SkinnV Compatibility Thread (with link to current table)Some examples of mappers (source: Retrozone):
# DESCRIPTION GAMES
1 Nintendo MMC1 Chipset 1942, Bomberman II, Mega Man II ...
2 ROM (PRG) Switch Konami games like CastleVania and Stinger
3 VROM (CHR) Switch Twin Bee, Q*Bert, and many japanese games.
4 Nintendo MMC3 Chipset Super Mario Bros 2 & 3 (Most used mapper)
5 Nintendo MMC5 Chipset CastleVania III: Dracula's Curse
7 32kb ROM (PRG) Switch Wizards & Warriors, Marble Madness, etc.
9 Nintendo MMC2 Chipset Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and Punch-Out!!
10 Nintendo MMC4 Chipset Japanese Punch-Out!!, and japanese games.
11 Color Dreams Chipset Crystal Mines, Tagin' Dragon, Babyboom, etc.
No-Intro NES Header FixBased on the information above, you should get a rough idea of potential compatibility.
Please take into consideration that this thread is not intended to criticize the Everdrive product. The purpose of the thread is discuss games with supported mappers that are not working. Hopefully, once we have a list of games on the supported mapper list that are still not working properly, patterns will become obvious to the more advanced users, enabling for improved compatibility in the future.
Obviously, technically advanced users are not obligated to fix non-working games, although it is appreciated if they do. Again, the main purpose of this thread is to make existing problems known. This will save time for trouble shooting purposes and will stop people from thinking that they have bad rom dumps, when a specific game is simply not fully compatible yet.
SkinnyV's list (above) shows which games have supported mappers; it does not state that those games actually work (though one would expect they usually will).
Here is an incomplete list of games that should be supported, but due to whatever idiosyncrasy in the way the code is implemented, they don't work properly:* Commando (English and Japanese versions): iNES mapper 2 --->Game crashes shortly after starting.-->Reported to work on some consoles and not others.* Ai Sensei no Oshiete - Watashi no Hoshi - reported not working by other usersHack available for clone consoles:
* Rad Racer 2: iNES mapper #4 (MMC3B) --->unique implementation distinguishing it from other MMC3B titles (there is a hack available that makes this work (on clones)!!)Note: List above assumes nesos-s2m3 & n8-bios-v4
Note: There are games that are not on the supported mapper list. They will not be discussed here.
Fixed (or discovered working):
No-Intro NES Header FixGauntlet (Tengen) iNES mapper 206 (according to SkinnyV) - Fixed in s2m4. Will not play in clone consoles.
Rad Racer 2: iNES mapper #4 (MMC3B) ---> Fixed in s2m4. Will not play in clone consoles (patched version I find will play in clones).
Abadox: iNES mapper #1 (MMC1B2) ---> This game DOES work, you just need to enable the reset.
Karnov : iNES mapper #206 (Namcot 109)---> Game starts, then the graphics are corrupt // SkinnyV fixed it
Super Xevious: iNES mapper #206 (Namcot 109)---> Game starts, then the graphics are corrupt // SkinnyV fixed it
Babel no Tou (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Family Jockey (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Family Mahjong (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Family Pinball (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Side Pocket (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Super Chinese (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Super Xevious - Gump no Nazo (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Valkyrie no Bouken - Toki no Kagi Densetsu (Japan) (Incorrect mapper, mapper #4 instead of #206)
Related threads:
http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=393.0http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=335.0No-Intro NES Header FixTools (hex editors, etc)
NES header repair discussionines-header-fixer/NintendulatorThanks to SkinnyV, Jimmy, and other contributors, for their guidance.