ARCADE/MAME HACKERS NEEDED!

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in Help Wanted!

I was wondering if theres anyone on here who has hacked them befor & if they're not busy if they want to help. im wantting to to a hack but im new to hacking the MAME games.

I have the game i need to hack ,concept art but need help couse im new to it.

ill keep the secret project  hush hush till its complet so if you know how to do it send me a privet pm.

thanks

Comments

  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    If you've never done something like this before, you should start small and hack an NES game.

    It's hard enough to see a project through to completion with more basic games.

    An arcade game is going to add at least an order of magnitude of complexity.
  • RetroHackerRetroHacker
    Yeah, start small before working up to something complicated. Either mess with an NES game, or a well-documented arcade game like Pac-Man. Modifying data in an arcade machine different than an NES game in the sense that most arcade machines have some means of verifying the code when booting. They checksum all the ROM chips. So, that means, that depeneding on the game, for everything you change, you have to change the checksum data or change other unimportnt data to get the checksum to come out the same.

    On the other end of the spectrum, arcade platforms vary greatlly from game to game. Different games use different processors, different graphics hardware, and different means of addressing data. You're going to have to spend a signifigant amount of time leaning about the game you intend to modify.

    -Ian
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