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DARKSOFT CPS1 Multi - Support thread

Couple of minor questions. In the USA roll-up pack it mentioned the forgotten worlds version is the hack with button support, but it doesn’t work.

Also ghouls n ghosts I have dip c-7 on for continues but it doesn’t work, any ideas?
 
So for me the 2 settings that are important are attract mode sound on and continue on. For most games, this is dip block C, switches 6 & 7 On.

So looking at the lineup in the US rom pack, I checked each manual to see which games are the outliers.

So basically Dynasty Wars, Ghouls and Ghosts, Quiz and Dragons, Strider, & Willow are the outliers with C6&7 set Off for attact sounds and continue. It appears the 1.5 games are soft dips.

So if you don't care about those titles then you can get away with all off except C6&7 and get mostly what you want. I think I may go the remote dip route as Strider and GnG are a couple of my faves and GnG is impossible to clear on 1 credit (for me anyway)

3WONDERSU = Three Wonders (USA 910520)DIP C6 (Attract Sound On)DIP C7 (Continue yes)NOTE
1941U = 1941: Counter Attack (USA 900227)ONON
DINOU = Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (USA 930201)SOFT DIPSOFT DIP
CWORLD2J = Adventure Quiz Capcom World 2 (Japan 920611)??
CAPTCOMMU = Captain Commando (USA 910928)ONON
CAWINGU = Carrier Airwing (USA 901130)ONON
DYNWAR = Dynasty Wars (USA, B-Board 89624B-?)OFFOFF
FFIGHTUC = Final Fight (USA 900613)ONON
FORGOTTNUE = Forgotten Worlds (USA, B-Board 88618B-2, Rev. E)N/AN/ADemo sound is DIP A7 off
GANBARE = Ganbare! Marine Kun (Japan 2K0411)??
GHOULSU = Ghouls N' Ghosts (USA)OFFOFF
GULUNPA = Gulun.Pa! (Japan 931220 L) (Prototype)??
KODU = The King of Dragons (USA 910910)ONON
KNIGHTSU = Knights of the Round (USA 911127)ONON
MSWORDU = Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy (USA 900725)ONON
MEGAMAN = Mega Man: The Power Battle (CPS1, USA 951006)N/AN/AC2 & 3 off for both
MTWINS = Mega Twins (World 900619)ONON
MERCSU = Mercs (USA 900608)ONON
NEMO = Nemo (World 901130)??
PANG3 = Pang! 3 (Euro 950601)ONON
PNICKJ = Pnickies (Japan 940608)??
PUNISHERU = The Punisher (USA 930422)SOFT DIPSOFT DIP
QAD = Quiz & Dragons (USA 920701)OFFOFF
QTONO2J = Quiz Tonosama no Yabou 2 Zenkoku-ban (Japan 950123)??
SLAMMASTU = Saturday Night Slam Masters (USA 930713)SOFT DIPSOFT DIP
SF2CEUC = Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (USA 920803)ONON
SF2HFU = Street Fighter II': Hyper Fighting (USA 921209)ONON
SF2UM = Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (USA 920312)ONON
STRIDERUA = Strider (USA, B-Board 89624B-3)OFFOFF
UNSQUAD = U.N. Squadron (USA)ONON
VARTHU = Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (USA 920612)ONON
WOFU = Warriors of Fate (USA 921031)SOFT DIPSOFT DIP
WILLOWU = Willow (USA)OFFOFF
FFIGHTAE = Final Fight Anniversary Edition (Hack)ONON
FORGOTTNUEH = Forgotten Worlds Btn-Aim (USA, B-Board 88618B-2, Rev. E) (Hack)N/AN/ADemo sound is DIP A7 off
SF2ACCA = Street Fighter II: Accelerator Part 1 (Hack)ONON
SF2ACCP2 = Street Fighter II: Accelerator Part 2 (Hack)ONON
SF2MIX_V1.2 = Street Fighter II: Mix v1.2 (Fangame)ONON
SF2QP1 = Street Fighter II: Quicken Part 1 (Hack)ONON
SF2RB = Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition (Hack)ONON
SF2RED = Street Fighter II: Red Wave (Hack)ONON
SF2THNDR2 = Street Fighter II: Thunder Edition Set 2 (Hack)ONON
FFIGHTJH = Street Smart / Final Fight (Japan, hack)ONON
ROMTESTER = CPS-1 DiagnosticN/AN/A
 
Hey guys,

trying to set up my multi last night and i have it loading every game i tried, but the graphics are all garbled. Some worse than others. Most loading / intro screens are good but once it goes to attract mode its unwatchable.

I only have 1 spare board, bit its the "long" board and the c board is ab04 chip by the looks, so i can't swap anything out. From the pics where should i look first. I was playing with the c board whilst the game was running, and it did appear to affect the graphics.

My A board is a very clean almost brand new cps1.5 that has bene repopulated but works perfectly and sounds good. And my C board is a Modified 92641C-1 that i have unmodded.
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RepairGuy95 said:
Well, the multi only works with the short board, preferably the dash and a c21 non modded chip...
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Thanks for replying.

Sorry, I reread my post and have edited it. I meant to write my spare board is a long board with the wrong c board so i can't swap anything to test.
 
Thanks guys,

EDIT!! Just reseated the c board after taking the pics. And bam we are working
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See attached, I’m 99% sure I have it
right. Will blow out the cartridge slot tonight and see if that changes anything.

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Can the c board cause such wonky graphics?
 
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The graphic error you're showing looks like CPS-A-01 custom failure.

Sometimes the failure will only show on certain games, in certain places.

A quick way to test perhaps is loading the game off the multi that you've got a B/C stack and see if it has errors.

There's a CPS-1 diagnostic ROM you can run off the multi that you can use to run through some tests.

Also quickly checking that you changed the PAL on your motherboard with the one in the kit?
 
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