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NES rom hacking help
razielleonhart:
I picked up copys of Dragon Quest 1 - 4 on famicom cheap and i want to swap the eproms to make them in English. But i want to swap the title screens from the Dragon Quest roms to the Dragon Warrior 1-4 roms. Can anyone help or point me where or what to do
Arseen:
That involves manipulating the actual ROM and will be quite a big job I believe, but good luck.
I'd start with Google and search "NES ROM hacking" or "NES ROM altering".
palmer6strings:
As Arseen said, may want to do some research on it. You may want to just program new rom chips altogether with DW 1-4 and instal then on the PCB instead of trying to "alter" the existing chip.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on September 10, 2014, 01:44:13 PM ---As Arseen said, may want to do some research on it. You may want to just program new rom chips altogether with DW 1-4 and instal then on the PCB instead of trying to "alter" the existing chip.
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I think one can't even alter the old chips or can you?
I think he wants to alter the ROM to be in English but have Dragon Quest title screens.
palmer6strings:
--- Quote from: Arseen on September 10, 2014, 01:59:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on September 10, 2014, 01:44:13 PM ---As Arseen said, may want to do some research on it. You may want to just program new rom chips altogether with DW 1-4 and instal then on the PCB instead of trying to "alter" the existing chip.
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I think one can't even alter the old chips or can you?
I think he wants to alter the ROM to be in English but have Dragon Quest title screens.
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No, he cannot "alter" existing data on a chip. He would have to erase the chip, then flash the new data to it.