More love went into making bootlegs back in the day, than what goes into most modern AAA games.
@ClassicMK2
Ай бұрын
Interesting. Yeah, it seems like it would be a prototype board. Much like the carts they would ship back and forth between studios when they were developing games for console. Then you'd just have to plug one board in instead of dealing with dozens of chips. Maybe Ray Gay, Paulo or one of the devs can give you some answers if they're still active on Twitter. Come to think of it, it's pretty incredible that we didn't see more MK2 bootlegs, MK1 sure had plenty. An MK3 bootleg still makes sense, but the arcades took a huge hit in most areas by UMK3. Either way, good find & thanks for sharing.
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Yeah. I’m much more of the mindset that this is a prototype of some kind but I was told otherwise by people who I assume would know.
@rdn404
28 күн бұрын
0:30 I also tell this story to my wife every time I bought a new arcade board to home. 🤣
@moccalou
Ай бұрын
You're so good at keeping your hands still that I kept thinking my video froze.
@encorempw
Ай бұрын
Outstanding! And that’s why people gift you these oddballs. Congrats.🎉
@mostverticalproductions4808
Ай бұрын
Arcade history is so fascinating. Wonder where it even came from.
@Rep2369
Ай бұрын
Wow this is just BIZARRE!!! Thanks for sharing as always!! :)
@GreatHealer.
Ай бұрын
Very Kool!
@megatron1877
28 күн бұрын
Very cool dude.
@MarcusMiranda
Ай бұрын
That is awesome! I've seen all sorts of bootlegs PCBs but nothing close to this. Your approach to fixing it is just brilliant! Way to go!
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@dime666bag
Ай бұрын
Smeggin awesome documentation Mike ! I've got a heavily corroded and non working umk3 bootleg but never even heard of a mk3 bootleg.
@rocznik83
Ай бұрын
A long time ago there were modified Sega System-C boards in circulation, which had a hacked Mega Drive rom of MK3.
@JohnnyMatherson
Ай бұрын
Awesome, i tested 1.0 of MK3 and the audio is the same as your video-i guess rev 1 had a diff sound adjustment!
@UFighterX
Ай бұрын
lots on differences I remember owning a 1.0 lots of moves and fatalities are different button combos
@HeyBuddyLuv
Ай бұрын
That's an interesting gift! I'd keep it! Great video!
@GamingManual
Ай бұрын
Outstanding!
@kevinthorn9672
Ай бұрын
Mann thats interesting awesome find
@BrandonHann
Ай бұрын
This one is weird. Most bootleg arcade games not only bootleg the roms, but the board as well. Not sure why someone who (presumably) paid money to get the real board would then need to bootleg the roms...especially to this degree.
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Me either, which makes me think it’s something official, and not a bootleg. But I was told otherwise by someone who I assume would know.
@ReekyCreek
Ай бұрын
What's changed?
@t0rxe
Ай бұрын
The damaged chip can be dumped by micro probing. Keep it safe somewhere and away from UV light so it can be attempted in the future by someone. Try to dump all the ROM's as well since that might reveal some names or copyrights to hint whether it's actually a bootleg or not or some sort of internal early test board at Midway.
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Interesting. All the roms are soldered in, so the effort it would take to do that would be enormous.
@Theycallmeshemp
Ай бұрын
I mean it probably is an official bootleg to catch robbers and a cheap way to help out the arcade owner with getting a back up board that isn't a bootleg maybe ? because the mk2 boards were constantly getting stolen so maybe if the board stops working & they try to repair it it would be a pain to fix & professionals would identify that it's a bootleg but it could definitely be a official prototype
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Agreed.
@Asure007
Ай бұрын
Can you share the two program roms so we can see if there is actual different game code in this please? I've done a lot of work on the Midway source code and would love to see if these program roms are different. Perhaps your Mame dev already looked at the program rom content? But still.. this could be a prototype bootleg. I.e. bootleggers were thinking to make a cheaper version and a bootleg-dev came up with this solution using cheaper 27C040. The BOM could have been insane, even for bootleggers back then, and they abandoned it at this stage, perhaps of the security chip. Then they later sold this frankenstein thing to recoup some of the initial research cost. I've got no explanation as to how else this exist..
@MickMacklerack
Ай бұрын
Wow. How on earth?? The U45 chip is legendary for being dump proof. Can you dump the bootleg version of it? It would save hundreds of "playing blind" wolf boards. These bootleggers are incredibly smart. Edit ah I commented too early. So it's the rom board is the bootleg not the main board.
@stevenmimms456
Ай бұрын
Can you make a 3 from a two
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
Negative
@itsdarkout10
Ай бұрын
I wonder if this is some sort of beta board instead of a bootleg?
@YourMKArcadeSource
Ай бұрын
I’m under the same impression, but I was told otherwise. Still skeptical.
@itsdarkout10
Ай бұрын
@@YourMKArcadeSource I'd agree. I mean you've seen bootleg MK boards. This looks like a real Wolf Unit that's been modified. Like you said 8 meg roms were not hard to get back then. If I had to bet, it's some prototype board.
@itsdarkout10
Ай бұрын
@@YourMKArcadeSource I sent a message to Ed Boon. Let's see what he says.
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