MD Everdrive - Official "game doesn't work" Thread

Yes, I have it working using the latest translation IPS patch + whatever ROM version it specified in the readme file.

I am totally unable to get Death Caliber working. I do not know if it has copy protection on it, but I am thinking that it doesn't since it works on older emulators that do not emulate most copy protection routines. Also, I've never ran across anyone offering a patch or hex value edit to get it to work, since it seems to work fine in most emulators....

 

Death Caliber does not work on consoles with TMSS, it writes a bad value to the console lockout register. It's more a programmer bug than copy protection. There are a few other unlicensed games like this which does the same (Irak War, one of the Pokemon game, Harry Potter, etc), all apparently were develloped with the same devkit.

It works in emulators since most of them don't emulate this lockout register.
I don't have the ROM but it should be easy to patch it, either override the write to the register or patch it so it write correct values (should be "SE" and "GA").

 

You're right, it was developed with the Tomsoft development kit. Thanks for the information, I'll see if I can get it working correctly now, I had no idea that was the issue.

 

I tried that and it is working now. Thanks a lot!

On a side note: it doesn't work with my 32x attached, as it randomly locks up when I use it. Quite weird.

 

An update on Death Caliber , I got it working tonight without altering the existing dump whatsoever.

For some odd reason the game will only boot on a Japanese console. I have absolutely no idea why this is, but it's tested and working on my US NTSC Genesis model 1 with the region switch set to Japan.

 

Hey people,

I'm glad that there has been heaps of contribution.

A while ago someone mentioned that this thread should be better organised. I would like to ask if anyone thinks it would be better if I collected all the reported "faults", and edited the first post to listed them all together? Does anyone have any ideas?

I'm on a vacation from work finally, so i've got some time now :thumbsup:

 

good idea. i think that need to keep games which does not work in first post, near to game names solutions or causes if they known

 

Okay

I've edited the first post. I've made a list of games reported in this thread which are not working.

I know it's not perfect, but it's a start. Feel free to offer some suggestions or feedback.

Cheers

 

Also, Deer Hunter (made on the same SDK as Death Caliber) also requires the console to be set to Japanese in order for the game to boot.

That doesn't really make sense since the game itself is obviously not programmed for the Japanese market, but like Eke mentioned it's a bug in the development side and not the Everdrive. Whatever gets it to work properly though!

 

Xin Qi Gai Wang Zi should be added to the list as it gives a Prog Error: 140 when you attempt to load it. It seems to have an invalid header that the Everdrive doesn't like as discussed in this thread...

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33671

I'm not sure how involved it would be to patch it to get it to work properly.

 

Thanks! Keep up the good work!

Duke Nukem 3D save function does not work (the Everdrive MD does not recognize that this game has a save function, weird...); I've tried several rom versions...
Maybe a OS revision that forces this game to be recognized as having the SRAM save feature could fix that.

My PCB is rev2.4, firmware v13, OSv28

 

King Colossus is not saving too...

 

Are you using an English translated rom? That game was only released in Japanese, in Japan. The translation may have screwed up the saving. Those who made them several years ago usually only tested on an emulator, which doesn't always work the same as real hardware. Did you try the original Japanese rom, and saving it? It may not work on a US or PAL MD though without a region patch.

 

Yes, I tested the original version too. It is not saving too.
Yes, I'm not a complete newbie. I already know everything you said.

 

Does any one by chance no how i can find a good working rom of golden axe 2 i looked at torrents and coolrom and romhulters and all of them work for junk

 

OS 23, FW 8, used the last MIJET on King Colossus (J) [!].gen and seems to work. Didn't play it over 2-3 minutes, just started a game, went to the caves on the bottom left, game saved and loaded without problems.

 

Thank you for the information. I'm using the OS v28 and maybe it could be the problem 'cause I'm not able to do what you did...
I'll try it later and then answer to you properly.

Thanks again!

 

32X Game won't work

Can anyone help me with Darxide?? It doesn't seem to work. I know it does because I played it one time on my Everdrive Genesis cart. But now it doesn't work. I have updated to the most recent OS update yet.


Does anyone have a working rom? All that comes up with mine is a message across the screen that says "This was made for PAL systems only".

I've already gone to the region code thing in the carts's menu and switched it on to read all regions. I don't know what else I can do.

 

i asked for help to but they only ppl that help on this page is stone age gamer and KRIKzz

 

Darxide has a region lock for PAL-only systems. You've got to have a 50/60hz switch modded into your console to get it to work. There may exist hex edit values or Game Genie codes you could use to override the country protection but I've not seen them.

Lost69, get a verified good working image [!] from a set. You haven't mentioned what your hardware setup is, anything about your Everdrive (OS, FW, etc), or anything about the file you're using. Chances are if you were a bit more detailed about what's going on then people could help you.