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Thanks to the always brilliant work of 'furrtek' another custom IC has been reproduced and preserved.

It's the Capcom '86S105, the sprites generator used on many PCBs like :

  • 1943
  • Ashita Tenki ni Naare,
  • Black Tiger,
  • Block Block,
  • Capcom Baseball,
  • Capcom World,
  • Dokaben 2,
  • Pang,
  • Poker Ladies,
  • Quiz Sangokushi,
  • Quiz Tonosama no Yabou
  • Super Pang
  • Side Arms
This custom IC comes in a PLCC84 package (with part number sometimes scratched off) and it's a very prone to failure part :

86S105_original.jpg



I made different revisions of this reproduction.The first one was based on a bootleg replacement but it was not perfect due to wrong design used by bootlegers :


The second one was a FPGA prototype based on 'furrtek' work :


The third revision of my reproduction was a single part interfaced to PCB footprint by the use of castellated half holes design :

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Here's successful testing on a Pang PCB :


The fourth and latest one , always FPGA and 'furtek' work based, is a two part reproduction with a top board that plugs on onto a bottom board (soldered on game PCB always by castellated half holes) :

86S105_reproduction_latest_revision.jpg

Successful testing on a 1943 : The Battle of Midway PCB :


This latest revision worked fine on all other PCBs I could try (including Pang, Super Pang, Block Block, Side Arms and Poker Ladies) except Black Tiger where glitches are present :


This problem apart, it's nice to have a working replacement of this unreliable custom IC.A huge thanks again goest to 'furrtek' for his invaluable work.
 
This is huge!
I’ve seen many boards with sprite failures due to this custom.

Great work!
 
Absolutely amazing work, Caius (and furrtek too)!

Do you have any theories why it's glitching with Black Tiger?
 
Do you have any theories why it's glitching with Black Tiger?
I don't know, I have to do some logic analyizing to compare signals of original custom IC and reproduction.Probably it's something to do with FPGA being too much fast for the old TTL hosting hardware.I don't think there is some mistake in 'furrtek' work since the reproduction works fine on all other boards than Black Tiger.
 
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