Well, 2 days after I finished reverse engineering the Game King, the Core Store(tm) has pooped it out on my FPGA! Not much else to say. Here's the link to my Game King technical document I created: blog.kevtris.or...
Aww... I was hoping you could show the Game Over screen from the game Dragon for us. The Game Over soundtrack from that game is taken from Babel no Tou (Tower of Babel) on Famicom. Also, the theme song in Streethero is called Premonition, from a game called Lagoon on SNES. Someone else already mentioned the main theme for Dragon, though.
I reeeeealy hope you plan to release your FPGA hardware in an all-in-one HDMI based system with updatable firmware!! Imagine it... an all in one system that can play just about every system imaginable in full HD! That would be a dream come true!
it's hard to tell due to the audio quality, but the main game play music in Street Hero appears to be from the game Lagoon, a track called "Premonition". It was released for SNES and the Sharp x68000. Edit: Here's the specific cut, but I can't tell if they ripped from the SNES version or x68k. th-cam.com/video/x1nZwEBbHyo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/x1nZwEBbHyo/w-d-xo.htmlth-cam.com/video/x1nZwEBbHyo/w-d-xo.htmlth-cam.com/video/x1nZwEBbHyo/w-d-xo.html
+DAVID GREGORY KERR the clock to the SDRAM is as fast as it goes. There's a lot of overhead on the SDRAM for random accesses. they are designed more for bursts. but with a burst of 1 it has lots of overhead. I am clocking it at 130MHz and it's only rated for 125MHz.
That mario clone "Dragon" seems to feature the music from Theme Hospital o_O EDIT: Here's the original version: th-cam.com/video/0LJw2NhNyBE/w-d-xo.html It would have been easy to rip originally, since it's of the era that it supported MIDI music.
+Adam Zey hah that's great! I knew all the music and samples were ripped off of other things (as was all the box art) but but I didn't know about Theme Hospital. Looks like an interesting game though.
+kevtris No way!, I do some mod work and repair (similar to game-tech.us) in my spare time and I'm self taught. The HI Def nes videos you did were nothing short of impressive. So much so that now I want to learn how to do larger projects like that myself.
The audio capabilities of this console are surprisingly advanced for something with a screen with so few pixels...
And so - the Game King homebrew scene saw the light of day!
Oh, and Ashens is the man!
Aww... I was hoping you could show the Game Over screen from the game Dragon for us.
The Game Over soundtrack from that game is taken from Babel no Tou (Tower of Babel) on Famicom.
Also, the theme song in Streethero is called Premonition, from a game called Lagoon on SNES.
Someone else already mentioned the main theme for Dragon, though.
I reeeeealy hope you plan to release your FPGA hardware in an all-in-one HDMI based system with updatable firmware!! Imagine it... an all in one system that can play just about every system imaginable in full HD! That would be a dream come true!
Has there ever been a working emulator for the gameking?
You can use Mame as an emulator. It’s possible to find roms for it too. If I post any links my comments get deleted automatically.
Don't know why, but I love your laugh. Stay amused!
it's hard to tell due to the audio quality, but the main game play music in Street Hero appears to be from the game Lagoon, a track called "Premonition". It was released for SNES and the Sharp x68000.
Edit: Here's the specific cut, but I can't tell if they ripped from the SNES version or x68k. th-cam.com/video/x1nZwEBbHyo/w-d-xo.html
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Vtech probably used this architecture in most of their early 2000s learning computers
Geez I was just thinking, why am I hearing Castlevania, when you said something.
wild.
48*32? no wonder it looks so low-res. looks like it would be a good beginner system to learn game programming on though.
I wonder if you reprogram onto a faster FPGA and a faster clock might work faster.
+DAVID GREGORY KERR the clock to the SDRAM is as fast as it goes. There's a lot of overhead on the SDRAM for random accesses. they are designed more for bursts. but with a burst of 1 it has lots of overhead. I am clocking it at 130MHz and it's only rated for 125MHz.
Draculazon is a clone of the NES game Silver Surfer.
What is this SDRAM slowdown all about? I hope that the final Zimba 3000 design wouldn't have issues like that...
+Jan Kleks It's because my SDRAM ran out of clocks/second. The Z3K has DDR on it and it can be clocked faster, so this won't be a problem there.
That mario clone "Dragon" seems to feature the music from Theme Hospital o_O
EDIT: Here's the original version: th-cam.com/video/0LJw2NhNyBE/w-d-xo.html
It would have been easy to rip originally, since it's of the era that it supported MIDI music.
+Adam Zey hah that's great! I knew all the music and samples were ripped off of other things (as was all the box art) but but I didn't know about Theme Hospital. Looks like an interesting game though.
Amazing! Did you ever consider a Patreon account? It would be a pleasure to help support your work.
+iCach0 Nice idea! We need more ways to throw money at Kevtris. :P
I find these ripoffs really funny. I'm just imagining Duckman in Darkwing Duck's theme song. DUCK MAN DUUUCK! Let's get DUCKY! DUCK MAN DUCK!
the audio is better than the GFX, but this actually still looks fun!!!
Isn't that the console where whole levels are stored as bitmap data?
+mirabilis yes, you are right. this is it. probably why there's not many levels
Those roms are nowhere to be found on the net...great stuff man!
I found them.
Hey Kevtris, I'm a big fan of yours. What would I take in school to learn what you know???
+Jose Perez I don't know. I didn't really go to school for this.
+kevtris No way!, I do some mod work and repair (similar to game-tech.us) in my spare time and I'm self taught. The HI Def nes videos you did were nothing short of impressive. So much so that now I want to learn how to do larger projects like that myself.
How is this thing not a hit!?
nice job Kevtris!
That's really awesome!
you are awsome!
The music you said was hilarious is ripped off from Theme Hospital
Someone have to port Mega man as well lik dark wing duck :D
Calling this handheld "primitive" is an insult to all primitives.