Undumped and incorrectly dumped games

From Sega Retro

Note: This list is vastly incomplete/imperfect. While much of the information is out there, it hasn't been collected. If you see something wrong or missing, please feel free to add it here, though if it isn't easily confirmable, please provide some sort of proof. Thanks.

ROMs do not last forever — specialized hardware used on some cartridges may last even less time. There is an active community of people interested in maintaining data about dumped ROMs to ensure games are not lost forever. However, some releases are rare. making it hard to track down and dump the ROM (Sansan was this way for a long time); in some cases, this happens to particular revisions of games. Not all dumps are good dumps — overdumping (when more is dumped than the EEPROM actually has and there is wraparound — which could probably have other errors) or bad dumping (when something goes wrong and the data is not bit perfect) can also happen. Finally, homebrew developers are actively looking out to ensure piracy of their games do not happen, and consequently those games also remain undumped, as they have fallen for the completely baseless idea that any proof that a game is dumpable will always, immediately lead to mass piracy that knocks all game sales down to absolute 0; much to everyone's extreme misfortune, they will both actively target ROM dump groups and preservation groups and use hardware mechanisms that are known to guarantee low data retention (for instance, CPLDs that are only known to last ~10 years).

Unspecified Console

All arcade games on this page except "JUEGO TRUCO CLEMENTE Copyright 1990" (dumped and not on Sega hardware (but rather on modified Pac-Man board))

Arcade

Note: there are more undumped NAOMI games than dumped, so those will not be listed here for the time being. They will be added eventually. Incorrectly dumped NAOMI games will be listed here.

Sega System 16

Board Game Status Description
Pre-System 16 arcade hardware Dump Matsumoto "317-0011a.mcu" (protection MCU) undumped not sure which chip this is; this filename is from MAME source
System 16B Charon Undumped

Other Boards

Board Game Status Description
Sega G80 Raster 005 "6331.sound-u8" ("missing sound PROM!") bad dumped see MAME source
Pig Newton version A "cpu.u25" (loaded to beginning of CPU address space; presumably first 2KB of main CPU code) bad dumped; "1904a.bg" and "1905a.bg" (first set of graphics ROMs) bad dumped; "1906a.bg", "1907a.bg", and "1908a.bg" (second set of graphics ROMs) undumped MAME source says at the moment the set just copies the second set of background ROMs from the version C set
Pig Newton version C "cpu.u25" (loaded to beginning of CPU address space; presumably first 2KB of main CPU code) bad dumped
Space Odyssey version 2 "spod946a.prom-u6" (2KB loaded into the main CPU address space at 3000h) bad dump
custom hardware used by Bank Panic and Combat Hawk Bank Panic "315-5073.pal16l4" (something) undumped read protected
Combat Hawk "315-5073.pal16l4" (something) undumped read protected
Sega X Board Caribbean Boule Undumped
Last Survivor Undumped
Sega Y Board Galaxy Force Undumped
custom hardware used by Bingo Circus Bingo Circus Rev. A 891001 "terminal.rom" (terminal PCB ROMs) undumped
Sega Model 2B CRX Dynamite Baseball Undumped
Rail Chase 2 revision A "drive_io.bin" (Drive I/O CPU code) undumped see MAME source

Mega Drive

Note: unlicensed games are listed here, however the list may be very wrong/incomplete and might be removed here for that reason. Don't bother fixing it; there's another list we have that's focused on unlicensed games that will have the necessary information once it's as complete as we are aware.
Note the contents of this list are based on the no-intro ROM set. When removing or adding an entry from this list due to dump, you may be asked where it has been found. Please leave a note and proof in the edit summary. Furthermore, this list is vastly incomplete, as we still do not have a clear idea as to the nature of Korean, mainland Asian, and Brazilian releases (and the use of (World) by ROM sets makes this more confusing); the unlicensed games on this list might also only represent a small portion of the total.
Game Status Description
Multi-Mega EU BIOS Bad dump Sega CD BIOSes are notorious for bad dumps due to various hardware curiosities. Two bad dumps of this circulate; no good dump has ever been made.
Outback Joey Heartbeat Personal Trainer special software Undumped The unit itself is so rare that we don't even know what that software is called or everything it was capable of! (We only know some details.)
Sega Channel program US dumped, all other regions undumped
XBAND program, all regions Undumped
GAMES WITH UNKNOWN NAMES
2 Games on One Cart: Fantastic Dizzy and Cosmic Spacehead Undumped
2 in 1: Psychic Pinball and Micro Machines Undumped
EXACT NAME UNKNOWN
16 Tile Mahjong II
十六張麻將 香豔美人篇
shi liu zhang ma jiang: xiang yan mei ren pian
"16-Tile Mahjong: Sublime Beauty Edition" 		Undumped Search for any of the names listed here on this page. There are three other porno mahjong games from China that are dumped... none of them have this title screen.
EXACT NAME UNKNOWN
Imperial Dynasty
帝國王朝 亞瑟傳說篇
di guo wang chao: ya se chuan shuo pian 		Unknown According to this, the dumped Ya Se Chuan Shuo is an alternate printing with at the least a different title screen. Investigation needed.
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer Japan dumped, Korea undumped
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. "Rev A" md5sum: d1c8b8474a9c47c5a2457b9549dee728.
Andre Agassi Tennis US/EU dumped, Brazil undumped
ATP Tour US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
Australian Rugby League EU dumped, Australia undumped
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt! US dumped, Japan undumped
Bloodshot EU dumped, Australia undumped
Bomboy/Explosion Kid Undumped Carts do circulate, but a ROM has not yet been dumped. According to this video, the cartridge was packed in with the Dynacom Megavision... Exact name unknown.
Bubba'n'Stix US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
Cannon Fodder EU dumped, Australia undumped
Captain Lang/High Seas Havoc/Havoc US/EU (High Seas Havoc/Havoc) dumped, Japan (Captain Lang) undumped
Captain Planet and the Planeteers US/EU dumped, Japan and Australia undumped The JP version might not actually exist — it isn't in the official release list, and there's no info on a possible unlicensed release. The Australian version does exist.
Clay Fighter US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
Columns Sega Game Toshokan version Undumped, but probably same from retail All Game Toshokan ROMs have the same base code from the Game Toshokan cartridge itself, however Columns also received a retail release in Japan. If every ROM version of Columns in the various sources we got other Game Toshokan ROMs from are found to be identical to the retail one but the real Game Toshokan one is different...
Daffy Duck in Hollywood EU dumped, Australia undumped
Davis Cup Tennis/Davis Cup World Tour US/EU dumped, Japan undumped
The Death and Return of Superman US dumped, EU undumped
DEcapAttack US/EU dumped, Korea undumped
Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops US dumped, Australia undumped Unknown if this is the same ROM or not (likely the same ROM considering ohw cheap Time Warner was with the packaging)
Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden Japan/France dumped, Portugal undumped Though the carts were imported it's still best to dump them I guess? What harm could it do =P
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
Dynamite Headdy Sample Undumped no-intro does list "Dynamite Headdy (Beta);" whether or not these two are the same requires investigation.
Ex-Mutants US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
F-22 Interceptor Dumped — but see description The list has the additional notes "dump with eeprom reader." This may require some investigation...
Feng Kuang Tao Hua Yuan Possibly bad dumped The ROM we have does not show Creaton's copyright logo on the title screen (and due to the way the tiles are stored in ROM, the sun on the top left corner is also missing) — the code to load those tiles had the necessary subroutine call replaced with three nops. The ROM header says "(C) WINSEN.Co.Ltd 2001" so it's likely this is a reissue or reprint — investigation is needed.
Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge Europe "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. "Rev A" md5sum: f5cf4a91e074640f45c6396948085ccc.
FIFA International Soccer US/EU dumped; Japan undumped
Flicky US/EU dumped, Japan undumped The Japanese release of Flicky was a Game Toshokan exclusive, but every other Game Toshokan game (including Fatal Labyrinth) was dumped, so wtf...
The Flintstones (Ocean) Undumped Sega Channel release, so the final is likely lost. drx is known to have a prototype.
Fun 'n' Games EU/US dumped, Australia undumped
Galaxy Force II "Rev B" and some unidentified revision dumped, "Rev 0" and "Rev A" undumped Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. It is possible the unidentified one is either 0 or A. "Rev B" md5sum: 9fa0649fcb53963a432812254ccb4f02. Unidentified md5sum: 00f475ac5e7a5c2f753bb14ef62a9d98.
Garfield: The Lost Levels Undumped Sega Channel exclusive version of Garfield: Caught in the Act with extra level(s) that eventually became part of the PC version. More details here — link from 2004 so this is likely lost.
Generations Lost US/EU dumped, Korea undumped
Go Net Undumped
Hangman SG Undumped So recently released and in such small amounts that ... yeah. The guy plans to make another run, so the eventual number of revisions unknown.
International Rugby EU dumped, Australia undumped
International Superstar Soccer EU "Deluxe" dumped, Brazil regular undumped
Jewel Master US/EU "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. "Rev A" md5sum: 42ec7e0894625345be8021f9d5f5d52f.
Jim Power: The Arcade Game Bad dump Exact issue unknown. This is a prototype of an unreleased game, so a good dump is very unlikely.
J. League Pro Striker 2 Sample Undumped
Junker's High Bad dump Exact issue unknown. This is a prototype of OutRun 2019, but a good dump may still be very unlikely.
Lei Dian Chuan Shuo II/Thunderbolt II Undumped Unlicensed shoot-'em-up. More info on this page. Exact name unknown.
Lemmings US/EU/JP dumped, Korea undumped
Magic 7 Block Undumped Exact name unknown.
Magic Bubble Bad dump This game is so elusive very little information is known about it. It is known that Super Fighter Team now owns its copyright, but exactly what he has done with the copyright is currently unknown (or if he even did release an English version), and may actively prevent even the original version from being dumped. A bad dump of this original version was dumped by drx from a damaged cart sent to him by someone in a package full of unlicensed cartridges of varying quality.
Marble Madness US/EU dumped, Japan undumped
Mega Bomberman US/EU dumped, Korea undumped
Mega Games 10/Sega Top Ten/10 Super Jogos Only 10 Super Jogos dumped
Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators US/EU dumped, Brazil undumped
Monsters inc. Undumped An entry on this page on BootlegGamesWiki (a Wikia) is all that's known about this unlicensed title.
Mortal Kombat 3 US/EU dumped, Brazil undumped
Nagoya Home Banking Undumped It is believed the Mega Anser software differs from this.
NBA Playoffs: Bulls vs. Blazers Japan Dumped — but see description The list indicates that there is a mismatch between the checksums in collector Xacrow's dump and in Cowering's GoodGen set. The md5sum of the ROM in no-intro's set is 97e07d6d00662e1d688229233ececddd, so this may have been resolved. Investigation needed.
NFL Pro Football '94 Japan Undumped Should not be confused with NFL Football '94 — which is the Japanese name of NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana. This is consequently most likely the Japanese version of Madden NFL '94; investigation is needed.
Ninja Gaiden Bad dump ROM header modified. This is a prototype of an unreleased game, so a good dump is very unlikely.
Osaka Bank My Line Undumped It is believed the Mega Anser software differs from this.
Osaka Bank My Line Demo Undumped
The Ottifants EU dumped, Australia undumped
Paperboy US/EU/JP dumped, Korea undumped
PGA Tour Golf 1.1 and 1.2 dumped, 1.0 undumped Revision numbers from no-intro's undumped list. 1.1 md5sum: b40a7bff341839b9d8d31cc9d37d944b. 1.2 md5sum: 50b00d9ac86fb44aeb9c71882c92da4a.
Phantasy Star Japanese rerelease Undumped No confirmation of being the same ROM as the SMS one or not...
Phantasy Star II US/EU/JP/BR dumped, Korea undumped
Phantasy Star III US/EU/JP/BR dumped, Korea undumped
Phantasy Star IV US/Japan dumped, EU undumped
Pier Solar and the Great Architects Main ROM undumped; pre-order CD dumped Released in December 2010, so its developers are trying to prevent piracy. Four revisions are known to exist: EU, US, JP and the Reprint Edition.
Pokemon II Undumped Unlicensed hack of the unlicensed Harry Potter game — completely different from Pocket Monsters II.
Road Rash Japan Undumped
Shining Force US/Japan dumped, EU undumped
Shui Hu: Feng Yun Zhuan Original 1996 version undumped; 1999 rerelease dumped
Shizen Mahjong Undumped An entry on this page on BootlegGamesWiki (a Wikia) is all that's known about this unlicensed title. Exact name unknown.
Side Pocket Dumped — but see description The list indicates that there is a mismatch between the checksums in collector Xacrow's dump and in Cowering's GoodGen set for both the US and Japan dumps. The md5sum of the ROMs in no-intro's set are 213899f86e17e95f41498c0b54d702b0 (Japan)/469e1360eb70879b1039a686be9dfc3a (US), so this may have been resolved. Investigation needed. EU is clear.
The Smurfs "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. "Rev A" md5sum: 4206c52e6e96b6fa301e890e6a9d3337.
Sonic 3D Blast US/EU dumped, Korea undumped
Soul Edge vs Samurai Spirits/Final Samurai/Shì Hún V/Soul Euge vs Sumurai Spirits Undumped This is all that's known about this unlicensed game.
Sport Games Bad dump Exact issue unknown.
The Story of Thor Japan prototype Bad dump Exact issue unknown. This is a prototype, so a good dump is very unlikely.
Street Fighter II Dash Plus Japan Unknown; most likely undumped no-intro only lists US, EU, and Asia — but at one point Japan was listed along with Asia as the same ROM...
Sumisei Home Tanmatsu Undumped
Super Boy 4 MD Undumped Unsure if the ROMs are identical or not — see Phantasy Star above.
Super Mario World 64 Undumped Reason why undumped unknown. At least two printings are known to exist; whether or not they have any differences remains to be seen.
Swamp Thing Overdumped No response from owners of this prototype.
Syndicate US/EU dumped, Australia undumped
Tanks: New Battle/Tanks 2in1 Undumped Unlicensed hack of a homebrew port of the NES game Battle City. These Russian sites have the only known info. This might not actually exist... someone needs to confirm it :/
Tecmo Cup Japan prototype Bad dump Exact issue unknown. This is a prototype, so a good dump is very unlikely.
Thunder Force III US/JP dumped, Korea undumped
Tintin in Tibet Should be redumped from all versions ROM sets presently use the French name, however the game was distributed using localized names, so this would only serve as verification.
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron US/EU dumped, Korea undumped no-intro has a JP ROM, but there was no JP release — misnomer?
Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics US dumped, Japan and Korea undumped
Triple Score: 3 Games in 1/Mega Games I Europe (Mega Games I) dumped, US (Triple Score: 3 Games in 1) undumped
Valis III Japan ????? — see description The no-intro ROM name was changed after the list was made to "Valis III (Japan) (Rev A).md." However, the list says they have 1.1, and are missing 1.0. This might mean 1.1 is Rev A, and 1.0 is another revision. Investigation needed.
Virtua Fighter 2 US/EU/Korea dumped, Brazil undumped
Virtua Racing US/EU/JP dumped, Korea undumped
Wonder MIDI Undumped
World Cup Soccer/World Championship Soccer ????? — see description The no-intro ROM set has an unidentified revision, a "v1.2," and a "Rev B." However, the list says they have "v1.0," "v1.2," and "v1.3," and are missing "v1.1." Much like with Valis III, this requires investigation...
World Cup USA 94 US/EU dumped, Korea undumped
World Heroes US dumped, Korea undumped no-intro has a JP ROM, but there was no JP release — misnomer?
World of Illusion: Fushigi na Magic Box Japan ????? — see description The no-intro ROM set has a final and beta build, however the list says they have "v1.0" and are missing "v1.1." Much like with Valis III, this requires investigation...
Wù Kōng Chuán Shuō/Wu Kong Wai Zhuan/Legend of Wukong Wù Kōng Chuán Shuō/Wu Kong Wai Zhuan dumped, Legend of Wukong undumped Super Fighter Team recent release; they are trying to prevent all forms of distribution except resale. While the game continues to be sold, the exact number of revisions are unknown.
Xin Qi Gai Wang Zi/Beggar Prince Xin Qi Gai Wangzi dumped, Beggar Prince undumped Super Fighter Team recent release; they are trying to prevent all forms of distribution except resale (despite having not sold the game in a while). Three manufacturing runs were made; the exact number of revisions are unknown.
Zhong Guó Xiàng Qí Undumped Rather rare, though copies are known to circulate and screenshots exist. Realtec game, so be wary of its mapper. Actual name unknown.

Furthermore, the following are on no-intro's undumped list, but the ROMs they have are marked as for more regions than the list indicates, so it is possible the undumped ROMs were dumped and found to be identical to the already dumped ones, unless there is evidence of difference — this requires some investigation. The list is outdated so this could have been investigated already (outdated entries on their list that can be proven easily from the current datfiles are already omitted from this page).

Game Status Description
The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and The Aquabats US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Battle Squadron US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Blockout World dumped, EU undumped
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Bulls vs. Lakers and the NBA Playoffs US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Centurion: Defender of Rome US/EU dumped, EU undumped Additional notes: "dump with eeprom reader"
Ecco Jr. US/Australia dumped, US/PAL undumped
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing World dumped, EU undumped
Ex-Mutants US/EU dumped, EU undumped
The Faery Tale Adventures US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Gain Ground World dumped, EU undumped
James Pond: Underwater Agent US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Mutant League Football US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Paperboy 2 US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Road Rash US/EU dumped, EU undumped
RoboCop versus The Terminator Japan/Korea dumped, Japan undumped
Spider-Man and X-Men: Arcade's Revenge US/EU dumped, EU undumped
ToeJam & Earl World dumped, EU undumped
Zany Golf US/EU dumped, EU undumped
Zoom! World dumped, PAL undumped

32X

Note the contents of this list are based on the no-intro ROM set. When removing or adding an entry from this list due to dump, you may be asked where it has been found. Please leave a note and proof in the edit summary.
Game Status Description
32X BIOS US dumped, all others undumped If they were dumped, they are not in the no-intro 32X set.
Blackthorne US dumped, Brazil undumped
Motherbase/Parasquad/Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 US/Japan (Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000/Parasquad) dumped, EU (Motherbase) undumped

Sega Master System

Note: Korean unlicensed games are still being discovered by the handful and dumped on SMS Power! We don't know all the ones that do exist yet, so they will be omitted for the time being. Check there for updates.
Game Status Description
Digger Chan Contest ROM distributed as such; sold version undumped A commercially sold (but not in any conventional sense) update to a freely available ROM submitted as part of a coding competition. Too new, too samll batches, etc.

Game Gear

Presently there is no complete Game Gear undumped list, however when asked about one, Bock, co-admin of SMS Power, requested Game Gear US sets, as thoe US set has the most undumped games. Please contribute if you can. Thanks! - andlabs
Game Status Description
Game Genie Undumped Reason why undumped unknown.
Pro Action Replay Undumped Reason why undumped unknown.

NEC SuperGrafx

Source: http://datomatic.no-intro.org/stuff/additional/sgrafx.zip
Game Status Description
Galaxy Force II unreleased prototype Undumped This is known to exist due to magazine articles of the time, but was unreleased, and no dump has even been found!

Nintendo DS

Game Status Description
Sonic Rush Adventure Korea version bad dumped; all others okay

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