Based on the bounty thread for the CPS QSound games to CPS2 I'd like to propose a Bounty for more CF conversions that run on Taito G-Net Hardware.
For this bounty because there are so many games from so many different sub-board configurations I'd propose that the bounty is split on a per-game basis.
Personally I'd be willing to offer $30 PER NEW GAME that is playable on a G-Net CF setup; bug free and feature complete (that means with working music/sound fx). $30 isn't much, hopefully some other people here like the idea and are willing to pitch in to expand the G-Net library.
To this end I've broken the games down into a few categories [listed below]. For the sake of this bounty and to put a cap on the limits of how much each donor is likely to spend I'd propose the bounty is ONLY valid on the "Likely Conversion Candidates" list below. If someone thinks it's possible to convert games with Yamaha or QSound audio chips to run on the G-Nets Sound hardware then it might make sense to open a different bounty for those games.
With that said there are 11 games on the "Likely Conversion Candidates" list so my $30 per game offer has a maximum payout of $330 should all 11 games get converted. If there are features of the "likely" games that makes them not viable candidates or "unlikely" games that make them viable candidates please let me know and I'll update the lists accordingly.
LIKELY CONVERSION CANDIDATES
Tecmo TPS ROM Games:
Most of the Tecmo TPS games seem to not have any special sound hardware on the sub-board. In-Fact Three TPS games have been converted already: Flame Gunner, Shanghai Matekibuyuu, and The Block Kuzushi. These have the highest potential for conversion:
Viable Games with more complex Sub board:
These games don't seem to have any unsupported sound hardware on the sub-board but they do use a hard drive or other expansion PCB to store their game Data.
UNLIKELY CONVERSION CANDIDATES
Yamaha Sound Games:
Conversion unlikely because the Yamaha sound hardware used on these games' sub board is absent from the G-Net Sub board. Brave Blade has already been (partially) converted; it's missing music due to the missing Yamaha sound chip on the sub-board, these other games might be possible minus music but it's unlikely a complete conversion could be done without converting the sound code.
Complete Conversion Unlikely due to the lack of a Q-Sound chip on the G-Net sub-board
Conversion of these is unlikely because the sub-board includes IO hardware that is absent from G-Net sub-board.
PLEDGES & BOUNTY PAYOUT:
Pledges per "likely" game
$30 - twistedsymphony
$30 - rewrite
$30 - Darksoft
$50 - ekorz
$30 - jugu
$30 - suverman
$60 - brentradio
$10 - theoddtech
$30 - CoinFeeder
$60 - ShootTheCore
$30 - Tietscha
total pledged bounty per game: $390
Bonus Pledges for Primal Rage II
$450 - ekorz
$100 - rewrite
$130 - twistedsymphony
$30 - PascalP
$1000 - plasticfactory
pledged Primal Rage II bonus bounty: $1710
total pledged bounty for Primal Rage II: $2100
For this bounty because there are so many games from so many different sub-board configurations I'd propose that the bounty is split on a per-game basis.
Personally I'd be willing to offer $30 PER NEW GAME that is playable on a G-Net CF setup; bug free and feature complete (that means with working music/sound fx). $30 isn't much, hopefully some other people here like the idea and are willing to pitch in to expand the G-Net library.
To this end I've broken the games down into a few categories [listed below]. For the sake of this bounty and to put a cap on the limits of how much each donor is likely to spend I'd propose the bounty is ONLY valid on the "Likely Conversion Candidates" list below. If someone thinks it's possible to convert games with Yamaha or QSound audio chips to run on the G-Nets Sound hardware then it might make sense to open a different bounty for those games.
With that said there are 11 games on the "Likely Conversion Candidates" list so my $30 per game offer has a maximum payout of $330 should all 11 games get converted. If there are features of the "likely" games that makes them not viable candidates or "unlikely" games that make them viable candidates please let me know and I'll update the lists accordingly.
LIKELY CONVERSION CANDIDATES
Tecmo TPS ROM Games:
Most of the Tecmo TPS games seem to not have any special sound hardware on the sub-board. In-Fact Three TPS games have been converted already: Flame Gunner, Shanghai Matekibuyuu, and The Block Kuzushi. These have the highest potential for conversion:
- 1 on 1 Government (TPS BIOS)
- Dead Or Alive ++ (TPS BIOS)
- Gallop Racer 2 (TPS BIOS)
- Gallop Racer 3 (TPS BIOS)
- Logic Pro Adventure (TPS BIOS)
- Monster Farm Jump (TPS BIOS)
- Tecmo World Cup Millennium (TPS BIOS)
- Tondemo Crisis (TPS BIOS)
Viable Games with more complex Sub board:
These games don't seem to have any unsupported sound hardware on the sub-board but they do use a hard drive or other expansion PCB to store their game Data.
- Bust a Move 2 - Dance Tengoku Mix (PS Arcade 95 BIOS) - uses a hard drive for game data
- NBA Jam Extreme (Acclaim BIOS) - uses a secondary ROM PCB
- Primal Rage 2 (Atari BIOS) - uses a hard drive for game data
UNLIKELY CONVERSION CANDIDATES
Yamaha Sound Games:
Conversion unlikely because the Yamaha sound hardware used on these games' sub board is absent from the G-Net Sub board. Brave Blade has already been (partially) converted; it's missing music due to the missing Yamaha sound chip on the sub-board, these other games might be possible minus music but it's unlikely a complete conversion could be done without converting the sound code.
- Bloody Roar/Beastorizor (PS Arcade 95 BIOS)
- Bloody Roar 2 (PS Arcade 95 BIOS)
- Brave Blade (PS Arcade 95 BIOS) - converted except for music.
- Cool Boarders Arcade Jam (TPS BIOS)
- Heavens Gate (Atlus BIOS)
- Magical Date (FX-1A)
- Magical Date EX (FX-1A)
- Psychic Force (FX-1A)
- Psychic Force EX (FX-1A)
- Super Football Champ (FX-1A)
Complete Conversion Unlikely due to the lack of a Q-Sound chip on the G-Net sub-board
- Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (ZN1 BIOS)
- Choukou Senki Kikaioh (ZN2 BIOS)
- Gallop Racer (ZN1 BIOS)
- Rival Schools/Shiritsu Justice Gakuen (ZN2 BIOS)
- Star Gladiator (ZN1 BIOS)
- Star Gladiator 2/Plasma Sword (ZN2 BIOS)
- Street Fighter EX (ZN1 BIOS)
- Street Fighter EX Plus (ZN1 BIOS)
- Street Fighter EX2 (ZN2 BIOS)
- Street Fighter EX2 Plus (ZN2 BIOS)
- Strider 2 (ZN2 BIOS)
- Tech Romancer (ZN2 BIOS)
- Tetris The Grand Master (ZN2 BIOS)
Conversion of these is unlikely because the sub-board includes IO hardware that is absent from G-Net sub-board.
- Gallop Racer 2 Link Version (TPS BIOS) - has link connections on sub-board
- Judge Dredd (Acclaim BIOS) - has CRT GUN connections on sub-board
PLEDGES & BOUNTY PAYOUT:
Pledges per "likely" game
$30 - twistedsymphony
$30 - rewrite
$30 - Darksoft
$50 - ekorz
$30 - jugu
$30 - suverman
$60 - brentradio
$10 - theoddtech
$30 - CoinFeeder
$60 - ShootTheCore
$30 - Tietscha
total pledged bounty per game: $390
Bonus Pledges for Primal Rage II
$450 - ekorz
$100 - rewrite
$130 - twistedsymphony
$30 - PascalP
$1000 - plasticfactory
pledged Primal Rage II bonus bounty: $1710
total pledged bounty for Primal Rage II: $2100
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