MESS Dumping Project

MESS Dumping Project

Much like the parent project of MAME, MESS strives to preserve all game consoles and computers. Consequently, the decision has been made to found the MESS equivalent of the MAME Dumping Project.

Responsibilities

In order for the project to succeed, we need volunteers for various tasks. Two primary goals will be acquiring undumped systems and games, and then of course dumping them. Please add your name to the lists below if you're able to help. We need people in various regions to help facilitate purchases (such as on eBay), as well as people able to dump various types of hardware and software.

Purchasing

Adding your name to this list means you're willing to complete a transaction on eBay or similar sites in your part of the world, and then ship the item elsewhere. This will be particularly important when a seller won't ship internationally. You won't necessarily have to pay for it yourself, but should probably have a PayPal account to ease transfer of funds. You might also be asked to watch for wanted items. Ideally, each region should have multiple volunteers in case one is unavailable.

Germany – Duke (ebay: startaq)
Netherlands – Wilbert Pol (zeldzameprutser)
United Kingdom – Ian Knowles (0discord), incog (incog88)
United States – ranger_lennier, lord_nightmare (ebay: lord_n1ghtmare), ht1848

Dumping

Once a wanted system or game is acquired, someone will need to dump it. Add your name here if you have expertise with a particular type of media. Ideally, each media type should have volunteers in multiple regions to divide the work and save on shipping.

Audio cassettes – ranger_lennier (United States); lord_nightmare (United States)
CD's – lord_nightmare (United States)[standard RB-approved CD ripping setup, can rip on 2 computers to show any drive specific audio drift]; f205v (Italy)
Computer BIOS – see ROM chips
Console BIOS – see ROM chips
DVD's –
Laserdisks –
Magnetic Disks – lord_nightmare (United states)[just about any imaginable disk format using catweasel. Cannot yet read 8” disks, drive needs repair.];
ROM chips – lord_nightmare (United States)[note: only DIP chips, must be socketed or otherwise desoldered; can handle weird chips like 23(C)08, 2708, 2332 or 2364 just fine, all the way through 27c040, and can read old 1702(A)s too. Can easily dump non-serial EEPROMs. PALS and PROMS are doable but not optimal as they MUST be desoldered first and I MUST know the pinout]; f205v (Italy)
PROM chips – f205v (Italy)
VHS tapes –

Information on how to dump 2364 mask ROMs can be found here.

Information on how to dump PC Bios using debug can be found here.

Systems And Games To Be Dumped

In MooglyGuy's possession

Various SGI Indy revisions
Various SGI Indigo revisions
Various SGI Indigo 2 revisions
A revision of the SGI Onyx (R10000-based) boot ROM
Various Sun SPARCStation 5 revisions
Various Sun SPARCStation 10 revisions
Sun Ultra 1 workstation
Sun Ultra 2 workstation
Digital DECstation workstation, unknown model
HP 9000-series 712/80 workstation
Assorted PC peripheral boards
Assorted PC motherboards
Unknown 8086-based barcode scanner
Unknown X-Windows thin client

In Incog's possession

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In Justin's possession

~~Laser Compumate 2~~ kevtris says he's already dumped one of these
Saitek Kasparov Concord [epoxied]
Boris Diplomat [seems to use a microcontroller with built-in ROM]
JVC X'eye
Realistic Concertmate 500 sampling keyboard
Elmo's World/Dora the Explorer/Spongebob Squarepants DVD for Fisher Price InteracTV
Bookman MWD-640 Dictionary & Thesaurus [chips are all epoxied so this would probably be more trouble than it's worth; can't even tell what CPU it uses]
Various handhelds - the newer ones are probably all epoxied; are the old ones CPU-based?
- Mattel Classic Football [epoxied]
- Mattel Classic Baseball
- Entex Arcade Defender
- Castle Toy Einstein
- Brick Game 9999 in 1
- 576 in 1 2001 Mega Calculator Brick Game
- “Pinball” from MGA Entertainment, Inc.
- “XBox” Happy Meal toy (some kind of crappy space game)
Various console-in-a-controller things, probably all epoxied
- Jakks Pacific Atari stick [epoxied]
- Jakks Pacific Namco stick
- Jakks Pacific Capcom stick
- Activision 20-in-1 gamepad
- Some Chinese 30-in-1 Famiclone thing

In Lord Nightmare's possession

* KEY: Prefices: F = Fully, M = Mostly, P = Partly, N = Not, ? = Unknown
* KEY: Suffices: D = Dumped, C = Documented, W = Working
* KEY: Suffices cont'd: d = Dumped by someone else, c = Documented by someone else
Pile of various PC motherboards with socketed BIOSes (FD MC ?W)
IBM PC 5150 (MD(Rev3 bios & Rev2 BASIC dumped, KB 8041 not dumped) MC MW(some expansion cards don't work))
IBM PC AT 5170 (FD PC NW(acid damage, repairable))
IBM MDA Rev? video card (FD PC ?W) (might be the later rev2 with partial 8-instead-of-16 color cga support)
IBM CGA Rev1? video card (FD PC FW)
IBM EGA Rev1? video card (FD PC ?W)
IBM PS/2 Model 55SX (FD PC FW)
IBM PS/2 Model 30 (FD PC FW)
IBM PS/2 Model 70 x2 (FD PC PW)
C.Itoh CIT-220+ Terminal, DEC VT-220 clone (FD PC FW)
MIOT preliminary datasheet (scanned, slightly different from the one on 6502.org) (FD FC)
Pile of ISA expansion cards of various sorts (PD NC ?W)
Commodore 64 Rev B NTSC 'breadbox' (working) (Fd Fc FW)
Commodore 64 Rev C NTSC 'c64c' (cpu fault (bad PLA?) and 8580 SID missing :( ) (Pd Fc NW)
Commodore 128 NTSC (early 1985 rev with 6581 sid, working) (Fd Pc FW)
Commodore 1541 drive, newer release of the older dark-beige model, DOS roms v2.1 iirc (Fd Fc FW)
Commodore 1571 drive, with medium-sized board (Fd Fc FW)
Mammoth Toys C64 DTV joystick, NTSC (DTV1) model (ND Pc FW)
Mammoth Toys/Radio Shack Hummer DTV (needs hw fixes applied due to design flaws) (ND Pc FW)
DEC VT-320 Terminal (?d F?c FW)
Apple Powerbook 170 (ND NC FW)
Rolodex EL3200 (ND NC NW) [needs new batteries]
Gameboy Game Genie (has been dumped but current dump may be bad, uses odd protection) (Pd Fc FW)
Datel/Madcatz Action Replay/Gameshark GB v4.0 (flashrom based, uses odd protection, easy to brick) (ND NC FW)
Victor 9000/Sirius 1 (MD(i8048 needs dumping) Fc FW)
At&t/Olivetti 6300 (missing monitor/keyboard) (ND Pc ?W)
Epson Equity I+ PC clone (ND ?c ?W)
PCM-12 minicomputer (romless, pdp-8 single chip clone, needs repair) (FD NC PW)
R6502 and VIA datasheets (different from the ones on 6502.org?) (ND NC)
IBM 180x mainframe documentation (opcodes, etc) (ND NC)
Super Nintendo S-DSP-A APU chip (DSP mcu, needs decapping; from cpuv2/ppu1v1/ppu2v3 SNES models with the on-main-pcb APU 'module') (ND Pc FW)
SNES MINI NTSC, CPUv2/PPU1v1/PPU2v3 (i.e. the not-terribly-rare earlier one), for S-DSP-A decapping (ND Pc FW)
Super Nintendo DSP-1 MCU, is an NEC upd77c25 with internal protected mask rom for code and data, needs decapping. (in 'Mario Kart' cartridge) (ND Pc FW)
Super Nintendo DSP-3 MCU, is an NEC upd77c25 with internal protected mask rom for code and data, needs decapping. was used in SD GUNDAM GX, japan only. Lord Nightmare has one of these and is waiting for someone who can decap it properly. (ND Pc FW)
Super Nintendo/SETA ST-010 MCU, used in 'F1 ROC II' cartridge, unknown core. needs decapping. (ND NC FW)
DEC Alpha Multia VX42B-F2, needs j-lead square package 27c256 and 27c512 bios roms dumped, needs hard disk imaged. (ND ?c F?W)
V-tech Compumate 2 (needs z80/rom desoldering, for fluke trojaning and rom dumping) (FD NC FW)
V-tech Socrates Educational Video System NTSC English (2x) (dumped) (FD PC FW)
V-tech Socrates/SAITOUT Educational Video System NTSC French (FD PC FW)
Socrates Expansion Carts:
- Amazing Mazes (x2) (FD)
- Memory Mania (version A?) (FD)
- Hodge Podge (FD?)
- State to State (FD)
- Facts'n Fractions (FD)
- Around the World (FD)
Socrates Voice Catridge (english), MAY need decapping but if lucky we can carefully snoop the internal data as its on a language-specific 'daughterboard' of the cartridge. (ND NC FW)
A big pile of Texas Instruments Talking stuff, most will require decapping or TMS1002 trojaning if we can ever figure out how to do it. Frank Palazollo found a clue on the speak&spell patent.
- Speak & Spell ('78 version w/raised buttons and split voice rom) (Fd Pc FW)
- Speak & Spell Compact (PD(missing MCU dump) Pc FW)
- 5 of the 10 modules for Speak & Spell
  - E.T. Fantasy (FD)
  - Noun Endings (x2) (FD)
  - Super Stumpers 4-6 (FD)
  - Super Stumpers 7-8 (FD)
  - Vowel Power (FD)
- Speak & Write (UK version of “Speak & Spell Compact”) (PD(missing MCU dump) Pc FW)
- Speak & Math (PD(missing MCU dump) Pc FW)
- Speak & Read (PD(missing MCU dump) Pc FW)
- Super Speak & Spell (TSP50c35-based later version with red case, requires decapping) (ND NC FW)
- Super Speak & Math school edition (ditto) (ND NC FW)
- 1 of 2 modules for Super Speak & Math (definitely dumpable)
  - unknown which one, no label, probably NOT multiplication though. (ND)
- Little Maestro (needs decapping, uses single IC integrated TMS52xx plus probably a TMS100x. could be a TSP50c10 too.) (ND NC FW)
Commodore PET generic service manual, covers all PET versions and peripherals up to the universal board models (NOT the superpet) (ND NC)
Commodore PET Diagnostic & other cassettes (dumped, one was damaged/partly overwritten) (FD)
Commodore PET Alignment and drive diagnostic diskettes (ND NC)

In HT1848's possession

~~MB Microvision Unit with the following games(I don't know if I have Intel 8021 or TMS1100 versions):~~
- ~~Bowling (+ instructions), Star Trek Phaser Strike, Block Buster, Pinball, Connect Four~~ All shipped to s.riddle

In ranger_lenniers's possession

9 carts for APF-M1000 on loan to Guru: Catena, Bowling/Micro Match, Boxing, Pinball/Dungeon Hunt/Blockout (with 3 versions), Casino 1:Roulette/Keno/Slots, Brickdown/Shooting Gallery, Blackjack, UFO/Sea Monsters/Break It Down/Rebuild/Shoot (with variations), Hangman/Tic Tac Toe/Doodle
2 more carts for APF-M1000: Baseball and Space Destroyers
APF BASIC cart for APF Imagination Machine
15 Watara Supervision carts on loan to Guru: Dream World, Happy Race (glitchy), Space Fighter, Kung-Fu Street, Thunder Shooting (glitchy), Kitchen War (glitchy), Untouchable, Bubble World, Hero Hawk (probably bad), Scaffolder, Chinese Checkers (glitchy), Climber, Pacific Battle, Recycle Design (glitchy), Popo Team
6 more Watara Supervision carts: Super Pang, Kitchen War, Happy Race, Hero Hawk, Thunder Shooting, and Dancing Block
Supervision TV-Link
Epoch Game Pocket Computer and 4 carts on loan to Guru: Reversi, Mahjongg, Store Keepers, and Block Maze
5 RCA Studio II carts on loan to Guru: TV School House I, TV School House II:Math Fun, Biorhythm, Fun With Numbers, Gunfighter/Moonship Battle
Mustang 9016 Telespiel-Computer (German clone of RCA Studio II) and 4 carts on loan to Guru: Mathematische Spiele, Konzentrationsspiele (Memory), Krieg der Sterne, Flipper
Tiger R-Zone (head-strap version) and 7 carts on loan to Guru: Daytona USA, Battle Arena Toshinden, Batman Forever, Star Wars:Imperial Assault, Star Wars:Jedi Adventure, Star Wars:Millennium Falcon Challenge, Primal Rage
Tiger R-Zone (X.P.G. version), Tiger R-Zone (Super Screen version, but can't get display to work), and 16 more carts: Batman & Robin, Panzer Dragoon, Men In Black, Indy 500, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Independence Day, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 2, Nights Into Dreams, The Lost World, Apollo 13, Star Wars:Rebel Forces, Virtua Cop, Area 51, and Road Rash 3
2 Mega Duck carts: Trap & Turn and 2nd Space
Bit Corporation Gamate system and 15 cards: Kung-Fu Fighter, Treasure Hunter, Bomb Blaster, Cube-Up, Myth of Asamia, Brick Blaster, Enchanted Bricks, Galaxy Invaders, Mighty Tank, Mini Golf, Witty Apee, 4 In 1 (Cube-Up/Mini Golf/Vindicators/Brick Blaster), Dino Ball, Kill Shot, and Monster Pitfall
Hartung Game Master system and 9 carts: Space Castle, Dungeon Adventure, Kung Fu, Urban Champion, Continental Galaxy, Go Bang!, Tennis, Pin Ball, and Falling Block
All 12 released games for the Milton Bradley Microvision (but not sure which microcontroller they use): Block Buster, Bowling, Connect Four, Mindbuster, Pinball, Star Trek: Phaser Strike, Vegas Slots, Baseball, Sea Duel, Alien Raiders, Cosmic Hunter, and Super Blockbuster
1 Game Boy Color pirate cart: Dragon Ball Z Fight 2002
Entex Select-A-Game system and 2 carts: Space Invader 2 and Pinball
Coleco Telstar Arcade (displays some graphics, but can't get game to start) and all 4 carts (though cart #2 has two versions and I only have one): Cartridge #1–Road Race/Tennis/Quick Draw, Cartridge #2–Hockey/Tennis/Handball/Target, Cartridge #3–Bonus Pinball/Shooting Gallery/Shoot The Bear/Deluxe Pinball, Cartridge #4–Naval Battle/Speed Ball/Blast-Away
Mattel Auto Race handheld game
5 Captain Power Toys: Powerjet XT-7, Interlocker, Power Base, Phantom Striker, and Power On Energizer
5 Captain Power VHS tapes (NTSC): Future Force Training, Bio Dread Strike Mission, Raid On Volcania, Captain Power Greatest Hits, and Shattered Dreams
View-Master Interactive Vision system and 1 VHS tape (NTSC): Let's Learn To Play Together
Worlds Of Wonder Action Max system and 5 VHS tapes (NTSC): .38 Ambush Alley, Hydrosub: 2021, The Rescue Of Pops Ghostly, Sonic Fury, and Blue Thunder
ComQuest Team Concepts Light 'n Learn kid's laptop
VideoBrain computer and 5 carts: Gladiator, Wordwise 1, Wordwise 2, Music Teacher 1, and Video Artist
Memorex VIS system

In Ian Knowles's possession

Microvision games:
- Bowling, Star Trek Phaser Strike
1 cart for Coleco Telstar Arcade: Cartridge #1–Road Race/Tennis/Quick Draw
Yeno cassettevision and 3 games
Epoch Cassettevision junior and pakpak monster game.
V-tech Smile with Dora the explorer game
Colecovision Expansion Module 1 (atari 2600 hardware emulation)
V-Tech prestige computer
Philips Videopac G7000 and 2 games

Needed Games To Be Dumped