Difference between revisions of "Undumped and incorrectly dumped games"

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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).

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Mega Drive

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
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.
Magicard	Undumped	Unlicensed cheat device by Gamtec
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 http://www.geocities.jp/rinkaku89/pachigame/26_md_13mah.html http://www.geocities.jp/rinkaku89/pachigame2/46_md_dance.html http://www.geocities.jp/rinkaku89/pachigame2/47_md_fifa.html http://www.geocities.jp/rinkaku89/pachigame2/48_md_top.html
2 in 1: Cosmic Spaceheed and Fantastic Dizzy	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 Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen	"Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped	Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. "Rev A" md5sum: d1c8b8474a9c47c5a2457b9549dee728.
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!	US dumped, Japan 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.
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 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.
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...
Davis Cup Tennis/Davis Cup World Tour	US/EU dumped, Japan 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	Supposedly released in Portugal under then name Dragon Ball Z
Dynamite Headdy Sample	Undumped	no-intro does list "Dynamite Headdy (Beta);" whether or not these two are the same requires investigation.
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...
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.
Hook	US dumped, EU 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.
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
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition	Undumped	There was a video of this unlicensed title on YouTube but the account was shut down. Info (and the exact name) unknown. An entry on this page on BootlegGamesWiki (a Wikia) is all that's left.
Monsters inc.	Undumped	An entry on this page on BootlegGamesWiki (a Wikia) is all that's known about this unlicensed title.
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
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 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.
Pink Goes to Hollywood	US dumped, EU undumped
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.
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.
Tiny Toon Adventures 3	Undumped	Unlicensed game with little info known.
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.
Wonder MIDI	Undumped
World Championship Soccer II	US dumped, EU 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.
Motherbase/Parasquad/Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000	US/Japan (Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000/Parasquad) dumped, EU (Motherbase) undumped

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!

External Links

no-intro's Sega Mega Drive/32X undumped list, last updated 26 June 2009

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