Check it out:
http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/507/ (http://cinnamonpirate.com/blog/507/)
:o LOL Thats crazy! I would love to have that though just for fun.
That is completely insane!
I WANT! ;D
The screenshots look extremely nice.
unbelievable. completly insane.
WOW :o
Moderately interesting.
The author says that the coolest part is playing it
in full Chinese characters! ::)
DAMN! ;D
WOW ME WANT THAT
Didn't you want to stop collecting? ;)
Or can we welcome you back? :D
Hey guys, reviving this thread.
Does anyone here have the Final Fantasy VII Chinese remake now?
I am interested in buying a copy and was wondering if I might be able to look at its PCB.
The big question I have is if it would be possible to use the chinese version's PCB as a donor board for a reproduction of the English translation patch. I wonder since the game's ROM is 2MB. If the game isn't a globtop, those would be some massive CHR and PRG banks!
I've been playing the english patch on my PSP and think it's really special enough to warrant all the hard work of tracking down the original and then sending it off to a skilled NES reproduction master.
If my plan is sound, does anyone know where I might look for a copy? Thanks.
Hi there, satoshi_matrix!
Sorry, but my camera is not here, so there is no photo,
but I opened my FFVII and saw two globs and three
ICs, transcribed below:
- SANYO LC3664BML-10 JAPAN 4GU1
- CY6264-70SC 9639 312158
- MX E013345 29LV160BTC-90 TAIWAN
The latter one is the 16Mb memory IC.
OMG! It's twice Metal Slader Glory's massive memory size!
very good info. PLEASE take a series of pictures for me as soon as you get a chance. The higher detail and clearer they are the better; I want to post them on nesdev and also have a friend who makes repros take a look to see if a reproduction of the English version would be even possible.
Post Merge: February 01, 2011, 10:24:26 am
Profeta Yoshitake, does FFVII FC use a battery for saves? I'm guessing it must as its a lengthy RPG, but still I gotta ask..
Hi there!
Yes, satoshi_matrix! It does have battery backup, but
it offers only one slot for saving games. [one more slot would
help a lot...]
I finally took the pictures, but please forgive my lack of skills...
Here they go:
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5015/img3323z.th.jpg) (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/img3323z.jpg/) (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4428/img3324f.th.jpg) (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/img3324f.jpg/) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/535/img3325q.th.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/img3325q.jpg/) (http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4227/img3326zu.th.jpg) (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/img3326zu.jpg/)
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2016/img3327y.th.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/img3327y.jpg/) (http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6600/img3328.th.jpg) (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/img3328.jpg/) (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6000/img3329d.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img3329d.jpg/)
Wonderful. Now I'll be able to send these to reproductioners and see what they have to say regarding the possibility of putting the English version on the board.
Quote from: Profeta Yoshitake on February 02, 2011, 08:38:04 am
Hi there!
Yes, satoshi_matrix! It does have battery backup, but
it offers only one slot for saving games. [one more slot would
help a lot...]
I finally took the pictures, but please forgive my lack of skills...
Here they go:
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5015/img3323z.th.jpg) (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/img3323z.jpg/) (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4428/img3324f.th.jpg) (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/img3324f.jpg/) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/535/img3325q.th.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/img3325q.jpg/) (http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4227/img3326zu.th.jpg) (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/img3326zu.jpg/)
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2016/img3327y.th.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/img3327y.jpg/) (http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6600/img3328.th.jpg) (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/img3328.jpg/) (http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6000/img3329d.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/i/img3329d.jpg/)
That's weird because my copies have 3 ICs and no globtop.
Quote from: kokie on February 03, 2011, 02:40:43 am
That's weird because my copies have 3 ICs and no globtop.
That's even better, pal!
Globtops sucks!
Your cart seems to be a better matrix to satoshi's intents! :D
kokie can you take some high res pics? Me and a bunch of other members on a few other forums are trying to figure out what the globtops are.
The three IC's are the PRG-ROM, CHR-RAM and SRAM for the game save, but that still leaves the last two gloptops. If you have a cart with proper ICs please post high res pics or email them to me directly at satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. Thanks.
Already sold all of mine , but I'll recieve a few more carts in a few day after Chinese new year festival ends. I can't take Hi-res since I only have an outdated mobile phone camera but I'll try to take some close-up picture for each chip. :)
I hope I'm bumping the right topic:
Hey!
I was on the lookout for a Final Fantasy VII famicom pirate already translated in english and recently one of these popped out on aliexpress for pretty neat price:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/8bit-game-card-FINAL-FANTASY-VII-The-English-version/32391895594.html
Anyone bought it yet? It is the final translation version? I'm afraid not:
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1657/
Or does anyone know about some other seller?
That's not the final translation, point them to the IPS and maybe they can make a version with the final translation patch.
I already sent an email to the seller, hope I get an answer!
Crossing my fingers!! :star:
Here's one with the latest patch, great price too.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/8bit-game-card-Final-Fantasy-7-English/32417283315.html
Chinese going to kill repro-market and bankrupt repro-makers ::)
Quote from: muckyfingers on September 10, 2015, 04:21:00 am
Here's one with the latest patch, great price too.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/8bit-game-card-Final-Fantasy-7-English/32417283315.html
Funny how it says "Nintendo Entertainment System" using the post-SNES logo, but the cartridge is a 60-pin which will not work in a Nintendo Entertainment System without a converter.
If they produced a 72-pin version, the repro-makers should be scared. But with a 60-pin version, a repro maker can crack open the shell, take out the board and use an internal converter to stick it in a NES shell and sell it for $100.
Quote from: Great Hierophant on September 10, 2015, 08:12:49 am
Quote from: muckyfingers on September 10, 2015, 04:21:00 am
Here's one with the latest patch, great price too.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/8bit-game-card-Final-Fantasy-7-English/32417283315.html
Funny how it says "Nintendo Entertainment System" using the post-SNES logo, but the cartridge is a 60-pin which will not work in a Nintendo Entertainment System without a converter.
If they produced a 72-pin version, the repro-makers should be scared. But with a 60-pin version, a repro maker can crack open the shell, take out the board and use an internal converter to stick it in a NES shell and sell it for $100.
Some "repro" makers are already doing this trick. Basically, just ripping off people. Ugh.
Sooo... if repro-maker made own boards, he is a good boy? ???
It is not like anyone involved here as any right to the moral or legal high ground. The pirate outfit that originally programmed this game made an unauthorized port of Final Fantasy VII and ripped every tile he could find from earlier Final Fantasies, the guy who translated into English had no more right to do so, I'm sure the reproducer on Aliexpress selling this cart has no license from anyone, is there anything more wrong about taking it and putting it into a NES shell with a converter? It works the same if you take the cart and use an external converter.
It's very misleading though. I still don't care so much, if people want to pay it and are too lazy to do a little research, more fool them.
Having said that, I think that's partly because the NES collecting crowd can be so unpleasant I don't feel as protective over NES stuff. We wouldn't allow that kind of thing on here.