Friday, March 22, 2019

Sega Saturn (Multi-)ROM-Cartridge


As all of you most likely know: The Sega Saturn has two games, which will always need a ROM-Cartridge to get the game started.
So even with a modchip, you will always need the cartridges for these games, otherwise you get just a "Missing ROM"-ErrorMessage on the screen.
These games are "King of Fighter 95" and "Ultraman".

Until now you had to buy the original cartridges for these games to get them started.



But here is the solution! A small Multicart for the Sega Saturn! This cartridge contains the gamedata for both games. Just select the game you want to start with the dipswitch and put the CD into the drive! Voila, enjoy the games!

You can use this Multicart with Original CD's if you have no modchip! If you have a modchip inside your Saturn, you can use this cartridge with burned Backups!



This cartridge can't get used with a PSEUDO SATURN!!

EDIT 21-12-2019:
I updated the pcb-design of this Cartridge and now it fits perfectly inside a case!







10 comments:

  1. I would like to know two things:

    1) KoF'95 was released in Japan and Europe. The ROM cartridge is the same for both regions, or each cartridge is region specific?

    And...

    2) I have both games, and I found the KoF'95 ROM file at Emuparadise at the time when the site offered ROMs to download (so, I could test the game on emulators), but I couldn't find the Ultraman anywhere. Can you tell me where I can find the Ultraman ROM file to download?

    Thanks for the attention...

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    1. hi,
      1) All regions use the same ROM. this was confirmed, as both carts got dumped.

      2) i can't give you any link here...but, just search for "mpr-19367-mx.ic1" in google and you will find it in the second search result "RETROPIEBios"...

      best regards,

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  2. Does the ROM need to be byteswapped before burning?

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  3. Hello! I would like to buy a multicart, how do I contact you?

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  4. You say it can't be used as a psuedo saturn, do you mean psuedo saturn can't be run like this or that it can't be used at the same time as game roms? I'd imagine the latter?

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    1. Yes, the latter....as the Saturn only has one cartridge-slot...so you can't use this ROM-Cartridge or the Pseudo Saturn the same time.

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