Garegga bootleg :(
Garegga bootleg :(
I'm totally unimpressed with ECL, this piece of shit arrived yesterday and is an obvious bootleg. They've been in the PCB business for years so they really ought to know what a Garegga PCB looks like.
The board itself:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Geezerd/board.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... solder.jpg
Some pics of the PCB in action:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... creen1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... creen2.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... sianew.jpg
To top it all off, the PCB outputs no sound and doesn't recognise any inputs. It looks like ECL just recieved it, slapped their warranty sticker on it and sold it to me, without bothering to check it even works or inform me it was a bootleg.
Good times
Btw, an original board should look like this:
http://www.world-of-arcades.net/R8zing/ ... rdware.htm
The board itself:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Geezerd/board.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... solder.jpg
Some pics of the PCB in action:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... creen1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... creen2.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... sianew.jpg
To top it all off, the PCB outputs no sound and doesn't recognise any inputs. It looks like ECL just recieved it, slapped their warranty sticker on it and sold it to me, without bothering to check it even works or inform me it was a bootleg.
Good times
Btw, an original board should look like this:
http://www.world-of-arcades.net/R8zing/ ... rdware.htm
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sorry to hear of that, i don't deal with ECL without picture confirmation for their pcbs.
i picked up a garegga last month, cool game. only had played it for like 15 minutes on a saturn prior.
on a side note, collection of bootlegs are pretty cool if you're into that sorta stuff. dumping the roms and analyzing the code, if its the same, and the chipsets on the board to see if they are using some FPGA or other chips to emulate the original Uproc..
too bad the inputs aren't working.. or sound... dang. you should look at getting this fixed cause i doubt ECL is going to entertain a return to any sort of benefit to you.
sorry to hear of that, i don't deal with ECL without picture confirmation for their pcbs.
i picked up a garegga last month, cool game. only had played it for like 15 minutes on a saturn prior.
on a side note, collection of bootlegs are pretty cool if you're into that sorta stuff. dumping the roms and analyzing the code, if its the same, and the chipsets on the board to see if they are using some FPGA or other chips to emulate the original Uproc..
too bad the inputs aren't working.. or sound... dang. you should look at getting this fixed cause i doubt ECL is going to entertain a return to any sort of benefit to you.
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Korea produced some bootlegged Batsugun PCBs as well...
By picking up bootlegged Batsugun PCB, one will definitely see an "un-keyed" Jamma edge connection interface + no confirmation of "Made in Japan Toaplan (C) 1992" printed directly anywhere on such PCB. Some Korean produced bootlegged Batsugun PCBs run the original JPN Bios setup + "Licensed for use in Korea" notice in main copyright screenshot of said arcade shmup title. ^_~bay wrote:NEW PART 2 TURBO EDITION - THE NEW GALEGGA CHALLENGERS!
sorry to hear of that, i don't deal with ECL without picture confirmation for their pcbs.
i picked up a garegga last month, cool game. only had played it for like 15 minutes on a saturn prior.
on a side note, collection of bootlegs are pretty cool if you're into that sorta stuff. dumping the roms and analyzing the code, if its the same, and the chipsets on the board to see if they are using some FPGA or other chips to emulate the original Uproc..
too bad the inputs aren't working.. or sound... dang. you should look at getting this fixed cause i doubt ECL is going to entertain a return to any sort of benefit to you.
As always, ask for a JPEG or some JPEGs of the respective arcade PCB before shelling out your hard-earned $$$...will save you a lot of heartache & grief in the long run when it comes to dealing with such rare arcade shmup PCB titles such as Battle Garegga and/or Batsugun PCBs, etc. ^_~
It's recommended that one knows the difference between such an original & bootlegged version of the respective arcade PCB before making such expensive splurge... ^_~
Get "burned" once by purchasing such a "bootlegged" PCB will force the unsuspecting arcade PCB gamer to seek out such original arcade PCB version -- always settle for original JPN Bios versions of said arcade PCBs, accept no crappy substituted "bootlegged" PCBs whatsoever! Just be prepared to "bite the bullet and pay through the nose" for such original JPN Bios version as it will be worth the high monetary cost incurred for such PCB..... ^_~
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that sucks, i fucking hate bootlegs.. but the hack is kinda cool on the other hand.. any differences in gameplay etc?
you should demand a new original board, ECL arent impossible in that regard..
you should demand a new original board, ECL arent impossible in that regard..
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Re: Garegga bootleg :(
sven666 wrote:any differences in gameplay etc?
I'm curious too. I never knew something like this existed.Geezer wrote:the PCB doesn't recognise any inputs.
Re: Garegga bootleg :(
Just FYI the patch wire is there to supply video ground.Geezer wrote:I'm totally unimpressed with ECL, this piece of shit arrived yesterday and is an obvious bootleg. They've been in the PCB business for years so they really ought to know what a Garegga PCB looks like.
The board itself:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Geezerd/board.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Ge ... solder.jpg
First Garegga bootleg I have ever seen
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I'm going to try messing around with it a bit more tonight to see if I can get it to work. I'll report back with my findingsDave_K. wrote:Have you tried the different dipswitches? Can you get into the operator menu? I'm really curious what is different about this bootleg.
I'm going to try and send it back for a refund/exchange for a legit one. If they can't find one I'll just swap it for Batrider and stick with the Saturn version of Garegga.
Ketsui-The last of the manly cave shooters.
ECL have agreed to refund me, I just need to send it back. I'm going to post it on Monday so I'll have time to check what the dip switches do over the weekend.
I made a slight mistake earlier by saying it refuses to recognise inputs. It doesn't respond to pushing the credits button, if I can somehow work out how to set it to freeplay it should be alright.
I made a slight mistake earlier by saying it refuses to recognise inputs. It doesn't respond to pushing the credits button, if I can somehow work out how to set it to freeplay it should be alright.
Ketsui-The last of the manly cave shooters.
Thats good to hear, as ECL have been pretty good to me before, although I was surprised that they sold bootleggs without telling people, that is poor business practice....Geezer wrote:ECL have agreed to refund me, I just need to send it back. I'm going to post it on Monday so I'll have time to check what the dip switches do over the weekend.
I made a slight mistake earlier by saying it refuses to recognise inputs. It doesn't respond to pushing the credits button, if I can somehow work out how to set it to freeplay it should be alright.