Dodonpachi PCB Language Mod

[CC_Devil]

Hi,

I recently purchased a Japanese DoDonPachi PCB and would like to change the language to English.
I understand the only solution would be to flash and swap two roms on the PCB.
According to Solvalou, these are CPU1 and CPU2.

Has anybody tried doing this before?
I'm not sure where these roms are located. Are they on sockets?
What kind of blank roms / rom flasher did you use?

I apologize if it is frowned upon to discuss this kind of things on these boards. I couldn't find any rules against it.

Thanks in advance![/url]

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Hi,

I recently purchased a Japanese DoDonPachi PCB and would like to change the language to English.
I understand the only solution would be to flash and swap two roms on the PCB.
According to Solvalou, these are CPU1 and CPU2.

Has anybody tried doing this before?
I'm not sure where these roms are located. Are they on sockets?
What kind of blank roms / rom flasher did you use?

I apologize if it is frowned upon to discuss this kind of things on these boards. I couldn't find any rules against it.

Thanks in advance![/url]

For CC_Devil,

No need to apologize for beginning a thread such as yours... ^_~

Head to this site for more DDP language region change info and d/l the actual language Rom file to do so:

http://www.world-of-arcades.net/Cave/Do ... isions.htm

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[CC_Devil]

PC Engine Fan X!,

Thank you very much for your help!
You are a great asset to this community!

CC_Devil

[CC_Devil]

As a follow-up question: does anybody know where I could buy a cheap 27Cxxxx programmer?

Or would somebody with a programmer consider burning the two international roms for me (for a fee obviously)?

Thanks in advance!

[Dave_K.]

Hobbyroms.com will also do this for you, for $15-20 shipped (including chips), plus you get to keep your original roms (which apparently are worth more than the international/english ones). I highly recommend hobbyroms.

[CC_Devil]

Thanks a lot for recommending this site, Dave_K.
I have sent them an e-mail.

One last question:
My PCB has a white ATLUS logo in the middle of the PCB, a 'AT-C03 D2' marking at the right of the Jamma connector, and a 'DDP0773' sticker on the left of the Jamma connector.
Can anybody confirm this is indeed a Japanese PCB, and not an international release with Japanese Language ROMs?
I got it from CoinopExpress.

Thanks in advance!

[Dave_K.]

Yep, thats a JPN PCB, as the International version does not have the "Atlus" nor "DDP####" serial number on it.

[cools]

Yeah, dead easy.

The only two that need flashing are socketed. On both my boards they were marked U26 and U27.

[CC_Devil]

Thanks a lot for all your help, guys.

I just got a reply from Stephan at Hobbyroms, and he can do it for $15 (including chips and shipping), which is a great price!

I'll let you know if I break anything when I change the chips

[bitkid]

Why, might I ask, do you want to change the ROM set on your DDP board? Isn't it worth more if it is original, and especially if its japanese? Just curious.

[overkill55]

I don't get why you'd essentially ruin the value of a DDP either just so its in English? What's there to read in the game?

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I don't get why you'd essentially ruin the value of a DDP either just so its in English? What's there to read in the game?

To read the ending story if you can 1CC both loops on the DDP PCB -- will be a long time before that elusive & lofty goal is attained... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[zakk]

I don't get why you'd essentially ruin the value of a DDP either just so its in English? What's there to read in the game?

You're not ruining the value at all, you can just swap the old roms back in

[CC_Devil]

As zakk and PC Engine Fan X! indicated, I'm going to keep the original Japanese language roms in a safe place while I play the game in English with the roms I get from Hobbyroms.

It's a win-win situation: I get to enjoy the game in a language I understand, and I get to retain the value of the PCB if I ever want to sell it back (it's just a matter of swapping back the original roms).