Konami Bubble System, revived by BEEP?

[frsj8112]

I've seen that BEEP Shop in Tokyo has figured out a way to revive their dead Konami Bubble System boards. Has anyone of you heard anything besides these snippets from Twitter?

 

[caius]

Once the magnetic storage inside the cartridge is gone there is no way to revive it unless they have used another support.

 

[frsj8112]

Hmm what pcb is this?

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o229521554

 

[caius]

This is the ultra-rare ROM version of Gradius.Please, notice the price, you would need a loan to a bank...

 

[frsj8112]

Haha, I already have a Nemesis convesion, i'm fine with that

 

[xodaraP]

This is the ultra-rare ROM version of Gradius.Please, notice the price, you would need a loan to a bank...

This was posted in the WTF sales thread - what about it makes it ultra rare? What other version is there?

 

[caius]

It's rare because it has been produced in few units I think.

 

[stj]

didnt charles mcdonald dump the bubble-memory games?
if there are dumps then you can re-write the unit from a dev board like an arduino.
i read the bubble datasheets once, they are pretty easy to program.
harder to use than program funny enough.
when you read a cell, it erases it - so for every read, you have to write it back - if you get power loss at the wrong moment then your probably in trouble!!
also, access is sequential in a loop - kind of an electronic version of a loop-tape!!!

 

[caius]

Yes, Charles MacDonald was working on it but i didn't hear anything back from him.