rom dumping

[luke9511]

Yeah I have some Genesis carts that stopped working altogether

if i cant figure out how to dump the rom i am going to buy a repro board and just transfer everything over

[Greg2600]

What game is it? There's very, very few Genesis games that are worth this type of effort.

[luke9511]

What game is it? There's very, very few Genesis games that are worth this type of effort.

ariel the little mermaid, i am mostly using it to learn how to do this in the future

[luke9511]

someone on another forum linked me to this https://www.tindie.com/products/GGLA...iga-kickstart/ i have bought it and the parts needed to put it together, though i did get a zif socket rather than a regular socket to make putting the chip in and taking it out easier

[Gameguy]

checked all the pins before i desoldered it and they all checked out fine, no it is not a tengen game, its ariel the little mermaid

If all the traces on the board are working then the problem isn't with the board. I'm assuming you cleaned the connectors on the board already. If it's just dirty or your console is dirty then that could be a cause too.

if i cant figure out how to dump the rom i am going to buy a repro board and just transfer everything over

If it's an original game then it's usually better to use a cheap sports game as a donor so everything is original OEM.

[luke9511]

If all the traces on the board are working then the problem isn't with the board. I'm assuming you cleaned the connectors on the board already. If it's just dirty or your console is dirty then that could be a cause too.


If it's an original game then it's usually better to use a cheap sports game as a donor so everything is original OEM.

cleaned it a few times and tried different games and the other games worked, but we shall see when my parts come in and i try to dump it, like i said i have been told by a few people now that the company who manufactured the game cart used pcbs that tend to go bad, so i dont know only time will tell, i will of course update if i have anything

[Gameguy]

I thought this game was manufactured by Sega itself? Years ago I remember there being threads that listed games with a high failure rate and I don't remember The Little Mermaid being mentioned, I can't find them again to check. If there is a list you've found I would appreciate a link so I could read up on it. I remember the Tengen games being mentioned a lot like Grind Stormer, for whatever reason they were manufactured differently than other games.

Technically replacing a Tengen board with a standard Sega board isn't really correct as it's not original, but it's generally acceptable as the replacement is reliable and still 1st party. A modern aftermarket board would actually work as a repair but I personally avoid games with aftermarket parts like that, same with replacement labels. Using parts like that might devalue your games, so it's worth keeping in mind if you're repairing anything valuable later on. I just wanted to clarify that it could be repaired with an aftermarket board if you really wanted to.