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Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:19 pm
by user7
F1ReB4LL wrote:user7 wrote:Go to page 5, last post by Nemesis is from Jan 05, 2017
Words, words, words and zero results for 4+ years of his "work".
user7 wrote:Btw I reached out to some guys that run Nuon sites. Hopefully something comes from it. Those discs will be a pita to track down otherwise.
Would be nice to. Space Invaders XL and Toshiba Sampler were shared years ago, but both seem to be lost in ages. Bust-A-Move and Crayon Shin-chan were never dumped, AFAIK.
Fair enough on the 4+years, but I don't see anyone else currently taking up the baton to digi/write software for dumping LaserActive discs.
Would be great it people were posting some of these rare dumps on archive.org instead of next-pirate-site-to-be-shut-down.com, I still find it funny that Nuon has an emulator but no roms about lol.
PS: Mods feel free to spin this topic off as "Rare Disc Systems Discussion" or whatnot. We're getting off-topic, but it seems productive to some degree.
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:39 pm
by F1ReB4LL
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kiss-site-/401 … 5d76e8d858 -- anyone for this rare console?

One of the discs isn't dumped by TruRip (and we don't have any dumps at all).
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:49 pm
by user7
Shipping is the most expensive. ANYONE IN JAPAN?
F1ReB4LL, what other rare disc based consoles do you know of?
I added many to the miss list already (need to add TOMY when I find a good game list).
https://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title= … yet_dumped
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:12 pm
by SONIC3D
F1ReB4LL wrote:user7 wrote:F1ReB4LL wrote:This guy seems to do absolutely nothing.
Well I guess he spent three years collect LaserActive discs from people

hopefully dumping them soon.
Wrong. "Last edited by Nemesis on Mon May 26, 2014 11:31 pm, edited 5 times in total." for the game list, mostly silence afterwards.
I remember this guy is the author of a sega genesis emulator. At least 18 yrs ago, I once used that emulator. And his main purpose is implementing Mega LD system hw emulation. LD-ROM dump is just side program that provide a solution for produce emulation target contents. And I guess his way of obtaining data are all Mega-LD system based. Maybe BIOS reverse engineering involved, then write a homebrew program, load it in MegaLD and swap to the target LD disc, then trigger data reading in the homebrew program, and intercept raw data in LD optical drive module. And I think it's quite implementable for a experienced emulator author. But yes, it's quite time costing. To me, I won't do that to waste my time. I would prefer to do cooking and enjoy the TV drama in spare time than research on vintage hardwares.... =P
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:36 pm
by sarami
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:58 pm
by user7
@ SONIC3D: Quite a rabbit hole to journey down. I'm adding into our miss lists, but any backup of the digital data will require someone with special knowledge to come on board.
Kiss-Site
Thanks for the links sarami. The Kiss-Site looks like yet another console that is more-than-less in Japanese hands if it will ever be preserved. I don't see it being a high-priority obviously, but it's been noted that it exists in our miss list. I don't speak good enough moon to build out a miss list quite yet, but I linked to the resources on the wiki page.
https://wiki.redump.info/index.php?title= … #Resources
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:41 pm
by user7
I came across two more systems on an old thread on redump forum, although I DON'T think they are applicable to redump, may as well mention them in case someone knows more:
- Tao iKTV CD - just a karaoke system, no games.
- Sharp X68000 CD - A floppy disc system, some games were released with Audio CDs as bonus discs, these should fall into the Audio CD category.
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:48 pm
by iR0b0t
Both were already available for new disc submissions.
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:57 pm
by user7
But neither have CD based games do they? I could only find Karaoke for Tao and only floppy games for Sharp X68000
Re: Obscure consoles
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:02 pm
by iR0b0t
I was told by F1ReB4LL to add them, so I guess he knows more.