SMD88
Student
Is the Jp version of RoDA encrypted at all? There are no decrypted ROMs available which is why I was curious.
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Golden Axe: RoDA Jp version, encrypted?
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Zx48k
Student
I would assume so. The rom board has an FD battery / suicide module
SMD88
Student
Has there ever been an unencrypted release for the Jp version? It seems like most S32 games have Jp ROMs, except the most popular game 
SMD88
Student
I guess not?
SMD88
Student
I am crazy, just spent ¥118,000 on a Jp RoDA board. Although the security board appears to be working, I will try putting in the de-suicide ROMs when it arrives and I can test it, just to see if they work with the Jp version. Crossing fingers they do.
Of course they'll work. You can take any of that particular rom board and throw those de-suicide roms on it and it'll then play RoDA.
SB_Electronics
Student
IIRC you will need a standard Motorola 68000 to use with the decrypted roms. The FD module will not work with them.
SMD88
Student
I was worried because people with the Jp board seemed to have issues with them. I did get a Jp ROM set burnt along with the de-suicide ROMs and was met with a black screen.
Not with the SYSTEM-32, thankfully
Only the S16b, S18 and S24 boards need the X68000 to replace the FD1094. The S32 FD board is on the ROM board itself, not the mb.
SB_Electronics
Student
I was worried because people with the Jp board seemed to have issues with them. I did get a Jp ROM set burnt along with the de-suicide ROMs and was met with a black screen.
Not with the SYSTEM-32, thankfully
Ah my mistake
my brain was in S16/18 mode. What happens when the FD chip dies?
I wonder why this is.
SMD88
Student
?????
Well it is not the ROM board or the motherboard. My Dark Edge ROM board and FD1149 work perfectly on it.
Only thing I can think of is that one or some of the ROMs were bad or not programmed correctly by buyicnow. I was ripped off twice with non-working Top3000s, so I could never confirm the ROMs.
I set the jumpers as instructed in the decrypted ROM thread, looking at a Jp board now, the jumpers are different. I wonder if that was the issue.
Now that I own a very expensive original, I will convert those ROMs to Arabian Fight. Must check a Jp board's jumpers!
SMD88
Student
Different games have different reactions to the FD chip dying. My DBZ V.S.V.R for instance, starts up fine, but freezes after the "Japan only" warning screen. Some games exhibit this behaviour, some just give a black screen.Ah my mistake
What happens when the FD chip dies?
SMD88
Student
So was there a point to your comment here, or were you just being an unhelpful smartarse? Not quite sure what the point of your comment was.