Wickeycolumbus Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I recently bought a large lot of 'pirate' EPROMs in an Ebay lot (200+) with a hunch that they came from Data Age. Turns out I was right, as one of the games included was Data Age's unreleased Survival Run game. I still have to look through all of the EPROMs to see if there are any other unreleased games, and dump my Survival Run proto to see if it is the same as the other one that was previously discovered. I will keep you all posted, but for now, here are a few pictures Most of the EPROMs in the lot are from other game companies (Atari, Activision, etc..), I am guessing that these are in house pirates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Nice find! Any significant differences in the actual gameplay or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Not sure if it is different yet, just got the package about 15 minutes ago. I will dump it shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Oh, I figured from the screenshot you had maybe played it for a few minutes or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's a different copy than the one I reviewed. The LO chip in mine has a printed label whereas yours looks like it has a hand written label (like the HI). It could be a different version: http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/survivalrun/survivalproto.htm Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 CONGRATS, WICKEY!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Nice. I figured those were from Data Age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Just dumped it, it's the same version. Still need to look at the other chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 I found what looks to be an Air Lock WIP. Not sure what is different, just compared the ROMs. Still looking for others. Air Lock WIP 1.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Congrats on this great find Wickey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I found what looks to be an Air Lock WIP. Not sure what is different, just compared the ROMs. Still looking for others. Interesting. I'll add it to the collection. Thanks, Wicky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animan Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I found what looks to be an Air Lock WIP. Not sure what is different, just compared the ROMs. Still looking for others. I didn't notice any difference. It looks the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 I found what looks to be an Air Lock WIP. Not sure what is different, just compared the ROMs. Still looking for others. I didn't notice any difference. It looks the same to me. It is very similar, but the ROMs are different. IIRC, the difference is an optimization in the console switch reading routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SekOner Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I recently bought a large lot of 'pirate' EPROMs in an Ebay lot (200+) with a hunch that they came from Data Age. Turns out I was right, as one of the games included was Data Age's unreleased Survival Run game. I still have to look through all of the EPROMs to see if there are any other unreleased games, and dump my Survival Run proto to see if it is the same as the other one that was previously discovered. I will keep you all posted, but for now, here are a few pictures Most of the EPROMs in the lot are from other game companies (Atari, Activision, etc..), I am guessing that these are in house pirates. Did you buy that ZIF PCB or did you make it? Do you know where i can find the PCB plans to make a ZIF PCB with two DIP sockets like the one you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 I recently bought a large lot of 'pirate' EPROMs in an Ebay lot (200+) with a hunch that they came from Data Age. Turns out I was right, as one of the games included was Data Age's unreleased Survival Run game. I still have to look through all of the EPROMs to see if there are any other unreleased games, and dump my Survival Run proto to see if it is the same as the other one that was previously discovered. I will keep you all posted, but for now, here are a few pictures Most of the EPROMs in the lot are from other game companies (Atari, Activision, etc..), I am guessing that these are in house pirates. Did you buy that ZIF PCB or did you make it? Do you know where i can find the PCB plans to make a ZIF PCB with two DIP sockets like the one you have? There were five of those boards included with the lot. You could always buy a 4K EPROM board from Albert and use A11 to select between the two chips. I don't have a diagram, but it should be simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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