Undumped and incorrectly dumped games
From Sega Retro
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.
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. Two bad dumps of this circulate; no good dump has ever been made. |
| 2 in 1: Cosmic Spaceheed and Fantastic Dizzy | Undumped | |
| 2 in 1: Psychic Pinball and Micro Machines | Undumped | |
| Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen | "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped | Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. |
| Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt! | US dumped, Japan 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 undumped | |
| Davis Cup Tennis ~ Davis Cup World Tour | US/EU dumped, Japan undumped | |
| Dynamite Headdy Sample | Unudmped | 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... |
| Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge | "Rev A" dumped, "Rev 0" undumped | Revision names from no-intro's undumped list. |
| 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. |
| Go Net | Undumped | |
| 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. |
| 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 an unreleased game, so a good dump is very unlikely. |
| Marble Madness | US/EU dumped, Japan undumped | |
| Midnight Resistance | US/Japan dumped, EU undumped | |
| NBA Playoffs: Bulls vs. Blazers Japan | Dumped — but see description | The list indicates that there is a mismatch between the checksums in Xacrow's(who?) 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 — but see description | no-intro does list "NFL Football '94 (Japan)," so this may have been an error on the list. Investigation needed. |
| Ninja Gaiden | Bad dump | Exact issue unknown. 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 | |
| Pac-Panic EU | Undumped | |
| PGA Tour Golf | 1.1 and 1.2 dumped, 1.0 undumped | Revision numbers from no-intro's undumped list. |
| 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. Three revisions are known to exist, but only one continues to be manufactured (and this could very well be a different release). |
| Pink Goes to Hollywood | US dumped, EU undumped | |
| Road Rash Japan | Undumped | |
| Shining Force | US/Japan dumped, EU undumped | |
| Side Pocket | Dumped — but see description | The list indicates that there is a mismatch between the checksums in Xacrow's(who?) 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. |
| 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. |
| Sumisei Home Tanmatsu | Undumped | |
| Swamp Thing | Overdumped | No response from owners of this prototype. |
| Tecmo Cup Japan prototype | Bad dump | Exact issue unknown. This is a prototype, so a good dump is very unlikely. |
| Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics | US dumped, Japan 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 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 Qigai Wangzi/Beggar Prince | Xin Qigai 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. |
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 | |
| ESWAT: City Under Siege | US/EU dumped, EU 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 |
Finally, the list mentions a "FIFA SOCCER" in Japan that's undumped, but does not indicate which version of FIFA Soccer (International, 95, 96, 97, 98, or another one). They do not presently have any FIFA Soccer game ROM from Japan (though FIFA Soccer 95 was released in South Korea).
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 |