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Cave CV1000-D bootlegs a hoy

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waiwainl said:
What do you mean by that?
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1. get mame source code
2. open the cv1k.cpp driver file and modify it to remove the 1 character before the ROM definition for SDOJ and for AK
3. compile mame

congratulations you now have a mame build that runs on those games.

If you're unfamiliar with a term, in software you can add "comments" to the source code, which is basically notes in plain text in the code so that a programmer can better understand what they're looking at. When the code is compiled it ignores the comments since they're not useful to anyone but humans reading the code.
"commenting out" is a common programmer term where you convert a section of code to a "comment" (usually by simply sticking a # character at the beginning of the line). it's an easy way to quickly enable and disable sections of code.
 
Or you can just rename the sdoj rom to dfkbl.zip or some other cv1k-d game with the same rom names in the source and start that. Might have to run it from terminal, cause it will complain about wrong checksum but boot fine.
 
These bootlegs are not emulating cv1k. Fpga (mister) is still ??? regarding these. This is the only reason I bought one. It runs just like the original pcb was intended. You can even make an arguement against exa for not being 1:1. So either original pcb if you can even find them or this…I don’t see any other alternatives as of yet if you want to experience these games as originally designed.
 
Has anyone bought something outside of eBay from that seller? I’m talking to him on WhatsApp and just want to make sure
 
After you get your shit, try to figure out future status and price changes.

Why doesn't he come here and sell direct?
 
That seller has a very bad reputation. Hè has a track record of selling conversions as originals or selling faulty PCBs as working as-is. Actually these PCBs are being advertised as conversions when they are clearly bootlegs / repros. It's not the same to pay for a conversion of an original as to pay for a non original reproduction.
 
hrvat9 said:
Has anyone bought something outside of eBay from that seller? I’m talking to him on WhatsApp and just want to make sure
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I know several people who have bought these cave bootlegs from him outside of ebay, and they got them without issues.

I've also personally bought stuff from him before without issues.

Since it seems they are still pushing these out I guess they have a lot of parts for making these which is amazing news.
Its great that these games are becoming more accessible.
 
According to the seller, there is not an infinite supply of parts to make these. You will probably have noticed that there haven't been more listed in recent weeks.

There will be more, but the supply will be limited.
 
fuzzbuddy said:
According to the seller, there is not an infinite supply of parts to make these..
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Yeah, I'm not surprised by that. I was more surprised that they managed to source this many :)
Especially the FPGA feels like it would be hard to source, but also other components.

And I thought they largely moved off the ebay listings and selling them direct outside of ebay instead? They people I've talked with that bought boards just sent requests for what they wanted in direct communication with the seller.
 
fuzzbuddy said:
According to the seller, there is not an infinite supply of parts to make these. You will probably have noticed that there haven't been more listed in recent weeks.

There will be more, but the supply will be limited.
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I expect the difficulty is finding them without paying silly money to a broker.
 
I saw a very nice PCB on ebay that looks and is sold as completely original! It even says that it's used!
When I asked for a picture I got this:

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The serial number matches the one that can be found on this database and that actually is original:
https://cavedb.com/arcade-games/deathsmiles-mega-black-label-pcb/

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When I told the seller that this is not original, he replied this: "I didn’t tell it’s original."

Be careful! if It's a repro or something different than original, it should be CLEARLY stated IMO. In case of doubt, always ask for pictures.
 
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Darksoft said:
I saw a very nice PCB on ebay that looks and is sold as completely original! It even says that it's used!
When I asked for a picture I got this:

s-l1600.jpg


The serial number matches on that can be found on this database and that actually is original:
https://cavedb.com/arcade-games/deathsmiles-mega-black-label-pcb/

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When I told the seller that this is not original, he replied this: "I didn’t tell it’s original."

Be careful! if It's a repro or something different than original, it should be stated IMO.
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I've seen his listing's on ebay and he definitely sells the 'repro' ones.
 
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So I'm confused, he's selling these new "repros" but listing them as original? Sending fake pictures of real boards, but I assume mailing something else?
 
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