Ikari bootleg hack..

[grobda]

I've got an ikari warriors bootleg that came with one hacked rom, hand-labelled 'rambo'. it results in 3 differences to the original;

no self-test at boot

on the title screen, 'ikari' is replaced by 'rambo' in crude blocks

during gameplay, the characters shoot in the direction they are facing, like commando.

its very playable considering i dont have a rotary stick setup. but i dont like the title screen (pedantic i know) so I tried swapping it with a rom from the mame set labelled 'ikari (joystick hack bootleg)' - ikarijpb.

problem is burning the same rom (ik1) the game plays like the original, IE joystick hack is gone.

anyone else come across a bootleg like this or have a joystick hack board with the original title screen?

 

[PaulSwan]

Just guessing, but possibly a DIP switch along with it or the booty you have has different joystick hardware. Did you try the Rambo ROM in MAME?

Paul.

 

[grobda]

i've just cut and pasted the title screen block code from one rom to the other with a hex editor.

job done... guess i can try and figure it out properly later

 

[Equites]

i've just cut and pasted the title screen block code from one rom to the other with a hex editor.

job done... guess i can try and figure it out properly later

I was gonna suggest that, nice work.

 

[Alpha1]

i've just cut and pasted the title screen block code from one rom to the other with a hex editor.

job done... guess i can try and figure it out properly later

I was actually going to suggest that.

 

[Alpha1]

Zip the modified rom up and share it here. Be good for other people that want this for their bootleg boards to be able to grab it.

 

[grobda]

ive no web hosting, ive put it on rapidshare;

https://rapidshare.com/#!download|457dt|326388898|ikari_bootleg_hacks.zip

the files are the rambo code i read from my pcb, the ik1 file from the mame set and the 'hacked the hack' i did. if anyone wants to host it on proper webspace they're welcome to