Convert Red Hawk/Stagger I from yoko to tate

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Convert Red Hawk/Stagger I from yoko to tate

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I know this will be a very long shot because most people don't even know this game, but it is something that allways intrigued me, so here goes:

This is a korean shmup from Afega. The game is known by Red Hawk or Stagger I depending on the market, this is very common, what it isn't that common is that the games plays in tate in most regions (Stagger I in Japan and Red Hawk in Korea or USA, for example) but there is a yoko version for Europe.

Looking at the available pictures online, the PCB looks exactly the same in all regions, so i decided to pick a european verision to try it out.

Since i don't know what each eprom does, i tried to burn eproms 4; 6 and 7 with stagger I code since they are the biggest and i assumed contained graphical information. Sure enough, the game boots in Tate with perfect sound but with some graphical glitches. I then added eproms 2 and 3 and the game stopped booting. Now only a few blocks appear and sound is all messy.

I've also tried Red Hawk eproms from USA version with same results. This mame version doesn't eeven have eprom 5 (no idea what it is).

Long story short:

Can anyone more knowledgeable look at MAME info (i guess) and see if something can be done?



Many thanks in advance if someone can spare a few minutes with this.Kind regards
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