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[Wickeycolumbus]

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.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Nice find! Any significant differences in the actual gameplay or anything?

[Wickeycolumbus]

Not sure if it is different yet, just got the package about 15 minutes ago. I will dump it shortly

[Cebus Capucinis]

Oh, I figured from the screenshot you had maybe played it for a few minutes or something.

[Tempest]

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.atariprot...rvivalproto.htm

Tempest

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

CONGRATS, WICKEY!!!!!!!!

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Nice. I figured those were from Data Age.

[Wickeycolumbus]

Just dumped it, it's the same version. Still need to look at the other chips.

[Wickeycolumbus]

I found what looks to be an Air Lock WIP. Not sure what is different, just compared the ROMs. Still looking for others.

Attached Files

•  Air Lock WIP 1.bin   4K   149 downloads

[Impaler_26]

Congrats on this great find Wickey!

[Rom Hunter]

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:23 PM, said:

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.

[Animan]

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:23 PM, said:

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.

[Wickeycolumbus]

Animan, on Sun May 2, 2010 1:40 PM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:23 PM, said:

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.

[SekOner]

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:40 PM, said:

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

P1010493.JPG

P1010494.JPG

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?

[Wickeycolumbus]

SekOner, on Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:36 PM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:40 PM, said:

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

P1010493.JPG

P1010494.JPG

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