De-protected PGM games

[iq_132]

Hello,
I've de-protected a few PGM games and would like to keep a record of them as they may be help to future flash cart developers.
I will add them as I make them.

Oriental legend Super (olds103t in MAME) is already de-protected!
Ketsui has de-protected versions available.
Espgaluda has de-protected versions available.
Puzzli 2 / Super [some bugs] - added Sept 9, 2023 - removed for now
Oriental Legend [no bugs noticed, not well bug-tested] - added Sept 13, 2023
DoDonPachi III / DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou [no bugs noticed, still crashes on Lidz carts, works ok on Fluffy?] - added Sept 13, 2023
Knights of Valour / Knights of Valour Plus [no bugs noticed, not extensively tested] - added Sept 14, 2023
Oriental Legend Super Plus [no bugs noticed, only played first few levels] - added Sept 15, 2023
Photo Y2K2 [no bugs noticed, devoted little play time] - added Sept 15, 2023
PGM 3-in-1 [no bugs noticed, devoted little play time] - added Sept 15, 2023
Dragon World II (no bugs noticed, some play time, tested on real hardware on a fluffy cart) - added Sept 27, 2023
Photo Y2K - added January 22, 2024.
Puzzle Star - added January 23, 2024 - Note-this is based on an incomplete protection sim from MAME, you may experience issues.

If you like my work:
https://www.patreon.com/iq_132

 

[skate323k137]

Glad to see a thread for this/these.

Is puzzli2 the super version? If not can you have a look? It's a really easy change on real hardware, and adds vs CPU mode.

https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/conversion-upgrade-pgm-puzzli2-to-super.4824/

 

[iq_132]

Yes. The included patch program can patch puzzli 2 and/or puzzli 2 super. It can output a file with one half regular puzzli and the other half puzzli 2 super so you can install a switch (on a fluffy cart).

 

[GC8TECH]

Always great work from you @iq_132 !!

 

[kuze]

Great work @iq_132 , exciting times for PGM!

 

[iq_132]

Knights of Valour / plus deprotected added

 

[iq_132]

Oriental Legend Super Plus added.

 

[dexa]

Whats the use case of the deprotected roms? Are those roms working on the fluffy boards?

 

[iq_132]

As per the first post, they are in case someone wants to build a flash or multi cart.
Puzzli2/s has been tested on a fluffy cart.

 

[iq_132]

Photo Y2K2 added
PGM 3-in-1 added

 

[bytestorm]

Thanks for sharing! New patreon here

 

[iq_132]

Added Dragon World II (this was tested and is working on a Fluffy cart)

@bytestorm thank you!

 

[iq_132]

Added Photo Y2K.

 

[Derick2k]

I've de-protected a few PGM games and would like to keep a record of them as they may be help to future flash cart developers.

Thank you for working on these, and agree, we need a multi flash cart for the pgm

 

[twistedsymphony]

Thanks for doing this work! looking forward to trying some of these.

 

[iq_132]

Added Puzzle Star.

 

[AlxUnderBase]

Added Puzzle Star.

Glad to try it if can be used on fluffy's cart ... i dont have a real cart where to try it

 

[iq_132]

It does run on a Fluffy cart.

 

[skate323k137]

Glad I socketed all the carts I built

Great stuff / bravo!

 

[AlxUnderBase]

It does run on a Fluffy cart.

Thats awesome !
Understood now

Ps : a,b,m will goes to same positions we used for Puzzli !
We need 5 x 27c322 and 2 gal for U5 & U6