinhole pad?

Oh wow, pin 13 definitely, the trace is gone for like a centimeter...

Thanks for the help guys

infiniteneslives · Post by **infiniteneslives** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:39 pm

nesmaster14 wrote:
So I just solder wire directly onto the EPROM pin from a trace of the broken pinhole pad?

Yeah just manually make the connections with wire that used to be done by the traces which are now lifted.

Tormenter · Post by **Tormenter** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:08 am

Yeah what he said. Wire from the leg, and other end of the wire to wherever the trace leads to

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Color Dreams PCB boards question pics added

Color Dreams PCB boards question pics added